81 FR 71713 - Agency Information Collection Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)

The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Financial Assistance Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-0400. This information collection request covers information necessary to administer and manage DOE's financial assistance programs.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71713-71714]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25135]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Financial Assistance Information 
Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-0400. This information collection 
request covers information necessary to administer and manage DOE's 
financial assistance programs.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 17, 2016. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments 
within that period or if you want access to the collection of 
information, without charge, contact the OMB Desk Officer for DOE 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the following:

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 
735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

And to:

Richard Bonnell, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Acquisition 
Management, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121; or 
by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Bonnell by email at 
[email protected] . Please put ``2016 DOE Agency Information 
Collection Extension'' in the subject line when sending an email.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:

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(1) OMB No. 1910-0400 (Renewal); (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: DOE Financial Assistance Information Clearance; (3) Type of 
Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: This package contains information 
collections necessary to annually plan, solicit, negotiate, award, 
administer, and closeout grants and cooperative agreements under the 
Department's financial assistance programs; (5) Annual Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 11,134; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 
39,378; (7) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 532,067; and (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

    Statutory Authority: Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement 
Act, 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2016.
John R. Bashista,
Director, Office of Acquisition Management, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-25135 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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