[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45975-45976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22009]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection package to the Office of Management and Budget (0MB) for 
extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13).
    The package covers the collection of information concerning annual 
applications from the owners of qualified renewable energy generation 
facilities for the consideration of renewable energy production 
incentive payments. This information is used by the Department to 
determine if the applicant's facility qualifies for these payments and 
to determine the amount of net electricity produced for State that 
qualifies for these payments. This information is critical to ensure 
the Government has sufficient information to ensure the proper use of 
public funds for these incentive payments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 1, 2001. If you 
anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult 
to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should 
advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to do so as soon as 
possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-7318. (Also, 
please notify the DOE contact listed in this notice:)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to DOE Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Room 
10102, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to the Records Management 
Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, at the address 
listed below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Susan L. Frey, Director, Records Management 
Division, Office of Records and Business Management (SO-312), U.S. 
Department of Energy, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, and/or Lawrence 
Mansueti, Office of Power Technologies (EE-l 0), Department of Energy, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The package contains the following 
information:
    (1) Current OMB control number: 1910-0068; (2) Package Title: 
Renewable Energy Production Incentives; (3) Summary: A three-year 
extension is requested, because this information is critical to ensure 
that the Government has sufficient information to ensure the proper use 
of public funds for these incentive payments; (4) Purpose: To provide 
required information to receive consideration for payment for qualified 
renewable energy electricity produced in the prior fiscal year; (5) 
Type of Respondents: State, municipal, county, and non-profit electric 
cooperative owners of qualified renewable energy generation facilities 
that produce electricity for sale; (6) estimated number of responses; 
(7) estimated total burden hours, including record keeping hours, 
required to provide the information; (8) purpose; and (9) number of 
collections.
    Package Title: Renewable Energy Production Incentives.
    Current 0MB No.: 1910-0068.

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    Type of Respondents: State, municipal, county, and non-profit 
electric cooperative owners of qualified renewable energy generation 
facilities that produce electricity for sale.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 450.

    Statutory Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. No 
104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507 (g) and (h).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2001.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22009 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]
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