[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21300]


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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, OMB Control Number 1910-5103, Reporting and Record 
Keeping Requirements for Safety Management System for extension under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35). This package contains an information collection that is used by 
Departmental Management to exercise management oversight and control 
over management and operating (M&O) contractors operating DOE's 
facilities. This contractor management oversight and control function 
concerns the ways in which DOE management contractors document their 
environment, safety and health systems to ensure contractor employees' 
safety and health.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 19, 2003. 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) 395-3087. 
(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 Sharon Evelin, Acting 
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Business and 
Information Management, Office of Chief Information Officer, IM-11, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20585-1290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (1) Title: Environment, Safety and Health; 
(2) Current OMB Control Number: 1910-5103; (3) Summary: A three year 
extension is requested which includes mandatory obligations; (4) 
Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure that 
the Departmental environment, safety and health resources and 
requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise 
management oversight of DOE contractors; (5) Type of Respondents: DOE 
management and operating contractors; (6) Estimated number of 
responses: 7 per year; and (7) Estimated total burden hours: 2,450.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law 92-01.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 13, 2003.
Sharon Evelin,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Office of Business and 
Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-21300 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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