[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 15397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4489]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: 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), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years the 
information collection packages listed at the end of this notice. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended information 
collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
information collections, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden 
of the information collections on respondents, including through the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 27, 2006. 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, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: 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.
    Comments should also be addressed to: Jeffrey Martus, IM-11/
Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, or by fax at 301-903-9061 or by e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Jeffrey Martus at the address listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection packages listed 
in this notice for public comment include the following:
    1. (1) OMB No.: 1910-0300. (2) Package Title: Environment, Safety 
and Health. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information 
is required to ensure that environment, safety, and health resources 
and requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to 
exercise management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 
111,038. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 195,000.
    2. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5101. (2) Package Title: U.S. Dept. of Energy: 
Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Report for State Government 
& Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) 
Purpose: This collection is critical to ensure the Government has 
sufficient information to ensure that covered fleets are complying with 
annual reporting and acquisition requirements under the Alternative 
Fuel Transportation Program. (5) Respondents: 317. (6) Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 1,585.
    3. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5111. (2) Package Title: Purchasing by DOE 
Management and Operating Contractors from Contractor Affiliated 
Sources. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is 
required by the Department to ensure that programmatic and 
administrative management requirements and resources are managed 
efficiently and effectively. The package contains one information and/
or recordkeeping requirement, that is, the provision found at 48 CFR 
952.209-8, Organizational Conflicts of Interest Disclosure--Advisory 
and Assistance Services. (5) Respondents: 20. (6) Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours: 100.
    4. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5121. (2) Package Title: End-Use Certificate. 
(3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required 
to determine the acceptability of the individual(s) acquiring High Risk 
personal property; inform buyers of the laws and regulations governing 
the use, disposition, export and re-export of High Risk property and 
ensure that the property is used as stipulated in the End-Use 
Certificate. (5) Respondents: 5,000. (6) Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 1,650.
    5. (1) OMB No.: 1910-0500. (2) Package Title: Financial Management. 
(3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required 
by the Department to ensure that financial management resources and 
requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise 
management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 12,626. (6) 
Estimated Burden Hours: 152,704.
    6. (1) OMB No.: 1910-0400; (2) Package Title: Financial Assistance 
(3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This package contains 
information collections necessary for the solicitation, award, 
administration, and closeout of grants and cooperative agreements (5) 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,902 (6) Estimated Total Burden 
Hours: 339,792.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law 95-91.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 21, 2006.
Jeffrey D. Martus,
Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-4489 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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