[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 126 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35983-35984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12732]


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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) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection request is 
submitted for a three-year extension of its Contractor Legal Management 
Requirements, OMB Control Number 1910-5115. This information collection 
request covers information necessary to aid contractors and DOE 
personnel in making determinations regarding the reasonableness of all 
outside legal costs, including the costs of litigation.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 1, 2007. 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.

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ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: OMB 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: Anne Broker, Office of the 
General Counsel, GC-12, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, or by fax at (202) 586-0325, or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Anne Broker, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
the General Counsel, GC-12, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20585-1290, telephone (202) 586-5060. E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5115; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Contractor Legal Management Requirements; (3) Type of Review: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: The collection of this information continues to 
be necessary to provide a basis for DOE decisions on requests from 
applicable contractors for reimbursement of litigation and other legal 
expenses; (5) Type of respondents: Contractors at government owned or 
leased facilities that are required to submit a legal management plan 
under 10 CFR part 719; (6) Estimated Number of Respondents: 36; (7) 
Estimated Total Burden Hours: the burden hours for this collection are 
estimated to be approximately 465 to 570 hours on an annual basis. This 
estimate is based on the estimate that the preparation of the initial 
plan is 15-30 hours and that no more than 20% of the 36 contractors 
will need to submit a legal management plan in any given year. The 
estimate for the total also includes an estimate of approximately 10 
hours for an annual budgetary update, which would be submitted by all 
contractors; (8) Number of Information Collections: One.
    Statutory Authority: These requirements are promulgated under 
authority in section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 
2201; the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et 
seq.; and the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. 
2401, et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2007.
David R. Hill,
General Counsel.
 [FR Doc. E7-12732 Filed 6-29-07; 8:45 am]
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