[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12347-12348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6411]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The proposed Industrial Labor Relations Collection will 
request information from the Department of Energy Facilities Management 
Contractors for contract administration, management oversight and cost 
control. The information collection will assist the Department in 
evaluating the implementation of the contractors' work force 
restructuring plans and apprise the Department of significant labor-
management developments at DOE contractor sites. This information will 
be used to ensure that Department contractors recruit and retain a 
workforce in accordance with the terms of their contract and in 
compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as identified by 
contract.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 23, 2009. 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 the 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: Karl E. Stoeckle, Business Management Specialist, LM-10.1, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

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Washington, DC 20585. or by fax at 202-586-1540 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Karl E. Stoeckle, Business Management Specialist, LM-
10.1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585. or by fax at 202-586-1540 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Legacy Management Labor Relations; (3) Type of Request: New collection; 
(4) Purpose: The proposed collection will request wage and benefits 
information from the Department of Energy Facilities Management 
Contractors for use in contract administration, management oversight 
and cost control. This information will be used to ensure that 
Department contractors recruit and retain a workforce in accordance 
with the terms of their contract and in compliance with statutory and 
regulatory requirements as identified by contract. (5) Type of 
Respondents: Facility Management Contractors; (6) Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 35 annually; (7) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5.5 per 
respondent for total of 193 annually.
    Statutory Authority: The statutory authority for collection of this 
data is the statute establishing the Department of Energy, that being 
the Department of Energy Organization Act, as amended, Public Law 95-91 
(Aug. 4, 1977) (the ``Act.''). It vests the Secretary of Energy with 
the executive direction and management function, authority, and 
responsibilities for the Department, including contract management. 
Section 644 of the Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7254, states that ``the 
Secretary is authorized to prescribe such procedural and administrative 
rules as he may deem necessary or appropriate to administer and manage 
the functions now or hereafter vested in him.'' Further, section 646(a) 
of the Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7256(a), provides that ``[t]he 
Secretary is authorized to enter into and perform such contracts, 
leases, cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions with 
public agencies and private organizations and persons, and to make such 
payments (in lump sum or installments, and by way of advance or 
reimbursement) as he may deem to be necessary or appropriate to carry 
out functions now or hereafter vested in the Secretary.''

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 16, 2009.
David Geiser,
Deputy Director, Office of Legacy Management.
[FR Doc. E9-6411 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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