[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 98 (Friday, May 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24001-24002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11995]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection requests.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites comments on the 
proposed information collection requests, for the Advanced Technology 
Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 21, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or hand delivered to: Lachlan Seward, 
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4B-196, 
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Comments may also be submitted 
electronically to [email protected] or through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions must 
include the OMB Number 1910-5137.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lachlan Seward, Advanced Technology 
Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, U.S. Department of Energy, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4A-157, Washington, DC 20585, 202-
586-8146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Data

    This information collection request contains:
    1. OMB No.: 1910-5137.
    2. Package Title: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
Incentive Program; Application and Monitoring.
    3. Type of Review: New.
    4. Purpose: This package requests information from Applicants, 
Borrowers and grant recipients under DOE's Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Incentive Program. This information is used to determine 
eligibility for the program, to award loans and grants pursuant to the 
program, and to ensure compliance with the program by Borrowers and 
grant recipients.
    5. Respondents: Up to 25 Applicants; up to 15 Borrowers.
    6. Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 35,787.5 for Applicants; 
10,875 for Borrowers and grant recipients.
    7. Reporting Frequency: One time for applicants; quarterly and 
annually for borrowers and grant recipients.

II. Statutory Authority

    Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(``EISA''), enacted on December 19, 2007, Public Law 110-140, 
authorizes the Secretary of Energy (``Secretary'') to make grants and 
direct loans to eligible applicants for projects that reequip, expand, 
or establish manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce 
qualified advanced technology vehicles, or qualifying components and 
also for engineering integration costs associated with such projects.
    Section 129(a) of the Consolidated Security Disaster Assistance and 
Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009, (Pub. L. 110-329; ``Continuing 
Resolution, 2009'') appropriated $7,510,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 
for ``Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program 
Account'' for the cost of direct loans as authorized under section 
136(d) of EISA and states that commitments for direct loans using such 
amount must not exceed $25,000,000,000 in total loan principle. 
Further, section 129(c) of the Continuing Resolution, 2009 made several 
substantive amendments to EISA section 136, including that, not later 
than 60 days after enactment of the Continuing Resolution, 2009, the 
Secretary will promulgate an interim final rule establishing 
regulations that the Secretary deems necessary to administer section 
136 of EISA, as amended by the Continuing Resolution, 2009.
    Pursuant to section 129 of the Continuing Resolution, 2009 and EISA 
section 136, DOE promulgated an interim final rule on November 12, 
2008, setting forth the basic applicant eligibility and project 
eligibility requirements for both the grant and the loan program. 73 FR 
66729 (November 12, 2008). At present, Congress has appropriated funds 
through the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2009, for only the loan program. As such, DOE will 
be implementing the loan program only at this time.

III. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the

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proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter 
of public record.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2009.
Owen F. Barwell,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11995 Filed 5-21-09; 8:45 am]
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