[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36182-36183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17379]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Voluntary 
Collection for Reliability, Survivability, Resiliency (RSR) Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration have submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paper Work 
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will assist in 
identifying systemic problems and dependency issues impacting the 
energy sector's system-wide reliability, survivability and resiliency. 
This will also enhance pre-event planning to ensure a robust and 
resilient energy infrastructure in which continuity of business and 
service reliability are strengthened with industry cooperation.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 21, 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 Kenneth Friedman, [email protected], 202-586-0379, 
mailing address: Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Washington, DC 20585.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on 
the information collection process and instructions should be directed 
to Kenneth Friedman, 202-586-0379, or at [email protected]. 
Mailing address is Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Washington, DC 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request for 
Reliability, Survivability, Resiliency (RSR) Project; (3) Type of 
Request: New Collection; (4) Purpose: DOE's Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Infrastructure Security and 
Energy Restoration Division have launched the RSR Project to support 
the goals of the Energy Sector Specific plan (SSP) to ensure a robust 
and resilient energy infrastructure in which continuity of business and 
service reliability are strengthened. In cooperation with energy sector 
industry, the RSR Project will assist in identifying systemic problems 
and dependency issues that may impact system wide reliability, 
survivability and resiliency within the energy sector. Categories of 
information will include operational issues from recent history, 
controls safeguarding assets, supply chain critical suppliers, 
evaluation of emergency response, and mitigation of disruptions, 
consequence impact to business continuity and service, impact on local 
area, restoration and recovery time. The collected data will generate 
reports for ISER that will support pre-event planning. Feedback will be 
provided to industry that will address potential restoration concerns.
    (5) Type of Respondents: Energy Sector Private Industry as 
voluntary participants (6) Estimated number of Respondents: 1500 
industry participants. (7) Estimated number of Burden Hours: 30,000 
hours based on 20 hours maximum time per site for a total of 1,500 
sites. There is no requirement for record keeping and no requirement 
for annual reporting.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act (DOE 
Act), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 792 
et seq. Section 101(e) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
5195c). Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD7.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2009.
William N. Bryan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure Security & Energy 
Restoration.
[FR Doc. E9-17379 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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