[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38380-38381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16583]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection will allow Department of Energy (DOE) to 
gather utility bill data in order to manage energy efficiency programs 
in the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs (OWIP) 
effectively. The utility billing data will help DOE determine the 
impacts and success of these programs in achieving savings, creating 
jobs, and expanding retrofit markets.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 1, 2011. 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB 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 Keith Dennis, EE-2K, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, 
Fax: (202) 287-7145, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Dennis, EE-2K, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, 
Fax: (202) 287-7145, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5156; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Utility Billing; (3) Type of Request: Extension of Emergency 
ICR; (4) Purpose: The Authorization form will allow an evaluator 
specified by DOE to obtain grantee project site's energy usage and cost 
(electricity and natural gas). The

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purpose of the information collection is to estimate the direct impacts 
on energy and cost savings of energy efficiency programs; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,629; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 60,629; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
29,998; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$41,085.

    Statutory Authority:  Title IV of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.), as amended, 
authorizes the DOE to administer the Weatherization Assistance 
Program (WAP). Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
of 1975, (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.) as amended, authorizes DOE to 
administer the State Energy Program (SEP). Title V, Subtitle E of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17151 et 
seq.) authorizes DOE to administer the Energy Efficiency and 
Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG).

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 28, 2011.
LeAnn M. Oliver,
Program Manager, Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental 
Programs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2011-16583 Filed 6-29-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P