[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52943-52944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21634]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: 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 DOE to comply with a reporting 
requirement placed on all Federal agencies administering programs 
subject to Davis-Bacon wage provisions. 29 CFR part 5, Section 5.7(b) 
requires all Federal agencies administering programs subject to Davis-
Bacon wage provisions to submit to the Department of Labor (DOL) a 
semi-annual compliance and enforcement report. In order for the 
Department of Energy (DOE) to comply with this reporting requirement, 
it must collect information from Recipients of Recovery Act funded 
grants, including state and local agencies; Recovery Act funded Loan 
and Loan Guarantee Borrowers, DOE direct contractors, and other prime 
contractors and subcontractors that administer DOE programs subject to 
Davis-Bacon requirements. DOE Recipients will be asked each six months 
to report to DOE the same items that DOE must ultimately report to DOL, 
including information on the number Davis-Bacon Act compliance and 
enforcement investigations conducted and violations found.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 23, 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

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20503. And to Eva Auman, GC-63; Department of Energy; 1000 Independence 
Ave, SW.; Washington, DC 20585; Fax: 202-586-0325; E-mail: 
[email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Eva Auman, GC-63; Department of Energy; 1000 
Independence Ave, SW.; Washington, DC 20585; Fax: 202-586-0325; E-mail: 
[email protected]. The draft collection instrument is available for 
review at the following Web site: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/davis-bacon_act.html#ICR_draftcollectioninstrument.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB Control Number 1910-New; (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: Davis-Bacon Semi-annual Labor Compliance Report; (3) 
Type of Request: Regular; (4) Purpose: All Federal agencies 
administering programs subject to Davis-Bacon wage provisions are 
required by 29 CFR part 5, Section 5.7(b) to submit to the Department 
of Labor (DOL) a semi-annual compliance and enforcement report. In 
order for DOE to comply with this reporting requirement, it must 
collect information from Recipients of Recovery Act funded grants, 
including state and local agencies; Recovery Act funded Loan and Loan 
Guarantee Borrowers, DOE direct contractors, and other prime 
contractors and subcontractors that administer DOE programs subject to 
Davis-Bacon requirements. DOE will require that such entities complete 
and submit a Semi-annual Labor Standard Enforcement Report each six 
months; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,400; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 4,800; (7) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 9,600; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Statutory Authority

    All Federal agencies administering programs subject to Davis-Bacon 
wage provisions are required by 29 CFR part 5, section 5.7(b) to submit 
to the Department of Labor (DOL) a semi-annual compliance and 
enforcement report. In order for DOE to comply with this reporting 
requirement, it must collect information from Recipients of Recovery 
Act funded grants, including state and local agencies; Recovery Act 
funded Loan and Loan Guarantee Borrowers, DOE direct contractors, and 
other prime contractors and subcontractors that administer DOE programs 
subject to Davis-Bacon requirements.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 18, 2011.
Annamaria Garcia,
Supervisor, State Energy Program, Office of Weatherization and 
Intergovernmental Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2011-21634 Filed 8-23-11; 8:45 am]
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