[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53887-53888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22118]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Legal Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-
0800. The proposed collection will enable DOE to continue to maintain 
DOE control and oversight of DOE contractor's invention reporting and 
related matters.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 29, 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 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 John Lucas, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586-2802 (telephone); (202) 586-
2805 (fax); [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Lucas, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC, 20585; (202) 586-2802 (telephone); (202) 586-
2805 (fax); [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-0800; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Legal Collection; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: To 
continue to maintain DOE control and oversight of DOE and its 
contractor's invention reporting and related matters. Likely 
respondents are DOE contractors; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 1817; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 
1817; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 15,127; (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,034,525.

    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5908 (a), (b) and (c); 10 CFR 
part 781; 10 CFR 784.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2011.
Robert J. Marchick,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and 
Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585.
[FR Doc. 2011-22118 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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