[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 16022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6546]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 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 Better Buildings, Better Plants Program 
Voluntary Pledge Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5141. The proposed 
collection will be used to evaluate the success of the voluntary 
agreements made through the DOE's Better Buildings, Better Plants 
Program. The information to be collected from Partner plants includes: 
background data, including contact information, information on primary 
energy consumption and energy saving, high level descriptions of 
implemented energy projects, and annual and cumulative energy intensity 
progress. The results of the Better Buildings, Better Plants Voluntary 
Pledge Report will only be published in program evaluation and metrics 
documentation. Results will be published in aggregate to report the 
impact of the DOE program in a report that must be submitted to 
Congress in 2012 and 2017.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 18, 2012. 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 Andre de Fontaine, EE-2F/Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 20585 or by fax at (202) 586-
5234 or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Andre de Fontaine, EE-2F/Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., 20585 or by fax at (202) 586-5234 or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5141;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Better Buildings, Better 
Plants Program Voluntary Pledge Program;
    (3) Type of Review: Renewal;
    (4) Purpose: The information being collected is needed to evaluate 
the success of the voluntary agreements made through the Department of 
Energy's (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants (BBBP) Program. The BBBP 
Program is a voluntary initiative, created to support congress's Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as amended, section 106, for any company interested 
in reducing their energy intensity by 25 percent or more in ten years. 
The program is specifically designed to encourage and recognize United 
States companies that are in the vanguard of energy efficiency and will 
lead all industrial facilities by establishing and achieving ambitious 
energy goals. All companies participating in the program will receive 
technical support from DOE, and companies achieving the program's 
energy goals will also receive national recognition for their 
accomplishments. The information to be collected from Partner plants 
includes: background data, including contact information, information 
on primary energy consumption and energy saving, high level 
descriptions of implemented energy projects, and annual and cumulative 
energy intensity progress. The results of the Better Buildings, Better 
Plants Voluntary Pledge Report will only be published in program 
evaluation and metrics documentation. Results will be published in 
aggregate to report the impact of the DOE program in a report that must 
be submitted to Congress in 2012 and 2017.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 175;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 175;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,710;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, as amended, codified at 42 U.S.C. 15811.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2012.
Leo Christodoulou,
Program Manager, Office of Advanced Manufacturing Program, Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-6546 Filed 3-16-12; 8:45 am]
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