[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43582-43583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18170]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission of 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 an extension under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection 
requests a three-year extension of its Environment, Safety and Health 
reporting requirements, OMB Control Number 1910-0300. This information 
collection request covers information necessary for the DOE to exercise 
management oversight and control over Management and Operating (M&O) 
contractors of the DOE's Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) 
facilities, and offsite contractors. The contractor management 
oversight and control function concerns the ways in which the DOE's 
contractors provide goods and services for DOE organizations and 
activities in accordance with the terms of their contract(s); the 
applicable statutory, regulatory and mission support requirements of 
the DOE; and regulations in the functional area covered in this 
request.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 24, 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 Felecia Briggs, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Office of Health, Safety and Security, HS-83/C-412, 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, (301) 903-8803, by fax at 301-903-
5492 or by email at [email protected]. Information about the 
collection instruments may be obtained at: http://www.hss.doe.gov/pra.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed at the addresses listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection request contains 
the following: (1) OMB No.: 1910-0300; (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: Environment, Safety and Health; (3) Type of Review: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: The collections are used by DOE to exercise 
management oversight and control over its contractors in the ways

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in which the DOE's contractors provide goods and services for DOE 
organizations and activities in accordance with the terms of their 
contract(s); the applicable statutory, regulatory and mission support 
requirements of the Department. The collections are: Computerized 
Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS); Occurrence Reporting and 
Processing System (ORPS); Noncompliance Tracking System (NTS); 
Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS); Annual Fire Protection 
Summary Application; Safety Basis Information System; and Lessons 
Learned System; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,164; (6) 
Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 99,693; (7) Response 
Obligation: Required, except for Noncompliance Tracking System (see 
Statutory Authority section below); (8) Annual Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours: 44,860; (9) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Cost Burden: $0.

    Statutory Authority: Section 641 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7251, and the following 
additional authorities:
    Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS): DOE 
Order 231.1B (June 27, 2011).
    Occurrence Reporting and Processing System (ORPS): DOE Order 
232.2 (August 30, 2011).
    Noncompliance Tracking System (NTS): 10 CFR Part 820; 10 CFR 
Part 851.
    Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS): 10 CFR Part 835; 
DOE Order 231.1B (June 27, 2011).
    Annual Fire Protection Summary Application: DOE Order 231.1B 
(June 27, 2011).
    Safety Basis Information System: 10 CFR part 830; DOE O 231.1B 
(June 27, 2011).
    Lessons Learned System: DOE Order 210.2A (April 8, 2011).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2012.
Stephen A. Kirchhoff,
Director, Office of Resource Management, Office of Health, Safety and 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-18170 Filed 7-24-12; 8:45 am]
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