[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9901-9902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03160]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: 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 Human Reliability Program (HRP), OMB 
Control Number 1910-5122. This information collection consists of forms 
that will certify to DOE that respondents were advised of the 
requirements for occupying or continuing to occupy an HRP position. The 
forms include: Human Reliability Program Certification (DOE F 470.3), 
Acknowledgement and Agreement to Participate in the Human Reliability 
Program (DOE F 470.4), Authorization and Consent to Release Human 
Reliability Program (HRP) Records in Connection with HRP (DOE F 470.5), 
Refusal of Consent (DOE F 470.6), and Human Reliability Program (HRP) 
Alcohol Testing Form (DOE F 470.7).

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The HRP is a security and safety reliability program for individuals 
who apply for or occupy certain positions that are critical to the 
national security. It requires an initial and annual supervisory 
review, medical assessment, management evaluation, and a DOE personnel 
security review of all applicants or incumbents. It is also used to 
ensure that employees assigned to nuclear explosive duties do not have 
emotional, mental, or physical conditions that could result in an 
accidental or unauthorized detonation of nuclear explosives.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 14, 2013. 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 202-395-4718 or contacted by email at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503; and to Regina Cano, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security (HS-50), 
1000 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone (301) 903-
3473, by fax at (301) 903-6961, or by email at [email protected]. 
Information about the collection instrument may be obtained at: http://www.hss.doe.gov/pra.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information 
should be directed to Regina Cano, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Health, Safety and Security (HS-50), 1000 Independence Ave SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, telephone (301) 903-3473, by fax at (301) 903-
6961, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5122; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Human Reliability Program; (3) Type of Review: renewal; (4) 
Purpose: This collection provides for DOE management to ensure that 
individuals who occupy HRP positions meet program standards of 
reliability and physical and mental suitability; (5) Annual Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 43,960 (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 
Responses: 43,999 (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,873; 
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $349,002; 
and (9) Response Obligation: Mandatory.

    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2165; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 
5814-5815; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ; E.O. 
10450, 3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp., p. 936, as amended; E.O. 10865, 3 CFR 
1959-1963 Comp., p. 398, as amended; 3 CFR Chap. IV.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 5, 2013.
Stephen A. Kirchhoff,
Director, Office of Resource Management, Office of Health, Safety and 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-03160 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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