[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29749-29750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12054]


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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 (DOE).

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy has submitted an information 
collection package to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a three-year 
extension of its ``Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Report 
for State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets,'' OMB Control Number 
1910-5101. This information collection package covers information 
necessary to ensure the compliance of regulated fleets with the 
alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirements imposed by the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended, (EPAct).

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
June 20, 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 202-395-4650 or contacted by email at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:

Desk Officer for the Department of Energy, 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
Mr. Dana O'Hara, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE-
2G), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by fax at 202-586-1600, or by email at 
dana.o'[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Mr. Dana O'Hara at the address listed above in 
ADDRESSES. The information collection instrument itself is available 
online at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/epact/docs/reporting_spreadsheet.xls.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-
5101; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Annual Alternative Fuel 
Vehicle Acquisition Report for State Government and Alternative Fuel 
Provider Fleets; (3) Type of Review:

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renewal; (4) Purpose: the information is required so that DOE can 
determine whether alternative fuel provider and State government fleets 
are in compliance with the alternative fueled vehicle acquisition 
mandates of sections 501 and 507(o) of the EPAct, whether such fleets 
should be allocated credits under section 508 of EPAct, and whether 
fleets that opted into the alternative compliance program under section 
514 of EPAct are in compliance with the applicable requirements; (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: approximately 300; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,651; (7) Annual Estimated Reporting 
and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Beyond costs associated with undertaking 
the work, there are no additional costs to respondents of either 
information collection other than the burden hours for reporting and 
recordkeeping. Costs to undertake the work for the collection are 
approximated at $47.73/hour of effort (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#11-0000), for a total of $283 in labor to research, 
collect, and respond to the collection.

    Statutory Authority:  42 U.S.C. 13251 et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on: May 9, 2013.
Patrick B. Davis,
Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013-12054 Filed 5-20-13; 8:45 am]
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