[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 71751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28454]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Davis-Bacon Semi-annual Labor Compliance 
Report collection. The collection requests information from certain 
financial assistance grantees, loan guarantee and loan borrowers, and 
the Department of Energy Management and Operation (M&O) and Facilities 
Management Contractors for contract administration and management 
oversight. The information collection is necessary to allow DOE to 
comply with a reporting requirement placed on all Federal agencies 
administering programs subject to the Davis-Bacon Act wage provisions. 
Department of Labor regulation at 29 CFR 5.7(b) requires all Federal 
agencies administering programs subject to the Davis-Bacon Act wage 
provisions to submit to the Department of Labor a semi-annual 
compliance and enforcement report. In order for the Department of 
Energy (DOE) to comply with this reporting requirement, it must collect 
information from certain financial assistance grantees, Loan and Loan 
Guarantee Borrowers, DOE M&O contractors, and DOE Facilities Management 
contractors that administer DOE programs subject to Davis-Bacon Act 
requirements. DOE will ask each of these entities to report to DOE the 
information it is required to report to DOL on a semi-annual (every 6 
months) basis. DOE must ultimately report all this information in a 
report to DOL, including information on the number of Davis-Bacon Act 
compliance and enforcement investigations conducted and whether 
violations were found.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
January 2, 2015. 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:

Eva M. Auman, GC-63, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, Or by fax at 202-586-0971; or by 
email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to:

Eva M. Auman, Attorney-Advisor (Labor), GC-63, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, or by fax 
at 202-586-0971 or by email to [email protected].

    The current collection instrument is available for review at the 
following Web site: http://www.energy.gov/gc/services/technology-transfer-and-procurement/office-assistant-general-counsel-labor-and-pension.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5165; (2) This information collection 
originally provided for Recovery Act grantees receiving grants from the 
DOE Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs to submit 
their reports via the PAGE System, however, those grants are now closed 
and the PAGE System is no longer available; (3) Type of Request: 
Extension; (4) Purpose: To provide the information necessary to 
facilitate DOE compliance with a reporting requirement placed on all 
Federal agencies administering programs subject to the Davis-Bacon Act 
wage provisions found at 29 CFR 5.7(b); (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 75; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 150; 
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2 per respondent for total 
of 300 hours per year; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Cost Burden: $0.00
    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7254, 7256.

    Issued in Washington, DC on: November 26, 2014.
Jean S. Stucky,
 General Counsel for Labor and Pension Law, Office of the General 
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-28454 Filed 12-2-14; 8:45 am]
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