[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2404-2405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00603]


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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 Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year

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extension to its collection of information titled: Budget 
Justification, OMB No. 1910-5162. The proposed collection will 
establish application consistency for numerous Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement application packages from potential and chosen recipients. 
This effort will also streamline processes and provide applicants with 
a clear and straightforward tool to assist with project budgeting. In 
addition it will endow DOE reviewers with adequate information to 
determine if proposed costs are allowable, allocable, and reasonable.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
February 17, 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 
your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk 
Officer can be reached at 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:

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:
U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 15013 Denver West 
Parkway Golden, CO 80401-3111, Attn: James Cash.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be directed to James 
Cash at (720) 356-1456 or by email at [email protected]. The 
information collection instrument titled, Budget Justification, may 
also be viewed at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/resources.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5162, Budget Justification;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Budget Justification;
    (3) Type of Request: Renewal;
    (4) Purpose: This collection of information is necessary in order 
for DOE to identify allowable, allocable, and reasonable recipient 
project costs eligible for Grants and Cooperative Agreements under EERE 
programs;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 400;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 24 hours, per 
response;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$899.04 per one time response;
    (9) Authority: 10 CFR 600.112.

    Issued in Golden, CO, on December 27, 2014.
James Cash,
Contracting Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-00603 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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