[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 48087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19678]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

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 to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection will gather opinions of experts in 
industry and other organizations regarding the impact on the 
development and diffusion of energy-efficient HVAC, water heating, and 
appliance technologies of DOE/EERE Building Technologies Office (BTO) 
investments. Expert opinions are necessary to characterize 
counterfactual patterns of technology development and diffusion in the 
absence of DOE investments, and so (by comparing these counterfactuals 
with actual observations) estimate the difference DOE investments have 
made. This information is needed by DOE for budget justification and 
strategic planning. Respondents will include representatives of 
companies in the HVAC, water heating, and appliance supply chain 
(including companies that received DOE R&D funding and companies that 
received no direct funding from DOE), researchers at DOE-funded labs 
(e.g., ORNL, BNL), participants in DOE-funded consortiums, members of 
industry associations and standards/code bodies.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 10, 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 may be telephoned at 202-395-4718.

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 Mark Friedrichs, by email to: [email protected]. Or 
by mail to: Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Friedrichs, 
[email protected] or call 202-586-0124.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Surveys/Interviews to Gather Expert Opinion on the Impact of DOE/EERE 
Building Technologies Office Investments in HVAC, Water-Heating, and 
Appliance Technologies; (3) Type of Request: New collection; (4) 
Purpose: The information collection will characterize counterfactual 
patterns of technology development and diffusion in the absence of DOE 
investments, so that by comparing these counterfactuals with actual 
observations the impacts of DOE investments can be estimated; this 
information is needed by DOE for budget justification and strategic 
planning. Respondents will include representatives of companies in the 
HVAC, water heating, and appliance supply chain (including companies 
that received DOE R&D funding and companies that received no direct 
funding from DOE), researchers at DOE-funded labs (e.g., ORNL, BNL), 
participants in DOE-funded consortiums, members of industry 
associations and standards/code bodies; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 250; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 250; 
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 250; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

    Statutory Authority: DOE Org Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) and 
42 U.S.C. 16191 (AMO authority).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2015.
JoAnn Milliken,
Deputy Director, Building Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-19678 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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