[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76966-76967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31257]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of 
Vehicle Technologies, 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 to the OMB for 
clearance, a proposal to extend for three years a collection of 
information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 
approved collection is being used for two Clean Cities programmatic 
efforts. The first is related to a scorecard that assists DOE's Clean 
Cities coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness 
of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The second 
effort is intended to develop information that enables DOE to measure 
the impact and progress of DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership 
(Partnership). DOE is not proposing to expand the scope of these 
information collection efforts.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before January 11, 2016. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below 
as soon as possible.

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. Dennis Smith, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy (EE-3V), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by fax at 202-586-1600, or by email 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dennis Smith at the address listed 
above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The approved collection is being used for 
two Clean Cities programmatic efforts. The first is related to a 
scorecard that assists DOE's Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders 
in assessing the level of readiness of their communities for plug-in 
electric vehicles (PEV). The second effort is intended to develop 
information that enables DOE to measure the impact and progress of 
DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership (Partnership). DOE is not 
proposing to expand the scope of these information collection efforts.
    This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-
5171; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Clean Cities Vehicle 
Programs; (3) Type of Review: renewal; (4) Purpose: DOE's Clean Cities 
initiative has developed two voluntary mechanisms by which communities 
and certain fleets can get a better understanding of their readiness to 
deploy alternative fuel vehicles and their progress in doing so. The 
voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended to assist its coalitions and 
stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness of their communities 
for plug-in electric vehicles. The principal objective of the scorecard 
is to provide respondents with an objective assessment and estimate of 
their respective community's readiness for PEV deployment as well as 
understand the respective community's commitment to deploying these 
vehicles successfully. DOE intends the scorecard to be completed by a 
city/county/regional sustainability or energy coordinator. As the 
intended respondent may not be aware of every aspect of local or 
regional PEV readiness, coordination among local stakeholders to gather 
appropriate information may be necessary.
    DOE expects a total respondent population of approximately 1,250 
respondents. Selecting the multiple choice answers in completing a 
scorecard questionnaire is expected to take under 30 minutes, although 
additional time of no more than 20 hours may be needed to assemble 
information necessary to be able to answer the questions, leading to a 
total burden of approximately 25,625 hours. Assembling information to 
update questionnaire answers in the future on a voluntary basis would 
be expected to take less time, on the order of 10 hours, as much of any 
necessary time and effort needed to research information would have 
been completed previously.
    For the Clean Fleets Partnership information collection, the 
Partnership is targeted at large, private-sector fleets that own or 
have contractual control over at least 50 percent of their vehicles and 
have vehicles operating in multiple States. DOE expects approximately 
50 fleets to participate in the Partnership and, as a result, DOE 
expects a total respondent population of approximately 50 respondents. 
Providing initial baseline information for each participating fleet, 
which occurs only once, is expected to take 60 minutes. Follow-up 
questions and clarifications for the purpose of ensuring accurate 
analyses are expected to take up to 90 minutes. The total burden is 
expected to be 125 hours.
    The combined burden for the two information collections is 25,750 
hours.
    (5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents for both information collections: 1,300; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 25,750 (25,625 for PEV Scorecard, and 125 for Clean 
Fleets Partnership); and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no cost associated with reporting 
and recordkeeping.

    Statutory Authority:  42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 U.S.C. 13252 (a)-(b); 
42 U.S.C. 13255.


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    Issued in Washington, DC on: December 4, 2015.
David Howell,
Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-31257 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P