[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 79319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32029]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 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 be used to report the progress of 
participants in the DOE Better Buildings programs, including the Better 
Buildings Challenge, Better Buildings, Better Plants program, and the 
Better Buildings Alliance. These voluntary programs are intended to 
drive greater energy efficiency in the commercial and industrial 
marketplace to create cost savings and jobs. This will be accomplished 
by highlighting the ways participants overcome market barriers and 
persistent obstacles with replicable, marketplace solutions. These 
programs will showcase real solutions and partner with industry leaders 
to better understand policy and technical opportunities. Since the 
published 60-Day Notice and request for comments on October 2, 2015, 80 
FR 59758, there are noted changes to the following supplemental 
information items: (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents is 
increased from 480 to 740; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 
Responses is reduced from 972 to 933; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours is reduced from 2,720 to 2,709.25; and (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden is reduced from 
$107,349 to $106,934.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
January 20, 2016. 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 Andre de Fontaine, EE-5F/Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-5234 
or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Andre de Fontaine, EE-5F/Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-5234 
or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5141; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Better Buildings Challenge, Better Buildings Alliance and the 
Better Buildings, Better Plants Voluntary Pledge Program; (3) Type of 
Request: Amendment; (4) Purpose: This Information Collection Request 
applies to three Department of Energy (DOE) voluntary leadership 
initiatives that fall under the President's Better Buildings 
Initiative: (A) The Better Buildings Challenge; (B) the Better 
Buildings, Better Plants Program; and (C) the Better Buildings 
Alliance. The information being collected is needed so as to include 
participants in new sub-programs under the Better Buildings Challenge 
concerning energy efficiency in the multifamily residential and data 
center sectors, as well as a new water savings challenge. Additionally, 
other pre-existing collection forms are being amended for clarity and 
to reduce burden on respondents. Also, the total number of respondents 
for individual program areas is being adjusted to align with practical 
experience and to account for the fact that certain one-time reporting 
requirements have already been satisfied by a majority of the 
participants.; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Total Respondents: 740; 
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 933; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,709.25; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $106,934.
    Statutory Authority: Section 421 of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081); Section 911 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16191).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2015.
Maria Vargas,
Director, Better Buildings Challenge, Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-32029 Filed 12-18-15; 8:45 am]
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