[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 27128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10537]


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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 be used to generate an annual Energy 
and Jobs Report. The rapidly changing nature of energy production, 
distribution, and consumption throughout the U.S. economy is having a 
dramatic impact on job creation, workforce training and economic 
competitiveness, but is inadequately understood and, in some sectors, 
incompletely measured.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
May 28, 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 Cynthia Anderson 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 Cynthia Anderson by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone at 202-586-2061.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. {``New''{time}  (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: Energy and Jobs Survey; (3) Type of Request: New; (4) 
Purpose: The rapidly changing nature of energy production, 
distribution, and consumption throughout the U.S. economy is having a 
dramatic impact on job creation, workforce training and economic 
competitiveness, but is inadequately understood and, in some sectors, 
incompletely measured. The new Energy and Jobs Survey will collect data 
from establishments in in-scope industries, quantifying and qualifying 
employment among energy activities, workforce demographics and the 
establishment's perception on the difficulty of recruiting qualified 
workers. The data will be used to generate an annual Energy and Jobs 
Report; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 10,000; (7) Annual Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 2,908.4; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

    Statutory Authority: Sec. 301 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151); sec. 5 of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 764); and sec. 103 of the 
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5813).

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 27, 2016.
Cynthia V. Anderson,
Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10537 Filed 5-4-16; 8:45 am]
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