[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 33669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12589]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year reinstatement of its Historic Preservation for Energy 
Efficiency Programs, OMB Control Number 1910-5155. The proposed 
collection will allow DOE to continue data collection on the status of 
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), State Energy Program (SEP) and 
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program 
activities to ensure that recipients are compliant with section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
June 27, 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 OMB Desk Officer 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

Sallie Glaize, EE-5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. 
SW., Washington, DC 20585, Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Carlisle, EE-5W, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585, Email: 
[email protected].
    Additional information and reporting guidance concerning the 
Historic Preservation reporting requirement for the Weatherization 
Assistance Program (WAP), State Energy Program (SEP) and Energy 
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program are available 
for review at the following Web site: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/historic_preservation.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5155; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Historic Preservation for Energy Efficiency Programs; (3) Type 
of Request: Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: To collect data on the status 
of Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), State Energy Program (SEP), 
and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program 
activities to ensure compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA; (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 275; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 275; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 662; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 
Burden: $0.
    Statutory Authority: Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act (Pub. L. 89-665 106) establishes that WAP, SEP and 
EECBG recipients must retain sufficient documentation to demonstrate 
that the recipient (or subrecipient) has received required approval(s) 
prior to the expenditure of project funds to alter any historic 
structure or site.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2016.
James Carlisle,
Supervisory Policy Advisor, Weatherization and Intergovernmental, 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-12589 Filed 5-26-16; 8:45 am]
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