[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62880-62881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21961]


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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 request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Loan 
Guarantees for Projects that Employ Innovative Technologies, OMB 
Control Number 1910-5134. The proposed collection will request 
information necessary to evaluate applications for loan guarantees 
submitted under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as 
amended. Applications for loan guarantees submitted to DOE in response 
to a solicitation must contain certain information. This information 
will be used to analyze whether a project is eligible for a loan 
guarantee and to evaluate the application under criteria specified in 
DOE's regulations implementing Title XVII.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
October 13, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

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Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Mark S. Westergard, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5134; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: 10 CFR part 609--Loan Guarantees for Projects that Employ 
Innovative Technologies; (3) Type of Request: Extension; (4) Purpose: 
This information collection package covers collection of information 
necessary to evaluate applications for loan guarantees submitted under 
Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
16511-16516. Applications for loan guarantees submitted to DOE in 
response to a solicitation must contain certain information. This 
information will be used to analyze whether a project is eligible for a 
loan guarantee and to evaluate the application under criteria specified 
in 10 CFR part 609; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 
Applications; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: It is 
estimated that the total number of annual responses will not exceed 
100; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 13,000 hours, most of 
which is likely to be time committed by firms that seek debt and/or 
equity financing for their projects, regardless of their intent to 
apply for a DOE loan guarantee; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: It is estimated that the annual estimated 
reporting and recordkeeping cost burden for applicants will not exceed 
$25,000 per annum.

    Statutory Authority:  Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 42 U.S.C. 16511-16516 authorizes the collection of information.

     Issued in Washington, DC on September 7, 2016.
Mark A. McCall,
Executive Director, Department of Energy Loan Programs Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-21961 Filed 9-12-16; 8:45 am]
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