[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 62881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21962]


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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, 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 gather opinions of experts in 
industry and other organizations regarding the impact on the 
development and diffusion of energy-efficient technologies and 
techniques in the construction of residential buildings of DOE/EERE 
Building Technologies Office (BTO) investments. Expert opinions are 
necessary to characterize expected patterns of technology development 
and diffusion in the absence of DOE investments, and so (by comparing 
these expectations with actual observations) estimate the difference 
DOE investments have made. This information is needed by DOE for budget 
justification and strategic planning. Respondents will include 
representatives of production builder companies (including companies 
that received DOE R&D funding and companies that received no direct 
funding from DOE).

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
October 13, 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: John Mayernik, By email to: [email protected], or by 
mail to: Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mayernik, 
[email protected] or call 202-287-1754.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Surveys/Interviews to Gather Expert Opinion on the Impact of DOE/EERE 
Building Technologies Office Investments have had on the Development 
and Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Technologies and Techniques in the 
Construction of Residential Buildings; (3) Type of Request: New 
collection; (4) Purpose: The information collection will characterize 
expected patterns of technology development and diffusion in the 
absence of DOE investments, so that by comparing these expectations 
with actual observations the impacts of DOE investments can be 
estimated; this information is needed by DOE for budget justification 
and strategic planning. Respondents will include representatives of 
production builder companies (including companies that received DOE R&D 
funding and companies that received no direct funding from DOE); (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 104; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 104; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 52; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 
Burden: 0.

    Statutory Authority:  DOE Org Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) and 
42 U.S.C. 16191 (AMO authority).

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 30, 2016.
David Nemtzow,
Director, Building Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-21962 Filed 9-12-16; 8:45 am]
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