[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66005-66006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23101]


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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

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will collect 
data from industry members in order to identify new and improved 
research capabilities and tools that would be valuable to the solar 
industry and opportunities for, and barriers to, national laboratory 
and industry collaboration on technology development and transfer in 
those high-value areas.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
October 26, 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 17\111\ Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

And to

    Linh Truong, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Attn: 
Recipient's Name Mail Stop: RSF034, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, 
CO 80401, or by fax at 303-630-2108, or by email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Turchi, National Renewable 
Energy Laboratories, 303.384.7565, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. ``New''; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Concentrating Solar Power Solar Advisor Model (SAM) Industry 
Survey; (3) Type of Request: New collection; (4) Purpose: In an effort 
to improve the efficiency of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants, 
this survey is necessary to collect data for the Department of Energy 
and the national labs from industry members in order to assess how the 
industry is using the SAM tool and its accuracy; (5) Annual Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 100; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 
Responses: 100; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 25 Hours; 
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $45,000.

    Statutory Authority: Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 16161.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2016.
Elaine Ulrich,
Program Manager, Solar Energy Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-23101 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P