[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37094-37095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16598]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension, With Changes

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy (EERE) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a three-year extension, 
with changes, of a collection of information under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will 
provide DOE with the information necessary to meet its statutory and 
regulatory obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969 and the DOE NEPA implementing regulations, which 
requires EERE to perform environmental impact analyses prior to making 
a decision to provide Federal funding for research, development and 
demonstration projects funded by DOE.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 7, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: DOE Desk Officer at 
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: Lisa Jorgensen at U.S. Department of Energy, 15013 Denver 
West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, by fax at (720-562-1640), or by email 
at: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the EERE Environmental Questionnaire should be directed to 
Lisa Jorgensen at: 720-356-1569 or by email at: 
[email protected]. The EERE Environmental Questionnaire also is 
available for viewing in the Golden Field Office Public Reading Room 
at: www.energy.gov/node/2299401.
    If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments by the 
deadline, contact the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of your intention to make 
a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 
202-395-4650.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    1. OMB No.: 1910-5175;
    2. Information Collection Request Title: Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Environmental Questionnaire;
    3. Type of Request: Extension, with changes;
    4. Purpose: The DOE's EERE provides Federal funding through Federal 
assistance programs to businesses, industries, universities, and other 
groups for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and 
development and demonstration projects. The National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that an 
environmental analysis be completed for all major Federal actions 
significantly affecting the environment including projects entirely or 
partly financed by Federal agencies.

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To effectively perform environmental analyses for these projects, the 
DOE's EERE needs to collect project-specific information from Federal 
financial assistance awardees. DOE's EERE has developed its 
Environmental Questionnaire to obtain the required information and 
ensure that its decision-making processes are consistent with NEPA as 
it relates to renewable energy and energy efficiency research and 
development and demonstration projects. Minor changes have been made to 
the Environmental Questionnaire that help to clarify certain questions, 
but do not change the meaning of the questions being asked;
    5. Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300;
    6. Average Hours per Response: 1; and
    7. Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 300.

    Statutory Authority:  National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

    Issued in Golden, CO, on July 21, 2017.
Robin L. Sweeney,
Director, Environment, Safety, and Health, Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2017-16598 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P