[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39986-39987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17843]


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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 OMB for an extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 
Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5112. This information collection 
request covers the information from DOE and DOE contractors that are 
subject to the Department's ``Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 
Program.'' The regulations contained in the Chronic Beryllium Disease 
Prevention Program have been promulgated under authority of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 and the Department of Energy Organization Act.

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DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 22, 2017. 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 Bill McArthur, U.S. Department of Energy; 
Office of Health, Safety and Security, AU-11; 1000 Independence Avenue 
SW, Washington, DC 20585, (301) 903-9674, by fax at 301-903-7773, or by 
email at: [email protected]. Information about the collection 
instrument may be obtained at: https://energy.gov/ehss/information-collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information 
should be directed to Bill McArthur, U.S. Department of Energy; Office 
of Health, Safety and Security, AU-11; 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (301) 903-9674, by fax at 301-903-7773, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) Current OMB Control Number: 1910-5112; (2) Information 
Collection Request Title: Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program; 
(3) Type of Review: renewal; (4) Purpose: This information collection 
request covers the information from DOE and DOE contractors that are 
subject to the Department's ``Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 
Program.,'' (10 CFR part 850). This collection provides the Department 
with the information needed to continue reducing the number of workers 
currently exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at DOE 
facilities managed by DOE or its contractors; minimize the levels and 
potential exposure to beryllium; to provide information to employees, 
to provide medical surveillance to ensure early detection of disease; 
and to permit oversight of the programs by DOE management; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,936 (22 DOE sites and 5,914 workers 
affected by the rule); (6) Annual Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,399; 
(7) Number of Collections: The information collection request contains 
six information and/or recordkeeping requirements; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 1,441,230; (9) Response 
Obligation: Mandatory.

    Statutory Authority:  Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2201, 
and the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7191 and 
7254.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2017.
Stephanie K. Martin,
Director, Office of Resource Management, Office of Environment, Health, 
Safety and Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-17843 Filed 8-22-17; 8:45 am]
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