[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 28218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13012]


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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 the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Legal Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-
0800. The proposed collection will enable DOE to continue to maintain 
DOE control and oversight of DOE contractor's invention reporting and 
related matters.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
July 18, 2018. 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 Brian Lally, GC-62, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, by fax at 
(202) 586-2805, or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Lally, (202) 586-8298, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-0800; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Legal Collections; (3) Type of Request: Renewal and Revision; 
(4) Purpose: To continue to maintain DOE control and oversight of DOE 
and its contractor's invention reporting and related matters; (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1700; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 2040; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 13,260; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 
Burden: $994,500.00.

    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5908(a) (b) and (c); 37 CFR part 
404; 10 CFR part 784.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2018.
Brian Lally,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer, and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2018-13012 Filed 6-15-18; 8:45 am]
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