[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 1434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00880]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: 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 Human Reliability Program (HRP), OMB 
Control Number 1910-5122. The HRP is a security and safety reliability 
program for individuals who apply for or occupy certain positions that 
are critical to the national security. It requires an initial and 
annual supervisory review, medical assessment, management evaluation, 
and a DOE personnel security review of all applicants or incumbents. It 
is also used to ensure that employees assigned to nuclear explosive 
duties do not have emotional, mental, or physical conditions that could 
result in an accidental or unauthorized detonation of nuclear 
explosives.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before March 6, 2019. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that 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 Mark Ott U.S. Department of Energy, Office 
of Corporate Security Strategy, Analysis and Special Operations (AU-
1.2), 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone at 
(202) 586-6063, by fax at (202) 586-3333, or by email at 
[email protected]. More information on the HRP can be found at 
https://www.energy.gov/ehss/human-reliability-program-handbook. Forms 
included in this collection can be found at https://www.energy.gov/cio/management-administration-forms-0000-1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to the person listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5122; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Human Reliability Program; (3) Type of Review: renewal; (4) 
Purpose: This collection provides for DOE management to ensure that 
individuals who occupy HRP positions meet program standards of 
reliability and physical and mental suitability. This information 
collection consists of forms that will certify to DOE that respondents 
were advised of the requirements for occupying or continuing to occupy 
an HRP position. The forms include: Human Reliability Program 
Certification (DOE F 470.3), Acknowledgement and Agreement to 
Participate in the Human Reliability Program (DOE F 470.4), 
Authorization and Consent to Release Human Reliability Program (HRP) 
Records in Connection with HRP (DOE F 470.5), Refusal of Consent (DOE F 
470.6), and Human Reliability Program (HRP) Alcohol Testing Form (DOE F 
470.7). (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 43,960 (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 43,999 (7) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 3,819; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $342,888; and (9) Response Obligation: 
Mandatory.

    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2165; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 
5814-5815; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ; E.O. 
10450, 3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp., p. 936, as amended; E.O. 10865, 3 CFR 
1959-1963 Comp., p. 398, as amended; 3 CFR Chap. IV.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2018.
Matthew B. Moury,
Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-00880 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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