[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9768-9769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04992]


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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 Contractor Legal Management Requirements, 
OMB Control Number 1910-5115. The

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proposed collection will require covered DOE contractors and 
subcontractors to submit to DOE counsel a legal management plan within 
60 days following execution of a contract or request of the contracting 
officer. Covered contractors must also submit an annual legal budget 
that includes cost projections for matters defined as significant 
matters. The budget detail will depend on the nature of the activities 
and complexity of the matters included in the budget. The regulation 
further requires covered contractors to submit staffing and resource 
plans addressing matters defined as significant matters in litigation. 
The regulation requires covered contractors to submit certain 
information related to litigation initiated against the contractor 
before initiating defensive litigation, offensive litigation, or 
entering into a settlement agreement.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 17, 2019. 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 Eric Mulch, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Mulch, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5115; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Contractor Legal Management Requirements; (3) Type of Review: 
Extension; (4) Purpose: The information collection to be extended has 
been and will be used to form the basis for DOE actions on requests 
from the contractors for reimbursement of litigation and other legal 
expenses. The information collected related to annual legal budget, 
staffing and resource plans, and initiation or settlement of defensive 
or offensive litigation is and will be similarly used.; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 45; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 154; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
1150; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.
    Statutory Authority: Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
42 U.S.C. 2201, the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7101, et seq., and the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, 50 
U.S.C. 2401, et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 8, 2019.
Theodore J. Garrish,
Acting General Counsel, United States Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019-04992 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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