[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68168-68169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26908]


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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 Financial Assistance Information 
Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-0400. This information collection 
request covers information necessary to administer and manage DOE's 
financial assistance programs.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
January 13, 2020. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments 
within that period or if you want access to the collection of 
information, without charge, contact the OMB Desk Officer for DOE 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the following: 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: Richard Bonnell, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Acquisition Management, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585-0121, Or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Bonnell by email at 
[email protected] or telephone (202) 287-1747. Please put 
``2020 DOE Agency Information Collection Renewal-Financial Assistance'' 
in the subject line when sending an email.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-0400 (Renewal); (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: DOE Financial Assistance Information Clearance; (3) Type 
of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: This information collection package 
covers mandatory information collections necessary to annually plan, 
solicit, negotiate, award, administer, and closeout grants and 
cooperative agreements under the Department's financial assistance 
programs. The information is used by Departmental management to 
exercise management oversight with respect to implementation of 
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and obligations. The 
collection of this information is critical to ensure that the 
Government has sufficient information to judge the degree to which 
awardees meet the terms of their agreements; that public funds are 
spent in the manner intended; and that fraud, waste, and abuse are 
immediately detected and eliminated; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 10,125; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 
36,714; (7) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 524,040; and (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Statutory Authority: Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act, 
31 U.S.C. 6301-6308.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2019.
John Bashista,
Director, Office of Acquisition Management, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019-26908 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P