[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7758-7759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02672]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the 
State Energy Program

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years a currently 
approved collection of information with the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). The information collection request, State Energy Program, 
was previously approved on June 30, 2017

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under OMB Control No. 1910-5126 and its current expiration date is June 
30, 2020.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 12, 2020. 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 202-395-4650.

Written comments should be sent to theDOE 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

Gregory Davoren, EE-5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, Email: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Amy Royden-Bloom, EE-5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 
1910-5126; (2) Information Collection Request Title: ``State Energy 
Program (SEP)''; (3) Type of Review: Extension of a Currently Approved 
Collection; (4) Purpose: To collect information on the status of 
grantee activities, expenditures, and results, to ensure that program 
funds are being used appropriately, effectively and expeditiously; (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 56; (6) Annual Estimated Number 
of Total Responses: 224; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
7,456; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$315,232.

    Statutory Authority: Title 42, Chapter 81, Subchapter III, Part 
A of the United States Code (U.S.C.), (42 U.S.C. 6867(a)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, February 3, 2020.
AnnaMaria Garcia,
Director, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-02672 Filed 2-10-20; 8:45 am]
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