[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8582-8583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03015]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the 
Weatherization Assistance 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, Weatherization 
Assistance Program, was previously approved on February 28, 2017 under 
OMB Control No. 1910-5127 and its current expiration date is February 
29, 2020. The proposed collection will collect information on the 
status of Grantee activities, expenditures, and results, to ensure that 
program funds are being used appropriately, effectively, and 
expeditiously.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 16, 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.

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 Christine Askew, 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:
Christine Askew, EE-5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585-1290, Phone: (202) 586-8224, Fax: (202) 
287-1992, Email: [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

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on respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. This information 
collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5127; (2) Information 
Collection Request Title: ``Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)''; 
(3) Type of Review: Revision 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; per House Report 115-929, 
DOE will begin tracking the occurrence of window replacements, which 
supports the reduction of lead-based paint hazards in homes; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 57; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 399; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
1254; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$33,228.72.

    Statutory Authority: Title V, National Historic Preservation Act 
of 1966, Pub. L. 89-665 as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

    Signed in Washington, DC, February 5, 2020.
AnnaMaria Garcia,
Director, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-03015 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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