[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52583-52584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18682]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection: Contracting

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for 
collection of information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection will allow BPA to exercise management and 
oversight awarding of contracts in a cost-effective manner, and for 
safeguarding the interests of Bonneville in its contractual 
relationships. In order to perform these responsibilities, Contracting 
officers require information collections from prospective or current 
vendors regarding how they are fulfilling their contractual 
obligations. We have one correction to make on the annual estimated 
number of burden hours.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before September 25, 2020. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
OMB Desk Officer by email or mail.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to OMB 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. Oira [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Attn: Laura McCarthy, CGI-7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 
97208-3621, or by fax Attn: Laura McCarthy, CGI-7 at 503-230-4619, or 
by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Contracting; (3) Type of Request: Existing collections

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without OMB Control Number; (4) Purpose: This information collection is 
associated with BPA's management and oversight of contracting 
requirements in fulfillment of BPA vendor contracts. Non-employees, 
contractors, and the general public complete the following forms: BPA F 
4220.04--Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts; BPA F 
4220.51--Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract/Order; BPA 
F 4220.52--Solicitation, Offer, and Award for Construction; and BPA F 
4220.55 --Solicitation/Contract/Order for Services and/or Items; (5) 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,370; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 3,370; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 543; 
and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0. We 
have corrected the number of burden hours to 543 from the original 108 
hours. We were incorrect with the estimated burden response for form 
BPA F 4220.51--Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract/
Order.
    Statutory Authority: The Bonneville Project Act codified at 16 
U.S.C. 832; the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act of 1974; 
and the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy, was signed on June 9, 
2020, by Candice D. Palen, Information Collection Clearance Manager, 
Bonneville Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from 
the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and 
date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in 
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-18682 Filed 8-25-20; 8:45 am]
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