[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60450-60451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21171]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a 
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Semi-Annual Davis-Bacon Enforcement Report. 
All Federal agencies administering programs subject to Davis-Bacon wage 
provisions are required by to submit a report of all new covered 
contracts/projects and all compliance and enforcement activities every 
six months to the Department of Labor (DOL). In order for DOE to comply 
with this reporting requirement, it must collect contract and 
enforcement information from the Recovery Act funded Loan Borrowers, 
Loan Guarantee Borrowers, DOE direct contractors, and

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other prime contractors that administer DOE programs subject to Davis-
Bacon requirements. DOE will require that such entities complete and 
submit a Semi-Annual Enforcement Report every six months, by the 21st 
of April and the 21st of October each year.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 24, 2020. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments 
within that period, contact the person listed below as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:

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:

John M. Sullivan, GC-63, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Or by fax at (202) 586-0971; or by 
email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to:

John M. Sullivan, Attorney-Advisor (Labor), GC-63, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 
(202) 586-0971 or by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5165; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Davis-Bacon Semi-Annual Enforcement Report; (3) Type of Request: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: This information collection ensures Departmental 
compliance with 29 CFR 5.7(b). The respondents are Department of Energy 
M&O, Facilities Management Contractors, and recipients of financial 
assistance whose work is subject to the Davis-Bacon Act and Davis-Bacon 
Related Acts; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 75; (6) 
Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 150; (7) Annual Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 2 per respondent annually, for a total of 300 
per year; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$103.00 per respondent.
    Statutory Authority: 29 CFR 5.7(b).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
21, 2020, by John T. Lucas, Deputy General Counsel for Transactions, 
Technology and Contractor Human Resources, 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 September 22, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-21171 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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