[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 81191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27478]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: 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 Coordination of Federal Authorizations for 
Electric Transmission Facilities collection, OMB Control Number 1910-
5185. The proposed collection will be used to meet requirements found 
in the Federal Power Act directing DOE to establish a pre-application 
process for qualifying electric transmission projects requiring 
multiple Federal authorizations. DOE published a Federal Register 
notice on September 25, 2020 soliciting 60 days of public comment. DOE 
received no comments.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
January 14, 2021. 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 202-395-4718.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Christopher A. Lawrence, U.S. Department of Energy, at 
[email protected] or 202-586-5260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5185; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission 
Facilities; (3) Type of Request: Extension; (4) Purpose: To meet 
requirements found in Section 216(h)(4)(c) of the Federal Power Act 
directing DOE to establish a pre-application process for qualifying 
electric transmission projects requiring multiple Federal 
authorizations. Section 216(h)(3) also allows an applicant to seek 
assistance for non-qualifying projects. Data supplied will be used to 
support an Initiation Request necessary to begin DOE's coordination 
assistance and must include, based on best available information, a 
Summary of Qualifying Project, Affected Environmental Resources and 
Impacts Summary, associated Maps, Geospatial Information, and Studies 
(provided in electronic format), and a Summary of Early Identification 
of Project Issues. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
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. There has been no 
collection under this authority since its inception. (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5, as this collection is addressed to 
a portion of the electric utility industry; (6) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 55 hours. (7) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $3,113.00.

    Statutory Authority: Federal Power Act, Sections 216(h)(3) and 
216(h)(4)(c).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 8, 
2020, by Patricia Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Electricity, 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 December 9, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-27478 Filed 12-14-20; 8:45 am]
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