[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78-79]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29053]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security, Department 
of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an 
information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). The information continues to be necessary to provide DOE with 
the information needed to reduce the number of workers currently 
exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at sites managed by 
DOE or its contractors; minimize the levels of and potential for 
exposure to beryllium; and provide medical surveillance to ensure early 
detection of chronic beryllium disease.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before March 5, 2021. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below 
as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to James Dillard, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security, AU-11/
Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 
or by email at: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to James Dillard, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Health, Safety and Security, AU-11/Germantown Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, or by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (301) 903-1165.

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 Control No.: 
1910-5112; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Final Rule: 
Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program; (3) Type of Review: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: This collection provides the Department with the 
information needed to continue reducing the number of workers currently 
exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at DOE facilities 
managed by DOE or its contractors; minimize the levels and potential 
exposure to beryllium; to provide information to employees, to provide 
medical surveillance to ensure early detection of disease; and to 
permit oversight of the programs by DOE management. DOE issued a final 
rule on December 8, 1999 (64 FR 68854), Chronic Beryllium Disease 
Prevention Program, which includes provisions that impose collections 
of information; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,650 (26 
DOE sites and 6,624 workers affected by the rule); (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 16,613; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours: 29,290; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Cost Burden: $1,867,465; (9) Response Obligation: Mandatory.
    Statutory Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2201, and 
the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7191 and 42 U.S.C. 
7254.

[[Page 79]]

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 
23, 2020, by Matthew B. Moury, Associate Under Secretary for 
Environment, Health, Safety and Security, 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 29, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-29053 Filed 12-31-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P