[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 18046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07132]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. 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 Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 
Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5112. The proposed collection will 
provide 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.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
May 7, 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 
should be directed to James Dillard, U.S. Department of Energy, Office 
of Environment, Health, Safety and Security, AU-11/Germantown Building, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585 or by email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5112; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program; (3) Type of 
Request: 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; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,650; (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: 
$1,867,464.

    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.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 1, 
2021, 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 April 2, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-07132 Filed 4-6-21; 8:45 am]
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