[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30311-30312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11834]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the 
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Financing Programs

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years a currently 
approved collection of information with the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). The information collection request, Energy Efficiency and 
Conservation Block Grant Program, was previously approved under OMB 
Control No. 1910-5150 and its current expiration date is September 30, 
2021. The proposed collection will collect information on the status of 
Grantee activities, expenditures, and results, to ensure that program 
funds are being used appropriately, effectively, and expeditiously.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 6, 2021. If you anticipate that

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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) 395-4650.

ADDRESSES:  Written comments should be sent to the 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
    Pam Mendelson, EE-5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to:, James Carlisle, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: (202) 287-1724, Fax: 
(412) 386-5835, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5150; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program Financing 
Programs; (3) Type of Review: Renewal of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection; (4) Purpose: To collect information on the 
status of Financing Program activities, expenditures, and results, to 
ensure that program funds are being used appropriately, effectively and 
expeditiously; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 54; (6) 
Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 101; (7) Annual Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 303; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $12,120. Respondents, total responses, 
burden hours and the annual cost burden have all been reduced over time 
because of the retirement of grants, fewer programs and a lessened 
burden on reporting and recordkeeping costs.
    Statutory Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act (EISA), Public Law 110-140 as amended (42 U.S.C. 17151 
et seq.).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 27, 
2021, by Anna Maria Garcia, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
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, June 2, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-11834 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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