[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 57815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22750]


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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) 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 Labor Relations Report collection. The 
collection requests information from the Department of Energy 
Management and Operation (M&O) and Facilities Management Contractors 
for contract administration, management oversight, and cost control. 
The information collection will assist the Department in evaluating the 
implementation of the contractors' work force collective bargaining 
agreements and apprise the Department of significant labor-management 
developments at DOE contractor sites. This information is used to 
ensure that Department contractors maintain good labor relations and 
retain a workforce in accordance with the terms of their contract and 
in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as identified 
by contract.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 18, 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: 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.: 1910-5143; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Labor Relations Report; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; (4) 
Purpose: The proposed collection will request information from the 
Department of Energy M&O and Facilities Management Contractors for 
contract administration, management oversight, and cost control. This 
information is used to ensure that Department contractors maintain good 
labor relations and retain a workforce in accordance with the terms of 
their contract and in compliance with statutory and regulatory 
requirements as identified by contract. The respondents are Department 
M&O and Facility Management Contractors; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 35; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 35; 
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1.84 per respondent for 
total of 64.4 per year; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $5,964.95.
    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7254, 7256.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 14, 
2021, 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 October 14, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-22750 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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