[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12436-12437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04595]


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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 the Applications for Loans Under the Advanced 
Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, OMB Control Number 
1910-5137.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 4, 2022. 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) 881-8585.

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 Knight Elsberry, 
[email protected], (202) 287-6646. The 
information collection instrument (10 CFR part 611) can be viewed at 
www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/chapter-II/subchapter-H/part-611#sp10.4.611.a in conjunction with the guidance at www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2019/05/f62/Guidance_for_Potential_ATVM_Applicants_May2019.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5137; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Applications for Loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Incentive Program; (3) Type of Request: Extension; (4) 
Purpose: This information collection package covers collection of 
information necessary to evaluate applications for loans submitted 
under Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, 
as amended (``EISA'') (42 U.S.C. 17013). Applications for loans 
submitted to DOE under Section 136 of EISA must contain certain 
information. This information will be used to analyze whether a project 
is eligible for a loan and to evaluate the application under criteria 
specified in the interim final regulations implementing Section 136 of 
EISA, located at 10 CFR part 611. The collection of this information is 
critical to ensure that the government has sufficient information to 
determine whether applicants meet the eligibility requirements to 
qualify for a DOE loan and to provide DOE with sufficient information 
to evaluate an applicant's project using the criteria specified in 10

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CFR part 611; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 40; (6) 
Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 40; (7) Annual Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 5,300; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,083,000.
    Statutory Authority: Section 136 of the EISA authorizes the 
collection of information.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on February 
28, 2022, by Jigar Shah, Executive Director, Loan Programs Office, 
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 March 1, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-04595 Filed 3-3-22; 8:45 am]
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