[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 21647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07782]


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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 collection, titled Technology Partnerships 
Ombudsmen Reporting Requirements, OMB Control Number 1910-5118. The 
proposed collection will identify the number and nature of complaints 
received and resolved by technology partnership ombuds related to 
technology partnerships, patents, and licenses.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
May 12, 2022. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments 
but find it difficult to do so within the period 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: Phillip Harmonick, Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 287-1594, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5118;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Technology Partnerships 
Ombudsmen Reporting Requirements;
    (3) Type of Request: Extension;
    (4) Purpose: DOE's Alternative Dispute Resolution Office is one of 
four entities that collects reports required by the Technology Transfer 
Commercialization Act of 2000 from technology partnership ombuds at 
each DOE national laboratory. These reports are intended to demonstrate 
the extent to which each national laboratory has incorporated 
alternative dispute resolution techniques into its respective 
technology transfer program;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 17;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 68;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 17;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$1,230.
    Statutory Authority: Section 11 of the Technology Transfer 
Commercialization Act of 2000, Public Law 106-404, codified at 42 
U.S.C. 7261c(c)(3)(C).
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on April 7, 2022, by Poli A. Marmolejos, Director, Office of 
Hearings and Appeals, 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 7, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-07782 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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