[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36841-36842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13194]


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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 Certification of 
Vaccination--DOE Onsite Support Service Contractor Employees,
    OMB Control Number 1910-5194. The proposed collection will collect 
vaccination status information from DOE Onsite Support Service 
Contractor Employees. This information is being collected and 
maintained in order to promote the safety of Federal buildings, the 
Federal workforce, and others on site at agency facilities consistent 
with the COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles 
established by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force and guidance from 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration. Specifically, this information is 
being used by DOE staff charged with implementing and enforcing 
workplace safety protocols.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
July 21, 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: John Harris, (202) 287-1471, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This information collection request contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5194;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Certification of 
Vaccination--DOE Onsite Support Service Contractor Employees;
    (3) Type of Request: Extension;
    (4) Purpose: This information is being collected, and maintained in 
order to promote the safety of Federal buildings, the Federal 
workforce, and others on site at agency facilities consistent with the 
COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles established 
by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, and guidance from the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration. Specifically, this information will be used 
by DOE staff charged with implementing and enforcing workplace safety 
protocols.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 15,000;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,505;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$232,057.
    Statutory Authority: Executive Order 13991, Protecting the Federal 
Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing (Jan. 20, 2021); Occupational 
Safety and Health Program for Federal Employees (Feb. 26, 1980); 5 
U.S.C. chapters 11, and 79.; the COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency 
Model Safety Principles established by the Safer Federal Workforce Task 
Force, and guidance from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 14, 
2022, by John R. Bashista, Director, Office of Acquisition Management 
and Senior Procurement Executive, 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

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the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal 
Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-13194 Filed 6-17-22; 8:45 am]
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