[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61007-61008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21881]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of 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, an 
information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). The collections in this package are applicable to contract 
management in DOE, collected by DOE to monitor and manage the safety 
performance of its contractors and to fulfill federal reporting 
requirements. The information obtained from DOE contractors is used by 
Department management at the appropriate levels to manage the work 
pertaining to environment, safety and health throughout DOE and will 
include automated reporting of information into the following systems: 
Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS); Occurrence 
Reporting and Processing System (ORPS); Radiation Exposure Monitoring 
System (REMS); Annual Fire Protection Summary Application; Safety Basis 
Information System; and DOE OPEXShare Lessons Learned System.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before December 6, 2022. If you anticipate any 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Baldev Dhillon, EHSS-74, 
Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. 
SW, Washington, DC 20585-1290, or by email at 
[email protected], or information about the collection 
instruments may be obtained at https://energy.gov/ehss/information-collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Baldev Dhillon, EHSS-74, (301) 903-
0990, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    This information collection request contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-0300.
    (2) Information Collection Request Titled: Environment, Safety and 
Health.
    (3) Type of Review: Renewal.
    (4) Purpose: The collections are used by DOE to exercise management 
oversight and control over its contractors in the ways in which the DOE 
contractors provide goods and services for DOE organizations and 
activities in accordance with the terms of their contract(s); the 
applicable statutory, regulatory and mission support requirements of 
the Department.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 775.
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 73,040.
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 33,771.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$151,448.
    Statutory Authority: Section 641 of the Department of Energy 
Organization

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Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7251, and the following additional 
authorities:
    Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS): DOE Order 
231.1B (November 28, 2012).
    Occurrence Reporting and Processing System (ORPS): DOE Order 232.2A 
(October 4, 2019).
    Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS): 10 CFR part 835; DOE 
Order 231.1B (November 28, 2012).
    Annual Fire Protection Summary Application: DOE Order 231.1B 
(November 28, 2012).
    Safety Basis Information System: 10 CFR part 830; DOE Order 231.1B 
(November 28, 2012).
    DOE OPEXShare Lessons Learned System: DOE Order 210.2A (April 8, 
2011).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
29, 2022, by Todd N. Lapointe, Acting Director, The Office of 
Environment, Health, Safety and Security 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 4, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-21881 Filed 10-6-22; 8:45 am]
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