[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3399-3400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00967]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Grid Deployment Office (GDO).

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: DOE invites public comment on a proposed collection of 
information that DOE is developing for submission to OMB pursuant to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will be 
used to accept applications and required supporting materials from 
applicants as required to receive payments for hydroelectric incentive 
programs.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on March 20, 2023. If you 
anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, 
contact the person

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listed in FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: : Requests for additional information 
or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions 
should be directed to Madden Sciubba, [email protected], (240) 
798-1195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the 
proposed 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.: ``New''; 
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Hydroelectric Incentive 
Programs; (3) Type of Request: New; (4) Purpose: GDO proposes to 
collect, annually applications and required supporting documents from 
applicants as required to receive payments for hydroelectric incentive 
programs (``Section 242'' Hydroelectric Production Incentives, under 42 
U.S.C. 15881; ``Section 243'' Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement 
Incentives, under 42 U.S.C. 15882; and ``Section 247'' Maintaining and 
Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives, under 42 U.S.C. 15883); (5) 
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 200; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 200; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 8 hours for each applicant, (1,600 total hours); (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $512 per applicant, 
annually ($102,400 in total); (9) Respondents/affected entities: 
businesses and other for-profits; not-for-profits; State, Local or 
Tribal Governments; Federal Government.
    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15881-15883

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 12, 
2023, by Maria Duaime Robinson, Director of the Grid Deployment Office. 
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 January 13, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-00967 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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