[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13931]


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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 Financial Assistance Information 
Collection, OMB Control Number 1910-0400. This information collection 
request covers information necessary to administer and manage DOE's 
financial assistance programs.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
July 31, 2023. 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: Richard Bonnell by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone (202) 287-1747. Please put 
``2023 DOE Agency Information Collection Renewal-Financial Assistance'' 
in the subject line when sending an email.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-0400 (Renewal);
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: DOE Financial Assistance 
Information Clearance;
    (3) Type of Request: Renewal;
    (4) Purpose: This information collection package covers mandatory 
information collections necessary to annually plan, solicit, negotiate, 
award, administer, and closeout grants and cooperative agreements under 
the Department's financial assistance programs. The information is used 
by Departmental management to exercise management oversight with 
respect to implementation of applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements and obligations. The collection of this information is 
critical to ensure that the Government has sufficient information to 
judge the degree to which awardees meet the terms of their agreements; 
that public funds are spent in the manner intended; and that fraud, 
waste, and abuse are immediately detected and eliminated;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,900;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 265,550;
    (7) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,464,800; and
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$81,384,288.
    Statutory Authority: Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act, 
31 U.S.C. 6301-6308.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 22, 
2023, by John R. Bashista, Director, Office of Acquisition Management, 
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 June 27, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-13931 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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