[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 78349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25240]


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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; 
request comments.

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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 Contracting, OMB Control 
Number 1910-5190. The proposed collection will collect information 
related to BPA's management and oversight of contracting requirements 
in fulfillment of BPA's vendor contracts.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
December 15, 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: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Attn: Stephanie Noell, Privacy Program, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (503) 230-3881.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5190;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Contracting;
    (3) Type of Request: Extension;
    (4) Purpose: this information collection is associated with BPA's 
management and oversight of contracting requirements in fulfillment of 
BPA vendor contracts;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 835;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 5,115;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,240;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Statutory Authority: The Bonneville Project Act codified in 16 
U.S.C. 832a; the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act of 1974 
in 16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.; and the Pacific Northwest Electric Power 
Planning and Conservation Act in 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.; IRS Code 26 
U.S.C. 6109; and Department of Energy Establishment Act 42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on November 1, 2023, by Rachel L. Hull, Information collection 
Clearance Manager, Bonneville Power Administration, 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 November 9, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-25240 Filed 11-14-23; 8:45 am]
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