[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18928-18929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05545]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a 
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before April 15, 2024. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period 
of time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at 
OMB 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 information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chris Early, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE-5B, Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by 
email at [email protected] or by calling 240-354-1304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5184; (2) Information Collection Request 
Titled: Programs for Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings; (3) Type 
of Review: extension; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection will enable 
DOE to understand the universe of organizations participating in 
building load management programs, including the following four 
voluntary programs: the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program, the 
Home Energy Score Program, the Better Buildings Residential Network, 
and the Zero Energy Ready Home Program. DOE encourages and assists the 
people and organizations that voluntarily participate in energy 
efficiency programs to build or renovate buildings for the purposes of 
improved efficiency, reliability, and affordability. The partners who 
voluntarily participate in the programs include: home builders, 
building trades and building-related associations, home design 
professionals, home energy raters and auditors, home inspectors, 
building consultants, manufacturers of building products, retailers, 
utility companies, financial institutions, non-profit organizations, 
educational institutions, energy program administrators and 
implementers, Home Performance with ENERGY STAR sponsors, state or 
local government energy offices or agencies, and other organizations 
that believe peer sharing will help them improve their effectiveness in 
encouraging effective energy upgrades. DOE proposes to continue to 
collect information such as names of program participants and names of 
organizations and addresses; estimates of how many homes they can get 
to participate in the programs; information about building stock (no 
building owner information is collected), and load management 
strategies. The collected information helps DOE understand the 
participating partners' activities and progress toward achieving 
scheduled milestones enabling DOE to make decisions about the best way 
to respond to partners' needs to improve their operations and actions 
to lower energy consumption and improve affordability. DOE published a 
notice and request for comments related to this current request for OMB 
clearance to collect information on April 20, 2023 (88 FR 24395) and 
received no comments; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 969; 
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 45,170; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 19,397; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: zero.
    Statutory Authority: The U.S. Code, title 42, chapter 149, 
subchapter IX, part A, section 16191--Energy Efficiency.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 8, 
2024, by Amanda Mahoney, Director, Building Technologies Office, 
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

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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 March 12, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-05545 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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