[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63427-63428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17216]


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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 September 4, 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) 395-4718.

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: Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Rm. G-302, Germantown, MD 
20874 or by telephone at (301) 903-3880 or by facsimile at (301) 903-
7738, or by email at [email protected], https://www.energy.gov/cio/office-chief-information-officer/services/guidance/privacy-program/submitting-privacy-act.

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.: 1910-1700;
    (2) Information Collection Request Titled: Privacy Act 
Administration;
    (3) Type of Review: Extension;
    (4) Purpose: The Privacy Act Information Request form aids DOE's 
processing of Privacy Act requests submitted by an individual or an 
authorized representative, wherein he or she requests records that the 
government may maintain pertaining to that individual. The DOE's use of 
its form continues to contribute to DOE's Privacy Act processes, 
including, but not limited to, providing for faster processing of 
Privacy Act Information requests by asking individuals or their 
authorized representatives for pertinent information needed for records 
retrieval;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 390;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 390;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 130;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$14,079.

Statutory Authority

    The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a; Department of Energy, 
Records Maintained on Individuals (Privacy Act), 10 CFR part 1008; 42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., and DOE Order 206.1.

Signing Authority

    This document of the U.S. Department of Energy was signed on July 
29, 2024, by Ann Dunkin, Chief Information Officer, 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

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administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this 
document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-17216 Filed 8-2-24; 8:45 am]
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