[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63426-63427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17217]


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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 titled Voluntary Carbon Dioxide 
Removal (CDR) Purchase Disclosures, which 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: Questions may be directed to Rory 
Jacobson, Division Director for Carbon Dioxide Removal, Forrestal 
Building Rm. 4G-036, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. 
SW, Washington, DC 20585; or by telephone at (202) 585-1650; or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance

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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-NEW;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary Carbon Dioxide 
Removal (CDR) Purchase Disclosures;
    (3) Type of Request: New collection (Request for OMB control 
number);
    (4) Purpose: DOE seeks information about purchases or pledges to 
purchase CDR services by organizations buying or facilitating these 
services. DOE will use information collected to administer the 
Voluntary CDR Purchasing Challenge and other potential future programs. 
Responses are voluntary but required to participate in the Voluntary 
CDR Purchasing Challenge and other potential future programs. DOE 
intends to publish some information collected to administer the 
Challenge and improve CDR market transparency. Respondents may be U.S. 
or international private or public sector organizations involved in CDR 
transactions.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 174;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,138;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,554;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$236,784.

Statutory Authority

    Energy Policy Act of 2005, section 969D, 42 U.S.C. 16298d; 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, section 
41005 (2021).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 22, 
2024, by Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy 
and Carbon 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 July 31, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-17217 Filed 8-2-24; 8:45 am]
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