Notice2021-24608
Proposed Agency Information Collection
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Published
November 10, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year extension to its collection of information titled: Budget Justification, OMB No. 1910-5162. The proposed collection will establish application consistency for numerous Grant and Cooperative Agreement application packages from potential and chosen recipients. This effort will also streamline processes and provide applicants with a clear and straightforward tool to assist with project budgeting. In addition it will endow DOE reviewers with adequate information to determine if proposed costs are allowable, allocable, and reasonable.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 62519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24608]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year extension to its collection of
information titled: Budget Justification, OMB No. 1910-5162. The
proposed collection will establish application consistency for numerous
Grant and Cooperative Agreement application packages from potential and
chosen recipients. This effort will also streamline processes and
provide applicants with a clear and straightforward tool to assist with
project budgeting. In addition it will endow DOE reviewers with
adequate information to determine if proposed costs are allowable,
allocable, and reasonable.
DATES: Comments regarding this continued information collection must be
received on or before December 10, 2021. 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) 395-4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 James Cash, U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field
Office, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401-3111, or by phone
(240) 562-1456, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#197378747c6a377a786a71597c7c377d767c377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b414a464e5805484a58436b4e4e054f444e054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>. The information
collection instrument, titled ``Budget Justification'' may also be
viewed at: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/funding/articles/eere-negotiation-forms">https://www.energy.gov/eere/funding/articles/eere-negotiation-forms</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910-5162, Budget Justification;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Budget Justification;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: This collection of information is necessary in order
for DOE to identify allowable, allocable, and reasonable recipient
project costs eligible for Grants and Cooperative Agreements under
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 400;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 24 hours, per
response;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$1,417.20 per one time response;
Statutory Authority: Section 989(a) EPACT 2005 [Merit Review]{42
U.S.C. 16353(a){time} ; Section 646 DOE Organization Act [Contracts]{42
U.S.C. 7256(a){time} ; and 31 U.S.C. 503 (the Chief Financial Officers
Act, Functions of the Deputy Director for Management), 31 U.S.C. 1111
(Improving Economy and Efficiency of the United States Government), 41
U.S.C. 1101-1131 (the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act),
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, and Executive Order 11541
(``Prescribing the Duties of the Office of Management and Budget and
the Domestic Policy Council in the Executive Office of the
President''), the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, (31 U.S.C. 7501-
7507), as well as The Federal Program Information Act (Pub. L. 95-220
and Pub. L. 98-169, as amended, codified at 31 U.S.C. 6101-6106).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on November 5,
2021, by Derek G. Passarelli, Head of Contracting Activity and
Director, Golden Field Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 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 5, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-24608 Filed 11-9-21; 8:45 am]
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