Agency Information Collection Extension
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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 Contractor Legal Management Requirements, OMB Control Number 1910-5115. The proposed collection will require covered DOE contractors and subcontractors to submit to DOE counsel a legal management plan within 60 days following execution of a contract or request of the contracting officer. Covered contractors must also submit an annual legal budget that includes cost projections for matters defined as significant matters. The budget detail will depend on the nature of the activities and complexity of the matters included in the budget. The regulation further requires covered contractors to submit staffing and resource plans addressing matters defined as significant matters in litigation. The regulation requires covered contractors to submit certain information related to litigation initiated against the contractor before initiating defensive litigation, offensive litigation, or entering into a settlement agreement.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33144-33145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11757]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
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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 Contractor Legal Management Requirements,
OMB Control Number 1910-5115. The proposed collection will require
covered DOE contractors and subcontractors to submit to DOE counsel a
legal management plan within 60 days following execution of a contract
or request of the contracting officer. Covered contractors must also
submit an annual legal budget that includes cost projections for
matters defined as significant matters. The budget detail will depend
on the nature of the activities and complexity of the matters included
in the budget. The regulation further requires covered contractors to
submit staffing and resource plans addressing matters defined as
significant matters in litigation. The regulation requires covered
contractors to submit certain information related to litigation
initiated against the contractor before initiating defensive
litigation, offensive litigation, or entering into a settlement
agreement.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before
July 1, 2022. 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 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 <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: Eric Mulch, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cca9bea5afe2a1b9a0afa48ca4bde2a8a3a9e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81e4f3e8e2afecf4ede2e9c1e9f0afe5eee4afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>,
(202) 287-5746.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5115; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: Contractor Legal Management Requirements; (3) Type of Review:
extension; (4) Purpose: the information collection to be extended has
been and will be used to form the basis for DOE actions on requests
from the contractors for reimbursement of litigation and other legal
expenses. The information collected related to annual legal budget,
staffing and resource plans, and initiation or settlement of defensive
or offensive litigation is and will be similarly used.; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 45; (6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 154; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:
1150; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.
Statutory Authority: Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
42 U.S.C. 2201, the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C
7101, et seq., and the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, 50
U.S.C. 2401, et seq.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 26,
2022, by Brian J. Lally, Acting Deputy General Counsel for
Transactions, Technology and Contractor Human Resources, 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 May 26, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-11757 Filed 5-31-22; 8:45 am]
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