Notice2023-08026
Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
April 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy's (DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the EERE Environmental Questionnaire (OMB No. 1910-5175).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 23416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08026]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy's (DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy (EERE)), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, intends to extend for three years with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), the EERE Environmental Questionnaire (OMB
No. 1910-5175).
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection
extension must be received on or before June 16, 2023. If you
anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period,
contact the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Lisa Jorgensen at: U.S.
Department of Energy, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, or
by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1a4a4b3a4a4b0a28e8c8c848f9592a18484cf858e84cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c683839483839785a9ababa3a8b2b586a3a3e8a2a9a3e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the EERE Environmental Questionnaire should be directed to
Lisa Jorgensen at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#286d6d7a6d6d796b4745454d465c5b684d4d064c474d064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33767661767662705c5e5e565d47407356561d575c561d545c45">[email protected]</span></a> or at (720) 356-1569. The
EERE Environmental Questionnaire also is available for viewing in the
Golden Field Office Public Reading Room at: <a href="http://www.energy.gov/node/2299401">www.energy.gov/node/2299401</a>. If you have difficulty accessing this document, please contact
Casey Strickland at (720) 356-1575.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of DOE, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of DOE'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.: 1910-5175;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Environmental Questionnaire;
(3) Type of Request: Revision;
(4) Purpose: The DOE's EERE provides federal funding through
federal assistance programs to businesses, industries, universities,
and other groups for renewable energy and energy efficiency research
and development and demonstration projects. The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that an
environmental analysis be completed for all major Federal actions
significantly affecting the environment including projects entirely or
partly financed by federal agencies. To effectively perform
environmental analyses for these projects, the DOE's EERE needs to
collect project-specific information from federal financial assistance
awardees. DOE's EERE has developed its Environmental Questionnaire to
obtain the required information and ensure that its decision-making
processes are consistent with NEPA as it relates to renewable energy
and energy efficiency research and development and demonstration
projects. Minor changes have been made to the Environmental
Questionnaire to standardize the process for collecting places of
performance associated with a financial assistance project in an
extractable and reportable format to better understand what communities
are directly impacted by the projects being funded. Most of the changes
only separated and created discrete data entry fields for information
that was already being collected within the existing Environmental
Questionnaire. One new data field was added for foreign location
identification. The average hours per response and annual estimated
number of burden hours remain the same.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300;
(6) Average Hours per Response: 1.5;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 433; and
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There
is no cost associated with reporting and recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 11,
2023, by Mathew Blevins, Director, Environment, Safety, and Health
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
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 April 12, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-08026 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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