Notice2024-03470
Proposed Agency Information Collection Revision
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Published
February 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a three-year extension, with changes, of a collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will provide DOE with the information necessary to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the DOE NEPA implementing regulations, which requires EERE to perform environmental impact analyses prior to making a decision to provide Federal funding for research, development and demonstration projects funded by DOE.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13060-13061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03470]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information Collection Revision
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE) has submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a three-year extension, with
changes, of a collection of information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will provide
DOE with the information necessary to meet its statutory and regulatory
obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969
and the DOE NEPA implementing regulations, which requires EERE to
perform environmental impact analyses prior to making a decision to
provide Federal funding for research, development and demonstration
projects funded by DOE.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before March 22, 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
And to: Andrew M. Montano at U.S. Department of Energy, 15013
Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, or by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#56136a37763e2433306b" mailto:EREEQComments@ee.doe.gov"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3f6e1f6f6e2f0dcdeded6ddc7c0f3d6d69dd7dcd69dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>">E<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#410413040410022e2c2c242f35320124246f252e246f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b5e495e5e4a587476767e756f685b7e7e357f747e357c746d">[email protected]</span></a></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the EERE Environmental Questionnaire should be directed to
Andrew M. Montano at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1948394948092bebcbcb4bfa5a291b4b4ffb5beb4ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cd9ced9d9cddff3f1f1f9f2e8efdcf9f9b2f8f3f9b2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>. The EERE Environmental
Questionnaire also is available for reviewing 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: 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 that help to clarify certain questions as related to the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law),
but do not change the meaning of the questions being asked. These
revisions include additional fields in Section 1 to collect award,
funding, and contact information and additional fields in Section 3 of
the Environmental Questionnaire to collect information about project
location(s). The average hours per response have increased from one
hour to one- and one-half hours and the revisions made should not add
any additional time needed to complete the Environmental Questionnaire;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300; (6) Average Hours
per Response: 1.5; and (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:
443; (8) Annual Estimated Respondent Costs: $29,238. 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 February 14, 2024, by Matthew Blevins, Director, Environment,
Safety and Health Office, 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 February 15, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-03470 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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