Notice2025-11913
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
June 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed information collection that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 27532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11913]
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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 information collection that 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 collection must be received on
or before July 28, 2025. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Kelly, Deputy Assistant General
Counsel, (202) 246-6500, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87e5e2f3efa9ece2ebebfec7eff6a9e3e8e2a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae8effee2a4e1efe6e6f3cae2fba4eee5efa4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance 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.: 1910-5115;
(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;
and, 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 June 23,
2025, by Jeffrey Novak, Acting General Counsel, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy. This 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 June 25, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-11913 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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