Notice2025-12676

Agency Information Collection Extension

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Published
July 8, 2025

Issuing agencies

Energy Department

Abstract

The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comments on a proposed collection of information 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 128 (Tuesday, July 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30058-30059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12676]


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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 comments on a 
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before August 7, 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: Kara Podkaminer, Senior Adviser, 
Transportation and Fuels, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ad9998d49995c8c8c0c4dedec4c2c3dedfc8dcd8c8ded9edc8c883c9c2c883cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a79392de939fc2c2caced4d4cec8c9d4d5c2d6d2c2d4d3e7c2c289c3c8c289c0c8d1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>; (202) 586-5000.

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-NEW;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Value Analysis;
    (3) Type of Request: New Collection;
    (4) Purpose: DOE seeks to collect information from electricity 
producers in order to provide such electricity producers with an 
emissions value that a qualifying facility may use to petition the 
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a Provisional Emissions Rate (PER) 
and claim the section 45Y or 48E tax credits. DOE will share relevant 
information collected with one or more National Laboratories as needed 
so those Laboratories can perform the required emissions analysis. 
Likely respondents include owners of electricity generating facilities 
or energy storage technology, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 45Y, 48E;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 20;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 20;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 800;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$77,368.
    Statutory Authority: 26 U.S.C. 45Y, 48E; 26 CFR 1.45Y, 1.48E.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 3, 
2025, by Louis Hrkman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 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 July 3, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-12676 Filed 7-7-25; 8:45 am]
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