Notice2025-14305

Agency Information Collection Extension

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Published
July 29, 2025

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Energy Department

Abstract

The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35677-35678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14305]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years an information 
collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before September 29, 2025. If you anticipate any 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Adam Guzzo, Program Manager, 
Office of State and Community Energy Programs, at 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a4f4f49484d4a627b246e656f246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e0b0b0d0c090e263f602a212b60292138">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Guzzo, Program Manager, Office of 
State and Community Energy Programs; 1000 Independence Ave. SW, 
Washington, DC 20585; (202) 258-6766; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3a6a6a0a1a4a38b92cd878c86cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="743131373633341c055a101b115a131b02">[email&#160;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.: 1910-5150;
    (2) Information Collection Request Titled: Energy Efficiency and 
Conservation Block Grant Information Collection Request;
    (3) Type of Review: Renewal;
    (4) Purpose: The information collected is used by DOE program staff 
to track grant recipients' activities, monitor their progress, and 
provide oversight for financing program expenditures and the 
repurposing of funds. The collected information also enables program 
staff to provide required or requested information on program 
activities to OMB, Congress, and the public. Likely recipients include 
the remaining entities maintaining Energy Efficiency and Conservation 
Block Grants (EECBG) financed under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA);
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 61;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 61;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 183;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$11,009.
    Statutory Authority: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(EISA) (Pub. L. 110-140). This collection also meets OMB requirements 
for: (1) administration of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (ARRA or Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5) Financing programs created 
as part of the EECBG formula and competitive grants; and (2) ARRA 
funds.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 25, 
2025, by Eric Mahroum, Director of the Office of State and Community 
Energy Programs,

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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 25, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-14305 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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