Notice2026-18482
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
September 10, 2026
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) is developing an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year approval of its collection, titled BPA Generic Benchmarking Surveys, OMB Control Number 1910-NEW. The proposed collection will be a retrospective analysis of existing construction and design standards in power transmission through comparison with standards in use by comparable entities.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57585-57586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18482]
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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) is developing an information
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a
three-year approval of its collection, titled BPA Generic Benchmarking
Surveys, OMB Control Number 1910-NEW. The proposed collection will be a
retrospective analysis of existing construction and design standards in
power transmission through comparison
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with standards in use by comparable entities.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before
October 13, 2026. If you anticipate that you will be submitting
comments but find it difficult to do so within the period allowed by
this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be
telephoned at (202) 881-9493.
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 particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Attn: Stephanie Noell, Privacy Program, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f282809b8493918bb2908293dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aededcc7d8cfcdd7eeccdecf80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at (503) 230-3881.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910-NEW;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: BPA Generic Benchmarking
Surveys;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: this information collection would allow for BPA to
survey the standards in use throughout our industry to ensure that our
standards are consistent with others and learning from industry,
respondents would be engineers, logisticians, and others within
stakeholder organizations such as the North American Transmission
Forum;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 300;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 300;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$19,572.
Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 832a(c).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 24,
2026, by Candice D. Palen, Information Collection Clearance Manager,
Bonneville Power Administration, 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 September 8, 2026.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-18482 Filed 9-9-26; 8:45 am]
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