[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82328-82329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33091]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted renewals for an 
additional three years for the information collection(s) listed at the 
end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review under sections 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
    Each entry contains the following information: (1) The collection 
number and title; (2) a summary of the collection of information, type 
of request (new, revision, extension, or reinstatement), response 
obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or retain 
benefits); (3) a description of the need and proposed use of the 
information; (4) a description of the likely respondents; and (5) an 
estimate of the total annual reporting burden (i.e., the estimated 
number of likely respondents times the proposed frequency of response 
per year times the average hours per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed by January 29, 2001. If you anticipate 
that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so 
within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise the OMB DOE 
Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so, as soon as 
possible. The OMB Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-7318. 
(Also, please notify the DOE contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer,

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Records Management Division, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, at the addressee below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Susan L. Frey, Director, Records Management 
Division, Office of Records and Business Management (SO-312), U.S. 
Department of Energy, Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Ms. Frey can be 
contacted by telephone at (301) 903-3666, or e-mail at 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collections submitted to OMB 
for review were: 1. Current OMB No.: 1910-0400. Package Title: 
Financial Assistance. Summary: A three-year extension is requested, 
which includes both mandatory and response to obtain or retain 
benefits. Purpose: This information is required by the Department to 
manage all phases of the process of awarding, administering, and 
closing out financial assistance awards. The package contains 58 
information and/or recordkeeping requirements. Type of Respondents: DOE 
management and operating contractors and offsite contractors. Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 664,673.
    2. Current OMB No. 1910-1000. Package Title: Personal Property. 
Summary: A three-year extension is requested for these mandatory 
response obligations. Purpose: This provides the Department with the 
information necessary for the management, control, reutilization, and 
disposal of government personal property. The package contains 29 
information and/or recordkeeping requirements. Type of Respondents: DOE 
management and operating contractors and offsite contractors. Estimated 
Number of Responses: 3,857. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 247,374.
    3. Current OMB No.: 1910-1800. Package Title: Safeguards and 
Security. Summary: A three-year extension is requested for these 
mandatory response obligations. Purpose: This information is required 
by the Department for guard service contracts, security classified 
records, facility security, nuclear facility safety, and nuclear 
facility security. The package contains information and/or 
recordkeeping requirements. Type of Respondents: DOE management and 
operating contractors and offsite contractors. Estimated Total Burden 
Hours: 612,985.

    Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

    Issued in Washington, DC, December 20, 2000.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Records and Business 
Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-33091 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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