[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53789-53790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22538]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 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. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of DOE, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of DOE'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.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before November 9, 2015. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Desk Officer for the
Department of Energy, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. And to Mr. Dennis
Smith, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE-3V), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121, or by fax at 202-586-1600, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dennis Smith at the address listed
above in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE is proposing to extend an information
collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
approved collection is being used for two Clean Cities programmatic
efforts. The first is related to a scorecard that assists DOE's Clean
Cities coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness
of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The second
effort is intended to develop information that enables DOE to measure
the impact and progress of DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership
(Partnership). DOE is not proposing to expand the scope of these
information collection efforts.
This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-
5171; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Clean Cities Vehicle
Programs; (3) Type of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: DOE's Clean Cities
initiative has developed two voluntary mechanisms by which communities
and certain fleets can get a better understanding of their readiness to
deploy alternative fuel vehicles and their progress in doing so. The
voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended to assist its coalitions and
stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness of their communities
for plug-in electric vehicles. The principal objective of the scorecard
is to provide respondents with an objective assessment and estimate of
their respective community's readiness for PEV deployment as well as
understand the respective community's commitment to deploying these
vehicles successfully. DOE intends the scorecard to be completed by a
city/county/regional sustainability or energy coordinator. As the
intended respondent may not be aware of every aspect of
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local or regional PEV readiness, coordination among local stakeholders
to gather appropriate information may be necessary.
DOE expects a total respondent population of approximately 1,250
respondents. Selecting the multiple choice answers in completing a
scorecard questionnaire is expected to take under 30 minutes, although
additional time of no more than 20 hours may be needed to assemble
information necessary to be able to answer the questions, leading to a
total burden of approximately 25,625 hours. Assembling information to
update questionnaire answers in the future on a voluntary basis would
be expected to take less time, on the order of 10 hours, as much of any
necessary time and effort needed to research information would have
been completed previously.
For the Clean Fleets Partnership information collection, the
Partnership is targeted at large, private-sector fleets that own or
have contractual control over at least 50 percent of their vehicles and
have vehicles operating in multiple States. DOE expects approximately
50 fleets to participate in the Partnership and, as a result, DOE
expects a total respondent population of approximately 50 respondents.
Providing initial baseline information for each participating fleet,
which occurs only once, is expected to take 60 minutes. Follow-up
questions and clarifications for the purpose of ensuring accurate
analyses are expected to take up to 90 minutes. The total burden is
expected to be 125 hours.
The combined burden for the two information collections is 25,750
hours.
(5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents for both information collections: 1,300; (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number
of Burden Hours: 25,750 (25,625 for PEV Scorecard, and 125 for Clean
Fleets Partnership); and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no cost associated with reporting
and recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 U.S.C. 13252 (a)-(b);
42 U.S.C. 13255.
Issued in Washington, DC on: September 1, 2015.
David Howell,
Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-22538 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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