[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10874]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection, titled the Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 
Commercialization Survey will satisfy the program requirements of the 
Small Business Act, including requirements established in the SBIR 
program reauthorization legislation. DOE will collect the survey data 
via web-enabled software and provide it to the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) to maintain information about the DOE SBIR/STTR 
awards issued through the two programs. This data will be provided by 
DOE based on information collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data 
will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the commercial impact 
of these two programs. 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 202-395-1254 or emailed at 
[email protected].

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before June 21, 2018. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in 
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
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: Claudia Cantoni, SBIR/STTR Programs Manager, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290 
or by email at [email protected] or by fax at (301) 903-
5488.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Claudia Cantoni by email at 
[email protected] or by fax at (301) 903-5488.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5166; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business 
Technology Transfer (STTR) Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of 
Request: Three year extension; (4) Purpose: The DOE needs this 
information to satisfy the program requirements of the Small Business 
Act, including requirements established in the SBIR program 
reauthorization legislation, Public Law 106-554 and Public Law 107-50. 
This data will be collected by the DOE and provided to the Small 
Business Administration (SBA) to maintain information about SBIR/STTR 
awards issued through the two programs. This data will be provided by 
DOE based on information collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data 
will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the commercial impact 
of these two programs; (5) Annual
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500; (6) Annual Estimated Number 
of Total Responses: 2,500; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
2,500; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$120,000.

    Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the Small Business Act, as 
amended, codified at 15 U.S.C. 638(g).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2018.
Manny Oliver,
SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of Science, U.S. Department of 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2018-10874 Filed 5-21-18; 8:45 am]
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