[Federal Register: January 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 16)]
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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), pursuant to section 
3506(c)(1)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend 
for three years, an information collection package with the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB).
    The package covers collections of information concerning the public 
and the management and administration of DOE's government-owned 
contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities and offsite contractors. The 
information is used by Departmental management to exercise management 
oversight with respect to the implementation of applicable statutory 
and contractual requirements and obligations. The collection of this 
information is critical to ensure the Government has sufficient 
information to judge the degree to which contractors meet contractual 
requirements; that public funds are being spent in the manner intended, 
and that fraud, waste, and abuse are immediately detected and 
eliminated.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
collections of information must be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer, 
within February 25, 2002. 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 OMB Desk Officer of your 
intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer 
may be telephoned at (202) 395-3087. In addition, please notify the DOE 
contact listed in this Notice.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the DOE Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to Susan L. 
Frey, Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Deputy 
Associate CIO for Architecture Standards & Policy, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD 20874-
1290.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the 
Department's Paperwork Reduction Act Submission should be directed to 
James Renjilian, Office of the General Counsel (GC-80), U.S. Department 
of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-1522. Any other information 
should be directed to Ms. Susan L. Frey, (see above address), by 
telephone at (301) 903-3666 or e-mail at Susan.Frey@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) Current OMB No. 
1910-0800; (2) Title: Legal Collections Packages; (3) Summary: Request 
for a three-year extension of the existing clearance; (4) Purpose: This 
information is required by DOE to ensure that programmatic and 
administrative management requirements and resources are managed 
efficiently and effectively and to exercise management oversight over 
DOE M&O contractors of the Department's GOCO facilities, and off-site 
contractors. (5) Type of Respondents: DOE management and operating 
contractors and off-site contractors; (6) Estimated Number of 
Responses: 1,894. Estimated number of Burden Hours: 14,100 .

    Statutory Authority:  Section 3506(c)(1)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2002.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Deputy Associate 
Architecture Standards & Policy, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1742 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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