[Federal Register: March 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 58)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted 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 extension of its Legal Collections, OMB Control Number 1910-
0800. This information collection request covers information necessary 
to legal collections related to invention reporting by DOE contractors, 
and related matters. The information is used by DOE management to 
exercise management oversight with respect to the implementation of 
applicable statutory and contractual requirements and obligations.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 24, 2008. 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 202-395-4650.

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 Robert Marchick, GC-62, U.S. Dept. of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Marchick, at the address listed 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-0800; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Legal Collections; (3) Purpose: To continue to maintain DOE 
control and oversight of DOE and contractor invention reporting and 
related matters; (4) Estimated

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Number of Respondents 2160; (5) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 16745; 
(6) Number of Collections: The information collection request contains 
5 information and/or recordkeeping requirements.

    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5908 (a) and (b).

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 19, 2008.
Robert J. Marchick,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and 
Intellectual Property, Office of General Counsel.
 [FR Doc. E8-5992 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]

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