[Federal Register: May 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 99)]
[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 package to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a three-year
extension of its Contractor Legal Management Requirements, OMB Control
Number 1910-5115. This information collection package covers
information necessary to aid contractors and DOE personnel in making
determinations regarding the reasonableness of all outside legal costs,
including the costs of litigation.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before
June 21, 2004. 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 202-395-7345.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:
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.
Comments should also be addressed to:
Lorretta D. Bryant, Acting Director, Records Management Division, IM-
11/Germantown Bldg., Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20585-1290; or by fax at (301) 903-9061, or by e-mail at
lorretta.bryant@hq.doe.gov; and to
Anne Broker, GC-12, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Dispute
Resolution, 1000 Independence
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Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; or by fax at (202) 586-0325, or by
e-mail at anne.broker@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorretta D. Bryant, Acting Director,
Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20585-1290, (301)-903-2164, or e-mail lorretta.bryant@hq.doe.gov. Also
notify Anne Broker, GC-12, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Dispute
Resolution, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by
e-mail at anne.broker@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-
5115; (2) Package Title: Contractor Legal Management Requirements; (3)
Purpose: The collection of this information continues to be necessary
to provide a basis for DOE decisions on requests, from applicable
contractors, for reimbursement of litigation and other legal expenses;
(4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 33; (5) Estimated Total Burden
Hours: The burden hours for this collection are estimated to be
approximately 465 to 570 hours on an annual basis. This estimate is
based on the estimate that the preparation of the initial plan is 15-30
hours and that no more than 20% of the 33 contractors will need to
submit a legal management plan in any given year. The estimate for the
total also includes an estimate of the approximately 10 hours for an
annual budgetary update, which would be submitted by all contractors;
(6) Number of Collections: The package contains 1 information and/or
recordkeeping requirement.
Statutory Authority: These requirements are promulgated under
authority in section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C.
2201; the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et
seq.; and the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, 50
U.S.C. 2401, et seq.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 14, 2004.
Lorretta D. Bryant,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-11522 Filed 5-20-04; 8:45 am]
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