[Federal Register: August 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 149)]
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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 collection of information concerning annual 
applications from the owners of qualified renewable energy generation 
facilities for the consideration of Renewable Energy Production 
Incentive (REPI) payments, OMB Control Number 1910-0068. This 
information collection package covers information necessary to 
determine if an applicant's facility qualifies for these payments and 
to determine the amount of net electricity produced that qualifies for 
these payments and ensures that the government has sufficient 
information to ensure the proper use of public funds for these 
incentive payments.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
September 3, 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 202-395-3122.

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 Susan L. Frey, Director, 
Records Management Division, IM-11/Germantown Bldg., Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, or e-mail at 
susan.frey@im.doe.gov; and to Dan Beckley, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, EE-2K/Forrestal Bldg., U.S. Department of Energy, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, or e-mail at 
dan.beckley@ee.doe.gov.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The DOE persons listed in ADDRESSEES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-
0068; (2) Package Title: Renewable Energy Production Incentive; (3) 
Purpose: To provide required information to receive consideration for 
payment for qualified renewable energy electricity produced in the 
prior fiscal year; (4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 75 (5) 
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 450; (6) Number of Collections: The 
package contains 75 (one per grantee annually) information and/or 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Statutory Authority: Energy Policy Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102-486, 
42 U.S.C. 13317.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2004.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-17733 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]

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