[Federal Register: September 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 184)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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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 Security, OMB Control Number 1910-1800. This 
information collection package covers information necessary for DOE 
management to exercise management oversight and control over their 
contractors. The collections consist of information (1) for the nuclear 
materials control and accountability for DOE-owned and--leased 
facilities and DOE-owned nuclear materials at other facilities that are 
exempt from licensing by the NRC; (2) for the protection of classified 
information, special nuclear materials and other national security 
assets (DOE site self-assessments and site security plans); and (3) on 
DOE Federal and contractors traveling to foreign countries; for 
tracking and recording background information on foreign nationals 
having access to DOE facilities and information; and collection of 
Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence data from bidders on DOE 
contracts requiring personnel security clearances.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
October 24, 2005. 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: 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: Sharon A. Evelin, Director, 
IM-11/Germantown Bldg., U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, and to: Kathy Murphy, SP-1.22 
Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, 
Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon A. Evelin and Kathy Murphy, at 
the addresses listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-
1800; (2) Package Title: Security (3) Purpose: for DOE management to 
exercise management oversight and control over their contractors; (4) 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 39,136; (5) Estimated Total Burden 
Hours: 249,955; (6) Number of Collections: The package contains 
fourteen (14) information and/or recordkeeping requirements.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law 95-91, of August 4, 1977.

Sharon A. Evelin,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19038 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]

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