[Federal Register: May 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 96)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
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 Environment, Safety and Health reporting requirements, 
OMB Control Number 1910-0300. This information collection request 
covers information necessary to exercise management oversight and 
control over Management and Operating (M&O) contractors of DOE's 
Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) facilities, and offsite 
contractors. The contractor management oversight and control function 
concerns the ways in which DOE contractors provide goods and services 
for DOE organizations and activities in accordance with the terms of 
their contract; the applicable statutory, regulatory and mission 
support requirements of the Department; and regulations in the 
functional area covered in this request. The basic authority for these 
collections is the statute establishing the Department of Energy 
(``Department of Energy Organization Act,'' Pub. L. 95-91, of August 4, 
1977).

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before June 19, 2009. If you anticipate that you will be 
submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period 
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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 (OIRA), Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503; and to Vincent Le, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security, HS-1.22, 
1000 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, (301) 903-4648. 
Or by fax at 301-903-6081 or by e-mail at vinh.le@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information 
should be directed to Vincent Le, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Health, Safety and Security, HS-1.22, 1000 Independence Ave SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-1290, (301) 903-4648. Or by fax at 301-903-6081, 
by e-mail at vinh.le@hq.doe.gov, or online at http://
www.hss.energy.gov/pra.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) Current OMB Control Number: 1910-0300; (2) Information 
Collection Request Title: Environment, Safety and Health; (3) Purpose: 
This collection provides for DOE management oversight and control over 
its contractors ensuring that environment, safety and health resources 
and requirements are managed efficiently and effectively; (4) Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 2,612 (Previously reported was 2,469); (5) 
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 69,560 (Previously reported was 68,136); 
(6) Number of Collections: This information collection request contains 
nine information and/or recordkeeping requirements; (7) Estimated 
Annual Cost Burden: None (Previously reported was $12,741,432).

    Statutory Authority:  Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law No. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (1977).

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 11, 2009.
Lesley A. Gasperow,
Director, Office of Resource Management, Office of Health, Safety and 
Security.
[FR Doc. E9-11728 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]

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