[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection requests.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites comments on the
proposed information collection requests, for the Advanced Technology
Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or hand delivered to: Lachlan Seward,
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4B-196,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Comments may also be submitted
electronically to ATVMLoan@hq.doe.gov or through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions must
include the OMB Number 1910-5137.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lachlan Seward, Advanced Technology
Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4A-157, Washington, DC 20585, 202-
586-8146.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Data
This information collection request contains:
1. OMB No.: 1910-5137.
2. Package Title: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing
Incentive Program; Application and Monitoring.
3. Type of Review: New.
4. Purpose: This package requests information from Applicants,
Borrowers and grant recipients under DOE's Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Incentive Program. This information is used to determine
eligibility for the program, to award loans and grants pursuant to the
program, and to ensure compliance with the program by Borrowers and
grant recipients.
5. Respondents: Up to 25 Applicants; up to 15 Borrowers.
6. Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 35,787.5 for Applicants;
10,875 for Borrowers and grant recipients.
7. Reporting Frequency: One time for applicants; quarterly and
annually for borrowers and grant recipients.
II. Statutory Authority
Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
(``EISA''), enacted on December 19, 2007, Public Law 110-140,
authorizes the Secretary of Energy (``Secretary'') to make grants and
direct loans to eligible applicants for projects that reequip, expand,
or establish manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce
qualified advanced technology vehicles, or qualifying components and
also for engineering integration costs associated with such projects.
Section 129(a) of the Consolidated Security Disaster Assistance and
Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009, (Pub. L. 110-329; ``Continuing
Resolution, 2009'') appropriated $7,510,000,000 for fiscal year 2009
for ``Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program
Account'' for the cost of direct loans as authorized under section
136(d) of EISA and states that commitments for direct loans using such
amount must not exceed $25,000,000,000 in total loan principle.
Further, section 129(c) of the Continuing Resolution, 2009 made several
substantive amendments to EISA section 136, including that, not later
than 60 days after enactment of the Continuing Resolution, 2009, the
Secretary will promulgate an interim final rule establishing
regulations that the Secretary deems necessary to administer section
136 of EISA, as amended by the Continuing Resolution, 2009.
Pursuant to section 129 of the Continuing Resolution, 2009 and EISA
section 136, DOE promulgated an interim final rule on November 12,
2008, setting forth the basic applicant eligibility and project
eligibility requirements for both the grant and the loan program. 73 FR
66729 (November 12, 2008). At present, Congress has appropriated funds
through the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009, for only the loan program. As such, DOE will
be implementing the loan program only at this time.
III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
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proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter
of public record.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2009.
Owen F. Barwell,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
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