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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2018 / Notices

station regulatory compliance costs and
time for regulatory processing have been
shown to be substantial. Courses-ofaction may include areas such as:
Identifying gaps in existing regulations,
codes and standards; streamlining
regulatory, permitting, and certification
processes; reducing unneeded
compliance actions; or consolidating
regulatory requirements. The RFI [DE–
FOA–0001948] is available at: https://
eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
Confidential Business Information
Because information received in
response to this RFI may be used to
structure future programs, funding and/
or otherwise be made available to the
public, respondents are strongly advised
to not include any information in their
responses that might be considered
business sensitive, proprietary, or
otherwise confidential. If, however, a
respondent chooses to submit business
sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise
confidential information, it must be
clearly and conspicuously marked as
such in the response as detailed in the
RFI [DE–FOA–0001948] at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov/.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2018.
Sunita Satyapal,
Director, Fuel Cell Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2018–12699 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Department of Energy.
Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review
and comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted an information
collection request to the OMB for
extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Procurement
Collection, OMB Control Number 1910–
4100. This information collection
request covers information necessary to
administer and manage DOE’s
procurement and acquisition programs.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
July 13, 2018. 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.

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Written comments should
be sent to the: 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.
If you wish access to the collection of
information, without charge, contact the
person listed as soon as possible.
Sharon Archer, Procurement Analyst,
MA–61/L’Enfant Plaza Building, U.S.
Department of Energy, 950 L’Enfant
Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024,
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Sharon Archer, by email:
[email protected], or by
telephone at (202) 287–1739.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–4100 (Renewal); (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Procurement Information Collection; (3)
Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose:
Under 48 CFR part 952 and Subpart
970.52, DOE must collect certain types
of information from those seeking to do
business with the Department or those
awarded contracts by the Department.
This information collection is necessary
for the solicitation, award,
administration, and closeout of DOE
procurement contracts. (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,387; (6) Annual Estimated Total
Burden Hours: 666,082; (7) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: $56,616,970.
ADDRESSES:

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31,
2018.
John Bashista,
Director, Office of Acquisition Management.
[FR Doc. 2018–12698 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Proposed New Survey or Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

EIA is requesting a three-year
extension of EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Questionnaire Testing,
Evaluation, and Research.’’ EIA–882T

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provides EIA with the authority to
utilize qualitative and quantitative
methodologies to pretest questionnaires
and validate the quality of data
collected on EIA’s surveys. EIA uses
EIA–882T to meet its obligation to
publish, and otherwise make available
independent, high-quality statistical
data to federal government agencies,
state and local governments, the energy
industry, researchers, and the general
public.
EIA must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than August 13, 2018. If you
anticipate any difficulties in submitting
your comments by the deadline, contact
the person listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice as soon as
possible.

DATES:

Send your comments to
Brian Hewitt, U.S. Energy Information
Administration, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, EI–21 Washington, DC
20585. If you prefer, you can email them
to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information, send
your request to Brian Hewitt, U.S.
Energy Information Administration,
1000 Independence Avenue SW, EI–21,
Washington, DC 20585. If you prefer,
you can email [email protected] or
contact him by telephone at 202–586–
5045.
ADDRESSES:

This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0186;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Generic Clearance for
Questionnaire Testing, Evaluation, and
Research;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: The U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) is
requesting a three-year approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to utilize qualitative and
quantitative methodologies to pretest
questionnaires and validate the quality
of the data that is collected on EIA and
DOE survey forms. Through the use of
these methodologies, EIA will conduct
research studies to improve the quality
of energy data being collected, reduce or
minimize survey respondent burden,
and increase agency efficiency. This
authority would also allow EIA to
improve data collection in order to meet
the needs of EIA’s customers while also
staying current in the evolving nature of
the energy industry.
The specific methods proposed for the
coverage by this clearance are described
below. Also outlined is the legal
authority for these voluntary
information gathering activities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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