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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 98 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2021-10823]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Extension; Revision to Currently

Approved Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an

information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB).

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be

received on or before July 23, 2021. If you anticipate difficulty in

submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below

as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Jonathan Parthum, GC-62,

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC

20585, by fax at (202) 586-2805, or by email at

[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should

be directed by phone to Jonathan Parthum at (202) 586-5120 or by email

at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the

extended 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 of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden on

respondents, including through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information technology.

This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-

0800; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Legal Collections; (3)

Type of Review: Renewal and Revision; (4) Purpose: To continue to

maintain DOE oversight of responsibilities relating to DOE and

Contractor invention reporting and related matters; (5) Annual

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1525; (6) Annual Estimated Number of

Total Responses: 1830; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:

4412.4; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:

$337,239.73.00.

The revision consists of updates to two documents: DOE F 482.2 and

DOE F 2050.11. For DOE F 482.2, the form is modified to add a Patents

Rights-Waiver Clause Including U.S. Competitiveness terms and

conditions acceptance to the beginning of the document. As for DOE F

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2050.11, this form is modified to add the appropriate Paperwork

Reduction Act statement that is currently included in each of the other

documents within the collection.

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5908(a) (b) and (c); 37 CFR part

404; 10 CFR part 784.

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was

signed on May 18, 2021, by Brian Lally, Assistant General Counsel for

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, pursuant to delegated

authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original

signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes

only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been

authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for

publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This

administrative process in no way alters the legal effect on this

document upon publication in the Federal Register.

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2021.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 2021-10823 Filed 5-21-21; 8:45 am]

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