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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 183 / Friday, September 24, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy 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
‘‘Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Acquisition Report for State and
Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets,’’ OMB
Control Number 1910–5101. This
information collection package covers
information necessary to ensure the
compliance of regulated fleets with the
alternative fueled vehicle acquisition
requirements of the Energy Policy Act of
1992, as amended, (EPAct).
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
October 25, 2021. 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 202–395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Mr. Mark Smith, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EE–3V), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
287–5151, [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 DOE, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of DOE’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
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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.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5101;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Acquisition Report for State
Government and Alternative Fuel
Provider Fleets;
(3) Type of Review: Extension;
(4) Purpose: The information is
required so that DOE can determine
whether alternative fuel provider and
State government fleets are in
compliance with the alternative fueled
vehicle acquisition mandates of sections
501 and 507(o) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992, as amended, (EPAct), whether
such fleets should be allocated credits
under section 508 of EPAct, and
whether fleets that opted into the
alternative compliance program under
section 514 of EPAct are in compliance
with the applicable requirements. The
information collection instrument is
completed online, via a password
protected web page; for review
purposes, the same instrument is
available online at http://
www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/
epact/docs/reporting_spreadsheet.xls
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 303;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 335;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 1,970;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $120,000.
Statutory Authority: Statutory
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13251 et seq.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on September 9,
2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
and Acting Assistant Secretary for
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, 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 of this

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document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
21, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021–20755 Filed 9–23–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice announces an
open meeting of the President’s Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST). The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) requires that
public notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES:
Tuesday, September 28, 2021; 10 a.m.–
4 p.m. ET
Wednesday, September 29, 2021; 10
a.m.–5 p.m. ET
ADDRESSES: Information to participate
virtually can be found on the PCAST
website closer to the meeting at:
www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Sarah Domnitz, Designated Federal
Officer, PCAST, email: PCAST@
ostp.eop.gov or telephone: (202) 881–
6399.
SUMMARY:

PCAST is
an advisory group of the nation’s
leading scientists and engineers,
appointed by the President to augment
the science and technology advice
available to him from the White House,
cabinet departments, and other Federal
agencies. See the Executive Order at
whitehouse.gov. PCAST is consulted on
and provides analyses and
recommendations concerning a wide
range of issues where understanding of
science, technology, and innovation
may bear on the policy choices before
the President. The Designated Federal
Officer is Dr. Sarah Domnitz.
Information about PCAST can be found
at: www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST.
Tentative Agenda: PCAST will hear
from invited speakers on and discuss
various aspects of U.S. international and
economic competitiveness in science
and technology, and the on-going
response to the COVID–19 pandemic.
Additional information and the meeting
agenda, including any changes that
arise, will be posted on the PCAST

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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