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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 165 / Friday, August 26, 2022 / Notices

Dated: August 23, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection for the
Weatherization Assistance Program
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
extend for three years a currently
approved collection of information with
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The information collection
request, Weatherization Assistance
Program (WAP), was previously
approved on May 31, 2020, under OMB
Control No. 1910–5127 and its current
expiration date is May 31, 2023. This
ICR will include WAP Annual
Appropriations and Weatherization
Readiness Funds, Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and
Multi-Family Buildings. This ICR makes
updates to the WAP reporting metrics to
ensure the requested information can be
shared on an annual basis with
Congress.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
October 25, 2022. 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 Brittany Price by email to the
following address: Brittany.Price@
ee.doe.gov with the subject line
‘‘Weatherization Assistance Program
(OMB No. 1910–5127)’’ included in the
message. Submit electronic comments
in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF,
or ASCII file format, and avoid the use
of special characters or any form of
encryption. No telefacsimiles (faxes)
will be accepted. For detailed
instructions on submitting comments,
see ADDRESSES section of this document.
Although DOE has routinely accepted
public comment submissions through a
variety of mechanisms, including postal
mail and hand delivery/courier, the
Department has found it necessary to

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make temporary modifications to the
comment submission process in light of
the ongoing Covid–19 pandemic. DOE is
currently accepting only electronic
submissions at this time. If a commenter
finds that this change poses an undue
hardship, please contact the DOE staff
person listed in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Brittany Price, EE–5W, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121 or by email or phone at
[email protected], (240) 306–
7252.
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 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–
5127; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: ‘‘Weatherization Assistance
Program (WAP)’’; (3) Type of Review:
Extension of a Currently Approved
Collection; (4) Purpose: To collect
information on the status of grantee
activities related to WAP Annual
Appropriations/Weatherization
Readiness Fund, IIJA, and the
multifamily buildings expansion—
including but not limited to weatherized
units, total people assisted with grant
funds; expenditures; and results, to
ensure that program funds are being
used appropriately, effectively and
expeditiously. WAP Annual
Appropriations and Weatherization
Readiness Fund: On March 15, 2022, the
President signed the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021, which
appropriated $334,000,000 to the WAP,
and included $15,000,000 to be made
available to establish a Weatherization
Readiness Fund. As noted in WPN 22–
6, WAP Grantees will be required to
report metrics related to the expenditure
of these funds. Infrastructure
Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA): In
addition to the reporting documents for
the WAP’s annual appropriations, this

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collection also includes reporting for the
$3.168 billion delivered by IIJA. IIJA
was passed by Congress on November 6,
2021 ‘‘to authorize funds for Federal-aid
highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other
purposes.’’ The Weatherization
Assistance Program is listed as an IIJA
recipient under the Subtitle E—
Miscellaneous section within Title V:
Energy Efficiency and Building
Infrastructure. Multifamily Buildings:
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 amended Section 421 of the
Energy Conservation and Production
Act by inserting: ‘‘the number of
multifamily buildings in which
individual dwelling units were
weatherized during the previous year,
the number of individual dwelling units
in multifamily buildings weatherized
during the previous year,’’ after ‘‘the
average size of the dwellings being
weatherized.’’ (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 57; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
798; (8) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 7,752; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: $366,824.64.
Statutory Authority: Title 42, chapter
81, subchapter III, part A of the United
States Code (U.S.C.), (42 U.S.C. 6867(a)).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on August 12, 2022,
by Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal
Deputy 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 document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on August 23,
2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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