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[email protected].
DOE’s guidance is available at:
www.energy.gov/gdo/nationaltransmission-needs-study.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adria Brooks, U.S. Department of
Energy, Grid Deployment Office, via
(202) 586–2006; or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE’s
Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is
announcing the availability of the draft
National Transmission Needs Study
(Needs Study) and requests public
comment on the draft.
Section 216(a) of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), as recently amended by
section 40105 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), requires
DOE to conduct a study of electric
transmission capacity constraints and
congestion every three years. The Needs
Study implements that statutory
provision and replaces what was
formerly known as the National Electric
Transmission Congestion Study.
Pursuant to section 216(a)(1), DOE has
consulted with states, Tribes, and
appropriate regional reliability entities
regarding the Needs Study, including by
providing a consultation draft for review
and comment by these entities, as well
as through a series of six audiencespecific webinars following release of
the consultation draft, and availability
of DOE staff for phone calls and
meetings. The draft Needs Study made
available for public comment by this
Notice reflects revisions made in light of
the comments and input that DOE
received from states, Tribes, and
regional reliability entities.
Pursuant to section 216(a)(2) of the
FPA, the study would inform any
decision to exercise DOE’s National
Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
designation authority. The Needs Study
will also inform DOE as it coordinates
the use of other authorities and funding
related to electric transmission. These
include new authorities under the IIJA
and existing DOE programs, such as
grid-related research and development
and financing authorities that support
grid infrastructure development.
Members of the public can visit
GDO’s website to access the public draft
of the study as well as guidance for how
to send comments or request further
information at: https://www.energy.gov/
gdo/national-transmission-needs-study.
Comments will be made available
publicly at the same website.
Signing Authority
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the Grid Deployment Office, 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. The
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 1,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–04521 Filed 3–3–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Renewal
Department of Energy.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
renew, 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 May 5, 2023.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period or if you
want access to the collection of
information, without charge, contact the
person listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the following: Richard
Bonnell, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Acquisition Management, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121 or by email at
[email protected]. Please put
‘‘2023 DOE Agency Information
Collection Renewal-Financial
Assistance’’ in the subject line when
sending an email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Bonnell by phone at (202) 287–
1741 or by email at richard.bonnell@
hq.doe.gov. Please put ‘‘2023 DOE
Agency Information Collection
Renewal-Financial Assistance’’ in the
subject line when sending an email.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) whether the renewed
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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.: 1910–0400
(Renewal); (2) Information Collection
Request Title: DOE Financial Assistance
Information Clearance; (3) Type of
Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: This
information collection package covers
mandatory collections of information
necessary to annually plan, solicit,
negotiate, award and administer grants
and cooperative agreements under the
Department’s financial assistance
programs. The information is used by
Departmental management to exercise
management oversight with respect to
implementation of applicable statutory
and regulatory requirements and
obligations. The collection of this
information is critical to ensure that the
Government has sufficient information
to judge the degree to which awardees
meet the terms of their agreements; that
public funds are spent in the manner
intended; and that fraud, waste, and
abuse are immediately detected and
eliminated; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 22,900; (6)
Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 265,550; (7) Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 1,464,800;
and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Statutory Authorities: Federal Grant
and Cooperative Agreement Act, 31
U.S.C. 6301–6308.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on February 24,
2023, by John R. Bashista, Director,
Office of Acquisition Management,
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

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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 March 1,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–04519 Filed 3–3–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Department of Energy.
Notice of request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before April 5, 2023.
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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB 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 information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ping
Ge, Office of Workforce Development
for Teachers and Scientists—SC 3.3,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585; (202) 287–6490; sc.wdts@
science.doe.gov.
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

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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–NEW.
(2) Information Collection Request
Titled: Office of Workforce Development
for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
Workforce Development Highlights.
(3) Type of Review: New.
(4) Purpose: The WDTS Workforce
Development Highlights will provide
insight to the experience of participants
in WDTS lab-based programs. Edited
versions of the information submitted
by respondents will be published to the
WDTS website for prospective
applicants to read and learn what it
would be like to participate in WDTS
lab-based programs.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 100.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 100.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 100.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $6,122.
Statutory Authority: Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Bill, 2022.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on February 23,
2023, by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe,
Director, Office of Science, 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 March 1,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Preparing a Future Workforce in
Quantum Information Science
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:

The rapidly emerging field of
Quantum Information Science (QIS) has
the potential to produce innovations in
quantum computing, simulation,
communication, sensing and other
technologies which are critical to our
nation’s future economic and national
security. As a new and strongly
technology-oriented field, QIS requires a
well-trained workforce to fill positions
ranging from research and development
to design and manufacturing. The Office
of Science in the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) invites input from higher
education institutions on approaches
needed to prepare students for careers
related to QIS, including identification
of opportunities where DOE’s network
of national laboratories could assist in
training the future scientific and
technological QIS workforce. Higher
education institutions, including public
and private universities, Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions,
community colleges, and emerging
research institutions (defined as ‘‘an
institution of higher education with an
established undergraduate or graduate
program that has less than $50,000,000
in Federal research expenditures’’
[CHIPS and Science Act]), are especially
encouraged to provide input.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be
received by April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: DOE is using the
www.regulations.gov system for the
submission and posting of public
comments in this proceeding. All
comments in response to this RFI are,
therefore, to be submitted electronically
through www.regulations.gov via the
web form accessed by following the
‘‘Submit a Formal Comment’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be submitted to sc.wdts@
science.doe.gov or Ping Ge at (202) 287–
6490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Background
QIS is a rapidly developing area of
science and technology (S&T) and
advances in this area have the potential
of profoundly impacting the U.S.
economy and national security, through
innovations in quantum computing,
simulation, communication, and
sensing. Recognizing the great potential
of QIS, and aware of the growing

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