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in developing specific strategies that the
DOE Office of Science may implement.
Confidential Business Information
Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any
person submitting information that he
or she believes to be confidential and
exempt by law from public disclosure
should submit via email two wellmarked copies: one copy of the
document marked ‘‘confidential’’
including all the information believed to
be confidential, and one copy of the
document marked ‘‘non-confidential’’
with the information believed to be
confidential deleted. DOE will make its
own determination about the
confidential status of the information
and treat it according to its
determination.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on April 3, 2023, by
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director, Office
of Science pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy.
The 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 April 12,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–08029 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy’s
(DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE)), pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend for three years with
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), the EERE Environmental
Questionnaire (OMB No. 1910–5175).

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Comments regarding this
proposed information collection
extension must be received on or before
June 16, 2023. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments
within that period, contact the person
listed in ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Lisa Jorgensen at: U.S.
Department of Energy, 15013 Denver
West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, or by
email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the EERE Environmental
Questionnaire should be directed to Lisa
Jorgensen at EEREEQComments@
ee.doe.gov or at (720) 356–1569. The
EERE Environmental Questionnaire also
is available for viewing in the Golden
Field Office Public Reading Room at:
www.energy.gov/node/2299401. If you
have difficulty accessing this document,
please contact Casey Strickland at (720)
356–1575.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
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
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.: 1910–5175;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE)
Environmental Questionnaire;
(3) Type of Request: Revision;
(4) Purpose: The DOE’s EERE
provides federal funding through federal
assistance programs to businesses,
industries, universities, and other
groups for renewable energy and energy
efficiency research and development
and demonstration projects. The
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
requires that an environmental analysis
be completed for all major Federal
actions significantly affecting the
environment including projects entirely
or partly financed by federal agencies.
To effectively perform environmental
analyses for these projects, the DOE’s
EERE needs to collect project-specific
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information from federal financial
assistance awardees. DOE’s EERE has
developed its Environmental
Questionnaire to obtain the required
information and ensure that its
decision-making processes are
consistent with NEPA as it relates to
renewable energy and energy efficiency
research and development and
demonstration projects. Minor changes
have been made to the Environmental
Questionnaire to standardize the
process for collecting places of
performance associated with a financial
assistance project in an extractable and
reportable format to better understand
what communities are directly impacted
by the projects being funded. Most of
the changes only separated and created
discrete data entry fields for information
that was already being collected within
the existing Environmental
Questionnaire. One new data field was
added for foreign location identification.
The average hours per response and
annual estimated number of burden
hours remain the same.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 300;
(6) Average Hours per Response: 1.5;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 433; and
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no
cost associated with reporting and
recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on April 11, 2023, by
Mathew Blevins, Director, Environment,
Safety, and Health 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. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 12,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–08026 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am]
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