Agency Information Collection

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identifier: "/us/fr/2014-25238"
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title: "Agency Information Collection"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2014-25238"
section_name: "Agency Information Collection"
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currency: "2014-10-23"
last_updated: "2014-10-23"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Energy Department"
document_number: "2014-25238"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2014-10-23"
agencies:
  - "Energy Department"
  - "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office"
fr_citation: "79 FR 63389"
fr_volume: 79
comments_close_date: "2014-12-27"
fr_action: "Notice and Request for Comments."
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#  Agency Information Collection

**AGENCY:**

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE).

**ACTION:**

Notice and Request for Comments.

**SUMMARY:**

The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a request for public comment, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on the continued collection of information entitled: *Budget Justification,* which DOE has developed for submission to and approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the continued collection of such budget justification 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.

**DATES:**

Comments regarding this continued information collection must be received on or before December 27, 2014. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in *ADDRESSES* as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES:**

U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401-3111, Attn: James Cash.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Questions may be directed to James Cash at (720) 356-1456 or by email at *[email protected].* The information collection instrument, entitled Budget Justification, may also be viewed at *http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/resources.html* .

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

This information collection request contains:

(1) OMB No. 1910-5162, Budget Justification;

(2) Information Collection Request Title: Budget Justification;

(3) Type of Request: Renewal;

(4) Purpose: This collection of information is necessary in order for DOE to identify allowable, allocable, and reasonable recipient project costs eligible for Grants and Cooperative Agreements under EERE programs;

(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 400;

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400;

(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 24 hours, per response;

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $899.04 per one time response.

**Authority:**

10 CFR 600.112.

Issued in Golden, CO on October 17, 2014.

James Cash,

Contracting Officer.