# Agency Information Collection Extension
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Department of Energy.
**ACTION:**
Notice of request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a revised 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. The revised collection relates to DOE's recognition for 50001 Ready and ISO 50001 certification.
**DATES:**
Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before February 9, 2026. 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:**
Anne Hampson, EE-5A/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; telephone: (240) 780-6132; email at *[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 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.:* 1910-5177;
(2) *Information Collection Request Titled:* Department of Energy Recognition for 50001 Ready and ISO 50001 Certification Information Collection Request. This information collection request was formerly titled “Department of Energy Superior Energy Performance 50001 Program Certification and 50001 Ready Recognition Information Collection Request” and is being retitled to reflect updated DOE recognition pathways for energy management systems implementation;
(3) *Type of Review:* Revision;
(4) *Purpose:* This Information Collection Request applies to the Department of Energy (DOE) voluntary recognition pathways for 50001 Ready and ISO 50001 certification for industrial companies, commercial and institutional organizations. 50001 Ready recognition is provided to facilities that self-attest their implementation of an energy management system based on the ISO 50001 international energy management system standard. DOE also recognizes organizations and facilities that achieved third-party certification to the ISO 50001 standard. Respondents include industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities.
(5) *Annual Estimated Number of Respondents:* 400;
(6) *Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses:* 400;
(7) *Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:* 300;
(8) *Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:* $20,425.
*Statutory Authority:* Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency. Executive Order 13624, 77 FR 54779 (Aug. 30, 2012); 42 U.S.C. 16191.
**Signing Authority**
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 5, 2026, by Abraham Shultz, Director, Industrial Technologies 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 January 5, 2026.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.