# Agency Information Collection Reinstatement
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Department of Energy.
**ACTION:**
Notice of request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to reinstate an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The information collection requests a reinstatement and three-year extension of its collection, titled Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5112. The collection provides the Department information needed to continue reducing the number of workers currently exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at DOE facilities managed by DOE or its contractors; to minimize the levels and potential exposure to beryllium; to provide information to employees, to provide medical surveillance to ensure early detection of disease; and to permit oversight of the programs by DOE management.
**DATES:**
Comments regarding this information collection must be received on or before February 23, 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) 881-9493.
**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:**
Baldev Dhillon, EH-1.2, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585-1290, Telephone at (301) 903-0990 or by email at *[email protected],* or information about the collection instruments may be obtained at *https://energy.gov/ehss/information-collection.*
**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.:* 1910-5112;
(2) *Information Collection Request Titled:* Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program;
(3) *Type of Review:* Reinstatement;
(4) *Purpose:* This collection provides the Department with the information needed to continue reducing the number of workers currently exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at DOE facilities managed by DOE or its contractors; to minimize the levels and potential exposure to beryllium; to provide information to employees, to provide medical surveillance to ensure early detection of disease; and to permit oversight of the programs by DOE management;
(5) *Annual Estimated Number of Respondents:* 6,471 (27 DOE sites and 6,444 workers affected by the rule);
(6) *Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses:* 14,359;
(7) *Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:* 29,794;
(8) *Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:* $2,248,023.52.
*Statutory Authority:* Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2201, and the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7191 and 7254.
**Signing Authority**
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 7, 2026, by Stephanie K. Martin, Acting Director, Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security 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 21, 2026.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.