Federal Register: July 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 141)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-11712
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Agency Information Collection
DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted by September 22, 2006. Comments may be mailed to the address given in the ADDRESSES section below. Comments also may be submitted electronically by e mailing them to: StandbySupport@Nuclear.Energy.gov. We note that email submissions will avoid delay currently associated with security screening of U.S. Postal Service mail.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Energy invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that the Department is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection of information is in an interim final rule pertaining to standby support that was published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2006.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Collection title: Standby Support for Certain Nuclear Plant Delays.
Type of review: New collection.
OMB number: None.
Type of respondents: Sponsors of new advanced nuclear facilities.
Estimated number of respondents: Three to five per year.
Estimated total burden hours: 218.
Frequency of response: Single submission.
Abstract: On May 15, 2006, the Department published an interim final rule to implement section 638 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into Standby Support Contracts with sponsors of advanced nuclear power facilities to provide risk insurance for certain delays attributed to the regulatory process or litigation. (71 FR 28200). That rule contains the following recordkeeping requirements that must be approved by OMB pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) before sponsors can be required to comply with them: (1) Section 950.10(b) contains information collection requirements pertaining to eligibility; (2) section 950.12(a) contains information collection requirements pertaining to fulfillment of conditions precedent to a Standby Support Contract; and (3) section 950.23 contains information collection requirements pertaining to submission of claims for payment of covered costs under a Standby Support Contract.
Request for Comments: Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the
Department invites comment on: (1) Whether the recordkeeping
requirements in the interim final rule are necessary; (2) the accuracy
of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those who choose to respond.
Additional information about the Department's proposed information
collection may be obtained from the contact person named in this notice.
Sharon A. Evelin,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Kenneth Chuck Wade, Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Energy, NE30, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. (301) 9036509 or Marvin Shaw, AttorneyAdvisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC52, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. (202) 5862906.