2024-17217. Agency Information Collection Extension

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Department of Energy

AGENCY:

U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information titled Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Purchase Disclosures, which DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES:

Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before September 4, 2024. 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 [phone].

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:

Questions may be directed to Rory Jacobson, Division Director for Carbon Dioxide Removal, Forrestal Building Rm. 4G-036, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585; or by telephone at [phone]; or by email at [e-mail].

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-NEW;

(2) Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Purchase Disclosures;

(3) Type of Request: New collection (Request for OMB control number);

(4) Purpose: DOE seeks information about purchases or pledges to purchase CDR services by organizations buying or facilitating these services. DOE will use information collected to administer the Voluntary CDR Purchasing Challenge and other potential future programs. Responses are voluntary but required to participate in the Voluntary CDR Purchasing Challenge and other potential future programs. DOE intends to publish some information collected to administer the Challenge and improve CDR market transparency. Respondents may be U.S. or international private or public sector organizations involved in CDR transactions.

(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 174;

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,138;

(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,554;

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $236,784.

Statutory Authority

Energy Policy Act of 2005, section 969D, 42 U.S.C. 16298d; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, section 41005 (2021).

Signing Authority

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 22, 2024, by Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, 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 July 31, 2024.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.