11.00A, Designation Order No. 00-11.00A to the Under Secretary (of Energy)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DESIGNATION ORDER NO. 00-11.00A TO THE UNDER SECRETARY (OF ENERGY) 1. DESIGNATION. Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Secretary of Energy by the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (P.L. 95-91), as amended, I designate to the Under Secretary (of Energy) the authority to act as my designee, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Manual, Part 11, Chapter 3, Section 29.6, to take the following actions: 1.1 Acting separately to request tax delinquency account status and other tax related information from the Internal Revenue Service, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103(1)(3), for applicants to the DOE’s loan guarantee programs under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16511), and under Section 2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended (25 U.S.C. 3502(c)). 1.2 Acting separately to request tax delinquency account status and other tax related information from the Internal Revenue Service, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103(1)(3), for applicants to DOE's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program under Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140), as amended. 2. RESCISSION. DOE Designation Orders 00-11.00 and 00-12.00 are hereby rescinded. 3. LIMITATION. 3.1 This designation covers all parts of the Department of Energy, except the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 3.2 Pursuant to this Designation, the Under Secretary (of Energy) shall be governed by the rules and regulations of DOE, and the policies and procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Energy, or his delegates. 3.3 Nothing in this Designation shall preclude the Secretary of Energy from exercising any of his authority whenever in his judgment his exercise of such authority is necessary. 3.4 The Under Secretary (of Energy) will ensure that tax delinquent account and other tax related information obtained by the Department is properly safeguarded and secured, that only persons with a "need to know" such information will have access to it, that the information will be stored in an 4. 5. 2 appropriate manner, and that the information will be properly disposed of when the need to maintain such records ceases. AUTHORITY TO REDESIGNATE. This designation may be redesignated to the Executive Director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO), and to the Directors of the Loan Guarantee Origination Division and the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program Division. DURATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. 5.1 All actions pursuant to any authority provided prior to this Order or pursuant to any authority granted by this Order taken prior to and in effect on the date of this Order are ratified and remain in force as if taken under this Order, unless or until rescinded, amended, or superseded. 5.2 A copy of this Designation Order shall be provided to DOE's Office of Management, which manages the Secretarial Delegations of Authority System. 5.3 This Designation Order is effective ____ _ J<t C.k. r:pefe.R.. ;J Rick Perry Secretary of Energy I l I ! . Mar 28, 2019