Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
AGENCY:
Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Emergency OMB Review; Comment Request.
SUMMARY:
The EIA has submitted the energy information collection listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing under section 3507(j)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) by January 14, 2002. The reason for this emergency clearance request is that the American Gas Association (AGA) plans to discontinue collecting and releasing weekly underground natural gas storage statistics at the end of April 2002. The Secretary of Energy announced on October 30, 2001, that EIA would begin to survey weekly storage activities when AGA discontinues its data collection. Storage estimates will be provided for three multi-state regions comprising the lower 48 States. These regions were chosen because they are familiar to both respondents and data users. Normal clearance procedures would prevent the timely collection of this storage information by EIA when AGA discontinues its survey.
DATES:
Comments must be filed by January 4, 2002.
ADDRESSES:
Send comments to Bryon Allen, OMB Desk Officer for DOE, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX at 202-395-7285 or e-mail to BAllen@omb.eop.gov is recommended. The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-7318. (A copy of your comments should also be provided to EIA's Statistics and Methods Group at the address below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information should be directed to Herbert Miller. Copies of the materials submitted to OMB may be obtained at https://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/survey_forms/eia912package.pdf or by contacting Herbert Miller at (202) 287-1711. To ensure receipt of the comments by the ( printed page 65186) due date, submission by FAX at 202-287-1705 or e-mail to herbert.miller@eia.doe.gov is recommended. The mailing address is Statistics and Methods Group (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670.