[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 64682-64683] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-31257] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Information Administration Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget
Agency
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.
Action
Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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Summary
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). The listing does not include collections of information contained in new or revised regulations which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act, nor management and procurement assistance requirements collected by the Department of Energy (DOE). Each entry contains the following information: (1) collection number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information (includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x estimated number of likely respondents.)
Dates
Comments must be filed within 30 days of publication of this notice. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also, please notify the EIA contact listed below.)
Addresses
Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address below.)
For Further Information Contact
Requests for additional information should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426-1103, FAX (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at hmiller@eia.doe.gov.
Supplementary Information
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was:
1. EIA-767, ``Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report'' 2. Energy Information Administration and Environmental Protection Agency (jointly sponsored); OMB No. 1905-0197 and 2080-0018, respectively; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory
A Federal Register notice was published on July 17, 1998, stating that planning data for: (a) new plants/equipment; (b) equipment updates; and (c) retirement date(s); along with heat rates (boiler efficiency) would be given confidentiality treatment according to EIA's procedures. The clearance package submitted to OMB has the same proposed confidential elements with the addition of projected fuel consumption. The July 17, 1998, proposal to treat financial data on environmental equipment as confidential has been changed and that data will be treated as non-confidential. 3. Form EIA-767 is a consolidation of data requirements of EPA and DOE. Data are collected annually from steam-electric power plants of 10 (MW) or more. Data concern air emission and water quality and are used for economic, regulatory, and environmental analysis. Power plants between 10 MW and 100 MW and nuclear plants complete only certain pages of the form. 4. Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government. 5. 51,952 hours (848 respondents x 1 response per year x 61.26 hours per response).
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1998. Jay H. Casselberry, Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 98-31257 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P