[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 55262] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-26551] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 section 3507(a)(1)(D) 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 on or before November 12, 1999. 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, DC 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426-1103, FAX (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at herbert.miller@eia.doe.gov.
Supplementary Information
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was: 1. EIA-176, 191, 191S, 857, 857S, and 895 ``Natural Gas Program Package''; 2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0175, Extension with changes, Mandatory for all forms except EIA-895 which is voluntary; 3. The Natural Gas Program Package forms collect basic and detailed natural gas production, processing, transmission, storage, consumption and price data. The data are published by the Energy Information Administration and are used by both public and private analysts. 4. Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government; 5. 43,675 hours (5.35 hours average per response x 4.24 average responses per year x 1,924 respondents)
Statutory Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(a)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC, October 4, 1999. Lynda T. Carlson, Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 99-26551 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P