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[FR Doc No: 94-21130]


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[Federal Register: August 26, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

 

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review by the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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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 (Pub. L. 96-511, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.). The listing does not include collections of information 
contained in new or revised regulations which are to be submitted under 
section 3504(h) 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) The sponsor of 
the collection; (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMB docket number 
(if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type of request, e.g., new, 
revision, extension, or reinstatement; (6) Frequency of collection; (7) 
Response obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain 
or retain benefit; (8) Affected public; (9) An estimate of the number 
of respondents per report period; (10) An estimate of the number of 
responses per respondent annually; (11) An estimate of the average 
hours per response; (12) The estimated total annual respondent burden; 
and (13) A brief abstract describing the proposed collection and the 
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 N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments 
should also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the 
address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND COPIES OF RELEVANT MATERIALS CONTACT: Norma 
White, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Ms. White may be 
telephoned at (202) 254-5327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-549
3. 1902-0086
4. Gas Pipeline Rates: NGPA Title III and Blanket Certificate 
Transactions
5. Extension
6. On occasion
7. Mandatory
8. Businesses or other for-profit
9. 294 respondents
10. 17.69 responses
11. 2.7 hours per response
12. 14,045 hours
13. The Commission uses the data to ensure compliance with Sections 311 
and 312 of the Natural Gas Policy Act and Section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act. The data are necessary to evaluate the legitimacy of a 
transaction; ensure just and reasonable or fair and equitable rates 
charged for certain sales and transportation transactions.

    Authority: Section 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 
(Pub. L. 96-511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44 United States 
Code (See 44 U.S.C. 3506(a) and (c)(1)).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., August 19, 1994.
John Gross,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-21130 Filed 8-25-94; 8:45 am]
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