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[FR Doc No: 94-29965]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

 

Agency Information Collection Under ReviewBy the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of 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) hassubmitted 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. No. 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 sponsorof 
the collection (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC)); (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMBdocket 
number (if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type ofrequest, 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 respondentsper 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 ofthis 
notice. If you anticipate that you will be submittingcomments but find 
it difficult to do so within the time allowedby this notice, you should 
advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so 
as soon as possible. The DeskOfficer may be telephoned at (202) 395-
3084. (Also, pleasenotify the EIA contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy DeskOfficer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office ofManagement and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Office ofStatistical Standards at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information or copies 
of the forms and instructions should be directed to Norma White, Office 
of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Washington, DC 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-25
3. 1902-0092
4. Financial Audits
5. Extension
6. Other (3 to 5 year cycle depending on size and complexity of audit)
7. Mandatory
8. Businesses or other for-profit
9. 77 respondents
10. 1 response
11. 215 hours per response
12. 16,555 hours
13. The information collected on FERC financial compliance audits is 
needed to determine the companies' compliance with the Commission's 
accounting, ratemaking and related regulations, and the Commission's 
reporting requirements. The Commission issues letter orders to the 
companies based on the results of the audits.

    Statutory Authority: Sec. 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980, (Pub. L. No. 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, DC, November 29, 1994.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards,Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-29965 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]
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