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[FR Doc No: 94-29966]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Agency Information Collection Under Review By 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) 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. 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 sponsor of 
the collection (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC)); (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 on or before January 5, 1995. 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 Office of Statistical 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-577
3. 1902-0128
4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Environmental Impact Statement
5. Revision
6. On occasion; Other (about 21.5 times per year)
7. Mandatory
8. Businesses or other for-profit
9. 55 respondents
10. 21.5 responses
11. 154 hours per response
12. 181,794 hours
13. The Commission uses FERC-577 data to ensure compliance with 
sections 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA), section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and section 311 of 
the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). The data are used to evaluate the 
environmental impact of proposed gas pipeline construction projects.

    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. Sec. 3506 (a) and (c)(1).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1994.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-29966 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]
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