[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8647-8648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3788]



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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, 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. The listing does not include 
collections of information contained in new or revised regulations 
which are to be submitted [[Page 8648]] 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: EIA has requested expedited OMB approval by March 24, 1995. 
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: Requests for addition information or copies of 
the forms and instructions should be directed to Herbert Miller, Office 
of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at 
(202) 254-5346.

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

1. Energy Information Administration
2. EIA-846(A), (B), (C)
3. 1905-0169
4. Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)
5. Reinstatement
6. Biennial
7. Mandatory
8. Business or other for-profit
9. 21,703 respondents
10. .5 responses annually
11. 9.25 hours per response
12. 100,325 hours respondent burden
13. EIA-846(A), (B), (C) will be used to collect data on energy 
consumption and related subjects for the manufacturing sector of the 
U.S. economy. In addition to being used for the National Energy 
Modeling System, the MECS will be used to augment a data base on the 
manufacturing sector. Respondents are manufacturing establishments.

    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, D.C., February 9, 1995.
John Gross,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-3788 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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