[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22572-22573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11267]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of requests 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 (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 by no later than June 7, 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 CONTACT: 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. [[Page 22573]] White 
may be telephoned at (202) 254-5327.

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

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-1
3. 1902-0021
4. Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others
5. Extension
6. Annually
7. Mandatory
8. Business or other for-profit
9. 193 respondents
10. 1 response
11. 1,217 hours per response
12. 234,881 annual responses
13. This comprehensive financial and operating report is needed by the 
Commission to carry out its regulatory responsibilities under the 
Federal Power Act and PURPA. It is to be used to establish rates in 
rate proceedings, in formal investigations, financial audits, and in 
the continuous review of the final conditions of the regulated 
utilities.

    The second energy information collection submitted to OMB for 
review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-1F
3. 1902-0029
4. Annual Report of Nonmajor Electric Utilities and Licensees
5. Extension
6. Annually
7. Mandatory
8. Business or other for-profit
9. 17 respondents
10. 1 response
11. 32 hours per response
12. 544 annual responses
13. This comprehensive financial and operating report is needed by the 
Commission to carry out its regulatory responsibilities under the 
Federal Power Act and PURPA. It is to be used to establish rates in 
rate proceedings, in formal investigations, financial audits, and in 
the continuous review of the final conditions of the regulated 
utilities.

    The third energy information collection submitted to OMB for review 
was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-537
3. 1902-0060
4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction, Acquisition and Abandonment
5. Extension
6. Annually
7. Mandatory
8. Business or other for-profit
9. 50 respondents
10. 11.6 responses
11. 252 hours per response
12. 146,160 annual responses
13. This data is necessary to evaluate the feasibility of: certificate 
applications to construct and operate gas pipeline facilities; the 
acquisition of pipeline facilities and service; and the abandonment of 
facilities and service. The data include information on engineering and 
capacity design, marketing and cost information, environmental and 
locational data necessary to determine economic feasibility and public 
interest.

    The fourth energy information collection submitted to OMB for 
review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-566
3. 1902-0114
4. Annual Report of a Utility's Largest Purchasers
5. Extension
6. Annually
7. Mandatory
8. Business or other for-profit
9. 175 respondents
10. 1 response
11. 6 hours per response
12. 1,050 annual responses
13. Information from FERC-566 enables the Commission to exercise its 
interlocking position oversight and enforcement responsibilities under 
Section 305 of the Federal Power Act to identify large purchasers of 
electric energy and possible conflicts of interest.

    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, May 2, 1995.
Douglas R. Hale,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-11267 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am]
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