[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36272-36273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17364]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration


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 collections listed at the end of this notice to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The listing does not include 
collections of information contained in new or revised regulations 
which are to be submitted under section 3507 (d)(1)(A) 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) Response 
obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or retain 
benefit; (7) Affected public; (8) An estimate of the number of 
respondents per report period; (9) An estimate of the number of 
responses per respondent annually; (10) An estimate of the average 
hours per response; (11) The estimated total annual respondent burden; 
and (12) A brief abstract describing the proposed collection and the 
respondents.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 14, 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 N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20585. Ms. 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-521
3. 1902-0087
4. Payments for Benefits from Headwater Improvements
5. Extension
6. Required to obtain or retain benefits
7. Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-
profit institutions; farms, Federal Government; and State, Local or 
Tribal Government
8. 25 respondents
9. 1 response
10. 33.6 hours per response
11. 840 hours
12. This survey carries out the legislative requirements of the Federal 
Power Act, Section 10(f) which directs the Commission to determine the 
benefits that have been received by downstream parties from the 
operation or storage reservoir(s) or other headwater improvement(s), 
and to assess the downstream beneficiaries for a part of the annual 
charges for interest, maintenance and depreciation.

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

1. Fossil Energy
2. FE-329R
3. 1901-0297
4. Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978; Final Rule
5. Extension
6. Mandatory
7. Business or other for profit
8. 30 respondents
9. 30 responses
10. 20 hours per response
11. 600 hours
12. FE-329R Final Rule (1) incorporates Pub. L. 100-42 FUA amendments 
into regulations, (2) revises and updates cost test fuel price and 
inflation indices, (3) clarifies how to claculate fuel price when using 
natural gas, and 

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(4) revises and updates oil/gas savings estimates for cogenerators.

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

1. Nonproliferation and National Security
2. NN-417R
3. 1901-0288
4. Power System Emergency Reporting Procedures
5. Extension
6. Mandatory
7. Business or other for profit
8. 40 respondents
9. 1 response
10. 3.25 hours per response
11. 130 hours
12. NN-417R will provide the DOE with information regarding the 
location of where emergency electric power supply situations exist on 
an electrical power system or on a regional electric system. The data 
also provide DOE with a basis for determining the appropriate Federal 
action to relieve an electrical energy supply emergency. Respondents 
are electric utilities.

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

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-550
3. 1902-0089
4. Oil Pipeline Rates: Tariff Filings
5. Extension
6. Mandatory
7. Business or other for-profit
8. 150 respondents
9. 3.58 responses
10. 10.91 hours per response
11. 5,860 hours
12. The data is collected to ensure that the Commission has timely 
rate/tariff information available to determine whether or not proposed 
oil pipeline rates are just and reasonable and to help ``streamline'' 
the ratemaking process both for industry and the Commission staff.

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., July 7, 1995.
John Gross,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-17364 Filed 7-13-95; 8:45 am]
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