[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19690]



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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 requests submitted for review by the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitte- 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 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 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 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-574
3. 1902-0016
4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw Exemption
5. Business or other for-profit
6. Extension
7. Mandatory
8. 1 respondent
9. 1 response
10. 245 hours per response
11. 245 hours
12. FERC-574 data are used by the Commission in assessing applications 
for exemption from certain provisions of the Natural Gas Act by 
companies engaging in the transportation of sale for resale natural gas 
in interstate commerce.
    The second energy information collection submitted to OMB for 
review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FPC-14
3. 1902-0027
4. Annual Report for Importers and Exporters of Natural Gas
5. Business or other for-profit
6. Extension
7. Mandatory
8. 54 respondents
9. 1 response
10. 2 hours per response
11. 108 hours
12. The purpose of this report/filing is to collect data used to assist 
in the monitoring and regulation of natural gas imports and exports in 
the United States.

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

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2. FERC-73
3. 1902-0019
4. Oil Pipeline Service Life Data
5. Business or other for-profit
6. Extension
7. Mandatory
8. 10 respondents
9. 1 response
10. 40 hours per response
11. 400 hours
12. Data are used by the Commission to determine the depreciating 
portion of oil pipeline company operating expenses in establishing a 
company's total cost of service and ultimately the reasonableness of 
the amount charged to shippers/customers that is intended to recover 
the depreciation expense component.

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

    Issued in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1995.
Yvonne M. Bishop, Director,
Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-19690 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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