[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1354]


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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: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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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 of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). 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) collection 
number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information 
(includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if 
applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or 
reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required 
to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and 
proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely 
respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average 
hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x 
estimated number of likely respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 20, 1997. 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 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) 426-1103, FAX (202) 426-1081, or 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-457A/G, ``Residential Energy Consumption Survey''
    2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0092, Revision 
of a currently approved collection, Mandatory
    3. EIA-457A/G is used to collect comprehensive national and 
regional data on both the consumption of and expenditures for energy in 
the residential sector of the economy. Data are used for analyzing and 
forecasting residential energy consumption. Housing, appliance, and 
demographic characteristics data are collected via personal interviews 
with households, and consumption and expenditures billing data are 
collected from the energy suppliers.
    4. Individuals or households, Business or other for-profit, Federal 
Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    5. 2,005 hours (.4899 hours per response x .25 responses per year x 
16,370 respondents). The EIA-457 A/G will be conducted on a quadrennial 
basis.

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, January 13, 1997.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-1354 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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