[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22916-22917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10856]


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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: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
energy information collection 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 by May 28, 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,

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW, 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 
should be directed to Herbert Miller, Office of Statistical Standards, 
(EI-70), 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-887, ``DOE Customer Surveys''
    2. Department of Energy; OMB No. 1901-0302; Extension of Currently 
Approved Collection; Voluntary
    3. DOE-887 will be used to contact users and beneficiaries of DOE 
products or other services to determine how the Department can better 
improve its services to meet their needs. Information is needed to make 
the Department's products more effective, efficient, and responsive and 
at a lesser cost. Respondents will be users and beneficiaries of the 
Department's products and services.
    4. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government
    5. 12,500 hours (.25 hrs. per response  x  1 response per year  x  
50,000 respondents)

Statutory Authority

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

    Issued in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1997.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-10856 Filed 4-25-97; 8:45 am]
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