[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28159]


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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(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 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.)

ADDRESS: 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, D.C. 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Jay Casselberry, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116, FAX 
(202) 426-1081, or e-mail at Jay.C[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    The energy information collections submitted to OMB for review 
were:
    1. EIA-23, 23P, and 64A, ``Oil and Gas Reserves System Surveys.''
    2. Energy Information Administration; 1905-0057; Extension with 
changes; Mandatory.
    3. EIA's Oil and Gas Reserves System Surveys collect data used to 
estimate reserves of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids, 
and to determine the status and approximate levels of production. Data 
are published and are used by public and private analysts. Respondents 
are operators of oil wells, natural gas wells, and natural gas 
processing plants.
    EIA proposes no substantive revision to the current forms. However, 
the original Federal Register notice did request comments on 
substantive changes to the Form EIA-23, ``Annual Survey of Domestic Oil 
and Gas Reserves.'' As a result of comments received and discussions 
with members of various trade associations it was decided to delay the 
implementation of the originally proposed changes until all the 
government organizations involved had the opportunity to revise their 
own programs, so that all Government agencies would have consistent 
definitions in place before EIA changed its reserves definitions and 
data collection process.
    4. Business or other for-profit.
    5. 107,084 hours (16.360 hours x 0.802 responses per year x 8161 
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., October 17, 1997.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-28159 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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