[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65255-65256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32437]


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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 on or before January 12, 1998. 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 Statistics and Methods Group at the 
address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(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. Forms EIA-411, 826, 861, 867, 900, and NN-417R (to be renumbered 
EIA-417R), ``Electric Power Surveys''
    2. Energy Information Administration and Office of Nonproliferation 
and National Security; OMB No. 1905-0129 (Form EIA-411 was previously 
approved with OMB No. 1905-0195 and Form NN-417R was previously 
approved with OMB No. 1901-0288; both forms will be incorporated into 
the approval for 1905-0129); Revision; Mandatory
    3. The Electric Power Surveys collect information on electric power 
capacity, generation, fuel consumption, fuel receipts, fuel stocks, 
prices, electric rates, construction costs, and operating

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income and revenue. Form EIA-417R collects data on electric power 
disturbances. Respondents include electric utilities, nonutility 
electric power producers, electric reliability council members, and 
independent electric power system operators. Electric power data 
collected are used by the Department of Energy for analysis and 
forecasting. Data are also published in various EIA reports.
    Based upon presurvey comments received and further study of the 
industry, the EIA has revised the changes and modifications originally 
proposed in the Federal Register notice of July 29, 1997. Many of the 
proposed changes, (principally to the Form EIA-861), have not been 
included in the package submitted to OMB. Included in the changes 
submitted to OMB is the deletion of the proposed Form EIA-417A. Four of 
the questions that were included on the Form EIA-417A regarding outages 
have been incorporated into the Form EIA-861. Additionally, a question 
pertaining to alternative fueled vehicles has been added to both the 
Form EIA-861 (electric utility) and the Form EIA-867 (nonutility). 
Other modifications are described in the supporting statement that has 
been submitted to OMB and is available upon request.
    With respect to the confidentiality of electric power data 
collected by EIA, the EIA is proposing no changes in its current 
confidentiality provisions for its electric power surveys and is 
requesting approval for these surveys for only one year, rather than 
the normal three-year approval request. During 1998, the EIA will 
prepare and publish a Federal Register notice seeking input and 
guidance from both electric power data providers and users on the 
question of confidentiality of electric power data currently collected 
and published by the EIA. The EIA will formulate a new policy on 
confidentiality of its electric power data considering input from all 
interested parties as well as the deregulation of the industry.
    4. Business or other for-profit; Federal government; State, local, 
or tribal governments
    5. 90,697 hours (3.73 average hours per response x 2.7 average 
responses per year  x  8,994 respondents)

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., December 3, 1997.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-32437 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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