[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12458-12459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6531]


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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 

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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.)

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 Grace Sutherland, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585. Mrs. Sutherland may be telephoned at (202) 426-1068, FAX 
(202) 426-1081, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ, ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases''.
    2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0194, Extension 
of Currently Approved Collection; Voluntary.
    3. EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ forms are designed to collect 
voluntarily reported data on greenhouse gas emissions, achieved 
reductions of these emissions, and carbon fixation. Data are used to 
establish a publicly available database. Respondents are participants 
in a domestic or foreign activity that either reduces greenhouse gas 
emissions or increases sequestration.
    4. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    5. 6,240 hours (29.7 hours per response  x  1 response per year  x  
210 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., February 19, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-6531 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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