[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34858-34859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17057]


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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 times proposed frequency of response per year times 
estimated number of likely respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 27, 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 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 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. FE-329R, ``Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978; Final 
Rule''.
    2. Fossil Energy; OMB No. 1901-0297, Extension of Currently 
Approved Collection; Mandatory.
    3. FE-329R Final Rule (1) incorporates Public Law No. 100-42 Fuel 
Use Act amendments into regulations, (2) revises and updates cost test 
fuel price and inflation indices, (3)

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clarifies how to calculate fuel price when using natural gas, and (4) 
revises and updates oil/gas savings estimates for cogenerators.
    4. Business or other for-profit.
    5. 240 hours (8 hours per response times 1 response per year times 
30 respondents).

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, June 18, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-17057 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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