[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48484-48485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24278]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Publication Activities

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, DOE

ACTION: Solicitation of comments on proposed revision of publication.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting 
comments from the public on its proposal to revise the Petroleum 
Marketing Monthly (PMM) publication. This revision includes the 
deletion of some data and the addition of other data.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before November 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jacob Bournazian, EI-42, Energy Information 
Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
S.W., Washington DC 20585-0650, (202) 586-1256, e-mail 
Jacob.B[email protected], and fax (202) 586-4913.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Jacob Bournazian at the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments

I. Background

    In order to fulfill its responsibilities under the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-275) and the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91), the EIA is obliged to carry 
out a central, comprehensive, and unified energy data and information 
program. As part of this program, EIA collects, evaluates, assembles, 
analyzes, and disseminates data and information related to energy 
resource reserves, production, demand, and technology, and related 
economic and statistical information relevant to the adequacy of energy 
resources to meet demands in the near and longer term future for the 
Nation's economic and social needs.

II. Current Actions

    The EIA proposes to discontinue the hard copy publication of the 
following data contained in the Petroleum Marketing Monthly: (1) 
Historical summaries of refiner only gasoline volume and price data by 
grade (Tables 6 and 7) and formulation (Tables 8 through 13). The price 
data tables will be replaced with more comprehensive refiners'/
resellers' price data; ( 2) detailed refiner only prices of distillate 
fuel oil by State (Table 37); and (3) State level No. 2 distillate 
price data for all sellers for the States of Idaho, Washington, Oregon, 
and Alaska, contained in Tables 39 and 40. EIA will begin publishing 
No. 2 distillate price data for Texas and California in those same 
tables.
    Also, Table 38 will be revised to include propane price data for 
select States, in addition to the PADD level prices currently 
published. The more comprehensive refiner/reseller prices for gasoline, 
distillate, residual fuel oil and propane will continue to be provided 
in the detailed tables. Gasoline sales volume data collected by the 
EIA-782C survey, ``Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum 
Products Sold for Local Consumption'' will also continue to be 
published. The May 1999

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issue of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly with preliminary data for 
February 1999 will be the first issue which contains the revised data.

III. Request for Comments

    Subscribers to the Petroleum Marketing Monthly are currently being 
surveyed to solicit their comments on these changes. Prospective users 
of these data and other interested parties are also invited to comment 
on the actions discussed in item II. EIA will carefully consider all 
comments regarding hard copy publication of any data series. 
Notification of the finalized revisions will be published in the 
Federal Register.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. September 3, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24278 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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