[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32905]


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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 by January 11, 1999. 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. EIA-846(A), (B), and (C), ``Manufacturing Energy Consumption 
Survey'' (MECS).
    2. Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0169; 
Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for 
which approval has expired; Mandatory.
    3. EIA-846(A), (B), and (C) will be used to collect data on energy 
consumption and related subjects for the manufacturing sector of the 
U.S. economy. In addition to being used for the National Energy 
Modeling System, the MECS is used to augment a data base on the 
manufacturing sector. Respondents are manufacturing establishments.
    4. Business or other for-profit.
    5. 49,447 hours (18,000 respondents x 1 response per year x 8.24 
hours per response) (The 148,340 hour burden is being prorated over a 
three-year period since the survey will be conducted only one time 
during this period.)

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

    Issued in Washington, D.C., December 4, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-32905 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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