[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41405-41406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19521]


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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 section 
3507(a)(1)(D)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 August 30, 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,

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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, DC 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards 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, DC 
20585. Mrs. Sutherland may be reached by telephone at (202) 426-1068; 
by FAX at (202) 426-1083; or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:The energy information collections submitted 
to OMB for review were:
    1. EIA-14, 182, 782A/B/C, 821, 856, 863, 877, 878, and 888, 
``Petroleum Marketing Program.''
    2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0174, Extension, 
Mandatory.
    3. The Petroleum Marketing Program surveys collect information on 
costs, sales, prices, and distribution for crude oil and petroleum 
products. Data are published in petroleum publications and in multifuel 
reports.
    4. Respondents are refiners, first purchasers, gas plant operators, 
resellers/retailers, motor gasoline wholesalers, suppliers, 
distributors and importers.
    5. 138,729 hours (1.2 hrs.  x  3.4 responses per year  x  34,876 
respondents).

    Statutory Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(a)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, July 26, 1999.
Lynda T. Carlson,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-19521 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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