[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53669-53670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25742]
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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 the sponsor (i.e. 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) A description of the likely
respondents; and (5) An estimate of the total annual reporting burden
(estimated number of respondents times the proposed frequency of
response per year times the estimated average hours per response.)
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 3, 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 OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3087.
(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, DC 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, DC
20585-0670. Mrs. Sutherland may be telephoned at (202) 426-1068 FAX
(202) 426-1083, or e-mail at Grace.S[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted
to OMB for review is:
1. EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System''.
2. Energy Information Administration (sponsor); OMB No. 1905-0149;
Revision and three-year extension of a currently approved collection;
Mandatory.
3. The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28, collects data used
to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as
energy industry resource development, supply, distribution, and
profitability issues. Survey results from major energy producers are
published annually and are used by both public and private analysts.
Subsequent to the 60-day Federal Register Notice, May 14, 1999, Volume
64, Number 93, pages 26387-26388, EIA decided to request that
respondents also include ``anthracite'' when reporting on their coal
operations.
4. Businesses or other for-profit.
5. 16, 005 hours (33 respondents) x (1 response per year) x
(485 hours).
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC, September 28, 1999.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-25742 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]
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