[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7070]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
energy information collection listed at the end of this notice to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing under 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) by March 22, 2000. The reason for this emergency 
clearance request is to obtain data needed for responding to requests 
from the Secretary of Energy and Congress on the impact of 
interruptible natural gas contracts, which affected home heating oil 
supplies in the Northeastern United States during January and February 
2000.
    The Supplementary Information contains the following: (1) The 
collection number and title; (2) a summary of the collection of 
information (includes the sponsor (i.e., 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) a description of 
the likely respondents; and (5) an estimate of the total annual 
reporting burden (i.e., the estimated number of likely respondents 
times the proposed frequency of response per year times the average 
hours per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed by March 22, 2000.

ADDRESS: Address comments to the Mr. Erik Godwin, Department of Energy 
Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20503. (Mr. 
Godwin may be reached by telephone at (202) 395-3084. Comments should 
also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address 
immediately 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, DC 
20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be contacted by telephone at (202) 426-1103, 
FAX at (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  
    The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-903, ``Natural Gas Service Interruptions in the Northeast 
during January and February 2000''.
    2. The Energy Information Administration plans to collect 
information in four parts from 34 natural gas companies who deliver 
natural gas (i.e., have natural gas service arrangements) to consumers 
in the Northeast.
    Part I requests information on interruptions of any firm service 
arrangements during January and February 2000. Part II requests 
information on selected characteristics of interruptible service 
arrangements. Part III requests baseline monthly and weekly information 
for those categories of service which were interrupted during January 
and February 2000. Part IV requests information on customers who were 
interrupted. This is a new survey and a new OMB number is being 
requested. The response obligation will be mandatory.
    3. The data are needed to respond to a request from the Secretary 
of Energy and Congress to jointly conduct a study on the impact of 
interruptible contracts on home heating oil supplies in the Northeast, 
during January and February 2000.
    4. Respondents will be 34 natural gas companies who deliver natural 
gas to consumers.
    5. The reporting burden is expected to be 680 hours. (34 
respondents  x 1 response  x 20 hours)

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

    Issued in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2000.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Office, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-7070 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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