[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81515-81516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32859]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 
Emergency OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Agency information collection activities: Submission for 
Emergency OMB Review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the energy information collections 
listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for emergency processing under section 3507(j)(1) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.) by January 3, 2001. The reason for this emergency clearance 
request is that Congress has funded an EIA project in Fiscal Year 2001 
to institute a bi-weekly survey of companies during the heating season 
to monitor interruptible natural gas contracts. For this project EIA is 
proposing three related information collections. Information will be 
collected from natural gas suppliers, petroleum product suppliers, and 
a sample of major energy consumers in the Northeast United States to 
assess energy activities, especially volumes of fuel switching between 
natural gas and petroleum fuels. Normal clearance procedures would 
prevent the timely collection of information during the 2000-2001 
heating season.

DATES: Comments must be filed by January 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OMB Desk Officer for DOE, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
726 Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC.

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20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-7318. (A 
copy of your comments should also be provided to EIA's 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, DC. 
20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be contacted by telephone at (202) 287-1711, 
FAX at (202) 287-1705, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following 
information about the energy information collection submitted to OMB 
for review: (1) The collection number and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e., 
the Department of Energy component); (3) the current OMB docket number 
(if applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e., new, revision, 
extension, or reinstatement); (5) response obligation (i.e., mandatory, 
voluntary, or required to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a description 
of the need for and proposed use of the information; (7) a categorical 
description of the likely respondents; and (8) 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).
    1. Forms EIA-911A-C, ``Bi-Weekly Surveys to Assess Effects of 
Interruptions of Natural Supplies in the Northeast United States''
    2. Energy Information Administration
    3. OMB Number 1905-NEW
    4. New (emergency clearance request)
    5. Mandatory
    6. Beginning with the period January 1-14, 2001 and continuing 
through the two-week period ending April 8, 2001, forms EIA-911A-C will 
collect information for use in assessing the interactions of energy 
markets in the Northeast United States. The survey requests will 
include: (1) Information from natural gas suppliers on deliveries and 
interruptions in service to customers; (2) information from petroleum 
product suppliers on sales, inventories, and customers that can switch 
between natural gas and petroleum; and (3) information from large 
energy consumers regarding energy-related matters. Data will be used to 
monitor energy supply and consumption activities in the Northeast U.S. 
Respondents will be natural gas suppliers, petroleum product suppliers, 
and a sample of large energy consumers (e.g., electric power 
generators, industrial establishments, commercial establishments, 
institutional facilities, and government facilities) in the Northeast 
United States (i.e., the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and 
Pennsylvania).
    7. Businesses or other for-profit; Federal Government; Not-for-
profit institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Governments
    8. 6,650 total burden hours; EIA-911A (natural gas suppliers) will 
entail 560 total burden hours (40 respondents  x  7 reports  x  2 
hours/report); EIA-911B (petroleum product suppliers) will entail 1,890 
total burden hours (270 respondents  x  7 reports  x  1 hour/report); 
EIA-911C (large energy consumers) will entail 4,200 total burden hours 
(300 respondents  x  7 reports  x  2 hours/report)

    Statutory Authority: Section 3507(j)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC., December 20, 2000.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-32859 Filed 12-22-00; 8:45 am]
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