[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13918-13919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5667]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


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

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

ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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 review and a 3-year extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 9, 2001. If you 
anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult 
to do so within that period, you should contact the OMB Desk Officer 
for DOE listed below as soon as possible.

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 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 Grace Sutherland, Statistics and Methods Group 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585-0670. Mrs. Sutherland may be contacted by telephone at (202) 287-
1712, 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 numbers 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-1605 and 1605EZ, ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0194.

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    4. Three-year extension to an existing approved request.
    5. Voluntary.
    6. EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ forms are designed to collect 
voluntarily reported data on greenhouse gas emissions, achieved 
reductions of these emissions, and carbon fixation. Data are used to 
establish a publicly available database. Respondents are participants 
in a domestic or foreign activity that either reduces greenhouse gas 
emissions or increases sequestration.
    7. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    8. 7,000 hours ( 220 respondents  x  1 response per year  x  31.8 
hours per response).

    Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2001.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-5667 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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