[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 13134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6817]


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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 collection listed 
at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and a three-year extension with revisions 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 by April 22, 2002. 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 Bryon Allen, OMB Desk Officer for DOE, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission 
by FAX (202-395-7285) or e-mail ([email protected]) is recommended. 
The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3087. (A copy 
of your comments should also be provided to EIA's Statistics and 
Methods Group at the address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the materials submitted to 
OMB is available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/form_417/form_417.html. Requests for additional information should be 
directed to Herbert Miller. To ensure timely receipt of any comments 
sent to EIA, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail 
([email protected]) is recommended. Mr. Miller's mailing 
address is 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.

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. Form EIA-417, ``Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance 
Report''.
    2. Security Operations/Office of Emergency Management.
    3. OMB Number 1901-0288.
    4. Revision and three-year approval requested.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. Form EIA-417 collects information on electric emergency 
incidents and disturbances for DOE's use in fulfilling its overall 
national security and other energy management responsibilities. The 
information will also be used by DOE for analytical purposes. Control 
Area Operators or Security Coordinators, as appropriate, file Form EIA-
417. In Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 
U.S. Trust Territories, local utilities file the form. The form's 
instructions explain the filing requirements when a foreign entity is 
involved.
    7. Business or other for-profit; State, local or tribal government.
    8. 650 hours (175 respondents  x  1.7 responses per year  x  2.17 
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, DC, March 15, 2002.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-6817 Filed 3-20-02; 8:45 am]
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