[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29162]



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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 three-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 within 30 days of publication of this 
notice. 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: 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: This section contains the following 
information about the energy information collections 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-800-804, 807, 810-814, 816, 817, 819M, and 820, 
``Petroleum Supply Reporting System''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0165.
    4. One-year extension.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. EIA's Petroleum Supply Reporting System collects information 
needed for determining the supply and disposition of crude oil, 
petroleum products, and natural gas liquids. The data are published by 
EIA and are used by public and private analysts. Respondents are 
operators of petroleum refineries, blending plants, bulk terminals, 
crude oil and product pipelines, natural gas plant facilities, tankers, 
barges, and oil importers.
    With respect to its currently approved PSRS survey forms, EIA is 
proposing a few changes that would be implemented in surveys for the 
2003 reporting period. When soliciting public comments, EIA proposed 
additional changes for the 2003 reporting period as well as changes 
that would have been implemented beginning in 2004. EIA received a 
large number of comments. EIA needs additional time to adequately 
consider the comments and to ensure that changes in the information 
collections fully address concerns raised by the public. For that 
reason, EIA has decided to propose only a few changes for the 2003 
reporting period and to request approval for collecting information 
only for 2003. During 2003, EIA will again solicit comments on the PSRS 
surveys and request OMB approval before conducting any surveys for the 
2004 report period.
    An additional reason for delaying the majority of the proposed 
changes is EIA's development of a new processing system for EIA's PSRS 
surveys. Significant changes to the surveys in 2003 could have severe 
negative impacts on timely development of the new processing system 
which in turn would interfere with EIA's on-going weekly, monthly, and 
annual information products on the petroleum industry.
    The only PSRS survey changes proposed for 2003 are:
    [sbull] EIA-807, Propane Telephone Report--This survey is currently 
conducted on a monthly basis for six months and on a weekly basis for 
the remaining six months. EIA is proposing to conduct this survey on a 
weekly basis throughout the year and to add an element on non-fuel 
propylene stocks.
    [sbull] EIA-816, Monthly Natural Gas Liquids Report--EIA will add 
four items to collect natural gas information (i.e., receipts, inputs 
to other products, shipments, and plant fuel use).
    7. Business or other for-profit; State, local or tribal government; 
Federal government.
    8. 60,006 hours (2,240 respondents x 21.03 responses per year x 
1.27 hours).

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 12, 2002.
Jay Casselberry,
Forms Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29162 Filed 11-15-02; 8:45 am]
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