[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42011-42012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17969]


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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 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 August 15, 2003. 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 Grace Sutherland. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail 
([email protected]) is recommended. The mailing address is 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following 
information about the energy information collection submitted to OMB 
for review: (1) The collection

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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. EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System''
    2. Energy Information Administration
    3. OMB Number 1905-0149
    4. Three-year approval requested
    5. Mandatory
    6. The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28 collects data used 
to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as 
energy industry resource development, supply distribution, and 
profitability issues. Survey results from major energy producers are 
published annually and are used by both public and private analysts.
    7. Business or other for-profit
    8. 12,880 hours (28 respondents x 1 response per year x 460 hours 
per response).

    Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

    Issued in Washington, DC, July 10, 2003.
Nancy J. Kirkendall,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-17969 Filed 7-15-03; 8:45 am]
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