[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53606-53607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23168]


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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 Petroleum Marketing Program Surveys 
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 October 14, 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 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. 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. 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. Petroleum Marketing Program Surveys--EIA-14, ``Refiners'' 
Monthly Cost Report'; EIA-182, ``Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase 
Report'; EIA-782A, ``Refiners'/ Gas Plant Operators'' Monthly Petroleum 
Product Sales Report'; EIA-782B, ``Resellers'/Retailers'' Monthly 
Petroleum Product Sales Report'; EIA-782C, ``Monthly Report of 
Petroleum Products Sold Into States for Consumption'; EIA-821, ``Annual 
Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report'; EIA-856, ``Monthly Foreign Crude 
Oil Acquisition Report'; EIA-863, ``Petroleum Product Sales 
Identification Survey'; EIA-877, ``Winter Heating Fuels Telephone 
Survey'; EIA-878, ``Motor Gasoline Price Survey'; and EIA-888, ``On-
Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0174.
    4. Revision.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. The Petroleum Marketing Program Surveys collect information on 
costs, sales, prices, and distribution for crude oil and petroleum 
products. Data are published in petroleum publications and in multi-
fuel reports. Respondents are refiners, first purchasers of domestic

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crude oil, gas plant operators, resellers/retailers, motor gasoline 
wholesalers, suppliers, distributors and importers.
    On March 25, 2003, EIA issued a Federal Register notice soliciting 
comments on these surveys. Since that time, EIA has decided to collect 
the information reported on the Forms EIA-863, EIA-878, and EIA-888 as 
confidential in accordance with the Confidential Information Protection 
and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title V of Public Law 107-347). 
In accordance with CIPSEA, the information would be used exclusively 
for statistical purposes.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 122,534 hours (15,373 respondents times x 7.4 responses per year 
times 1.07 hours per response).
    Please refer to the supporting statement as well as the proposed 
forms and instructions for more information about the purpose, who must 
report, when to report, where to submit, the elements to be reported, 
detailed instructions, provisions for confidentiality, and uses 
(including possible nonstatistical uses) of the information. For 
instructions on obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

    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, September 4, 2003.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-23168 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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