[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 54437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23735]


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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 Uranium Data Program 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 October 17, 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 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. Ms. 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 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-858, EIA-851A, and EIA-851Q, ``Uranium Data Program.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number: 1905-0160.
    4. Three-year extension with revisions of a currently approved 
collection.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. EIA's Uranium Data Program collects basic data necessary to meet 
EIA's legislative mandates as well as the needs of EIA's public and 
private customers. Data collected include uranium exploration, 
reserves, production, processing, and marketing. The data are used for 
analyses and publications. Respondents are companies comprising the 
U.S. uranium industry.
    On April 8, 2003, EIA issued a Federal Register notice soliciting 
comments on the uranium surveys. Since that time, EIA has decided to 
collect most of the information reported on the Forms EIA-851A, EIA-
851Q, and EIA-858 as confidential in accordance with the Confidential 
Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title V 
of Pub. L. 107-347). In accordance with CIPSEA, that information would 
be used exclusively for statistical purposes.
    7. Business or other for profit.
    8. 1044 hours ( 98 respondents times x 1.25 responses per year 
times x 8.5 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. No. 104-13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 3, 2003.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-23735 Filed 9-16-03; 8:45 am]
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