[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 4121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1801]


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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 form FE-781R, ``Report of 
International Electrical Export/Import Data'' 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 February 27, 2004. 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) is recommended. The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503. (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. FE-781R, ``Report of International Electrical Export/Import 
Data''.
    2. Fossil Energy.
    3. OMB Number 1901-0296.
    2. Extension (Three-year).
    5. Mandatory.
    6. FE-781R collects electrical import/export data from entities 
authorized to export electric energy, and from entities holding 
Presidential Permits to construct, connect, operate, or maintain 
facilities for the transmission of electric energy at an international 
boundary as required by 10 CFR 205.308 and 205.325. The data are used 
by Fossil Energy to monitor the levels of electricity imports and 
exports and are also used by EIA for publication.
    7. Holders of Presidential Permits are required to report.
    8. 600 hours (40 respondents times 1 response per year times 10 
hours = (400 hours) plus 25 respondents times 4 responses per year 
times 2 hours = 200 hours).
    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, January 22, 2004.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-1801 Filed 1-27-04; 8:45 am]
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