[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12307-12308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5880]


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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-746R, ``Imports and Exports 
of Natural Gas,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
revision 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 April 15, 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 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.,

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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. Form FE-746R, ``Import and Export of Natural Gas.''
    2. Office of Fossil Energy.
    3. OMB Number 1901-0294.
    4. Revision and Three-year extension.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. Form FE-746R collects data to be used by the Office of Fossil 
Energy from persons seeking authorization to import or export natural 
gas, and the information collected monthly and quarterly to monitor 
such trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as 
well as other trade falling outside the parameters of NAFTA.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 10320 (300 respondents x 16.5 responses per year x 2.08 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, February 26, 2004.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-5880 Filed 3-15-04; 8:45 am]
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