[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 37380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12818]


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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 EIA-882T, ``Generic Clearance for 
Questionnaire Testing and Research'' 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 July 29, 2005. 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 John Asalone, 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) 395-4650. 
(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 Kara Norman. 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. Kara Norman may be 
contacted by telephone at (202) 287-1902.

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. EIA-882T, ``Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing and 
Research.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0186.
    4. Three-year approval requested.
    5. Voluntary.
    6. The EIA-882T is used to conduct pretest/pilot surveys (face-to-
face interviews, telephone interviews, mail questionnaires, and 
electronic questionnaires), focus groups, and cognitive interviews. 
Data are used to modify questionnaires to improve the quality of data. 
Samples of potential respondents to proposed surveys are selected to 
participate.
    7. Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for 
profit institutions; farms; Federal Government; and state, local or 
tribal government.
    8. 1000 hours.

    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, June 21, 2005.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-12818 Filed 6-28-05; 8:45 am]
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