[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15341]


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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 EIA-902, ``Annual Geothermal 
Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and a 14-month extension under section 3507(h)(1) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq., at 3507(h)(1)).

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 16, 2006. 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 at 202-395-7285 or e-mail to [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 also 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-902, ``Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number: 1905-0204.
    4. 14-month approval requested.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. The EIA-902 is used to collect data about the manufacture and 
distribution of geothermal heat pumps and the status of the industry. 
The information collected will be used by public and private analysts 
interested in geothermal heat pumps and related energy issues.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 85 hours per year (20 respondents x 1 response per year x 4.25 
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., 
at 3507(h)(1)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 8, 2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-15341 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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