[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65786-65787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19101]


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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).

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ACTION: Agency information collection activities: submission for OMB 
review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases,'' form EIA-1605 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 December 11, 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 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. (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 also 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-1605, ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0194.
    4. Three-year extension to an existing approved request.
    5. Voluntary.
    6. EIA-1605 form is designed to collect voluntarily reported data 
on greenhouse gas emissions, achieved reductions of these emissions, 
and carbon fixation. Data are used to establish a publicly available 
database. Respondents are participants in a domestic or foreign 
activity that either reduces greenhouse gas emissions or increases 
sequestration.
    7. Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-
for-profit institutions; farms; Federal government; State, local or 
tribal government.
    8. 9,000 hours.
    Although the Federal Register notice published July 27, 2006, 
requesting public comment stated that the burden would be an average of 
48 hours per response, EIA has responded to comments and has adjusted 
the estimate to be 60 hours per response. Other changes were made based 
on public comment and a summary of the responses are contained within 
the supporting statement.
    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, November 7, 2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-19101 Filed 11-8-06; 8:45 am]
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