[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 165 (Monday, August 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49004-49005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16895]


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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 energy information collection Form 
EIA-871A/J, ``Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey,'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement 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 September 26, 2007. 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 the 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, submit by FAX (202-395-
7285). 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 Grace Sutherland. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-5271) 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) 586-6264.

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-871 A/J, ``Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.

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    3. OMB Number 1905-0145.
    4. Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection 
for which approval was discontinued.
    5. Voluntary (buildings) Mandatory (energy suppliers).
    6. The EIA-871 A/J is used to collect data on energy consumption by 
commercial buildings and the characteristics of these buildings. The 
surveys fulfill planning, analyses and decision-making needs of DOE, 
other Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector. 
Respondents are owners/managers of selected commercial buildings and 
their energy suppliers.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 2,511 hours.
    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, August 17, 2007.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-16895 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]
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