[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 53545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18414]



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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 forms EIA-63A, ``Annual Solar 
Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey,'' EIA-63B, ``Annual 
Photovoltaic Module/Cell Manufacturers Survey,'' and the EIA-902, 
``Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey,'' 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., at 3507(h)(1)).

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 19, 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 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) 395-7345. (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 (202-586-5261) 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) 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-63A, ``Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey,'' 
EIA-63B, ``Annual Photovoltaic Module/Cell Manufacturers Survey,'' and 
the EIA-902, ``Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey.''
2. Energy Information Administration
3. OMB Number 1905-0196
4. Three-year extension
5. Mandatory
6. EIA's Forms EIA-63A and EIA-63B collect data on the manufacture, 
shipment, and importation of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic 
modules/cells. The data are used by the private sector, the renewable 
energy industry, the DOE, and other government agencies. Respondents 
are U.S. companies that manufactured, shipped, and/or imported solar 
thermal collectors and/or photovoltaic modules and cells. 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 that are 
interested in geothermal heat pumps and related energy issues.
7. Business or other for-profit
8. 563 hours

    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., at 
3507(h)(1))

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 13, 2007.
Jay Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-18414 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
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