[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18038]



[[Page 45752]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the form OE-417, ``Electric Emergency 
Incident and Disturbance Report'' 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)). The OE-417 data is used in EIA's 
Electric Power Monthly.

DATES: Comments must be filed by September 5, 2008. 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 (202-586-5271) 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. Form OE-417, ``Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance 
Report.''
    2. Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability/OE.
    3. OMB Number 1901-0288.
    4. Revision and three-year extension.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. Form OE-417 collects information on electric emergency incidents 
and disturbances for DOE's use in fulfilling its overall national 
security and other energy management responsibilities. The information 
will also be used by DOE for analytical purposes. All electric 
utilities, including those that operate Control Area Operator functions 
and Reliability Authority functions, will be required to supply 
information when an incident or disturbance meets a reporting 
threshold.
    Since the pre-survey consultation notice was published, Federal 
Register notice 73 FR 15498, the proposal for an ``N-3 contingency 
event'' has been withdrawn and the proposed criterion will not be added 
to the form.
    7. Business or other for-profit; State, local or tribal government.
    8. 3,919 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. No. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

    Issued in Washington, DC, July 30, 2008.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18038 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P