[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62973-62974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25156]


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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 Biodiesel Surveys package 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 November 21, 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. Forms EIA-22M, ``Monthly Survey of Biodiesel Production,'' and 
EIA-22S, ``Supplement to the Monthly Survey of Biodiesel Production.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-NEW.
    4. Three-year approval.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. The purpose of the survey is to collect information from 
biodiesel producers regarding the following: Plant location, capacity, 
and operating status; Biodiesel and co-product production; Inputs to 
production; Sales for end-use and resale; Sales revenue; and Biodiesel 
stocks.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 5,550 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. Chapter 35).


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    Issued in Washington, DC, October 16, 2008.
Renee Miller,
Director, Forms Clearance and Information Quality Division, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25156 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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