[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39009-39010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16442]


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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 Electric Power Program 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 August 6, 2010. 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 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) 395-4638. (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 Jason Worrall. 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, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0670. Mr. Worrall may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-
6075.

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; (8) estimate number of 
respondents; and (9) 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 EIA-411, ``Coordinated Bulk Power Supply & Demand Program 
Report''.
    Form EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue with State 
Distributions Report''.
    Form EIA-860, ``Annual Electric Generator Report''.
    Form EIA-860M, ``Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator 
Report''.
    Form EIA-861, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report''.
    Form EIA-923, ``Power Plant Operations Report.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0129.
    4. Three-year extension requested with revisions.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. The Electric Power Surveys collect electric power information 
including capacity, generation, fuel consumption, fuel receipts, fuel 
stocks, and prices, along with financial information. Respondents 
include both regulated and unregulated entities that comprise the U.S. 
electric power industry. Electric power data collected are used by the 
Department of Energy for analysis and forecasting. Data are published 
in various EIA reports.
    Below are additional proposed changes to the electric power surveys 
that have been made subsequent to the October 15, 2009 Federal Register 
Notice (74 FR 52955) requesting public comments. The proposed changes 
resulted from EIA's consideration of public comments and internal 
reviews of the electric power surveys.

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    The following proposed changes will not be made:

    (a) EIA-923: Schedule 2. Cost and Quality of Fuel Receipts, 
Plant-Level: Collect receipts of uranium ownership transfers and 
enrichment services.

    7. Business or other for-profit; State, local or tribal government; 
Federal Government.
    8. 38958 responses per year, 13592 respondents.
    9. 145429 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 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, P.L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, June 17, 2010.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-16442 Filed 7-6-10; 8:45 am]
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