[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56527-56528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23115]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. 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.).

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 18, 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 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. The 
OMB 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 Alethea Jennings. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-

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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. Ms. Jennings may be contacted by telephone 
at (202) 586-5879.

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. 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.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0196.
    4. Three-year extension to an existing approved request.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. Forms EIA-63A and EIA-63B collect data on the manufacture, 
shipment, stocks, and import/export of solar thermal collectors and 
photovoltaic modules/cells and the status of the industry. 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, shipment, stocks, and import/export 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 institutions.
    8. 283 respondents.
    9. 1,415 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, Public Law 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2010.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-23115 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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