[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55059-55060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22682]


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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 Energy Information Administration's 
Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package collections to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for revision 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 6, 2011. 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 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. The 
OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-4718. (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 Amy Sweeney. To ensure receipt of the comments by 
the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-4420) or e-mail 
([email protected]) is also recommended. The mailing address is 
Ms. Amy Sweeney, Energy Information Administration, Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., EI-24, Washington, DC 20585-
0670. Ms. Sweeney may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-2627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following 
information about the energy information collections 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,

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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) estimated 
number of respondents annually; (9) an estimate of the total annual 
reporting burden in hours (i.e., the estimated number of likely 
respondents times the proposed frequency of response per year times the 
average hours per response); and (10) an estimate of the total annual 
reporting and recordkeeping cost burden (in thousands of dollars).
    1. EIA-176, EIA-191, EIA-757, EIA-857, EIA-895, EIA-910, and EIA-
912.
    2. U.S. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0175.
    4. Revision and three-year extension.
    5. All forms are mandatory except EIA-895, which is voluntary.
    6. The purpose of the Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package 
is to collect basic and detailed data to meet the EIA's mandates and 
energy data users' needs. Adequate evaluation of the natural gas 
industry requires collection and processing of data related to natural 
gas production, processing, transmission, distribution, storage, 
marketing, and consumption. The data that the EIA collects are used to 
address significant energy industry issues. In line with its mandated 
responsibility to collect data that adequately describe the natural gas 
marketplace, the EIA evaluates the lifecycle of natural gas from its 
reserves and production to consumption and prices throughout the 
upstream and downstream markets. The data collected by the Natural Gas 
Data Collection Program Package surveys are among those that are 
required to address the status and future of the role of natural gas in 
the energy mix and overall economy. Among the data series resulting 
from the information collected in these surveys is the rate, location, 
and source of natural gas produced and entering the market, the 
quantities being stored and the location of the storage, and the 
quantities being delivered to various consuming sectors. Prices are 
also reported on at various points in the production and distribution 
stream.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 3218 Respondents.
    9. Annual total of 50,131 hours, and respondent frequency is as 
follows: Forms EIA-176 and EIA-757 Schedule B are collected annually; 
forms EIA-191, EIA-857, and EIA-910 are collected monthly; EIA-757 
Schedule A is collected once every three years; and Form EIA-912 is 
collected weekly.
    10. Annual total of $0.
    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, August 30, 2011.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-22682 Filed 9-2-11; 8:45 am]
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