[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4026-4027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1632]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection will supersede the existing Form OE-781R, 
``Monthly Electricity Imports and Exports Report''. The Form OE-781R is 
currently suspended and would be terminated with the implementation of 
the proposed Form EIA-111.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
February 27, 2012. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 
your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk 
Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to Michelle Bowles. To ensure receipt of 
the comments by the due date, email ([email protected]) is recommended. 
The mailing address is the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration, Mail Stop: EI-23 (Form EIA-111), 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively,

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Ms. Bowles may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-2430 or via fax 
at (202) 287-1960.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of any forms and instructions (the draft proposed collection) 
should be directed to Michelle Bowles at the address listed above. 
Forms and instructions are also available on the internet at: http://beta.eia.gov/survey/form-eia111/proposed.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.; (2) Information Collection Request Title; (3) 
Type of Request; (4) Purpose; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden.
    1. New.
    2. Form EIA-111, Quarterly Electricity Imports and Exports Report.
    3. Three-year approval.
    4. Form EIA-111 collects U.S. electricity import and export data. 
The data are used to get an accurate measure of the flow of electricity 
into and out of the United States. The import and export data are 
reported by U.S. purchasers, sellers and transmitters of wholesale 
electricity, including persons authorized by Order to export electric 
energy from the United States to foreign countries, persons authorized 
by Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, or connect 
electric power transmission lines that cross the U.S. international 
border, and U.S. Balancing Authorities that are directly interconnected 
with foreign Balancing Authorities. Such entities are to report monthly 
flows of electric energy received or delivered across the border, the 
cost associated with the transactions, and actual and implemented 
interchange. The data collected on this form may appear in various EIA 
publications.
    5. 173 respondents surveyed quarterly.
    6. 692 responses annually.
    7. Annual total of 4,152 hours.
    10. Annual total of $0.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, January 18, 2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U. 
S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-1632 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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