[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1354]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of
Management and Budget
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the
energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). The listing
does not include collections of information contained in new or revised
regulations which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, nor management and procurement assistance
requirements collected by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Each entry contains the following information: (1) collection
number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information
(includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if
applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or
reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required
to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and
proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely
respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average
hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x
estimated number of likely respondents.)
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 20, 1997. If you
anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult
to do so within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise the
OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so as soon as
possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also,
please notify the EIA contact listed below.)
ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should
also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the address
below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information should be
directed to Herbert Miller, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73),
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585.
Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426-1103, FAX (202) 426-1081, or
e-mail at hmiller@eia.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted
to OMB for review was:
1. EIA-457A/G, ``Residential Energy Consumption Survey''
2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0092, Revision
of a currently approved collection, Mandatory
3. EIA-457A/G is used to collect comprehensive national and
regional data on both the consumption of and expenditures for energy in
the residential sector of the economy. Data are used for analyzing and
forecasting residential energy consumption. Housing, appliance, and
demographic characteristics data are collected via personal interviews
with households, and consumption and expenditures billing data are
collected from the energy suppliers.
4. Individuals or households, Business or other for-profit, Federal
Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government.
5. 2,005 hours (.4899 hours per response x .25 responses per year x
16,370 respondents). The EIA-457 A/G will be conducted on a quadrennial
basis.
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC, January 13, 1997.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-1354 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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