99-26551. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26551]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


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 section 
3507(a)(1)(D) 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 November 12, 1999. 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 [phone]. (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 Statistics and Methods Group at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information should be 
directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, (EI-70), 
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. 
Mr. Miller may be telephoned at [phone], FAX [phone], or 
e-mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-176, 191, 191S, 857, 857S, and 895 ``Natural Gas Program 
Package'';
    2. Energy Information Administration, OMB No. 1905-0175, Extension 
with changes, Mandatory for all forms except EIA-895 which is 
voluntary;
    3. The Natural Gas Program Package forms collect basic and detailed 
natural gas production, processing, transmission, storage, consumption 
and price data. The data are published by the Energy Information 
Administration and are used by both public and private analysts.
    4. Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government;
    5. 43,675 hours (5.35 hours average per response x 4.24 average 
responses per year x 1,924 respondents)

    Statutory Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(a)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, October 4, 1999.
Lynda T. Carlson,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-26551 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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