03-26652. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

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    AGENCY:

    Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE).

    ACTION:

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

    SUMMARY:

    The EIA has submitted the Supplemental Electric Power Program 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 November 21, 2003. 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 Bill Nickerson, 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 (William_Nickerson@omb.eop.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-7151 (A copy of your comments should also be provided to EIA's Statistics and Methods Group at the address below.)

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Requests for additional information should be directed to Grace Sutherland. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail (grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is Statistics and Methods Group (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by telephone at 202-287-1712.

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    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; and (8) 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. Form EIA-411, 412, 423, 767, 826, 861, 906, and 920, “Electric Power Program.”

    2. Energy Information Administration.

    3. OMB Number 1905-0129.

    4. Three-year extension and revision.

    5. Mandatory (all forms except EIA-411) and voluntary (EIA-411).

    6. The electric power surveys collect electric power information including capacity, generation, fuel consumption, fuel receipts, fuel stocks, and prices, along with financial information. Respondents include both regulated and unregulated entities that comprise the U.S. electric power industry. Electric Start Printed Page 60343power data collected are used by the Department of Energy for analysis and forecasting. Data are published in various EIA reports.

    7. Business or other for-profit; State, local, or tribal government; Federal government.

    8. 173,990 burden 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.

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    Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

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    Issued in Washington, DC, October 16, 2003.

    Jay H. Casselberry,

    Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.

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    [FR Doc. 03-26652 Filed 10-21-03; 8:45 am]

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Document Information

Published:
10/22/2003
Department:
Energy Information Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.
Document Number:
03-26652
Dates:
Comments must be filed by November 21, 2003. 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.
Pages:
60342-60343 (2 pages)
PDF File:
03-26652.pdf