99-29977. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62663-62664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29977]


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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 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

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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 December 17, 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 CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Jay Casselberry, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at [phone], FAX (202) 
426-1083, or e-mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The energy information collections submitted to OMB for review 
were:
    1. EIA-800-804, 807, 810-814, 816, 817, 819M, and 820, ``Petroleum 
Supply Reporting System''.
    2. Energy Information Administration; 1905-0165; Extension with 
change; Mandatory.
    3. EIA's Petroleum Supply Reporting System (PSRS) collects 
information needed for determining the supply and disposition of crude 
oil, petroleum products, and natural gas liquids. The data are 
published by EIA and are used by public and private analysts. 
Respondents are operators of petroleum refineries, blending plants, 
bulk terminals, crude oil and product pipelines, natural gas plant 
facilities, tankers, barges, and oil importers.
    This request is to: (1) change the expiration date from November 
30, 2000, to January 31, 2001 to allow for completion of all PSRS data 
collection for calendar year 2000 and (2) to change the collection 
frequency for Form EIA-820 from biennial to annual.
    4. Business or other for-profit; Federal government; State 
government.
    5. 55,813 hours (1.137 hours per response x 18.76 responses per 
year x 2616 respondents).

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., November 10, 1999.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-29977 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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