98-31257. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64682-64683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31257]


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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 
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 within 30 days of publication of this 
notice. 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, D.C. 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 Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at [phone], FAX (202) 
426-1081, or e-mail at [e-mail].


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:

1. EIA-767, ``Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report''
2. Energy Information Administration and Environmental Protection 
Agency (jointly sponsored); OMB No. 1905-0197 and 2080-0018, 
respectively; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory

    A Federal Register notice was published on July 17, 1998, stating 
that planning data for: (a) new plants/equipment; (b) equipment 
updates; and (c) retirement date(s); along with heat rates (boiler 
efficiency) would be given confidentiality treatment according to EIA's 
procedures. The clearance package submitted to OMB has the same 
proposed confidential elements with the addition of projected fuel 
consumption. The July 17, 1998, proposal to treat financial data on 
environmental equipment as confidential has been changed and that data 
will be treated as non-confidential.
    3. Form EIA-767 is a consolidation of data requirements of EPA and 
DOE. Data are collected annually from steam-electric power plants of 10 
(MW) or more. Data concern air emission and water quality and are used 
for economic, regulatory, and environmental analysis. Power plants 
between 10 MW and 100 MW and nuclear plants complete only certain pages 
of the form.
    4. Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.
    5. 51,952 hours (848 respondents x 1 response per year x 61.26 
hours per response).

    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 17, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-31257 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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