98-32905. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 68263]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-32905]
    
    
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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 by January 11, 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 (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, 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 (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-846(A), (B), and (C), ``Manufacturing Energy Consumption 
    Survey'' (MECS).
        2. Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0169; 
    Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for 
    which approval has expired; Mandatory.
        3. EIA-846(A), (B), and (C) will be used to collect data on energy 
    consumption and related subjects for the manufacturing sector of the 
    U.S. economy. In addition to being used for the National Energy 
    Modeling System, the MECS is used to augment a data base on the 
    manufacturing sector. Respondents are manufacturing establishments.
        4. Business or other for-profit.
        5. 49,447 hours (18,000 respondents x 1 response per year x 8.24 
    hours per response) (The 148,340 hour burden is being prorated over a 
    three-year period since the survey will be conducted only one time 
    during this period.)
    
        Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
    Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
    
        Issued in Washington, D.C., December 4, 1998.
    Jay H. Casselberry,
    Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
    Information Administration.
    [FR Doc. 98-32905 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
12/10/1998
Department:
Energy Information Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Submission for OMB review; comment request.
Document Number:
98-32905
Dates:
Comments must be filed by January 11, 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 (202) 395-3084. (Also, please notify the EIA contact listed below.)
Pages:
68263-68263 (1 pages)
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98-32905.pdf