[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65255-65256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32437]
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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 on or before January 12, 1998. 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 N.W., 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. Forms EIA-411, 826, 861, 867, 900, and NN-417R (to be renumbered
EIA-417R), ``Electric Power Surveys''
2. Energy Information Administration and Office of Nonproliferation
and National Security; OMB No. 1905-0129 (Form EIA-411 was previously
approved with OMB No. 1905-0195 and Form NN-417R was previously
approved with OMB No. 1901-0288; both forms will be incorporated into
the approval for 1905-0129); Revision; Mandatory
3. The Electric Power Surveys collect information on electric power
capacity, generation, fuel consumption, fuel receipts, fuel stocks,
prices, electric rates, construction costs, and operating
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income and revenue. Form EIA-417R collects data on electric power
disturbances. Respondents include electric utilities, nonutility
electric power producers, electric reliability council members, and
independent electric power system operators. Electric power data
collected are used by the Department of Energy for analysis and
forecasting. Data are also published in various EIA reports.
Based upon presurvey comments received and further study of the
industry, the EIA has revised the changes and modifications originally
proposed in the Federal Register notice of July 29, 1997. Many of the
proposed changes, (principally to the Form EIA-861), have not been
included in the package submitted to OMB. Included in the changes
submitted to OMB is the deletion of the proposed Form EIA-417A. Four of
the questions that were included on the Form EIA-417A regarding outages
have been incorporated into the Form EIA-861. Additionally, a question
pertaining to alternative fueled vehicles has been added to both the
Form EIA-861 (electric utility) and the Form EIA-867 (nonutility).
Other modifications are described in the supporting statement that has
been submitted to OMB and is available upon request.
With respect to the confidentiality of electric power data
collected by EIA, the EIA is proposing no changes in its current
confidentiality provisions for its electric power surveys and is
requesting approval for these surveys for only one year, rather than
the normal three-year approval request. During 1998, the EIA will
prepare and publish a Federal Register notice seeking input and
guidance from both electric power data providers and users on the
question of confidentiality of electric power data currently collected
and published by the EIA. The EIA will formulate a new policy on
confidentiality of its electric power data considering input from all
interested parties as well as the deregulation of the industry.
4. Business or other for-profit; Federal government; State, local,
or tribal governments
5. 90,697 hours (3.73 average hours per response x 2.7 average
responses per year x 8,994 respondents)
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, D.C., December 3, 1997.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-32437 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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