98-33075. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33075]


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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) a description of the likely 
respondents; and (5) an estimate of the total annual reporting burden 
(estimated number of respondents times the proposed frequency of 
response per year times the estimated average hours per response.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 13, 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.)

ADDRESS: 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 
20585-0670. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at [phone], FAX 
[phone], or e-mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System.''
    2. Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0149; Revision 
of a Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory.
    3. The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28, collects data used 
to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as 
energy industry resource development, supply, distribution, and 
profitability issues. Survey results from major energy producers are 
published annually and are used by both public and private analysts. 
This request is only for a revision in the existing approval to modify 
the criteria used by EIA to select those energy companies that must 
report on Form EIA-28. No change is requested in the current expiration 
date of December 31, 1999, or in the information requested on Form EIA-
28.
    4. Businesses or other for-profit.
    5. 14,550 hours (30 respondents reporting annually with an average 
estimated burden of 485 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, DC, December 8, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-33075 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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