[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3845]
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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 March 19, 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) 395-3087. (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,
D.C. 20585-0670. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116,
FAX (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at Jay.Casselberry@eia.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was:
1. FE-746R, ``Import and Export of Natural Gas.''
2. Department of Energy/Fossil Energy; OMB No. 1901-0294; Extension
of a Currently Approved Collection; Required to Obtain or Retain
Benefits.
3. The reporting requirements set forth in FE-746R include
applications filed by persons seeking authorization to import or export
natural gas, and the information collected quarterly to monitor such
trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as
other trade falling outside the parameters of NAFTA.
4. Businesses or other for-profit.
5. 4,080 hours (150 applications annually with an average estimated
burden of 11.2 hours per application and 1200 quarterly reports with an
estimated average burden of 2 hours per report).
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC, February 10, 1999.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-3845 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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