[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4016]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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
``Residential Energy Consumption Survey'' (RECS) (Forms EIA-457A/G) to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Notice of this submission was published in the Federal Register on
January 21, 1997 (62 FR 3031). This notice supplements the earlier
notice. Unless additional funding is made available, it will be
necessary to delete the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) questions (questions K-1 through K-3). The target sample will
also be reduced from 5,800 cases to 5,000. If necessary, this decrease
in the target sample will reduce the annual burden by 290 hours from
2,005 to 1,715.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 20, 1997. 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, DC 20503. (Comments should
also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the address
below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Jay Casselberry, Office of Statistical Standards,
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
20585. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116, FAX (202)
426-1081, or e-mail at jcasselb@eia.doe.gov.
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC February 12, 1997.
Lynda T. Carlson,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-4016 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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