96-2348. Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2348]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review by the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted 
energy information collections to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Comments must be filed within 30 days of publication of this 
notice. 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.)

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: Requests for additional information or copies 
of the forms and instructions should be directed to Herbert Miller, 
Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be 
telephoned at [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]; (FAX 202-
426-1081).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) 
has submitted the energy information collections listed below 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; i.e., the DOE component), current OMB document 
number (if applicable), response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or 
required to obtain or retain benefits), and type of request (new, 
revision, extension, or reinstatement); (3) a description of the need 
and proposed uses of the information; (4) a description of the likely 
respondents; and (5) an estimate of the total annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden (number of respondents per year times the average 
number of responses per respondent annually times the average burden 
per response).
    The energy information collections submitted to OMB for review 
were:
    1. Forms EIA-1, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7A, and 20, ``Coal Program 
Package''
    2. Energy Information Administration; Docket Number 1905--0167; 
Response Obligation--Mandatory; and Revision--Significant changes in 
the Coal Program Package since the EIA requested comments earlier this 
year are: The frequency of the EIA-6 will be reduced from quarterly to 
annual. Additionally, a supplemental schedule, designated Schedule Q, 
will collect quarterly data on coal production and stocks from coal-
producing companies that produce more than 30,000 short tons annually, 
and coal stocks from non-producing coal distributors that maintain coal 
stocks averaging more than 10,000 short tons per quarter. It is 
anticipated that these revisions to the EIA-6 will reduce respondent 
reporting burden by 5,900 hours, while maintaining the quarterly coal 
production and stock data.
    3. The Coal Program Package surveys collect data on coal 
production, consumption, stocks, prices, imports and exports. EIA coal 
data and analyses are used by Congress, Federal agencies, and State and 
local governments to reach decisions on national and local policies and 
a variety of important coal-related issues. These include energy 
development and use, environmental protection, domestic welfare, and 
the health of the coal industry. Respondents are manufacturing plants, 
producers of coke, purchasers and distributors of coal, coal mining 
operators, and coal-consuming electric utilities.
    4. Business or other for-profit; Federal Government, and State, 
Local, or Tribal Government
    5. 12,492 total annual burden hours (6,733 respondents  x  1.73 
responses per respondent  x  1.06 hours per response).

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, January 30, 1996.
John Gross,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2348 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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