95-10518. Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10518]



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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: 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 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. The listing does not include 
collections of information contained in new or revised regulations 
which are to be submitted under section 3504(h) 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) The sponsor of 
the collection (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC)); (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMB docket 
number (if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type of request, 
e.g., new, revision, extension, or reinstatement; (6) Frequency of 
collection; (7) Response obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or 
required to obtain or retain benefit; (8) Affected public; (9) An 
estimate of the number of respondents per report period; (10) An 
estimate of the number of responses per respondent annually; (11) An 
estimate of the average hours per response; (12) The estimated total 
annual respondent burden; and (13) A brief abstract describing the 
proposed collection and the respondents.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 30, 1995. 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 N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments 
should also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the 
address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to Jay 
Casselberry, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal 
Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr. 
Casselberry may be telephoned at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. Energy Information Administration
    2. EIA-871A/F
    3. 1905-0145
    4. Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)
    5. Revision
    6. Triennially
    7. Voluntary
    8. Business or other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal Government
    9. 7448 respondents
    10. .333 responses annually
    11. 1.275 hours per response
    12. 3,167 hours respondent burden
    13. EIA-871A/F collects data on energy consumption by commercial 
buildings and the characteristics of these buildings. The surveys 
fulfill planning, analyses and decision-making needs of DOE, other 
Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector. 
Respondents are owners/managers of selected commercial buildings and 
their energy suppliers.

    Statutory Authority: Sec. 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980, (Pub. L. No. 96-511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44 
United States Code (See 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(a) and (c)(1).

    Issued in Washington DC, April 24, 1995.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-10518 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]
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