[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14405]
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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 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).
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
(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, D.C. 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 Norma White, Office
of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department
of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Ms. White may be telephoned at (202)
426-1107.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection
submitted to OMB for review was:
1. Forms EIA-457A-H, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).
2. Sponsor--Energy Information Administration; Docket Number--1905-
0092; Response Obligation--Voluntary and Mandatory; Extension of
Currently Approved Collection.
3. The RECS is a triennial survey of U.S. households to estimate
energy consumption and expenditures and track changes over time. The
data are widely used throughout the government and the private sector
for policy analysis and are made available to the public in a variety
of publications and electronic data files.
4. Respondents--Individuals or households; Federal Government; and
State, Local or Tribal Government.
5. 6,798 total annual burden hours (9430 respondents; 3140 annual
responses x 2.165 hours per response).
Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, D.C., May 31, 1996.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-14405 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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