Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: December 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 239)]
[Notices]
[Page 68757]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14de98-46]
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.
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 filedon or before January 13, 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.)
ADDRESS: 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, DC 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:
-
EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System.''
-
Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0149; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory.
-
The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28, collects data used to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as energy industry resource development, supply, distribution, and profitability issues. Survey results from major energy producers are published annually and are used by both public and private analysts. This request is only for a revision in the existing approval to modify the criteria used by EIA to select those energy companies that must report on Form EIA-28. No change is requested in the current expiration date of December 31, 1999, or in the information requested on Form EIA- 28.
-
Businesses or other for-profit.
-
14,550 hours (30 respondents reporting annually with an average estimated burden of 485 hours per response).
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, DC, December 8, 1998. Jay H. Casselberry, Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-33075Filed12-11-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
