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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, 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 (Pub. L. 96-511, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et

seq.). 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 (a DOE component, which term

includes the 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 July 6, 1994. 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 AND COPIES OF RELEVANT MATERIALS CONTACT: Norma

White, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building,

U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Ms. White may be

telephoned at (202) 254-5327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-580

3. 1902-0137

4. Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices

5. Revision

6. Biennially

7. Mandatory

8. Businesses or other for-profit

9. 67 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 90 hours per response

12. 6030 hours

13. The information is needed to comply with the requirements of

Section 205(f)(2) of the Federal Power Act for a review ``not less

frequently than every two years'' of practices * * * to insure

efficient use of resources.

Statutory Authority: Sec. 5(a), 5(b), 13(b), and 52, Pub. L. No.

93-275, Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C. 764(a),

764(b), 772(b), and 790a.

Issued in Washington, DC, May 27, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Statistical Standards; Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-13688 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]

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