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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, DOE.

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. No. 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; (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 February 25, 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: Jay

Casselberry, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Mr.

Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 254-5348.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-538

3. 1902-0061

4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Initial Service

5. Extension

6. On occasion

7. Mandatory

8. Businesses or other for-profit

9. 1 respondent

10. 1 response

11. 320 hours per response

12. 320 hours

13. FERC-538 is an application filing to request the Commission to

order an interstate natural gas pipeline to provide service to the LDC/

municipality or natural gas company. Data is needed to determine if

such connection/service would be in the public interest.

Statutory Authority: Section 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1980, (Pub. L. 96-511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44

United States Code (See 44 U.S.C. 3506(a) and (c)(1)).

Issued in Washington, DC, January 14, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-1609 Filed 1-25-94; 8:45 am]

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