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 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 N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 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-556

3. 1902-0075

4. Cogeneration and Small Power Production

5. Extension

6. On occasion

7. Mandatory

8. State or local governments; Businesses or other for-profit; and

Small businesses or organizations

9. 332 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 6.17 hours per response

12. 2,049 hours

13. To encourage small power and cogeneration, the Public Utility

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 confers certain benefits on small power

and cogeneration facilities that meet certain ownership and technical

criteria. FERC-556 specifies the criteria that must be met and the

process by which such benefits be obtained.

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, September 6, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-22747 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]

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