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. 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 by October 26, 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-512

3. 1902-0073

4. Application for Preliminary Permit

5. Extension

6. On occasion

7. Mandatory

8. Individuals or households; State or local governments;

Businesses or other for-profit; Federal agencies or employees; Non-

profit institutions; and Small businesses or organizations

9. 150 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 73 hours per response

12. 10,950 hours

13. FERC-512 is used to carry out the requirements of the Federal

Power Act which directs the Commission to issue preliminary permits

to maintain priority application for the proposed hydro development

license while the permittee conducts feasibility studies and

preliminary application data collections.

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, September 15, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-23744 Filed 9-23-94; 8:45 am]

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