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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Energy.

ACTION: Notice of requests 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 first energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-500

3. 1902-0058

4. Application for License for Water Project with More Than 5 MW

Capacity

5. Extension

6. On occasion

7. Mandatory

8. Individuals or households; State or local governments;

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

9. 13 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 832 hours per response

12. 10,816 hours

13. FERC-500 is used to carry out the requirements of the

Federal Power Act which authorizes and empowers the Commission to

issue licenses to any citizen, state or municipality for the purpose

of developing water reservoirs with dams, conduits, etc., to improve

navigation or develop and transmit generated power.

The second energy information collection submitted to OMB for

review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-505

3. 1902-0115

4. Application for License for Water Projects 5 MW or Less

5. Revision

6. On occasion

7. Mandatory

8. Individuals or households; State or local governments;

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

9. 19 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 169 hours per response

12. 3,211 hours

13. See Item 13, above.

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 16, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-23750 Filed 9-23-94; 8:45 am]

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