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

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 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 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 NW., Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments should

also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the address

below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herbert Miller, Office of Statistical

Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy,

Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 254-5346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Energy Information Administration

2. EIA-897

3. N.A.

4. MPG Research Study

5. New

6. One-time

7. Voluntary

8. Individuals or households

9. 400 respondents

10. 1 response

11. .333 hours per response

12. 133 hours

13. Form EIA-897 will be used as a research study of fuel purchase

diaries. Data will be collected for a one-month period on odometer

readings and fuel gauge readings at the beginning and end of the month

along with fuel purchases during the month. Respondents will be

selected from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey households.

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

of 1980, (Pub. L. No. 96-511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44

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

Issued in Washington, D.C., October 21, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-26784 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]

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