Agency Information Collection Under ReviewBy the Office of Management and Budget

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under ReviewBy the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review by the Office of

Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) hassubmitted 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 sponsorof

the collection (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC)); (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMBdocket

number (if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type ofrequest, 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 respondentsper 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 ofthis

notice. If you anticipate that you will be submittingcomments but find

it difficult to do so within the time allowedby this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so

as soon as possible. The DeskOfficer may be telephoned at (202) 395-

3084. (Also, pleasenotify the EIA contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy DeskOfficer,

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office ofManagement and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC20503. (Comments should

also be addressed to the Office ofStatistical Standards at the address

below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information or copies

of the forms and instructions should be directed to 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-25

3. 1902-0092

4. Financial Audits

5. Extension

6. Other (3 to 5 year cycle depending on size and complexity of audit)

7. Mandatory

8. Businesses or other for-profit

9. 77 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 215 hours per response

12. 16,555 hours

13. The information collected on FERC financial compliance audits is

needed to determine the companies' compliance with the Commission's

accounting, ratemaking and related regulations, and the Commission's

reporting requirements. The Commission issues letter orders to the

companies based on the results of the audits.

Statutory Authority: Sec. 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. 3506(a) and (c)(1).

Issued in Washington, DC, November 29, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-29965 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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