Agency Information Collection Under Review By the Office of Management and Budget

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Under Review By 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) 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 (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC)); (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 on or before January 5, 1995. 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: 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-577

3. 1902-0128

4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Environmental Impact Statement

5. Revision

6. On occasion; Other (about 21.5 times per year)

7. Mandatory

8. Businesses or other for-profit

9. 55 respondents

10. 21.5 responses

11. 154 hours per response

12. 181,794 hours

13. The Commission uses FERC-577 data to ensure compliance with

sections 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA), section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and section 311 of

the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). The data are used to evaluate the

environmental impact of proposed gas pipeline construction projects.

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. Sec. 3506 (a) and (c)(1).

Issued in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-29966 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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