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, DOE.

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. 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; (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 May 11, 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: Jay

Casselberry, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Mr.

Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 254-5348.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Energy Information Administration.

2. EIA-871A (FS).

3. 1905-0145.

4. Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey--Building

Questionnaire, Federal Supplement.

5. Revision.

6. One-time.

7. Voluntary.

8. Federal agencies or employees.

9. 900 respondents.

10. 1 response.

11. .5 hours per response.

12. 450 hours.

13. The EIA-871A (FS) collects data on energy consumption in

Federal buildings and the characteristics of these buildings. The

survey fulfills planning, analyses and decision-making needs of DOE,

other Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector.

Respondents are managers of Federally-owned commercial buildings in

Federal Regions III, VI, and IX.

1. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM).

2. NWPA-830R-A-G.

3. 1901-0260.

4. Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or

High-Level Radioactive Waste.

5. Revision.

6. Quarterly, On occasion.

7. Mandatory.

8. Businesses or other for-profit.

9. 100 respondents.

10. 4.25 responses.

11. 37.94 hours per response.

12. 16,125 hours.

13. The NWPA-830R-A-G is designed to serve as the service document

for entries into the DOE accounting records to transmit data from

utilities concerning payment of their contribution to the Nuclear Waste

Fund. This form is used by electric utilities, vendors, and owners of

nuclear-fuel to purchase the services of DOE for disposal of their

spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste.

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

Issued in Washington, DC, April 4, 1994.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-8595 Filed 4-8-94; 8:45 am]

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