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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

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. 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 June 7, 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 CONTACT: 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, D.C. 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-576

3. 1902-0004

4. Report by Certain Natural Gas Companies on Service Interruptions

5. Extension

6. Annual

7. Mandatory

8. Businesses or other for-profit

9. 12 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 1 hour per response

12. 12 annual responses

13. Data are required to give the Commission sufficient information to

oversee natural gas pipeline continuity of service. The information

notifies the Commission in a timely manner (initial notification by

fax, followed by a mailed hard copy) of any interruption to service.

Statutory Authority: Sec. 5(a), 5(b), 13(b), and 52, Pub. L. 93-

275, Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C.

Sec. 764(a), 764(b), 772(b), and 790a.

Issued in Washington, DC, May 2, 1995.

Douglas R. Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-11268 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am]

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