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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

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 of 1995. The listing does not include

collections of information contained in new or revised regulations

which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 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) Response

obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or retain

benefit; (7) Affected public; (8) An estimate of the number of

respondents per report period; (9) An estimate of the number of

responses per respondent annually; (10) An estimate of the average

hours per response; (11) The estimated total annual respondent burden;

and (12) A brief abstract describing the proposed collection and the

respondents.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 31, 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 N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20585. Ms. White may be telephoned at (202)

254-5327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review was:

1. Energy Information Administration.

2. EIA-800-804, 807, 810-814, 816-817, 819M, 819A, 820 and 825.

3. 1905-0165.

4. Petroleum Supply Reporting System.

5. Extension.

6. Mandatory.

7. Business or other for profit; Federal Government; State, Local

or Tribal Government.

8. 3,506 respondents.

9. 15.18 responses.

10. 1.14 hours per response.

11. 60,680 hours.

12. The Petroleum Supply Reporting System collects information for

determining the supply and disposition of crude petroleum, petroleum

products and natural gas liquids. These data are published by the EIA.

Respondents are operators of petroleum refining facilities, blending

plants, bulk terminals, crude oil and product pipelines, natural gas

plant facilities, tankers and barges and oil importers.

The second energy information collection submitted to OMB for

review was:

1. Energy Information Administration.

2. EIA-63A/B.

3. 1905-0292.

4. Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey and Annual

Photovoltaic Module Manufacturers Survey.

5. Extension.

6. Mandatory.

7. Business or other for profit.

8. 130 respondents.

9. 1 response.

10. 3 hours per response.

11. 390 hours.

12. The surveys will collect data about the solar energy industry,

e.g, which companies are manufacturing collectors, the type of

collectors being manufactured, the quantity, use, and change in the

industry. Data will be published. Respondents are manufacturers,

importers, and exporters of solar thermal collectors and companies

manufacturing photovoltaic cells and modules.

The third energy information collection submitted to OMB for review

was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

2. FERC-8.

3. 1902-0026.

4. Underground Gas Storage Report.

5. Extension.

6. Mandatory.

7. Business or other for profit.

8. 36 respondents.

9. 12 responses.

10. 3 hours per response.

11. 1,296 hours.

12. Data are used by the Commission in analyzing the total amount

of storage gas to assure the continuity of natural gas service. The

data are analyzed with

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regard to natural gas storage injections, withdrawals, balances and

reservoir capacities to assure stored natural gas is adequate.

Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1995.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-16135 Filed 6-29-95; 8:45 am]

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