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 requests submitted for review by the Office of

Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitte- 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, 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 within 30 days of publication of this

notice. 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. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-574

3. 1902-0016

4. Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw Exemption

5. Business or other for-profit

6. Extension

7. Mandatory

8. 1 respondent

9. 1 response

10. 245 hours per response

11. 245 hours

12. FERC-574 data are used by the Commission in assessing applications

for exemption from certain provisions of the Natural Gas Act by

companies engaging in the transportation of sale for resale natural gas

in interstate commerce.

The second energy information collection submitted to OMB for

review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FPC-14

3. 1902-0027

4. Annual Report for Importers and Exporters of Natural Gas

5. Business or other for-profit

6. Extension

7. Mandatory

8. 54 respondents

9. 1 response

10. 2 hours per response

11. 108 hours

12. The purpose of this report/filing is to collect data used to assist

in the monitoring and regulation of natural gas imports and exports in

the United States.

The third energy information collection submitted to OMB for review

was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2. FERC-73

3. 1902-0019

4. Oil Pipeline Service Life Data

5. Business or other for-profit

6. Extension

7. Mandatory

8. 10 respondents

9. 1 response

10. 40 hours per response

11. 400 hours

12. Data are used by the Commission to determine the depreciating

portion of oil pipeline company operating expenses in establishing a

company's total cost of service and ultimately the reasonableness of

the amount charged to shippers/customers that is intended to recover

the depreciation expense component.

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

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1995.

Yvonne M. Bishop, Director,

Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-19690 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]

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