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: Submission for OMB review; Comment request.

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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 (Pub. L. 104-13). 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) Collection

number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information

(includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if

applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or

reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required

to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and

proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely

respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average

hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x

estimated number of likely respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 5, 1997. 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

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Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 726 Jackson Place N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to the

Statistics and Methods Group at the address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information

should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group,

(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington,

D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426-1103, FAX (202)

426-1081, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was:

1. EIA-767, ``Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report''

2. Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear,

Electric and Alternate Fuels (additional sponsors are the Environmental

Protection Agency and DOE's Office of Fossil Energy); OMB Nos. 1901-

0298, and 2080-0018; Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Collection;

Mandatory

3. The Form EIA-767 is a consolidation of data requirements of EPA

and DOE. Data are collected annually from steam-electric power plants

of 10 (MW) or more. Data on air emission and water quality are used for

economic, regulatory, and environmental analysis. Power plants between

10 MW and 100 MW file only pages 6, 13, and 14 fuel and flue gas

desulfurization data.

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

or Tribal Government

5. 52,148 hours (60.85 hrs. x 1 response per year x 857

respondents)

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

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

Issued in Washington, D.C., October 29, 1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy

Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-29262 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]

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