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 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 NW, 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].

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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 and Environmental Protection

Agency (jointly sponsored); OMB No. 1905-0197 and 2080-0018,

respectively; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory

A Federal Register notice was published on July 17, 1998, stating

that planning data for: (a) new plants/equipment; (b) equipment

updates; and (c) retirement date(s); along with heat rates (boiler

efficiency) would be given confidentiality treatment according to EIA's

procedures. The clearance package submitted to OMB has the same

proposed confidential elements with the addition of projected fuel

consumption. The July 17, 1998, proposal to treat financial data on

environmental equipment as confidential has been changed and that data

will be treated as non-confidential.

3. 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 concern air emission and water quality and are used

for economic, regulatory, and environmental analysis. Power plants

between 10 MW and 100 MW and nuclear plants complete only certain pages

of the form.

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

or Tribal Government.

5. 51,952 hours (848 respondents x 1 response per year x 61.26

hours per response).

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

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

Issued in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1998.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy

Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-31257 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]

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