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 October 7, 1999. 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 Grace Sutherland, Statistics and Methods Group,

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

20585. Mrs. Sutherland may be telephoned at (202) 426-1068, FAX (202)

426-1083, or e-mail at Grace.S[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. EIA-871A/F, ``Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey''

(CBECS).

2. Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0145;

Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Voluntary for commercial buildings and

mandatory for energy suppliers.

3. EIA-871A/F will be used to collect data on energy consumption by

commercial buildings and the characteristics of these buildings. The

surveys fulfill planning, analyses and decision-making needs of DOE,

other Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector.

Respondents are owners/managers of selected commercial buildings and

their energy suppliers.

4. Business or other for-profit.

5. 2,666 hours (1.3 hours per response X .33 responses per year X

6,200 respondents) (The 2,666 hour burden is being prorated over a

three-year requested approval period.).

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

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

Issued in Washington, D.C., August 30, 1999.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy

Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-23166 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]

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