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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of submission for the Office of Management and Budget's

review and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,

Department of Energy (DOE), has submitted the information collection

entitled ``Study of Central Air Conditioner Life Cycle Costs'' to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 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.

The following information is provided: (1) Collection 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) a description of the likely respondents; and (5) an

estimate of the total annual reporting burden (estimated number of

respondents times the proposed frequency of response per year times the

estimated average hours per response.)

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) 395-3087. (Also, please notify the Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy's point of contact, Michael E. McCabe, 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, DC 20503. (Comments should

also be addressed to Dr. Michael E. McCabe at the address in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed collection of

information and requests for additional information should be directed

to Dr. Michael E. McCabe, Mail Station EE-41, Room 1J-018, Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585-0121. Dr. McCabe may be telephoned at (202) 586-

0854 or e-mail at [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection submitted to OMB

for review was:

1. Collection title: Study of Central Air Conditioner Life Cycle

Costs

2. The collection is a new request and is sponsored by the Office

of Building Research and Standards, Office of Building Technology,

State and Community Programs, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy. Response is voluntary.

3. The Study of Central Air Conditioner Life Cycle Costs will

survey participants in central air conditioner and heat pump markets to

determine current retail unitary equipment prices and installation

costs by equipment efficiency level. The information collection will

include contractors participating in the residential unitary equipment

market. Consumers will not be surveyed. Questions will attempt to

gather data related to equipment costs, sales volumes, and other

information pertinent to the determination of retail prices.

4. The respondents are likely to be businesses or other for-profit

organizations.

5. The total reporting burden is estimated to be 375 hours (250

respondents reporting with an average estimated burden of 1.5 hours per

response).

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 19, 1999.

Dan W. Reicher,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 99-27733 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]

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