[Federal Register: May 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 105)]
[Notices]
[Page 38085-38086]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB
review; Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the energy information collection listed
at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and a three-year extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq).
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DATES: Comments must be filed by July 1, 2002. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within
that period, you should contact the OMB Desk Officer for DOE listed
below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bryon Allen, OMB Desk Officer for DOE,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission
by FAX (202-395-7285) or e-mail (BAllen@omb.eop.gov) is recommended.
The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. The
OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3087. (A copy of
your comments should also be provided to EIA's Statistics and Methods
Group at the address below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Herbert Miller. To ensure receipt of the comments
by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail
(herbert.miller@eia.doe.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is
Statistics and Methods Group (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S.
Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be
contacted by telephone at (202) 287-1711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following
information about the energy information collection submitted to OMB
for review: (1) The collection numbers and title; (2) the sponsor
(i.e., the Department of Energy component); (3) the current OMB docket
number (if applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e., new, revision,
extension, or reinstatement); (5) response obligation (i.e., mandatory,
voluntary, or required to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a description
of the need for and proposed use of the information; (7) a categorical
description of the likely respondents; and (8) an estimate of the total
annual reporting burden (i.e., the estimated number of likely
respondents times the proposed frequency of response per year times the
average hours per response).
1. EIA-882T, ``Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing and
Research''.
2. Energy Information Administration.
3. OMB Number 1905-0186.
4. Three-year approval requested.
5. Voluntary.
6. The EIA-882T is used to conduct pretest/pilot surveys (face-to-
face interviews, telephone interviews, mail questionnaires, electronic
questionnaires), focus groups, and cognitive interviews. Data are used
to modify questionnaires to improve the quality of data. Samples of
potential respondents to proposed surveys are selected to participate.
7. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-for
profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; and State, Local or
Tribal Government.
8. 1,000 hours (4,000 respondents x response per year x .25
hours per response).
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Issued in Washington, DC, May 28, 2002.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-13649 Filed 5-30-02; 8:45 am]
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