[Federal Register: October 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 201)]
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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 (recordkeeping requirement) 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) The collection 
number and title; (2) a summary of the collection of information 
(includes the sponsor (i.e., 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 
(i.e., the estimated number of likely respondents times the proposed 
frequency of response per year times the average hours per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 18, 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 OMB DOE 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, DC 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, DC 
20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be contacted by telephone at (202) 426-1103, 
FAX at (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at Herbert.Miller@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection 
(recordkeeping requirement) submitted to OMB for review was:
    1. ERA-766R, ``Recordkeeping Requirements of DOE's General 
Allocation and Price Rules.''
    2. General Counsel; OMB No. 1903-0073; Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Mandatory.
    3. The ERA-766R represents the recordkeeping requirements contained 
in 10 CFR 210.1 of DOE's General Allocation and Price Rules. The data 
are used to help the Office of the General Counsel in its efforts to 
complete the enforcement program with respect to prior petroleum price 
and allocation regulations. No data are required to be submitted, just 
maintenance of records is required.
    4. Business or other for-profit organizations.
    5. (100 recordkeepers)  x  (4 hours per recordkeeper)  x  (once per 
year) = 400 hours.

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, October 7, 1999.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group.
[FR Doc. 99-27248 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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