[Federal Register: October 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
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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 michael.e.mccabe@ee.doe.gov

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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