[Federal Register: February 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 31)]
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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(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) 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 on or before March 19, 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) 395-3087. (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 Jay Casselberry, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585-0670. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116, 
FAX (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at Jay.Casselberry@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review was:
    1. FE-746R, ``Import and Export of Natural Gas.''
    2. Department of Energy/Fossil Energy; OMB No. 1901-0294; Extension 
of a Currently Approved Collection; Required to Obtain or Retain 
Benefits.
    3. The reporting requirements set forth in FE-746R include 
applications filed by persons seeking authorization to import or export 
natural gas, and the information collected quarterly to monitor such 
trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as 
other trade falling outside the parameters of NAFTA.
    4. Businesses or other for-profit.
    5. 4,080 hours (150 applications annually with an average estimated 
burden of 11.2 hours per application and 1200 quarterly reports with an 
estimated average burden of 2 hours per report).

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, February 10, 1999.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-3845 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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