[Federal Register: August 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 161)]
[Notices]               
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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 collections 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).
    The entry contains the following information: (1) collection 
numbers and titles; (2) summary of the collection of information 
(includes sponsor (i.e., the DOE component)), current OMB document 
number, type of request (new, revision, extension, or reinstatement), 
and response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or 
retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and proposed use of the 
information; (4) description of the type of likely respondents; and an 
(5) estimate of the total annual reporting burden (average hours per 
response times proposed frequency of response per year times estimated 
number of likely respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 21, 1998. 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) 395-3084. (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, D.C. 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. 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 collections submitted 
to OMB for review were:
    1. EIA-63A, ``Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers 
Survey,'' and EIA-63B, ``Annual Photovoltaic Module/Cell Manufacturers 
Survey''.
    2. Energy Information Administration; OMB No. 1905-0196; Extension 
of Currently Approved Collection; Mandatory
    3. Forms EIA-63A and EIA-63B collect data on the manufacture, 
shipment, and importation of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic 
modules/cells. The data are used by the private sector, the renewable 
energy industry, the DOE, and other government agencies. Respondents 
are U. S. companies that manufacture, shipped, and/or imported solar 
thermal collectors and/or photovoltaic modules and cells.
    4. Business or other for-profit.
    5. 195 hours (3 hours per response times 1 response per year times 
65 respondents).

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

    Issued in Washington, D.C., August 14, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-22418 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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