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[Federal Register: September 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 171)]
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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 form EIA-886 ``Annual Survey of 
Alternative Fueled Vehicles'' 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).

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 4, 2010. 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 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 to Christine_J._Kymn@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) 395-4638. (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 Jason Worrall. To ensure receipt of the comments 
by the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-5271) or e-mail 
(Jason.worrall@eia.doe.gov) is also recommended. The mailing address is 
Statistics and Methods Group (EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0670. Mr. Worrall may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-
6075.

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; (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. Form EIA-886, ``Annual Survey of Alternative Fueled Vehicles, 
Form''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0191.
    4. Three-year extension.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. Form EIA-886 is an annual survey that collects information on 
the number and type of Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) and other 
advanced technology vehicles that vehicle suppliers made available in 
the previous calendar year and plan to make available in the following 
calendar year; the number, type and geographic distribution of AFVs in 
use in the previous calendar year; the amount and distribution of each 
type of Alternative Transportation Fuel (ATF) consumed in the previous 
calendar year.
    The objectives of the Annual Survey of Alternative Fueled Vehicles 
are to comply with Section 503 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(EPACT92) that requires EIA to report on specific aspects of 
alternative fueled vehicles and alternative transportation fuels; 
satisfy public requests for information on AFVs and ATFs; and provide 
Congress with a measure of the extent to which the objectives of 
EPACT92 are being achieved.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 10,812.5 hours.
    Please refer to the supporting statement as well as the proposed 
forms and instructions for more information about the purpose, who must 
report, when to report, where to submit, the elements to be reported, 
detailed instructions, provisions for confidentiality, and uses 
(including possible nonstatistical uses) of the information. For 
instructions on obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

    Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC August 30, 2010.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-22069 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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