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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 15712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05632]

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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 Financial Reporting EIA-28 Survey 
package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 
Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28 collects data used to analyze 
the energy industry's competitive environment as well as energy 
industry resource development, supply distribution, and profitability 
issues. This is a request to conduct a comprehensive voluntary 
evaluation of an existing data collection to inform a future redesign 
of the EIA-28. This future redesign will measure upstream oil and gas 
costs for exploration and production for U.S. companies' foreign and 
domestic operations. In order to successfully inform this redesign, EIA 
will assess the feasibility of collecting and measuring upstream oil 
and gas costs for exploration and production for U.S. energy companies' 
foreign and domestic operations. EIA will work to identify the policy 
goals and data needs of its stakeholders with respect to the collection 
and measurement of upstream oil and gas costs. The goal of this 
evaluation is to collect enough data to successfully inform the future 
redesign of the EIA-28.

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 11, 2013. 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. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-
395-4718 or contacted by email at chad_s_whiteman@omb.eop.gov.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX 
(202-395-7285) or email to Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov is 
recommended. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-
4718. A copy of your comments should also be provided to Neal Davis at 
the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Neal Davis. To ensure receipt of the comments by 
the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-4420) or email 
(neal.davis@eia.gov) is also recommended. The mailing address is EI-24, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., U.S. Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Mr. Davis may be contacted by 
telephone at (202) 586-6581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following 
information about the energy information collection submitted to OMB 
for review: (1) OMB No.: New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Evaluation of the Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28; (3) Type of 
Request: Comprehensive Evaluation of an Existing Data Collection; (4) 
Purpose: The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28 collects data used 
to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as 
energy industry resource development, supply distribution, and 
profitability issues. However, this is not a request to collect data 
using Form EIA-28. It is a request to conduct a comprehensive voluntary 
evaluation of an existing data collection to inform a future redesign 
of the EIA-28. This future redesign will measure upstream oil and gas 
costs for exploration and production for U.S. companies' foreign and 
domestic operations. In order to successfully inform this redesign, EIA 
will assess the feasibility of collecting and measuring upstream oil 
and gas costs for exploration and production for U.S. energy companies' 
foreign and domestic operations. EIA will work to identify the policy 
goals and data needs of its stakeholders with respect to the collection 
and measurement of upstream oil and gas costs. The goal of this 
evaluation is to collect enough data to successfully inform the future 
redesign of the EIA-28. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 
300; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 430; and (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no cost associated 
with reporting and recordkeeping.

    Statutory Authority: Public Law 93-275 (Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974), 5(a) and 13(a).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2013.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-05632 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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