Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 6, 2004 / Notices 59901

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. 

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the 

‘‘Annual Solar Thermal Collector 

Manufacturers Survey,’’ and the 

‘‘Annual Photovoltaic Module/Cell 

Manufacturers Survey’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

revision 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 

November 5, 2004. 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.

ADDRESSESES: 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) is recommended. The mailing 

address is 726 Jackson Place, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. (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 Grace Sutherland. 

To ensure receipt of the comments by 

the due date, submission by FAX (202–

287–1705) or e-mail 

(grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70), 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670. 

Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by 

telephone at (202) 287–1712.

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; and (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. Forms EIA–63A, ‘‘Annual Solar 

Thermal Collector Manufacturers 

Survey,’’ and EIA–63B, ‘‘Annual 

Photovoltaic Module/Cell 

Manufacturers Survey.’’

2. Energy Information Administration. 

3. OMB Number 1905–0196. 

4. Revision. 

5. Mandatory. 

6. EIA’s 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 manufactured, 

shipped, and/or imported solar thermal 

collectors and/or photovoltaic modules 

and cells. 

7. Business or other for-profit. 

8. 358 hours of burden. 

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 3507(h)(1) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. No. 104–13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Issued in Washington, DC, September 28, 

2004. 

Jay H. Casselberry, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and 

Methods Group, Energy Information 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–22423 Filed 10–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on proposed revisions and 

three-year extensions to the Forms EIA–

1, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring Report—

General Industries and Blast Furnaces’’

(Standby); EIA–3, ‘‘Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report—

Manufacturing Plants;’’ EIA–4, ‘‘Weekly 

Coal Monitoring Report—Coke Plants’’

(Standby); EIA–5, ‘‘Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report—Coke 

Plants;’’ EIA–6A, ‘‘Coal Distribution 

Report;’’ EIA–6Q (Schedule Q), 

‘‘Quarterly Coal Report’’ (Standby); 

EIA–7A, ‘‘Coal Production Report;’’ and 

EIA–20, ‘‘Weekly Telephone Survey of 

Coal Burning Utilities’’ (Standby). The 

Standby forms are designed to be 

utilized under certain emergency 

conditions.

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

December 6, 2004. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to William 

Watson. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by FAX (202–287–1934) or e-mail 

(william.watson@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables Division, 

EI–52, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Washington, DC 

20585. Alternatively, William Watson 

may be contacted by telephone at 202–

287–1971.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to William Watson at 

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer-term domestic 

demands.