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[Federal Register: July 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 143)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. 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 ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases,'' form EIA-1605 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 August 26, 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 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC, 20503. The 
OMB 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 Alethea Jennings. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-5271) or e-mail 
(alethea.jennings@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. Ms. Jennings may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-
5879.

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) estimate number of 
respondents and (9) 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-1605, ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0194.
    4. Three-year extension to an existing approved request.
    5. Voluntary.
    6. EIA-1605 form is designed to collect voluntarily reported data 
on greenhouse gas emissions, achieved reductions of these emissions, 
and carbon fixation. Data are used to establish a publicly available 
database. Respondents are participants in a domestic or foreign 
activity that either reduces greenhouse gas emissions or increases 
sequestration.
    7. Individuals or households; business or other for-profit 
institutions; farms; Federal government; State, local or tribal 
government.
    8. Estimate number of respondents.
    9. 6000 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, Public Law 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2010.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-18353 Filed 7-26-10; 8:45 am]
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