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###### Department of Energy

###### Energy Information Administration

# 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 Residential Energy Consumption Survey to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a reinstatement 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 26, 2009. 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 at 202-395-7285 or e-mail to                         *Christine_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 Grace Sutherland. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-5271) or e-mail (                        *grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov*) is also recommended. The mailing address is Statistics and Methods Group (EI-70), Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586-6264.                    

# 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-457 A/G “Residential Energy Consumption Survey.”

2. Energy Information Administration.

3. OMB Number 1905-0092.

4. Reinstatement.

5. Mandatory.

6. EIA's Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) collects basic data necessary to meet EIA's legislative mandates as well as the energy consumption and expenditures and related subjects for the household sector of the U.S. economy.

7. Individuals, Federal, State, and local Government as well as Business or other for-profit.

                    8. 8,784 annual burden hours.                          ( print page 48947)    

                    After the pre-survey consultation 60-day                     **Federal Register**                     notice was published on page 8075 on February 23, 2009, EIA received funds in order to include weatherization and energy efficiency program participation questions on the survey.                

                    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, September 21, 2009.

Stephanie Brown,

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Agency Clearance Officer Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. E9-23185 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]

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