[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26195-26196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11249]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
energy information collection listed at the end of this notice to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under sections 3507 
(h)(1) and 3506(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13).
    Each entry contains the following information: (1) The collection 
number and title; (2) a summary of the collection of information 
(includes the sponsor which is the Department of Energy component), 
current OMB document number (if applicable), type of request (new, 
revision, extension, or reinstatement), response obligation (mandatory, 
voluntary, or required to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description 
of the need and proposed use of the information; (4) a description of 
the likely respondents; and (5) 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).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 5, 2000. If you 
anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult 
to do so within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise the 
OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so as soon as 
possible. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. 
(Also, please notify the EIA contact listed below.)

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ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585. Mr. Miller may be contacted by telephone at (202) 426-1103, FAX 
at (202) 426-1081, or e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ade5c8dfcfc8dfd983e0c4c1c1c8dfedc8c4cc83c9c2c883cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c78fa2b5a5a2b5b3e98aaeababa2b587a2aea6e9a3a8a2e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. EIA-902, ``Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey.''
    2. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; OMB Number 1901-0303; 
Three-Year Extension; Mandatory.
    3. EIA-902 is designed to collect information on the emerging 
domestic geothermal heat pump industry. The economics of geothermal 
heat pumps have improved in recent years and the pumps are more 
competitive with conventional heating, cooling, and water heating 
systems. Data collected will be from U.S. geothermal heat pump 
manufacturers. The data will be used by DOE, the heat pump industry, 
and the public. The data will also be published.
    4. Business or other for-profit.
    5. 160 hours (4 hours  x  1 response per year  x  40 respondents).
    Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1) and 3506(c) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, May 1, 2000.
Stanley R. Freedman,
Acting Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-11249 Filed 5-4-00; 8:45 am]
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