[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11078-11079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5048]



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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: Notice of request submitted for review by the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The listing does not include 
collections of information contained in new or revised regulations 
which are to be submitted under section 3504(h) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, nor management and procurement assistance requirements 
collected by the Department of Energy (DOE).
    Each entry contains the following information: (1) The sponsor of 
the collection (the DOE component or Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC)); (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMB docket 
number (if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type of request, 
e.g., new, revision, extension, or reinstatement; (6) Frequency of 
collection; (7) Response obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or 
required to [[Page 11079]] obtain or retain benefit; (8) Affected 
public; (9) An estimate of the number of respondents per report period; 
(10) An estimate of the number of responses per respondent annually; 
(11) An estimate of the average hours per response; (12) The estimated 
total annual respondent burden; and (13) A brief abstract describing 
the proposed collection and the respondents.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 31, 1995. 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 Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also, 
please notify the EIA contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments 
should also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the 
address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information or copies 
of the forms and instructions should be directed to Jay Casselberry, 
Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr. Casselberry may be 
telephoned at (202) 254-5348.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:
    1. Energy Information Administration.
    2. EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ.
    3. N.A.
    4. Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases.
    5. New.
    6. Annually.
    7. Voluntary.
    8. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit, Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    9. 1,000 respondents.
    10. 1 response annually.
    11. 18.4 hours per response.
    12. 18,400 hours respondent burden.
    13. EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ are designed to collect voluntarily 
reported data on greenhouse gas emissions, achieved reductions of these 
emissions, and carbon fixation. In addition to publishing an annual 
review of the reports submitted, EIA intends to establish a publicly 
available data base of information reported. Any U.S. legal entity that 
has reduced greenhouse gas emissions, sequestered carbon, or made a 
commitment to do either of these may submit a report.

Statutory Authority

    Sec. 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, (Pub. L. No. 96-
511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44 United States Code (See 44 
U.S.C. Sec. 3506(a) and (c)(1).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., February 17, 1995.
Yvonne M. Bishop, Ph.D.
Director Office of Statistical Standards Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-5048 Filed 2-28-95; 8:45 am]
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