[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12423]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collections 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 an 
energy information collection to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Comments must be filed by June 17, 1996. 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, NW., Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to Herbert 
Miller, Office of Statistical Standards, (EI-73), Forrestal Building, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0670. Mr. Miller may be 
telephoned at (202) 426-1103; e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#71191c181d1d1403311418105f151e145f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dab2b7b3b6b6bfa89abfb3bbf4beb5bff4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>; (FAX 202-
426-1081).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) 
has submitted the energy information collection listed below to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). The listing does 
not include collections of information contained in new or revised 
regulations which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) 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) Collection 
number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information 
(includes sponsor; i.e., the DOE component), current OMB document 
number (if applicable), response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or 
required to obtain or retain benefits), and type of request (new, 
revision, extension, or reinstatement); (3) a description of the need 
and proposed uses of the information; (4) a description of the likely 
respondents; and (5) an estimate of the total annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden (number of respondents per year times the average 
number of responses per respondent annually times the average burden 
per response).
    The energy information collections submitted to OMB for review 
were:
    1. Form EIA-882T, ``Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, 
Evaluation, and Research''
    2. Energy Information Administration; Docket Number 1905--0186; 
Response Obligation--Voluntary; and Extension
    3. The EIA-882T will be used to conduct pretest/pilot surveys 
(personal visit or face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, mail 
questionnaires), focus groups, and cognitive interviews. Data will be 
used to modify questionnaires to improve the quality of data. Samples 
of respondents will be selected to participate.
    4. Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government, and State, Local, 
or Tribal Government
    5. 1,000 total annual burden hours (4,000 respondents  x  1 
response per respondent  x . 25 hours per response).

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, May 13, 1996.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-12423 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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