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measurements of energy use in a

representative average-use cycle and

from representative average unit costs of

energy needed to operate such product

during such cycle. The section further

requires DOE to provide information

regarding the representative average

unit costs of energy for use wherever

such costs are needed to perform

calculations in accordance with the test

procedures. Most notably, these costs

are used under the Federal Trade

Commission’s appliance labeling

program, established by section 324 of

the Act, and in connection with

advertisements of appliance energy use

and energy costs, which are covered by

section 323(c) of the Act.

The Department last published

representative average unit costs of

residential energy for use in the Energy

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products Other Than Automobiles on

February 7, 2000. (64 FR 5860). Effective

April 9, 2001, the cost figures published

on February 7, 2000 will be superseded

by the cost figures set forth in this

notice.

The Department’s Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has developed the

2001 representative average unit aftertax costs of electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene

prices found in this notice. The cost

projections for heating oil, electricity,

and natural gas are found in the fourth

quarter, 2000, EIA Short-Term Energy

Outlook, DOE/EIA–0226 (00/4Q), and

reflect the mid-price scenario.

Projections for residential propane and

kerosene prices are derived from their

relative prices to that of heating oil,

based on 1999 averages for these three

fuels. The source for these price data is

the September 2000, Monthly Energy

Review (DOE/EIA–0035(00/09). The

Short-Term Energy Outlook and the

Monthly Energy Review are available at

the National Energy Information Center,

Forrestal Building, Room 1F–048, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800.

We provide the 2001 representative

average unit costs in Table 1 pursuant

to section 323(b)(4) of the Act, and they

will become effective April 9, 2001.

They will remain in effect until further

notice.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 2,

2001.

Abraham E. Haspel,

Acting Director, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

TABLE 1.—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES

[2001]

Type of energy Per million Btu1 In commonly used terms As required by test procedure

Electricity ........................................................................... $24.30 8.29/kWh 2 3 ............................. $.0829/kWh.

Natural gas ........................................................................ 8.37 83.7/therm4 or $8.63/MCF 5 6 .. .00000837/Btu.

No. 2 Heating Oil ............................................................... 8.86 $1.23/gallon7 ........................... .00000886/Btu.

Propane ............................................................................. 11.28 $1.03/gallon8 ........................... .00001128/Btu.

Kerosene ........................................................................... 9.41 $1.27/gallon9 ........................... .00000941/Btu.

1Btu stands for British thermal units.

2 kWh stands for kilowatt hour.

3 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.

4 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.

5 MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.

6For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,031 Btu.

7For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.

8For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.

9For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

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

energy information collections listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and a 3-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 on or

before April 9, 2001. 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 the OMB

Desk Officer for DOE, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 726

Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC

20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may

be telephoned at (202) 395–7318. (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,

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Mrs. Sutherland may be contacted by

telephone at (202) 287–1712, FAX at

(202) 287–1705, or e-mail at

Grace.Sutherland@eia.doe.gov.

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–1605 and 1605EZ,

‘‘Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse

Gases’’.

2. Energy Information Administration.

3. OMB Number 1905–0194.

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4. Three-year extension to an existing

approved request.

5. Voluntary.

6. EIA–1605 and EIA–1605EZ forms

are 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; Not-forprofit institutions; Farms; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

8. 7,000 hours ( 220 respondents × 1

response per year × 31.8 hours per

response).

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Issued in Washington, D.C., February 28,

2001.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

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

energy information collection listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and a three-year approval 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 on or

before April 9, 2001. 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 the OMB

Desk Officer for DOE, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 726

Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC

20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may

be telephoned at (202) 395–7318. (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 Herbert Miller,

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Mr. Miller may be contacted by

telephone at (202) 287–1711, FAX at

(202) 287–1705, or e-mail at

Herbert.Miller@eia.doe.gov.

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–910, ‘‘Monthly Natural

Gas Marketer Survey’’.

2. Energy Information Administration.

3. OMB number 1905–NEW.

4. New collection and three-year

approval requested.

5. Mandatory.

6. EIA–910 will collect information

necessary for developing accurate

estimates of state-level prices paid by

commercial and residential consumers

of natural gas. The data will also be

used for modeling and analytical efforts.

Initially, respondents will be all natural

gas marketers selling to residential and/

or commercial customers in Georgia,

Maryland, New York, Ohio and

Pennsylvania.

7. Business or other for-profit.

8. 6,572 hours (176 respondents × 12

responses per year × an average burden

of 3.11 hours per response over the

three-year approval period).

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Issued in Washington, DC on February 27,

2001.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–389–020]

Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate

Filing

March 2, 2001.

Take notice that on February 27, 2001,

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company

(Columbia Gulf) tendered for filing the

following Amendment Agreement to a

recently filed negotiated rate

transaction: Amendment Agreement to

ITS–2 Service Agreement No. 70052

between Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company and Amoco Energy Trading

Corporation Dated November 30, 2000,

as Amended February 23, 2001.

This transportation service was

scheduled to commence December 1,

2000 and terminate December 31, 2000.

On January 17, 2001, FERC approved an

amendment to extend the term through

January 31, 2001 (Docket No. RP96–

389–017). On January 30, 2001,

Columbia Gulf filed an amendment to

extend further the Service Agreement’s

term through February 28, 2001. FERC

issued a notice on February 6, 2001

(Docket No. RP96–389–019), and FERC

approval is pending. The instant filing

includes an executed Amendment

Agreement that extends the Service

Agreement’s term through March 31,

2001. All other terms and provisions

remain unchanged and in full force and

effect.

Columbia Gulf states that copies of

the filing have been served on all parties

on the official service list created by the

Secretary in this proceeding.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make