[Federal Register: July 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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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.
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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 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 by August 15, 2003. 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 Bryon Allen, 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 (202-395-7285) or e-mail (BAllen@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) 395-3087. (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 (202-287-1705) or e-mail
(grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This section contains the following
information about the energy information collection submitted to OMB
for review: (1) The collection
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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. EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System''
2. Energy Information Administration
3. OMB Number 1905-0149
4. Three-year approval requested
5. Mandatory
6. The Financial Reporting System, Form EIA-28 collects data used
to analyze the energy industry's competitive environment as well as
energy industry resource development, supply distribution, and
profitability issues. Survey results from major energy producers are
published annually and are used by both public and private analysts.
7. Business or other for-profit
8. 12,880 hours (28 respondents x 1 response per year x 460 hours
per response).
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Issued in Washington, DC, July 10, 2003.
Nancy J. Kirkendall,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-17969 Filed 7-15-03; 8:45 am]
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