[Federal Register: August 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 154)]
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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 DOE-887, ``DOE Customer Surveys,'' 
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 September 10, 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 Herbert Miller. To ensure receipt of the comments 
by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail 
(herbert.miller@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. Mr. Miller may be 
contacted by telephone at (202) 287-1711.

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. DOE-887, ``DOE Customer Surveys.''
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1901-0302.
    4. Three-year extension.
    5. Voluntary.
    6. DOE-887 will be used to contact users and beneficiaries of DOE 
products or other services to determine how DOE can better improve its 
services to meet their needs. Information is needed to make DOE 
products more effective, efficient, and responsive and at a lesser 
cost.
    7. Respondents are users and beneficiaries of DOE products and 
services.
    8. 12,500 hours (50,000 respondents times 1 response per year times 
.25 hours per response).
    Please refer to the supporting statement for more information about 
the types of information collections that may be conducted. For 
instructions on obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

    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, August 1, 2003.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-20381 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]

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