[Federal Register: March 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 50)]
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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 ``Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases,'' form EIA-1605 and EIA-1605 EZ (short form) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a one-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 April 14, 2004. 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 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) is recommended. The mailing address is 726 Jackson Place NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. (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. Ms. 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 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
    4. One-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-
for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    8. 7,940 hours (230 respondents x 1 response per year x 34.5 hours 
per response).
    Please refer to the supporting statement as well as the proposed 
forms and instructions for more information about the purpose, who must 
report, when to report, where to submit, the elements to be reported, 
detailed instructions, provisions for confidentiality, and uses 
(including possible nonstatistical uses) of the information. 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. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

    Issued in Washington, DC January 28, 2004.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-5754 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]

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