[Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)]
[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 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., at 3507(h)(1)).
DATES: Comments must be filed by September 18, 2006. 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 John Asalone, 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 at 202-395-7285 or e-mail to John_A._Asalone@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) 395-4650.
(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 Kara Norman. To ensure receipt of the comments by
the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1705) or e-mail
kara.norman@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. Kara Norman may be
contacted by telephone at (202) 287-1902.
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 (if OGC, spell out ``Office
of General Council''); (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 (just the burden hours here--not the
formula).
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 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., at
3507(h)(1))
Issued in Washington, DC, August 14, 2006.
Nancy Kirkendall,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-13689 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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