[Federal Register: December 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 244)]
[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 form OE-781R, ``Report of
International Electrical Export/Import Data'' 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 January 19, 2007. 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 Sarah Garman, 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 Sarah_P._Garman@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 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 also 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. OE-781R, ``Report of International Electrical Export/Import
Data''.
2. Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE).
3. OMB Number 1901-0296.
4. Extension (Three-year).
5. Mandatory.
6. OE-781R collects electrical import/export data from entities
authorized to export electric energy, and from entities holding
Presidential Permits to construct, connect, operate, or maintain
facilities for the transmission of electric energy at an international
boundary as required by 10 CFR 205.308 and 205.325. The data are used
by Fossil Energy to monitor the levels of electricity imports and
exports and are also used by EIA for publication.
7. Holders of Presidential Permits are required to report.
8. 705 hours.
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, December 12, 2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21721 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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