[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
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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 EIA-914, ``Monthly Natural Gas 
Production Report'' 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 June 29, 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 Paul Balserak, 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 Paul_Balserak@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 (202-586-0801) 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) 586-6264.

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. EIA-914, ``Monthly Natural Gas Production Report''.
    2. Energy Information Administration.
    3. OMB Number 1905-0205.
    4. Three-year extension.
    5. Mandatory.
    6. The purpose of the survey is to collect monthly data on the 
production of natural gas in seven geographical areas (Texas (including 
State offshore), Louisiana (including State offshore), Oklahoma, New 
Mexico, Wyoming, Federal Gulf of Mexico offshore and Other States 
(defined as all remaining states, except Alaska, in which the operator 
produced natural gas during the report month). Data will be used to 
monitor natural gas supplies. Survey respondents would be a sample of 
well operators.
    7. Business or other for-profit.
    8. 7,920 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., at 
3507(h)(1)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, May 23, 2007.
Nancy J. Kirkendall,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-10295 Filed 5-29-07; 8:45 am]

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