[Federal Register: October 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 205)]
[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 Biodiesel Surveys package 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 November 21, 2008. 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 at
202-395-7285 or e-mail to Nathan_J._Frey@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) 395-7345. (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 (202-586-5271) 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. Forms EIA-22M, ``Monthly Survey of Biodiesel Production,'' and
EIA-22S, ``Supplement to the Monthly Survey of Biodiesel Production.''
2. Energy Information Administration.
3. OMB Number 1905-NEW.
4. Three-year approval.
5. Mandatory.
6. The purpose of the survey is to collect information from
biodiesel producers regarding the following: Plant location, capacity,
and operating status; Biodiesel and co-product production; Inputs to
production; Sales for end-use and resale; Sales revenue; and Biodiesel
stocks.
7. Business or other for-profit.
8. 5,550 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. Chapter 35).
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Issued in Washington, DC, October 16, 2008.
Renee Miller,
Director, Forms Clearance and Information Quality Division, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25156 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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