[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56825-56826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22692]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection requests a reinstatement for a three-
year approval of the Commercial Buildings Energy
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Consumption Survey (CBECS), Forms EIA871A through J, OMB Control Number
1905-0145. The proposed collection will collect baseline data on energy
consumption and expenditures in commercial buildings and on the energy-
related characteristics of those buildings. To obtain this information,
interviews are conducted for a sample of commercial buildings
representing the 50 States and the District of Columbia. For buildings
in the survey, data are collected on the types, amount and cost of
energy consumed in the building, how the energy is used, structural
characteristics of the buildings, activities conducted inside the
buildings that relate to energy use, building ownership and occupancy,
energy conservation measures, and energy-using equipment. For those
buildings that cannot provide energy consumption data for the building,
the data will be obtained in a follow-up survey from the suppliers of
electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and/or district heat to the
building, after receiving permission from the building owner, manager
or tenant.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before
October 15, 2012. If you anticipate that you will be submitting
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time
allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk
Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
And to Joelle Michaels, CBECS Survey Manager, U.S. Department of
Energy, EI-22, 1000 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585, Email:
[email protected], Phone: (202) 586-8952.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Joelle Michaels at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1905-0145; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: EIA-871A-J, ``Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey'';
(3) Type of Request: Reinstatement with change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has discontinued; (4) Purpose:
The EIA-871A-J is used to collect data on energy consumption by
commercial buildings and the characteristics of these buildings. The
surveys fulfill planning, analyses and decision-making needs of DOE,
other Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector.
Respondents are owners/managers of selected commercial buildings and
their energy suppliers. Response obligations are Voluntary (building
owners) and Mandatory (energy suppliers); (5) Annual Estimated Number
of Respondents: 5,142; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses:
5,142; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,978; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974, Public Law 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C.
772(b).
Issued in Washington, DC on September 10, 2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration,
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-22692 Filed 9-13-12; 8:45 am]
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