[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4016]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
``Residential Energy Consumption Survey'' (RECS) (Forms EIA-457A/G) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 
Notice of this submission was published in the Federal Register on 
January 21, 1997 (62 FR 3031). This notice supplements the earlier 
notice. Unless additional funding is made available, it will be 
necessary to delete the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP) questions (questions K-1 through K-3). The target sample will 
also be reduced from 5,800 cases to 5,000. If necessary, this decrease 
in the target sample will reduce the annual burden by 290 hours from 
2,005 to 1,715.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 20, 1997. If you 
anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult 
to do so within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise the 
OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention to do so as soon as 
possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also, 
please notify the EIA contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Office of Statistical Standards at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Jay Casselberry, Office of Statistical Standards, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116, FAX (202) 
426-1081, or e-mail at [email protected].

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC February 12, 1997.
Lynda T. Carlson,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-4016 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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