[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28159]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
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
energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). The listing
does not include collections of information contained in new or revised
regulations which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, nor management and procurement assistance
requirements collected by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Each entry contains the following information: (1) collection
number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information
(includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if
applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or
reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required
to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and
proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely
respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average
hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x
estimated number of likely respondents.)
DATES: Comments must be filed within 30 days of publication of this
notice. 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.)
ADDRESS: 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, D.C. 20503. (Comments should
also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address
below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Jay Casselberry, Statistics and Methods Group,
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington,
D.C. 20585. Mr. Casselberry may be telephoned at (202) 426-1116, FAX
(202) 426-1081, or e-mail at Jay.C[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The energy information collections submitted to OMB for review
were:
1. EIA-23, 23P, and 64A, ``Oil and Gas Reserves System Surveys.''
2. Energy Information Administration; 1905-0057; Extension with
changes; Mandatory.
3. EIA's Oil and Gas Reserves System Surveys collect data used to
estimate reserves of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids,
and to determine the status and approximate levels of production. Data
are published and are used by public and private analysts. Respondents
are operators of oil wells, natural gas wells, and natural gas
processing plants.
EIA proposes no substantive revision to the current forms. However,
the original Federal Register notice did request comments on
substantive changes to the Form EIA-23, ``Annual Survey of Domestic Oil
and Gas Reserves.'' As a result of comments received and discussions
with members of various trade associations it was decided to delay the
implementation of the originally proposed changes until all the
government organizations involved had the opportunity to revise their
own programs, so that all Government agencies would have consistent
definitions in place before EIA changed its reserves definitions and
data collection process.
4. Business or other for-profit.
5. 107,084 hours (16.360 hours x 0.802 responses per year x 8161
respondents).
Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).
Issued in Washington, D.C., October 17, 1997.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-28159 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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