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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 31, 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.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the energy information collection, ``Generic Clearance of Questionnaire Testing, Evaluating, and Research,'' Form EIA882T, to the Office of Management and
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Budget (OMB) for review and a threeyear extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,

SUPPLEMENTAL 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. EIA882T, ``Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing and Research''.

2. Energy Information Administration.

3. OMB Number 19050186.

4. Threeyear approval requested.

5. Voluntary.

6. The EIA882T is used to conduct pretest/pilot surveys (faceto face interviews, telephone interviews, mail questionnaires, electronic questionnaires), focus groups, and cognitive interviews. Data are used to modify questionnaires to improve the quality of data. Samples of potential respondents to proposed surveys are selected to participate.

7. Individuals or households; Business or other forprofit; Notfor profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal Government.

8. 1000 hours ( 4,000 respondents x 1 response per year x .25 hours per response).

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 10413, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Issued in Washington, DC, June 24, 2008.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.
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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 (2025865271) or email (grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is Statistics and Methods Group (EI70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 205850670. Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by telephone at (202) 5866264.