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View Generic ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1905-0186	ICR Reference No: 202201-1905-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201902-1905-001
Agency/Subagency: DOE/EIA	Agency Tracking No: EIA-882T
Title: EIA-882T: Generic Clearance of Questionnaire Testing, Evaluating, and Research
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/13/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/20/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. EIA will continue to submit individual collections (cognitive interviews, research surveys, etc.) under this generic clearance to OMB for approval prior to moving forward with any of these pilots.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2022
Responses	22,500	0	5,400
Time Burden (Hours)	22,500	0	6,660
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	22,500	5,400	17,100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,500	6,660	15,840
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In this current clearance, EIA is requesting 22,500 hours and 22,500 responses across the three-year period (7,500 hours and 7,500 responses annually). The increase in burden hours and number of responses requested in this clearance is based on EIA’s upcoming pilot studies and other research initiatives. EIA is planning to launch two large pilot studies for the Residential Energy Consumption Surveys (RECS) and for the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Surveys (CBECS). For the RECS pilot study, an estimated 4,200 responses and 850 burden hours will be requested. For the CBECS pilot study, an estimated 4,275 responses and 1,758 burden hours will be requested. In addition to these two large pilot studies, EIA is expecting to conduct more research and pretesting methodologies for continual improvement of EIA’s data collection initiatives, which is in accordance with EIA’s strategic plan.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Gerson Morales 202 586-7077 gerson.morales@eia.gov