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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting
comments on proposed revisions to the
Natural Gas Production Report, Form
EIA–914.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
December 18, 2007. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments
within that period, contact the person
listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms.
Rhonda Green at U.S. Department of
Energy, Energy Information
Administration, Reserves and
Production Division, 1999 Bryan Street,
Suite 1110, Dallas, Texas 75201–6801.
To ensure receipt of the comments by
the due date, submission by FAX 214–
720–6155 or e-mail (rhonda.green@eia.
doe.gov) is also recommended.
Alternatively, Ms. Green may be
contacted by telephone at 214–720–
6161.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions
should be directed to Ms. Rhonda Green
at the contact information listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et
seq.) require the EIA to carry out a
centralized, comprehensive, and unified
energy information program. This
program collects, evaluates, assembles,
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analyzes, and disseminates information
on energy resource reserves, production,
demand, technology, and related
economic and statistical information.
This information is used to assess the
adequacy of energy resources to meet
near and longer-term domestic
demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35), provides the general public and
other Federal agencies with
opportunities to comment on collections
of energy information conducted by or
in conjunction with the EIA. Any
comments received help the EIA to
prepare data requests that maximize the
utility of the information collected, and
to assess the impact of collection
requirements on the public. Also, the
EIA will later seek approval by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently a sample of operators of
natural gas wells report on the Form
EIA–914. The sample consists of 220 of
the largest natural gas operators by state
or area, selected from a universe of
about 8,400 operators known to have
produced at least 1,000 cubic feet of
natural gas per day in 2006. Using
information collected on Form EIA–914,
EIA estimates and disseminates timely
and reliable monthly natural gas
production data for Texas (onshore and
offshore) and Louisiana (onshore and
offshore), New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Wyoming, the Federal Offshore Gulf of
Mexico, Other States (onshore and
offshore) with Alaska excluded, and the
lower 48 States. This collection is
essential to the mission of the DOE in
general and the EIA in particular
because of the increasing demand for
natural gas in the United States and the
requirement for accurate and timely
natural gas production information
necessary to monitor the United States
natural gas supply and demand balance.
These estimates are essential to the
development, implementation, and
evaluation of energy policy and
legislation. Data are disseminated
through the EIA Natural Gas Monthly
and Natural Gas Annual and EIA’s Web
site. Secondary publications that use the
data include EIA’s Short-Term Energy
Outlook, Annual Energy Outlook,
Monthly Energy Review and Annual
Energy Review.
II. Current Actions
This notice announces EIA’s intent to
expand the current Form EIA–914,
Monthly Natural Gas Production Report,
in the following ways.
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• Rename the survey to Monthly
Natural Gas and Crude Oil Production
Report.
• Increase the number of data
elements from two to four, adding crude
oil and lease condensate production
data elements to the existing data
elements of gross natural gas and lease
gas production.
• Expand the number of areas
reported from 7 to 14, adding new areas
Alaska (onshore and offshore),
California (onshore and offshore),
Federal Offshore Pacific, Colorado,
Kansas, Montana, and North Dakota to
the current areas which are the Federal
Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana
(onshore and offshore), New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Texas (onshore and
offshore), Wyoming, and Other States
(remaining States, including their State
Offshore).
The current survey sampling
procedures will be modified to
accommodate the new areas and two
new data elements, but will remain
similar to the existing methodology. The
current survey was authorized to sample
350 natural gas operators, but now only
a sample of 220 natural gas operators
(from a universe of 8,400) is needed to
provide sufficient coverage. For the
expanded survey, there is a universe of
about 11,300 crude oil well operators
with each operator producing at least 1
barrel per day in 2006. However, there
are major sampling efficiencies available
to the expanded survey because most of
the natural gas operators also produce
crude oil and many of the large natural
gas operators are also large crude oil
producers. Only 130 of the largest oil
and gas operators have to be added to
the current sample of 220 natural gas
operators to ensure sufficient coverage
of natural gas, crude oil, and lease
condensate for high quality production
estimates in the 14 geographic areas.
Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated at 4 hour per
respondent per month (this reflects a 1
hour increase from the estimated burden
for reporting natural gas production
only on the current Form EIA–914). The
estimated burden reflects the total time
necessary for the average respondent to
provide the requested information.
III. Request for Comments
Prospective respondents and other
interested parties should comment on
the actions discussed in item II. The
following guidelines are provided to
assist in the preparation of comments.
In providing comments, please indicate
to which form(s) your comments apply.
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General Issues
A. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and does the information have
practical utility? Practical utility is
defined as the actual usefulness of
information to or for an agency, taking
into account its accuracy, adequacy,
reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s
ability to process the information it
collects.
B. What enhancements can be made
to the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
As a Potential Respondent to the
Request for Information
A. What actions could be taken to
help ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information to be collected?
B. Are the instructions and definitions
clear and sufficient? If not, which
instructions need clarification?
C. Can the information be submitted
by the due date?
D. Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated at 4 hour per
respondent per month (this reflects a 1
hour increase from the estimated burden
for reporting natural gas production
only on the current Form EIA–914). The
estimated burden reflects the total time
necessary for the average respondent to
provide the requested information. In
your opinion, how accurate is this
estimate?
E. The agency estimates that the only
cost to a respondent is for the time it
will take to complete the collection.
Will a respondent incur any start-up
costs for reporting, or any recurring
annual costs for operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
F. What additional actions could be
taken to minimize the burden of this
collection of information? Such actions
may involve the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
G. Does any other Federal, State, or
local agency collect similar information?
If so, specify the agency, the data
element(s), and the methods of
collection.
As a Potential User of the Information
To Be Collected
A. What actions could be taken to
help ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information disseminated?
B. Is the information useful at the
levels of detail to be collected?
C. For what purpose(s) would the
information be used? Be specific.
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D. Are there alternate sources for the
information and are they useful? If so,
what are their weaknesses and/or
strengths?
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of the form. They also will
become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Issued in Washington, DC October 11,
2007.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information
Administration.
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Commission
Combined Notice of Filings # 1
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October 12, 2007.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC08–3–000.
Applicants: Fenton Power Partners I,
LLC.
Description: Fenton Power Partners I,
LLC submits an application for
Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0187.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 23, 2007.
Docket Numbers: EC08–4–000.
Applicants: Meridian White Creek,
LLC; Lehman White Creek Wind
Holdings LLC; Halsey Street
Investments LLC; Summit Power WC
Wind, LLC; White Creek Wind I, LLC.
Description: White Creek Wind I, LLC,
et al submits an application for
Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0189.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 23, 2007.
Docket Numbers: EC08–5–000.
Applicants: BBPOP Wind Equity LLC;
Babcock & Brown Cedar Creek LLC;
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners US
LLC.
Description: BBPOPO Wind Equity
LLC and Babcock & Brown Cedar Creek,
LLC submits an application requesting
authorizations for transfers.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0191.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
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Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG08–1–000.
Applicants: Reliant Energy Mandalay,
Inc.
Description: Reliant Energy Mandalay,
Inc submits its Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status.
Filed Date: 10/04/2007.
Accession Number: 20071009–0099.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Thursday, October 25, 2007.
Docket Numbers: EG08–3–000.
Applicants: Forked River Power LLC.
Description: Exempt Wholesale
Generator Notice of Self Certification of
Forked River Power LLC.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071009–5017.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER96–719–018;
ER97–2801–019; ER99–2156–012.
Applicants: MidAmerican Energy
Company; PacifiCorp; Cordova Energy
Company LLC.
Description: PacifiCorp et al submits a
letter as Exhibit 1, a substitution page to
the 8/27/07 Revised Tariff reflecting the
striking of the ‘‘Change in Status,’’
paragraph etc.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0030.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER96–2585–006.
Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation.
Description: National Grid USA
submits a compliance filing modifying
market-based rate tariffs for Niagara
Mohawk Power Corp.
Filed Date: 09/21/2007.
Accession Number: 20070925–0191.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, October 19, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER98–2491–012.
Applicants: ConEdison Energy.
Description: Consolidated Edison
Energy, Inc submits amendments to its
market based rate tariff.
Filed Date: 10/10/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0213.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, October 31, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER04–449–016.
Applicants: New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.; New York
Transmission Owners.
Description: Consensus Deliverability
Plan of the New York Independent
System Operator, Inc. and the New York
Transmission Owners under.
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Filed Date: 10/05/2007.
Accession Number: 20071005–5135.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, October 26, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER04–1255–002.
Applicants: New England Power Pool;
ISO New England Inc.
Description: ISO New England Inc
submits compliance report on the status
of the Day-Ahead Load Response
Program and on overall efforts to
integrate Demand Resources into the
energy, reserves and capacity markets in
New England.
Filed Date: 08/31/2007.
Accession Number: 20070831–4026.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, October 22, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER06–1346–002.
Applicants: White Creek Wind I, LLC.
Description: White Creek Wind I LLC
submits a revised First Revised Sheet 2
of its FERC Electric Tariff, Original
Volume 1.
Filed Date: 10/05/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0031.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, October 26, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER06–1399–004.
Applicants: Sunbury Generation LP.
Description: Sunbury Generation LP
submits a notice of change in status.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0206.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER06–1474–004.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: PJM Interconnection LLC
submits its compliance filing.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0205.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1142–001.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: Arizona Public Service
Company submits revised sheets to the
APS Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0208.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1171–002.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: Arizona Public Service
Company submits its responses to
FERC’s requests for information
contained in the September 6 Letter.
Filed Date: 10/09/2007.
Accession Number: 20071011–0207.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER08–21–000.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting comments on proposed revisions to the
Natural Gas Production Report, Form EIA-914.
DATES: Comments must be filed by December 18, 2007. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the
person listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. Rhonda Green at U.S. Department of
Energy, Energy Information Administration, Reserves and Production
Division, 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1110, Dallas, Texas 75201-6801. To
ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX 214-
720-6155 or e-mail (rhonda.green@eia.doe.gov) is also recommended.
Alternatively, Ms. Green may be contacted by telephone at 214-720-6161.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Ms. Rhonda
Green at the contact information listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-275, 15
U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91, 42
U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) require the EIA to carry out a centralized,
comprehensive, and unified energy information program. This program
collects, evaluates, assembles,
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analyzes, and disseminates information on energy resource reserves,
production, demand, technology, and related economic and statistical
information. This information is used to assess the adequacy of energy
resources to meet near and longer-term domestic demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), provides
the general public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to
comment on collections of energy information conducted by or in
conjunction with the EIA. Any comments received help the EIA to prepare
data requests that maximize the utility of the information collected,
and to assess the impact of collection requirements on the public.
Also, the EIA will later seek approval by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Currently a sample of operators of natural gas wells report on the
Form EIA-914. The sample consists of 220 of the largest natural gas
operators by state or area, selected from a universe of about 8,400
operators known to have produced at least 1,000 cubic feet of natural
gas per day in 2006. Using information collected on Form EIA-914, EIA
estimates and disseminates timely and reliable monthly natural gas
production data for Texas (onshore and offshore) and Louisiana (onshore
and offshore), New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, the Federal Offshore Gulf
of Mexico, Other States (onshore and offshore) with Alaska excluded,
and the lower 48 States. This collection is essential to the mission of
the DOE in general and the EIA in particular because of the increasing
demand for natural gas in the United States and the requirement for
accurate and timely natural gas production information necessary to
monitor the United States natural gas supply and demand balance. These
estimates are essential to the development, implementation, and
evaluation of energy policy and legislation. Data are disseminated
through the EIA Natural Gas Monthly and Natural Gas Annual and EIA's
Web site. Secondary publications that use the data include EIA's Short-
Term Energy Outlook, Annual Energy Outlook, Monthly Energy Review and
Annual Energy Review.
II. Current Actions
This notice announces EIA's intent to expand the current Form EIA-
914, Monthly Natural Gas Production Report, in the following ways.
Rename the survey to Monthly Natural Gas and Crude Oil
Production Report.
Increase the number of data elements from two to four,
adding crude oil and lease condensate production data elements to the
existing data elements of gross natural gas and lease gas production.
Expand the number of areas reported from 7 to 14, adding
new areas Alaska (onshore and offshore), California (onshore and
offshore), Federal Offshore Pacific, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, and
North Dakota to the current areas which are the Federal Offshore Gulf
of Mexico, Louisiana (onshore and offshore), New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas (onshore and offshore), Wyoming, and Other States (remaining
States, including their State Offshore).
The current survey sampling procedures will be modified to
accommodate the new areas and two new data elements, but will remain
similar to the existing methodology. The current survey was authorized
to sample 350 natural gas operators, but now only a sample of 220
natural gas operators (from a universe of 8,400) is needed to provide
sufficient coverage. For the expanded survey, there is a universe of
about 11,300 crude oil well operators with each operator producing at
least 1 barrel per day in 2006. However, there are major sampling
efficiencies available to the expanded survey because most of the
natural gas operators also produce crude oil and many of the large
natural gas operators are also large crude oil producers. Only 130 of
the largest oil and gas operators have to be added to the current
sample of 220 natural gas operators to ensure sufficient coverage of
natural gas, crude oil, and lease condensate for high quality
production estimates in the 14 geographic areas. Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated at 4 hour per respondent per
month (this reflects a 1 hour increase from the estimated burden for
reporting natural gas production only on the current Form EIA-914). The
estimated burden reflects the total time necessary for the average
respondent to provide the requested information.
III. Request for Comments
Prospective respondents and other interested parties should comment
on the actions discussed in item II. The following guidelines are
provided to assist in the preparation of comments. In providing
comments, please indicate to which form(s) your comments apply.
General Issues
A. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the
information have practical utility? Practical utility is defined as the
actual usefulness of information to or for an agency, taking into
account its accuracy, adequacy, reliability, timeliness, and the
agency's ability to process the information it collects.
B. What enhancements can be made to the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected?
As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information
A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be
collected?
B. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If
not, which instructions need clarification?
C. Can the information be submitted by the due date?
D. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated at 4
hour per respondent per month (this reflects a 1 hour increase from the
estimated burden for reporting natural gas production only on the
current Form EIA-914). The estimated burden reflects the total time
necessary for the average respondent to provide the requested
information. In your opinion, how accurate is this estimate?
E. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for
the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent
incur any start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs
for operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
F. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of
this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
G. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar
information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the
methods of collection.
As a Potential User of the Information To Be Collected
A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information
disseminated?
B. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be
collected?
C. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
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D. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they
useful? If so, what are their weaknesses and/or strengths?
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also
will become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Issued in Washington, DC October 11, 2007.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-20682 Filed 10-18-07; 8:45 am]
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