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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Issued at Washington, DC, on August 21,
2013.
LaTanya R. Butler,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Information collection extension
with change, comment request.
AGENCY:
The EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend for three years with
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) the Coal Markets Reporting
System. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
October 28, 2013. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the EIA–3 Survey Manager
at EIA of your intention to make a
submission as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: Attn: Tejasvi Raghuveer,
EIA–3 Survey Manager, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, EI–24,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585.
To ensure receipt of the comments by
the due date, submission by email
(tejasvi.raghuveer@eia.gov) is
recommended. Alternatively, Ms.
Raghuveer may be contacted by
telephone at 202–586–8926.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions
should be directed to Ms. Tejasvi
Raghuveer at the contact information
listed above. The proposed forms and
instructions are available on the Internet
at: https://www.eia.gov/survey/#coal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905–0167; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Coal Markets Reporting System. The
survey forms included in this system
are: EIA–3 ‘‘Quarterly Coal
Consumption and Quality Report,
Manufacturing and Transformation/
Processing Coal Plants and Commercial
and Institutional Coal Users; ’’EIA–6Q ’’
Quarterly Coal Report (Standby);’’ EIA–
7A ‘‘Coal Production and Preparation
Report;’’ EIA–8A ‘‘Coal Stocks Report;’’
EIA–20 ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring
Report, Coal Burning Utilities and
Independent Power Producers
(Standby);’’ (3) Type of Request: Threeyear extension with changes; (4)
Purpose: The Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (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, 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 and to promote
sound policymaking, efficient markets,
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and public understanding of energy and
its interaction with the economy and the
environment.
EIA surveys are conducted to collect
coal market data. The data elements
include production, consumption,
receipts, stocks, and prices. Information
pertaining to the quality of the coal is
also collected. Aggregates of this
collection are used to support public
policy analyses of the coal industry,
economic modeling, forecasting, coal
supply and demand studies, and in
guiding research and development
programs. EIA publications, including
the Monthly Energy Review, Quarterly
Coal Report, Quarterly Coal Distribution
Report, Annual Coal Report, and
Annual Coal Distribution Report, each
contain data collected through the coal
production and consumption surveys
listed above. The EIA uses the data in
short-term and long-term models such
as the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting
System (STIFS) and the National Energy
Modeling System (NEMS) Coal Market
Module. The forecast data also appear in
the Short-Term Energy Outlook and the
Annual Energy Outlook publications.
(4a) Proposed Changes: The EIA
proposes to make changes to Forms
EIA–3, EIA–6Q, EIA–7A, EIA–8A, and
EIA–20. The EIA proposes to
discontinue standby Forms EIA–1 and
EIA–4. Together, these two standby
forms were intended to collect data from
non-electric sector respondents in the
event of a coal supply disruption. To
date, these forms have never been
deployed. Also, the possibility of such
a disruption to non-electric sector
respondents seems minimal. In
addition, coal and coke data collected
on Form EIA–5 in Schedules II, III, and
IV will now be collected on Form EIA–
3. Hence, the EIA proposes to
discontinue the Form EIA–5. Detailed
descriptions of proposed changes to
individual forms follow.
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Form EIA–3: Quarterly Coal
Consumption and Quality Report,
Manufacturing and Transformation/
Processing Coal Plants and Commercial
and Institutional Coal Users
• Change the title of the survey to
‘‘Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data’’
• Modify the scope of the survey, as
defined under the purpose section, to
include coke plants
• Remove Secure File Transfer from
Communication Method
• Re-categorize mail as an Unsecured
Communication Method
• Change Site County to Site City
• Request EIA–923 ID in the
Company Contact Information Section
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• Create ‘‘Part 5: Coking Plants Only’’
to accommodate respondents of
discontinued Form EIA–5 and collect
data regarding coke production.
Disclosure limitation procedures will
continue to be applied to all cost and
revenue data reported in Part V.
• No longer collect Synfuel data
• Minor revisions to instructions and
definitions
Form EIA–7A: Coal Production and
Preparation Report
• Change title of survey to ‘‘Annual
Survey of Coal Production and
Preparation’’
• Modify questions, response options,
and instructions to provide respondents
with more detail and to improve
navigation
• Update Unsecured Communication
Method(s) to include email, fax, and
mail
• Create a field for adjustment to coal
stocks to account for stocks held on- and
off-site at the end of the reporting year
• Add new fields for metallurgical
and non-metallurgical coal under
sections on Open and Captive Market
Sales to gather more accurate revenue
data from each type of sale. Disclosure
limitation procedures will be applied to
protect the data elements from being
attributed to any specific company.
EIA proposes adding the following
questions to Form EIA–7A:
• Did the company that owns the
mining operation cease operations
during the reporting year? This question
will be used to help maintain the EIA–
7A frame and review data discrepancies
as reported by respondents that
answered ‘‘yes’’ to the question.
• Report the county, state, and
mining dates of the surface mining
activity. The Mine Safety and Health
Administration assigns this location
every quarter. Adding this question
would track production by county more
accurately.
• What is the average heat content for
all coal mined at this mine during the
reporting year? EIA’s State Energy Data
System publishes heat content of coal
produced by state. Currently, this
production heat content data is
estimated by EIA staff using coal-quality
data collected, in relation to coal
receipts, at end-use sectors as a proxy.
This question would provide the actual
production-based quality data needed to
replace the estimation.
• For any Captive Market Sales or
transfer of coal to the parent company
or a subsidiary of the parent company,
what are their contact name, company
name, email address, and telephone
number? This question helps verify the
accuracy of captive market sales vs.
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open market sales data. This will also
allow for improved frame maintenance
on the EIA–8A, which covers coal
traders, brokers, and terminals.
• For any Export Coal Sales to coal
brokers, coal traders, or coal terminals,
what are their contact name, company
name, email address, and telephone
number? This question will be used to
run a cross-survey comparison with the
EIA–8A in hopes of eliminating doublecounting of export coal sales and
improving export-related data.
Form EIA–8A: Coal Stocks Report
• Change title of survey to ‘‘Annual
Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports’’
• Simplify questions, response
options, and instructions to provide
respondents with more detail and to
improve navigation
• Update Secure Communication
Method to include the Internet Data
Collections (IDC) System
• Modify Unsecured Communication
Method(s) to include email, fax, and
mail
• Require additional contact
information when a company is sold or
merges during the reporting year
• Amend the Required Respondents
section of the survey to require
respondents to report coal exported
since prior reporting year
• Revise list of locations where U.S.
originated stocks are held to include
‘‘OT—Other’’
• Add new fields for metallurgical
and non-metallurgical coal to various
sections of the survey to gather more
accurate revenue data about the
metallurgical coal market
EIA proposes adding the following
questions to Form EIA–8A:
• Did the company for which you are
reporting export coal that originated in
the United States during the reporting
year? This is a screening question that
will help ensure an accurate accounting
of all coal brokers that also act as
exporters.
• What was the operational status of
your company during the reporting
year? This question will be used to help
maintain the EIA–8A frame and review
data discrepancies as reported by
respondents that answered ‘‘yes’’ to the
question.
Standby Forms EIA–6Q: Quarterly Coal
Report (Standby) and EIA–20: Weekly
Coal Monitoring Report, Coal Burning
Utilities and Independent Power
Producers (Standby)
• Change standby form titles to Form
EIA–6: ‘‘Emergency Coal Supply
Survey’’ and Form EIA–20: ‘‘Emergency
Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal
Burning Power Producers.’’
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• Make minor revisions to
instructions and definitions
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22,
2013.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
Eliminating Form EIA–5: Quarterly
Coal Consumption and Quality
Report—Coke Plants
Eliminating Form EIA–5 and the
proposed changes to Form EIA–3 will
result in the absorption of all 19 EIA–
5 respondents into the EIA–3 frame,
reduce quarterly maintenance of two
separate internet data collection systems
with nearly identical layouts and edits,
and create a single survey for all nonelectric sector coal users.
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Eliminating Standby Forms EIA–1:
Weekly Coal Monitoring Report—
General Industries and Blast Furnaces
and EIA–4: Weekly Coal Monitoring
Report—Coke Plants
Standby Forms EIA–1 and EIA–4 were
intended to collect data from nonelectric sector respondents in the event
of a coal supply disruption. To date,
these forms have never been deployed.
Also, the possibility of such a
disruption to non-electric sector
respondents seems minimal.
Eliminating these two survey forms
would be optimal.
(5) Estimated Number of Survey
Respondents:
• Form EIA–3 will consist of 508
respondents; the increase from the
current 489 respondents is because of
the additional 19 EIA–5 respondents
that will begin reporting on Form EIA–
3.
• EIA–7A will consist of 1,208
respondents.
• EIA–8A will consist of 86
respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 3326.
• Form EIA–3, 2,032 responses.
• EIA–7A, 1,208 respondents.
• EIA–8A, 86 respondents.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: Total annual burden
hours for all three surveys: 3834.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs to respondents associated with the
surveys other than the costs associated
with the burden hours.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b),
and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. OR13–31–000]
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC, BP
Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., ConocoPhillips
Transportation Alaska, Inc.,
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company; Notice
of Complaint
Take notice that on August 20, 2013,
pursuant to section 9, 13(1), and 15(1)
of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49
U.S.C. 9, 13(1), and 15(1), Rule 206 of
the Rules of Practice and Procedures of
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission), 18 CFR
365.206 (2013), and section 343.2 of the
Procedural Rules Applicable to Oil
Pipeline Proceedings, 18 CFR 343.2
(2013), Flint Hills Resources Alaska,
LLC (FHR or Complainant) filed a
formal complaint against BP Pipelines
(Alaska) Inc., ConocoPhillips
Transportation Alaska, Inc., and
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company
(collectively, Respondents), petitioning
the Commission to investigate the
continuing reasonableness of the
existing Quality Bank provisions of the
Respondents’ tariffs governing the
method of making monetary
adjustments among TAPS shippers to
account for the differences between the
quality of the crude oil tendered for
transportation and the quality of the
crude oil received by that shipper.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint were served on the
contacts for the Respondents as listed
on the Commission’s list of Corporate
Officials.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Protests will be considered by
the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
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The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on September 9, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RP13–1015–000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;
Notice of Technical Conference
Take notice that the Commission Staff
will convene a technical conference in
the above-referenced proceeding on
Thursday, September 12, 2013, at 10:00
a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), in a room
to be designated at the offices of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
At the technical conference, the
Commission Staff and the parties to the
proceeding can discuss all of the issues
raised by Texas Eastern Transmission,
LP’s (Texas Eastern) filing. In particular,
as discussed in the Order Accepting and
Suspending Tariff Record and
Establishing Technical Conference
Proceedings 1 in this docket, Texas
Eastern should be prepared to address
the concerns raised by the parties in this
proceeding and, if necessary, to provide
additional technical, engineering and
1 Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 144 FERC
¶ 61,082, at P 19 (2013).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Information collection extension with change, comment request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend for three years with the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) the Coal Markets Reporting System. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments must be filed by October 28, 2013. If you anticipate
that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so
within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the
EIA-3 Survey Manager at EIA of your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Attn: Tejasvi Raghuveer,
EIA-3 Survey Manager, U.S. Energy Information Administration, EI-24,
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.
To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by
email (tejasvi.raghuveer@eia.gov) is recommended. Alternatively, Ms.
Raghuveer may be contacted by telephone at 202-586-8926.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Ms. Tejasvi
Raghuveer at the contact information listed above. The proposed forms
and instructions are available on the Internet at: https://www.eia.gov/survey/#coal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-
0167; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Coal Markets Reporting
System. The survey forms included in this system are: EIA-3 ``Quarterly
Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Manufacturing and Transformation/
Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users;
''EIA-6Q '' Quarterly Coal Report (Standby);'' EIA-7A ``Coal Production
and Preparation Report;'' EIA-8A ``Coal Stocks Report;'' EIA-20
``Weekly Coal Monitoring Report, Coal Burning Utilities and Independent
Power Producers (Standby);'' (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension
with changes; (4) Purpose: The Federal Energy Administration Act of
1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (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, 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 and to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets,
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and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy
and the environment.
EIA surveys are conducted to collect coal market data. The data
elements include production, consumption, receipts, stocks, and prices.
Information pertaining to the quality of the coal is also collected.
Aggregates of this collection are used to support public policy
analyses of the coal industry, economic modeling, forecasting, coal
supply and demand studies, and in guiding research and development
programs. EIA publications, including the Monthly Energy Review,
Quarterly Coal Report, Quarterly Coal Distribution Report, Annual Coal
Report, and Annual Coal Distribution Report, each contain data
collected through the coal production and consumption surveys listed
above. The EIA uses the data in short-term and long-term models such as
the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System (STIFS) and the National
Energy Modeling System (NEMS) Coal Market Module. The forecast data
also appear in the Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Annual Energy
Outlook publications.
(4a) Proposed Changes: The EIA proposes to make changes to Forms
EIA-3, EIA-6Q, EIA-7A, EIA-8A, and EIA-20. The EIA proposes to
discontinue standby Forms EIA-1 and EIA-4. Together, these two standby
forms were intended to collect data from non-electric sector
respondents in the event of a coal supply disruption. To date, these
forms have never been deployed. Also, the possibility of such a
disruption to non-electric sector respondents seems minimal. In
addition, coal and coke data collected on Form EIA-5 in Schedules II,
III, and IV will now be collected on Form EIA-3. Hence, the EIA
proposes to discontinue the Form EIA-5. Detailed descriptions of
proposed changes to individual forms follow.
Form EIA-3: Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report,
Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial
and Institutional Coal Users
Change the title of the survey to ``Quarterly Survey of
Non-Electric Sector Coal Data''
Modify the scope of the survey, as defined under the
purpose section, to include coke plants
Remove Secure File Transfer from Communication Method
Re-categorize mail as an Unsecured Communication Method
Change Site County to Site City
Request EIA-923 ID in the Company Contact Information
Section
Create ``Part 5: Coking Plants Only'' to accommodate
respondents of discontinued Form EIA-5 and collect data regarding coke
production. Disclosure limitation procedures will continue to be
applied to all cost and revenue data reported in Part V.
No longer collect Synfuel data
Minor revisions to instructions and definitions
Form EIA-7A: Coal Production and Preparation Report
Change title of survey to ``Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation''
Modify questions, response options, and instructions to
provide respondents with more detail and to improve navigation
Update Unsecured Communication Method(s) to include email,
fax, and mail
Create a field for adjustment to coal stocks to account
for stocks held on- and off-site at the end of the reporting year
Add new fields for metallurgical and non-metallurgical
coal under sections on Open and Captive Market Sales to gather more
accurate revenue data from each type of sale. Disclosure limitation
procedures will be applied to protect the data elements from being
attributed to any specific company.
EIA proposes adding the following questions to Form EIA-7A:
Did the company that owns the mining operation cease
operations during the reporting year? This question will be used to
help maintain the EIA-7A frame and review data discrepancies as
reported by respondents that answered ``yes'' to the question.
Report the county, state, and mining dates of the surface
mining activity. The Mine Safety and Health Administration assigns this
location every quarter. Adding this question would track production by
county more accurately.
What is the average heat content for all coal mined at
this mine during the reporting year? EIA's State Energy Data System
publishes heat content of coal produced by state. Currently, this
production heat content data is estimated by EIA staff using coal-
quality data collected, in relation to coal receipts, at end-use
sectors as a proxy. This question would provide the actual production-
based quality data needed to replace the estimation.
For any Captive Market Sales or transfer of coal to the
parent company or a subsidiary of the parent company, what are their
contact name, company name, email address, and telephone number? This
question helps verify the accuracy of captive market sales vs. open
market sales data. This will also allow for improved frame maintenance
on the EIA-8A, which covers coal traders, brokers, and terminals.
For any Export Coal Sales to coal brokers, coal traders,
or coal terminals, what are their contact name, company name, email
address, and telephone number? This question will be used to run a
cross-survey comparison with the EIA-8A in hopes of eliminating double-
counting of export coal sales and improving export-related data.
Form EIA-8A: Coal Stocks Report
Change title of survey to ``Annual Survey of Coal Stocks
and Coal Exports''
Simplify questions, response options, and instructions to
provide respondents with more detail and to improve navigation
Update Secure Communication Method to include the Internet
Data Collections (IDC) System
Modify Unsecured Communication Method(s) to include email,
fax, and mail
Require additional contact information when a company is
sold or merges during the reporting year
Amend the Required Respondents section of the survey to
require respondents to report coal exported since prior reporting year
Revise list of locations where U.S. originated stocks are
held to include ``OT--Other''
Add new fields for metallurgical and non-metallurgical
coal to various sections of the survey to gather more accurate revenue
data about the metallurgical coal market
EIA proposes adding the following questions to Form EIA-8A:
Did the company for which you are reporting export coal
that originated in the United States during the reporting year? This is
a screening question that will help ensure an accurate accounting of
all coal brokers that also act as exporters.
What was the operational status of your company during the
reporting year? This question will be used to help maintain the EIA-8A
frame and review data discrepancies as reported by respondents that
answered ``yes'' to the question.
Standby Forms EIA-6Q: Quarterly Coal Report (Standby) and EIA-20:
Weekly Coal Monitoring Report, Coal Burning Utilities and Independent
Power Producers (Standby)
Change standby form titles to Form EIA-6: ``Emergency Coal
Supply Survey'' and Form EIA-20: ``Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring
Survey for Coal Burning Power Producers.''
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Make minor revisions to instructions and definitions
Eliminating Form EIA-5: Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report--
Coke Plants
Eliminating Form EIA-5 and the proposed changes to Form EIA-3 will
result in the absorption of all 19 EIA-5 respondents into the EIA-3
frame, reduce quarterly maintenance of two separate internet data
collection systems with nearly identical layouts and edits, and create
a single survey for all non-electric sector coal users.
Eliminating Standby Forms EIA-1: Weekly Coal Monitoring Report--General
Industries and Blast Furnaces and EIA-4: Weekly Coal Monitoring
Report--Coke Plants
Standby Forms EIA-1 and EIA-4 were intended to collect data from
non-electric sector respondents in the event of a coal supply
disruption. To date, these forms have never been deployed. Also, the
possibility of such a disruption to non-electric sector respondents
seems minimal. Eliminating these two survey forms would be optimal.
(5) Estimated Number of Survey Respondents:
Form EIA-3 will consist of 508 respondents; the increase
from the current 489 respondents is because of the additional 19 EIA-5
respondents that will begin reporting on Form EIA-3.
EIA-7A will consist of 1,208 respondents.
EIA-8A will consist of 86 respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 3326.
Form EIA-3, 2,032 responses.
EIA-7A, 1,208 respondents.
EIA-8A, 86 respondents.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: Total annual burden
hours for all three surveys: 3834.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no additional costs to respondents associated
with the surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C.
772(b), and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-91,
codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2013.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration,
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-20978 Filed 8-27-13; 8:45 am]
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