Agency Information Collection Extension, 29257-29259 [2016-11070]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 11, 2016 / Notices Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–6529 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of this Board is to make recommendation to DOE–SC with respect to the basic energy sciences research program. Tentative Agenda • Call to Order, Introductions, Review of the Agenda • News from the Office of Science • News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences • Report by the BESAC Subcommittee on Facility Upgrade Prioritization • Scientific User Facilities Division Committee of Visitors Report • Energy Frontier Research Centers/ Hubs Committee of Visitors Update • Public Comments • Adjourn Breaks Taken As Appropriate Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Katie Runkles at 301–903–6594 (fax) or katie.runkles@science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room; 1E–190, Forrestal Building; 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–11074 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces a meeting of the Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 May 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 463, 86 Stat.770) requires that notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register. DATES: Wednesday, June 8, 2016. 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (EDT)— Registration 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT)—Meeting ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E–069, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou Capitanio, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 586–5098. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee is to provide advice on potential applications of methane hydrate to the Secretary of Energy, and assist in developing recommendations and priorities for the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program. Tentative Agenda: The agenda will include: Welcome and Introduction by the Designated Federal Officer; Committee Business including election of Committee Chair; Review of Secretary’s Energy Advisory Board Report on the Methane Hydrate Program; Update on International Activity; FY 2016 Methane Hydrate Program Activities and Plans; Methane Hydrate Program Budget; Methane Hydrate Program Strategic Direction; Advisory Committee Discussion; and Public Comments, if any. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The Designated Federal Officer and the Chair of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Lou Capitanio at the phone number listed above. You must make your request for an oral statement at least five business days prior to the meeting, and reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation on the agenda. Public comment will follow the threeminute rule. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying within 60 days at the following Web site: https://energy.gov/fe/services/ advisory-committees/methane-hydrateadvisory-committee. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29257 Issued at Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–11071 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Information Administration Agency Information Collection Extension U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment. AGENCY: The EIA has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Petroleum Supply Reporting System, OMB Control Number 1905–0165. The proposed collection will produce data used in statistical analytical reports as well as forecasts produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Reports and forecasts are essential to accomplish the agency’s mission to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interactions with the economy and the environment. Users of the data include government officials, industry and financial analysts, and the public. EIA proposes one change to Form EIA–812, Form EIA–813, and Form EIA–803 and no other changes to: • Form EIA–22M, ‘‘Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey’’ • Form EIA–800, ‘‘Weekly Refinery and Fractionator Report’’ • Form EIA–802, ‘‘Weekly Product Pipeline Report’’ • Form EIA–803, ‘‘Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report’’ • Form EIA–804, ‘‘Weekly Imports Report’’ • Form EIA–805, ‘‘Weekly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report’’ • Form EIA–809, ‘‘Weekly Oxygenate Report’’ • Form EIA–810, ‘‘Monthly Refinery Report’’ • Form EIA–812, ‘‘Monthly Product Pipeline Report’’ (proposed change) • Form EIA–813, ‘‘Monthly Crude Oil Report’’ • Form EIA–814, ‘‘Monthly Imports Report’’ • Form EIA–815, ‘‘Monthly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report’’ • Form EIA–816, ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Plant Liquids Report’’ SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11MYN1.SGM 11MYN1 mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 29258 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 11, 2016 / Notices • Form EIA–817, ‘‘Monthly Tanker and Barge Movement Report’’ • Form EIA–819, ‘‘Monthly Oxygenate Report’’ • Form EIA–820, ‘‘Annual Refinery Report.’’ EIA proposes to discontinue biannually collecting information on Form EIA–812 on petroleum product tank storage capacity and related biannual separate reporting of stocks held in those tanks and to discontinue collection of crude oil lease stocks on Form EIA–813 and Form EIA–803. EIA currently uses Parts 5, 6, and 7 of Form EIA–812 to collect petroleum product storage capacity and related stock data in those tanks from pipeline companies twice a year (as of March 31 and September 30). Collecting biannual tank storage capacity and related stocks in those tanks by product pipelines did not provide useful information for assessing available petroleum supplies. Product pipeline inventories held in tanks are used for operational purposes, not commercial purposes. EIA will still collect pipeline linefill stocks along with stocks and biannual storage capacity data for petroleum products held at terminals and refineries. Discontinuing the biannual collection of storage capacity and related tank stocks on Form EIA–812 will eliminate confusion in analyzing storage capacity utilization, stock levels, improve the quality of petroleum storage data and reduce reporting burden on this form. EIA will discontinue collecting lease inventories on Form EIA–813, ‘‘Monthly Crude Oil Report’’ and Form EIA–803, ‘‘Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report.’’ Lease inventories are inventories stored at crude oil production sites. The purpose of stocks held on oil and gas producing leases (lease stocks) is to facilitate oil and gas production operations. Lease stocks are typically held only long enough for oil to be picked up by trucks or otherwise removed from production sites. While the total number of barrels held as lease stocks is significant, the barrels are widely dispersed at producing sites with only small quantities at any given location. For these reasons, we have determined that continued tracking of lease stocks on Form EIA–803 and Form EIA–813 has limited value for assessment of crude oil supplies available to markets. In addition, our research has shown that some or all of the barrels reported by respondents as lease stocks are actually outside of the U.S. and regional crude oil balances developed by EIA. This affects estimates that are calculated to assess supply because barrels may be recorded as VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 May 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 crude oil production, which is the first supply component of our balance, only after the barrels are withdrawn from lease stocks. EIA will create and publish historical data series of crude oil stocks excluding lease stocks in order to meet analyst requirements for crude oil inventory data that are consistent over time. DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before June 10, 2016. 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–395–4718. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to Robert Meriam, robert.merriam@eia.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Robert Merriam, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. The forms and instructions are available on EIA’s Web site at: https://www.eia.gov/survey/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1905–0165; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Supply Reporting System; (3) Type of Request: Three year extension; (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, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides the general public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to comment on collections of energy information PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 conducted by or in conjunction with the EIA. The weekly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA–800, EIA–802, EIA–803, EIA–804, EIA–805 and EIA–809) are designed to provide an early, initial estimate of weekly petroleum refinery and fractionator operations, inventory levels, and imports of selected petroleum products in a timely manner. The information appears in the publications listed below and is also available electronically on EIA’s Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov/. Publications: Internet only publications are the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (https://www.eia.gov/ petroleum/supply/weekly/), Short-Term Energy Outlook (https://www.eia.gov/ forecasts/steo/), and This Week in Petroleum (https://www.eia.gov/ petroleum/weekly/). The monthly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA–22M, EIA–810, EIA–812, EIA–813, EIA–814, EIA–815, EIA–816, EIA–817, and EIA–819) are designed to provide statistically reliable and comprehensive monthly information to EIA, other Federal agencies, and the private sector for use in forecasting, policy making, planning, and analysis activities. The information appears in the publications listed below and is also available electronically on EIA’s Web site at https:// www.eia.doe.gov/. Publications: Internet only publications are the Petroleum Supply Monthly (https://www.eia.gov/ petroleum/supply/monthly/), CompanyLevel Imports (https://www.eia.gov/ petroleum/imports/companylevel/), the Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1 (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/ annual/volume1/), the Annual Energy Outlook (https://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ aeo/index.cfm); and the Monthly Biodiesel Production Report (https:// www.eia.gov/biofuels/biodiesel/ production/). The annual refinery survey (Form EIA–820) provides data on refinery capacities, fuels consumed, natural gas consumed as hydrogen feedstock, and crude oil receipts by method of transportation, for operating and idle petroleum refineries (including new refineries under construction), and refineries shutdown during the previous year. The information appears in the Refinery Capacity Report (https:// www.eia.gov/petroleum/ refinerycapacity/) and the Refinery Outage Report (https://www.eia.gov/ petroleum/refinery/outage/). Please refer to the proposed forms and instructions for more information about the purpose, who must report, when to report, where to submit, the elements to E:\FR\FM\11MYN1.SGM 11MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 11, 2016 / Notices be reported, detailed instructions, provisions for confidentiality, and uses (including possible nonstatistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,472; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 101,833; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 211,257; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $6,100,000. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $15,214,729 (211,257 burden hours times $72.02 per hour). Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there are no additional costs for generating, maintaining and providing the information. Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Public Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016. Nanda Srinivasan, Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–11070 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings #2 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER16–1021–001. Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company. Description: Compliance filing: Service Agreement Nos. 338 and 339 to be effective 2/10/2016. Filed Date: 5/5/16. Accession Number: 20160505–5190. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/26/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–1397–001. Applicants: Southern California Edison Company. 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Filed Date: 5/5/16. Accession Number: 20160505–5171. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/26/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–1627–000. Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: 205—Rules to Allocate Responsibility for the Cost of New Interconnection to be effective 7/5/2016. Filed Date: 5/5/16. Accession Number: 20160505–5189. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/26/16. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: May 5, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–11111 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29259 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2768–010] The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent To File License Application and Request To Use the Traditional Licensing Process. b. Project No.: 2768–010. c. Date Filed: February 29, 2016. d. Submitted By: City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department. e. Name of Project: Albion Mill (A Wheel) Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: Between the first and second level canals on the Holyoke Canal System adjacent to the Connecticut River, in the city of Holyoke in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The project does not occupy federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission’s regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Paul Ducheney, Superintendent, Holyoke Gas & Electric, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040; (413) 536–9340; email— ducheney@hged.com. i. FERC Contact: Matt Buhyoff at (202) 502–6824; or email at matt.buhyoff@ferc.gov. j. Holyoke Gas and Electric filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing Process on February 29, 2016. Holyoke Gas and Electric provided public notice of its request on February 26, 2016. In a letter dated April 29, 2016, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Holyoke Gas and Electric’s request to use the Traditional Licensing Process. k. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29257-29259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11070]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted an information collection request to the 
OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of 
its Petroleum Supply Reporting System, OMB Control Number 1905-0165. 
The proposed collection will produce data used in statistical 
analytical reports as well as forecasts produced by the U.S. Energy 
Information Administration. Reports and forecasts are essential to 
accomplish the agency's mission to promote sound policy making, 
efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its 
interactions with the economy and the environment. Users of the data 
include government officials, industry and financial analysts, and the 
public. EIA proposes one change to Form EIA-812, Form EIA-813, and Form 
EIA-803 and no other changes to:

 Form EIA-22M, ``Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey''
 Form EIA-800, ``Weekly Refinery and Fractionator Report''
 Form EIA-802, ``Weekly Product Pipeline Report''
 Form EIA-803, ``Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report''
 Form EIA-804, ``Weekly Imports Report''
 Form EIA-805, ``Weekly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report''
 Form EIA-809, ``Weekly Oxygenate Report''
 Form EIA-810, ``Monthly Refinery Report''
 Form EIA-812, ``Monthly Product Pipeline Report'' (proposed 
change)
 Form EIA-813, ``Monthly Crude Oil Report''
 Form EIA-814, ``Monthly Imports Report''
 Form EIA-815, ``Monthly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report''
 Form EIA-816, ``Monthly Natural Gas Plant Liquids Report''

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 Form EIA-817, ``Monthly Tanker and Barge Movement Report''
 Form EIA-819, ``Monthly Oxygenate Report''
 Form EIA-820, ``Annual Refinery Report.''

    EIA proposes to discontinue biannually collecting information on 
Form EIA-812 on petroleum product tank storage capacity and related 
biannual separate reporting of stocks held in those tanks and to 
discontinue collection of crude oil lease stocks on Form EIA-813 and 
Form EIA-803. EIA currently uses Parts 5, 6, and 7 of Form EIA-812 to 
collect petroleum product storage capacity and related stock data in 
those tanks from pipeline companies twice a year (as of March 31 and 
September 30). Collecting biannual tank storage capacity and related 
stocks in those tanks by product pipelines did not provide useful 
information for assessing available petroleum supplies. Product 
pipeline inventories held in tanks are used for operational purposes, 
not commercial purposes. EIA will still collect pipeline linefill 
stocks along with stocks and biannual storage capacity data for 
petroleum products held at terminals and refineries. Discontinuing the 
biannual collection of storage capacity and related tank stocks on Form 
EIA-812 will eliminate confusion in analyzing storage capacity 
utilization, stock levels, improve the quality of petroleum storage 
data and reduce reporting burden on this form.
    EIA will discontinue collecting lease inventories on Form EIA-813, 
``Monthly Crude Oil Report'' and Form EIA-803, ``Weekly Crude Oil 
Stocks Report.'' Lease inventories are inventories stored at crude oil 
production sites. The purpose of stocks held on oil and gas producing 
leases (lease stocks) is to facilitate oil and gas production 
operations. Lease stocks are typically held only long enough for oil to 
be picked up by trucks or otherwise removed from production sites. 
While the total number of barrels held as lease stocks is significant, 
the barrels are widely dispersed at producing sites with only small 
quantities at any given location. For these reasons, we have determined 
that continued tracking of lease stocks on Form EIA-803 and Form EIA-
813 has limited value for assessment of crude oil supplies available to 
markets. In addition, our research has shown that some or all of the 
barrels reported by respondents as lease stocks are actually outside of 
the U.S. and regional crude oil balances developed by EIA. This affects 
estimates that are calculated to assess supply because barrels may be 
recorded as crude oil production, which is the first supply component 
of our balance, only after the barrels are withdrawn from lease stocks. 
EIA will create and publish historical data series of crude oil stocks 
excluding lease stocks in order to meet analyst requirements for crude 
oil inventory data that are consistent over time.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before June 10, 2016. 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 DOE Desk Officer at 
OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The 
Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4718.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, and to Robert Meriam, robert.merriam@eia.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Robert Merriam, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 
DC 20585. The forms and instructions are available on EIA's Web site 
at: https://www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-0165; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Petroleum Supply Reporting System; (3) Type of Request: Three 
year extension; (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, 
and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy 
and the environment.
    The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), 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.
    The weekly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA-800, EIA-802, EIA-
803, EIA-804, EIA-805 and EIA-809) are designed to provide an early, 
initial estimate of weekly petroleum refinery and fractionator 
operations, inventory levels, and imports of selected petroleum 
products in a timely manner. The information appears in the 
publications listed below and is also available electronically on EIA's 
Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov/.
    Publications: Internet only publications are the Weekly Petroleum 
Status Report (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/), Short-Term 
Energy Outlook (https://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/), and This Week in 
Petroleum (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/).
    The monthly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA-22M, EIA-810, EIA-
812, EIA-813, EIA-814, EIA-815, EIA-816, EIA-817, and EIA-819) are 
designed to provide statistically reliable and comprehensive monthly 
information to EIA, other Federal agencies, and the private sector for 
use in forecasting, policy making, planning, and analysis activities. 
The information appears in the publications listed below and is also 
available electronically on EIA's Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov/.
    Publications: Internet only publications are the Petroleum Supply 
Monthly (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/monthly/), Company-Level 
Imports (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/imports/companylevel/), the 
Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1 (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/annual/volume1/), the Annual Energy Outlook (https://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/index.cfm); and the Monthly Biodiesel Production Report 
(https://www.eia.gov/biofuels/biodiesel/production/).
    The annual refinery survey (Form EIA-820) provides data on refinery 
capacities, fuels consumed, natural gas consumed as hydrogen feedstock, 
and crude oil receipts by method of transportation, for operating and 
idle petroleum refineries (including new refineries under 
construction), and refineries shutdown during the previous year. The 
information appears in the Refinery Capacity Report (https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/refinerycapacity/) and the Refinery Outage Report 
(https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/refinery/outage/).
    Please refer to the proposed forms and instructions for more 
information about the purpose, who must report, when to report, where 
to submit, the elements to

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be reported, detailed instructions, provisions for confidentiality, and 
uses (including possible nonstatistical uses) of the information. For 
instructions on obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,472; (6) 
Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 101,833; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 211,257; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $6,100,000. The cost of the 
burden hours is estimated to be $15,214,729 (211,257 burden hours times 
$72.02 per hour). Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates 
that there are no additional costs for generating, maintaining and 
providing the information.

    Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Public Law 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U. 
S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-11070 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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