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FURTHER ORDERED that Polaris shall
comply with the terms of the Settlement
Agreement and shall pay a civil penalty in
the amount of twenty seven million, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
($27,250,000), within thirty (30) days after
service of the Commission’s final Order
accepting the Settlement Agreement. The
payment shall be made by electronic wire
transfer to the Commission via: https://
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make the foregoing payment when due,
interest on the unpaid amount shall accrue
and be paid by Polaris at the federal legal rate
of interest set forth at 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a) and
(b). If Polaris fails to make such payment or
to comply in full with any other provision of
the Settlement Agreement, such conduct will
be considered a violation of the Settlement
Agreement and Order.
Provisionally accepted and provisional
Order issued on the 20th day of March, 2018.
Send your comments to: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, EI–25
Room BG–041, 1000 Independence Ave.
SW, Washington, DC 20585, Attn: Sasha
Abdalla.
If you prefer, you can email your
comments to sasha.abdalla@eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument, send your request to Sasha
Abdalla at 202–287–6323 or email it to
Sasha.Abdalla@eia.gov. The draft form
and instructions are available at https://
www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: New Survey;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Weekly Natural Gas Liquids
Report;
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: Weekly petroleum and
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biofuels supply surveys are used to
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gather data on petroleum refinery
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operations, blending, biofuels
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production, inventory levels, and
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imports of crude oil, petroleum
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products, and biofuels from samples of
operating companies, with the sampling
frame and sampled companies being
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
different for the various surveys. EIA’s
Office of Petroleum and Biofuels
Energy Information Administration
Statistics (PBS) proposes to begin
collecting weekly production and
Agency Information Collection
inventory of natural gas liquids (NGL)
Proposed New Survey
from operators of natural gas processing
plants and inventory data from
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information
operators of natural gas liquids
Administration (EIA), Department of
fractionation plants using a new Form
Energy (DOE).
EIA–806 ‘‘Weekly Natural Gas Liquids
ACTION: Notice and request for
Report.’’ Data collected on Form EIA–
comments.
806 will be comparable but less detailed
than the data collected on Form EIA–
SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment
816 ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Liquids
on the proposed collection of
Report’’. Implementing Form EIA–806
information, Form EIA–806, Weekly
Natural Gas Liquids Report, as required will allow EIA to improve timeliness
and accuracy of product supplied data
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. Form EIA–806 will collect data on in the Weekly Petroleum Status Report
in order to better support policy and
production and stocks of natural gas
business decisions relating to the
liquids (NGL) on a weekly basis. The
natural gas processing industry and
new survey will allow EIA to improve
accuracy of weekly propane production NGL markets such as heating fuels,
transportation fuels, and
and, for the first time, allow EIA to
petrochemicals. Production of NGL from
report weekly natural gas liquids
gas processors has increased in recent
production using actual data collected
years, and EIA projections show
from gas processing plants.
continued growth of natural gas liquids
DATES: EIA must receive all comments
production through 2025. Form EIA–
on this proposed information collection
806 will allow EIA to improve the
no later than June 4, 2018. If you
accuracy of weekly propane production
anticipate any difficulties in submitting
and, for the first time, allow EIA to
your comments by the deadline, contact
report weekly natural gas liquids
the person listed in the ADDRESSES
production using actual data collected
section of this notice as soon as
from gas processing plants. Current
possible.
Weekly Petroleum Status Report
(WPSR) methodology uses the lastADDRESSES:
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available NGL production reported in
the Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM) as
a constant value until a new PSM
number is published. Form EIA–806
will provide weekly estimates of total
NGL production based on actual values.
These weekly estimates will replace the
monthly values that are derived from
data reported on Form EIA–816. EIA
estimates the burden per response to
Form EIA–806 to be thirty (30) minutes.
NGL production from gas processing
plants is used in the WPSR calculation
of U.S. total petroleum demand. Annual
NGL production from gas processing
plants increased as a percent of U.S.
total petroleum demand from just under
10 percent in 2000 to nearly 18 percent
in 2016.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 275;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 14,300;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 7,150;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of
the burden hours is estimated to be
$541,183.50 (7,150 burden hours times
$75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that
respondents will have no additional
costs associated with the surveys other
the burden hours.
Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 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 March 28,
2018.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Proposed New Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed collection of
information, Form EIA-806, Weekly Natural Gas Liquids Report, as
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-806 will
collect data on production and stocks of natural gas liquids (NGL) on a
weekly basis. The new survey will allow EIA to improve accuracy of
weekly propane production and, for the first time, allow EIA to report
weekly natural gas liquids production using actual data collected from
gas processing plants.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information
collection no later than June 4, 2018. If you anticipate any
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
person listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as
possible.
ADDRESSES:
Send your comments to: U.S. Energy Information Administration, EI-
25 Room BG-041, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, Attn:
Sasha Abdalla.
If you prefer, you can email your comments to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument, send your request to
Sasha Abdalla at 202-287-6323 or email it to [email protected] The
draft form and instructions are available at https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: New Survey;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Weekly Natural Gas
Liquids Report;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: Weekly petroleum and biofuels supply surveys are used
to gather data on petroleum refinery operations, blending, biofuels
production, inventory levels, and imports of crude oil, petroleum
products, and biofuels from samples of operating companies, with the
sampling frame and sampled companies being different for the various
surveys. EIA's Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics (PBS)
proposes to begin collecting weekly production and inventory of natural
gas liquids (NGL) from operators of natural gas processing plants and
inventory data from operators of natural gas liquids fractionation
plants using a new Form EIA-806 ``Weekly Natural Gas Liquids Report.''
Data collected on Form EIA-806 will be comparable but less detailed
than the data collected on Form EIA-816 ``Monthly Natural Gas Liquids
Report''. Implementing Form EIA-806 will allow EIA to improve
timeliness and accuracy of product supplied data in the Weekly
Petroleum Status Report in order to better support policy and business
decisions relating to the natural gas processing industry and NGL
markets such as heating fuels, transportation fuels, and
petrochemicals. Production of NGL from gas processors has increased in
recent years, and EIA projections show continued growth of natural gas
liquids production through 2025. Form EIA-806 will allow EIA to improve
the accuracy of weekly propane production and, for the first time,
allow EIA to report weekly natural gas liquids production using actual
data collected from gas processing plants. Current Weekly Petroleum
Status Report (WPSR) methodology uses the last-available NGL production
reported in the Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM) as a constant value
until a new PSM number is published. Form EIA-806 will provide weekly
estimates of total NGL production based on actual values. These weekly
estimates will replace the monthly values that are derived from data
reported on Form EIA-816. EIA estimates the burden per response to Form
EIA-806 to be thirty (30) minutes. NGL production from gas processing
plants is used in the WPSR calculation of U.S. total petroleum demand.
Annual NGL production from gas processing plants increased as a percent
of U.S. total petroleum demand from just under 10 percent in 2000 to
nearly 18 percent in 2016.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 275;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 14,300;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 7,150;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The
cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $541,183.50 (7,150 burden
hours times $75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that respondents will have
no additional costs associated with the surveys other the burden hours.
Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency
functions, including whether the information will have a practical
utility; (b) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA can minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified as 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 March 28, 2018.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration,
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-06866 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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