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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 / Notices
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 24,
2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–11483 Filed 5–30–23; 8:45 am]
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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: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
EIA invites public comment
on the proposed collection of
information, EIA–914, Monthly Crude
Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural
Gas Production Report, as required
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. EIA is requesting a three-year
extension with changes of Form EIA–
914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas
Production Report. The survey collects
monthly data on production and sales of
natural gas, and crude oil and lease
condensate. The data provide useful
information on the nation’s production
and sales of crude oil and natural gas.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than July 31, 2023. If you
anticipate any difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically to Petroleum and Other
Liquids Data at eiainfopetroleum@
eia.gov with 60-day Federal Register
Notice: Form EIA–914 in the subject
line, or mail comments to: Katie Lewis,
U.S. Energy Information
Administration, EI–23, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information, please
contact: Katie Lewis, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, at
(202)586–5138, or by email at
katie.lewis@eia.gov. The form and
instructions are available on EIA’s
website at: https://www.eia.gov/survey/
#eia-914.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0205;
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(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production
Report;
(3) Type of Request: Thee-year
extension with changes; revision of the
currently approved Form EIA–914.
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–914 Monthly
Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and
Natural Gas Production Report collects
monthly data on natural gas production,
and crude oil and lease condensate
production, and crude oil and lease
condensate sales by API gravity category
in 22 state/areas (Alabama, Arkansas,
California (including State Offshore),
Colorado, Federal Offshore Gulf of
Mexico, Federal Offshore Pacific,
Kansas, Louisiana (including State
Offshore), Michigan, Mississippi
(including State Offshore), Montana,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas
(including State Offshore), Utah,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and
Other States (defined as all remaining
states, except Alaska)). The data appear
in the Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas
Production Report on EIA’s website and
in the EIA publications; Monthly Energy
Review, Petroleum Supply Annual
volumes, Petroleum Supply Monthly,
Natural Gas Annual, and Natural Gas
Monthly.
(4a) Changes to Information
Collection: EIA proposes to make the
following changes to Form EIA–914,
Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production
Report:
• Section 4 of Form EIA–914, Crude
Oil and Lease Condensate Run Ticket
Volumes (Sales) by API Gravity, which
collected density data for crude oil and
lease condensate production for selected
States would be discontinued and
deleted from Form EIA–914.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 400.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 4,800.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 14,400.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,257,984
(14,400 burden hours times $87.36). EIA
estimates that respondents will have no
additional costs associated with the
surveys other than the burden hours and
that the information is maintained
during the normal course of business.
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
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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: 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 24,
2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–11482 Filed 5–30–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
EIA submitted an information
collection request for a three-year
extension of the Coal Markets Reporting
System as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The Coal
Markets Reporting System (CMRS)
consists of five surveys including, Form
EIA–3 Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data, Form EIA–7A Annual
Survey of Coal Production and
Preparation, Form EIA–8A Annual
Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports,
Form EIA–6 Emergency Coal Supply
Survey (Standby), and Form EIA–20
Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring
Survey for Coal Burning Power
Producers (Standby). The CMRS collects
data on U.S. coal production, quality,
consumption, receipts, stocks, and
prices. EIA proposes to make changes to
instructions to Forms EIA–3, EIA–7A,
and EIA–8A and requests an extension
to Forms EIA–6 and EIA–20 with no
changes. The changes to Forms EIA–3,
EIA–7A, and EIA–8A will reduce the
burden of this collection while
maintaining the utility and integrity of
the data.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than June 30, 2023. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
SUMMARY:
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notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the forms and instructions
should be directed to Ms. Rosalyn Berry
at (202) 586–1026, or by email at
Coal2023@eia.gov. The forms are
available online.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0167;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Coal Markets Reporting System;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Coal Markets
Reporting System (CMRS) program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes,
and disseminates information on coal
production, sales, technology, reserves,
and related economic and statistical
information. This information is used to
assess the adequacy of coal and other
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.
Form EIA–3 collects quarterly data on
the use of coal at U.S. manufacturing
plants, coal transformation/processing
plants, coke plants, and commercial and
institutional users of coal. Form EIA–7A
collects coal production operations,
characteristics of coalbeds mined,
recoverable reserves, production
capacity, coal sales and revenue, stocks
held at mines, and the disposition of the
coal mined. For coal preparation,
information collected includes
operations, locations, production
capacity, disposition, and volume of
coal prepared. Form EIA–8A collects
data on coal stocks by state location,
exported coal by origin state, and export
revenue of coal sold during the
reporting year.
Form EIA–6 Emergency Coal Supply
Survey and Form EIA–20 Emergency
Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal
Burning Power Producers are standby
surveys used during periods of coal
supply and transportation disruptions.
In the event of a supply or
transportation disruption, these two
standby surveys activate and operate
weekly over a ten-week period. Once
activated, Form EIA–6 collects weekly
coal production and stocks data from
U.S. coal mining companies. Data are
aggregated and reported at the state
level. During disruptive events, Form
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EIA–20 collects available coal-fired
capacity, generation, consumption, and
stocks from coal-fired electric power
generators.
The CMRS also collects coal market
data. The data elements include
production, consumption, receipts,
stocks, sales, and prices. Information
pertaining to the quality of the coal is
also collected, including heat content,
ash content, sulfur content and contents
of mercury. Aggregates of this collection
are used to support analysis on the
effects of public policy on the coal
industry, economic modeling,
forecasting, coal supply and demand
studies, and in guiding research and
development programs. The data are
included in EIA publications, such as
the Monthly Energy Review, Quarterly
Coal Report, Quarterly Coal Distribution
Report, Annual Coal Report, and
Annual Coal Distribution Report.
EIA also uses the data in short-term
and long-term forecast 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: EIA will be
requesting a three-year extension of
approval for all its coal surveys with the
following changes:
Form EIA–3: Quarterly Survey of
Industrial, Commercial, & Institutional
Coal Users
• Revise the instructions to indicate
only active users of coal need report.
Currently, respondents are required to
report if they’ve consumed more than
1,000 short tons in the past year.
Respondents who switch from coal to
gas are still required to file the EIA–3 for
up to almost a year after they stop
consuming coal. The proposed change
will make it easier for respondents who
permanently stop consuming coal to be
removed from the survey frame, thereby
reducing the reporting burden of this
collection.
Form EIA–7A: Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation
• Revise the instructions to indicate
all coal mining companies that owned a
mining operation which produced
50,000 or more short tons of coal during
the reporting year must submit the Form
EIA–7A, except for anthracite mines.
The current threshold for anthracite
mines of 10,000 short tons would
remain the same. The proposed change
in reporting threshold from 25,000 to
50,000 short tons will reduce the
reporting burden of this collection while
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maintaining the utility and integrity of
the data.
• Revise the instructions to remove
the notes for Part 3 Question 10 advising
respondents how to convert longitude
and latitude, referencing an external
document on EIA’s website. These
instructions are outdated and
unnecessary.
Form EIA–8A: Annual Survey of Coal
Stocks and Coal Exports
• Add an instruction to Part 2,
Question 1 and Part 3 Question 1 to
exclude stocks and exports already
reported on the Form EIA–7A. Some
respondents file both Forms EIA–7A
and EIA–8A, especially companies with
parent companies. The proposed change
will avoid duplication of data
collection, thereby reducing the
reporting burden on Form EIA–8A
respondents.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 833;
• Form EIA–3 will consist of 290
respondents;
• Form EIA–7A will consist of 480
respondents;
• Form EIA–8A will consist of 44
respondents;
• Form EIA–6 (standby) will consist
of 10 respondents;
• Form EIA–20 (standby) will consist
of 9 respondents;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 1,830.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 3,149.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional
costs to respondents are not anticipated
beyond costs associated with response
burden hours. The information is
maintained in the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours
is estimated to be $275,097 (3,149
burden hours times $87.36 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: 42 U.S.C. 7135,
15 U.S.C. 772(b), and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 24,
2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U. S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–11485 Filed 5–30–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information collection request for a three-
year extension of the Coal Markets Reporting System as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Coal Markets Reporting System
(CMRS) consists of five surveys including, Form EIA-3 Quarterly Survey
of Non-Electric Sector Coal Data, Form EIA-7A Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation, Form EIA-8A Annual Survey of Coal Stocks
and Coal Exports, Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey (Standby),
and Form EIA-20 Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal
Burning Power Producers (Standby). The CMRS collects data on U.S. coal
production, quality, consumption, receipts, stocks, and prices. EIA
proposes to make changes to instructions to Forms EIA-3, EIA-7A, and
EIA-8A and requests an extension to Forms EIA-6 and EIA-20 with no
changes. The changes to Forms EIA-3, EIA-7A, and EIA-8A will reduce the
burden of this collection while maintaining the utility and integrity
of the data.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than June 30, 2023. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this
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notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to Ms. Rosalyn
Berry at (202) 586-1026, or by email at [email protected]. The forms are
available online.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905-0167;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Coal Markets Reporting
System;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS) program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and disseminates information
on coal production, sales, technology, reserves, and related economic
and statistical information. This information is used to assess the
adequacy of coal and other 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.
Form EIA-3 collects quarterly data on the use of coal at U.S.
manufacturing plants, coal transformation/processing plants, coke
plants, and commercial and institutional users of coal. Form EIA-7A
collects coal production operations, characteristics of coalbeds mined,
recoverable reserves, production capacity, coal sales and revenue,
stocks held at mines, and the disposition of the coal mined. For coal
preparation, information collected includes operations, locations,
production capacity, disposition, and volume of coal prepared. Form
EIA-8A collects data on coal stocks by state location, exported coal by
origin state, and export revenue of coal sold during the reporting
year.
Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey and Form EIA-20 Emergency
Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning Power Producers are
standby surveys used during periods of coal supply and transportation
disruptions. In the event of a supply or transportation disruption,
these two standby surveys activate and operate weekly over a ten-week
period. Once activated, Form EIA-6 collects weekly coal production and
stocks data from U.S. coal mining companies. Data are aggregated and
reported at the state level. During disruptive events, Form EIA-20
collects available coal-fired capacity, generation, consumption, and
stocks from coal-fired electric power generators.
The CMRS also collects coal market data. The data elements include
production, consumption, receipts, stocks, sales, and prices.
Information pertaining to the quality of the coal is also collected,
including heat content, ash content, sulfur content and contents of
mercury. Aggregates of this collection are used to support analysis on
the effects of public policy on the coal industry, economic modeling,
forecasting, coal supply and demand studies, and in guiding research
and development programs. The data are included in EIA publications,
such as the Monthly Energy Review, Quarterly Coal Report, Quarterly
Coal Distribution Report, Annual Coal Report, and Annual Coal
Distribution Report.
EIA also uses the data in short-term and long-term forecast 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: EIA will be requesting a three-year
extension of approval for all its coal surveys with the following
changes:
Form EIA-3: Quarterly Survey of Industrial, Commercial, & Institutional
Coal Users
Revise the instructions to indicate only active users of
coal need report. Currently, respondents are required to report if
they've consumed more than 1,000 short tons in the past year.
Respondents who switch from coal to gas are still required to file the
EIA-3 for up to almost a year after they stop consuming coal. The
proposed change will make it easier for respondents who permanently
stop consuming coal to be removed from the survey frame, thereby
reducing the reporting burden of this collection.
Form EIA-7A: Annual Survey of Coal Production and Preparation
Revise the instructions to indicate all coal mining
companies that owned a mining operation which produced 50,000 or more
short tons of coal during the reporting year must submit the Form EIA-
7A, except for anthracite mines. The current threshold for anthracite
mines of 10,000 short tons would remain the same. The proposed change
in reporting threshold from 25,000 to 50,000 short tons will reduce the
reporting burden of this collection while maintaining the utility and
integrity of the data.
Revise the instructions to remove the notes for Part 3
Question 10 advising respondents how to convert longitude and latitude,
referencing an external document on EIA's website. These instructions
are outdated and unnecessary.
Form EIA-8A: Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports
Add an instruction to Part 2, Question 1 and Part 3
Question 1 to exclude stocks and exports already reported on the Form
EIA-7A. Some respondents file both Forms EIA-7A and EIA-8A, especially
companies with parent companies. The proposed change will avoid
duplication of data collection, thereby reducing the reporting burden
on Form EIA-8A respondents.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 833;
Form EIA-3 will consist of 290 respondents;
Form EIA-7A will consist of 480 respondents;
Form EIA-8A will consist of 44 respondents;
Form EIA-6 (standby) will consist of 10 respondents;
Form EIA-20 (standby) will consist of 9 respondents;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Responses: 1,830.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,149.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
Additional costs to respondents are not anticipated beyond costs
associated with response burden hours. The information is maintained in
the normal course of business. The cost of the burden hours is
estimated to be $275,097 (3,149 burden hours times $87.36 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: 42 U.S.C. 7135, 15 U.S.C. 772(b), and 42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-11485 Filed 5-30-23; 8:45 am]
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