Agency Information Collection Extension, 74483 [2023-24000]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Energy Information Administration

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 74483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24000]


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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: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year 
extension, with changes, to the Uranium Data Program (UDP) as required 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The UDP consists of three 
surveys: Form EIA-851A Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual), 
which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium industry on uranium 
milling and processing, uranium feed sources, uranium mining, 
employment, drilling, expenditures, and uranium reserves; Form EIA-851Q 
Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly), which collects monthly 
data that is reported on a quarterly basis, on uranium production on a 
quarterly basis; and Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, 
which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium market on uranium 
contracts and deliveries, inventories, enrichment services purchased, 
uranium in fuel assemblies, feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled 
market requirements for the current year and the following ten years.

DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than January 2, 2024. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
person listed in ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Tim Shear by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Shear, U.S. Energy Information 
Administration, telephone (202) 586-0403, email [email protected]. The 
forms and instructions are available at https://www.eia.gov/survey.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0160;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Uranium Data Program;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with change;
    (4) Purpose: Uranium Data Program (UDP) collects data on domestic 
uranium supply and demand activities, including production, exploration 
and development, trade, purchases and sales available to the U.S. The 
users of these data include Congress, Executive Branch agencies, the 
nuclear and uranium industry, electric power industry, and the public. 
Form EIA-851A data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production 
Report--Annual, at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/. Form 
EIA-851Q data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production 
Report--Quarterly at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/. 
Form EIA-858 data is published in EIA's Uranium Marketing Annual Report 
at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/ and Domestic Uranium 
Production Report--Annual at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/.

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection

    There is a 6 hour increase in the total estimated burden across all 
three surveys. Due to the continued downturn in the uranium 
landholding/exploration/production sectors, EIA-851A had four fewer 
respondents which reduced the burden hours by 20. The addition of one 
trader/broker on the EIA-858 survey will result in 26 additional burden 
hours. The larger burden estimate of the EIA-858 survey (26 burden 
hours) compared to the EIA-851A survey (5 burden hours) results in 26 
additional EIA-858 hours against a reduction of 20 hours on the EIA-
851A survey (4 fewer respondents by 5 hours per response) for a total 
net burden gain of six hours across all three surveys. The number of 
respondents for the Form EIA-851A has decreased from 30 to 26. The 
number of respondents for the Form EIA-851Q has remained at 11. The 
number of respondents for the Form EIA-858 has increased from 61 to 62. 
Total annual burden hours across all uranium surveys will increase 
slightly from 1,769 hours to 1,775 hours;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 99;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 132;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1775;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 
estimates that there are no capital and start-up costs associated with 
this data collection. The information is maintained during the normal 
course of business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be 
$155,064 (1,775 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 this information.
    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 has 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.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-24000 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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