80_FR_55525 80 FR 55347 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

80 FR 55347 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 178 (September 15, 2015)

Page Range55347-55349
FR Document2015-23136

The EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year extension of the following Oil and Gas Reserves System Survey Forms that EIA is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Revision of Form EIA-23L, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Field Level Report; extension without changes of Form EIA-64A, Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production; and continued suspension of Form EIA-23S, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Summary Level Report. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Proposed Agency Information Collection

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

ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Extension 
with Changes; Notice and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year 
extension of the following Oil and Gas Reserves System Survey Forms 
that EIA is developing for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Revision 
of Form EIA-23L, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Field 
Level Report; extension without changes of Form EIA-64A, Annual Report 
of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production; and continued 
suspension of Form EIA-23S, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas 
Reserves, Summary Level Report.
    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 November 16, 2015. If you anticipate 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed in the below ADDRESSES Section as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Mr. Steven Grape, EI-24, U. 
S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC 
20585, by fax at (202) 586-4420, or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Mr. Grape, as listed above. The information 
collection instrument and instructions are available on the EIA Web 
site at: Form EIA-23L, http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-23l, Form EIA-
23S, http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-23s, Form EIA-64A, http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-64a.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments and feedback are requested on the 
following topics directly related to the proposed changes to Form EIA-
23L:
     Field versus County Level Data Detail--EIA currently 
collects data on a field level basis, but publishes reserves estimates 
on a State and State subdivision level. Reporting burden to respondents 
may be reduced, depending on existing record keeping practices, if 
operators report proved reserves and production data aggregated at a 
county level. EIA is able to make accurate State and State subdivision 
level reserves estimates if proved reserves are reported at a county 
level. Abandoning field-level detail will result in some loss of detail 
for reserve estimates; however, it will increase the utility of the 
data by facilitating the matching of other economic data that are only 
published at the county level.
     Well Counts (by County)--EIA does not currently collect 
the number of producing wells on Form EIA-23L. EIA proposes to collect 
well counts by county on Form EIA-23L to assist data quality validation 
of the production data reported on the form. Collecting well count data 
by county is consistent with commercially-available production data 
that is based on well-level reporting in many States and will 
facilitate data comparisons and data quality evaluations.
     Type Code--EIA is considering deleting the Type Code 
``CH'' for Chalk from Schedule B. EIA has Type Codes for certain 
reservoir types: CV for Conventional, SH for Shale, CB for Coalbed, CH 
for Chalk, and LP for Other Low Permeability Reservoirs. CH is 
currently underutilized and EIA proposes to delete Chalk as a reservoir 
Type Code. The two codes SH and LP have been used interchangeably by 
operators for tight oil reserves estimates and may be combined for 
crude oil into

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a new reservoir Type Code title ``Tight.'' EIA requests comments on the 
proposal to delete Type Code ``CH'' for Chalk, and combine reservoir 
Type codes ``SH'' and ``LP'' into a single category ``Tight for crude 
oil only.''
     Fuel Types--EIA tracks the proved reserves of four fuel 
types--two types of liquids; crude oil and lease condensate; and two 
types of natural gas proved reserves; nonassociated (aka gas well gas) 
and associated-dissolved (aka casinghead or oil well gas). EIA proposes 
to continue collecting proved reserves estimates by these four types, 
instead of combining them into Total Liquids and Total Natural Gas.
     Producing versus Nonproducing Reserves--Currently 
operators report both producing and nonproducing proved reserves by 
field on Form EIA-23L. EIA requests comments on the ability to report 
these data on a county level basis.
     Extensions, New Field Discoveries, and New Reservoir 
Discoveries in Old Fields--EIA requests comments on the utility of 
collecting and publishing these three components of Total Discoveries 
or whether it is more useful to report and publish these components 
under one data category such as ``County level Discoveries.'' EIA also 
requests comments on the burden of reporting these three components 
separately.
     Field Code Master List--EIA proposes to delete the EIA 
Field Code Master List that is currently used to report data at the 
field level. Changing the reporting on Form EIA-23L from Field to 
County level would eliminate the need to publish or maintain the EIA 
Field Code Master List.
    All of the proposed changes that are described above are shaded the 
color yellow on the draft Form EIA-23L to illustrate and facilitate the 
review of the data elements that are affected by these proposed 
changes.
    This information collection request contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0057;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Oil and Gas Reserves 
System.
    (3) Type of Request: Revision of the currently approved Form EIA-
23L; extension without changes of the currently approved Form EIA-64A; 
and continued suspension of collection of the currently approved Form 
EIA-23S (suspended).
    (4) Purpose: In response to Public Law 95-91 Section 657, estimates 
of U.S. oil and gas reserves are to be reported annually. Many U.S. 
government agencies have an interest in the definitions of proved oil 
and gas reserves and the quality, reliability, and usefulness of 
estimates of reserves. Among these are the U.S. Energy Information 
Administration (EIA), Department of Energy; Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management (BOEM), Department of Interior; Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS), Department of the Treasury; and the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (SEC). Each of these organizations has specific purposes for 
collecting, using, or estimating proved reserves. EIA has a 
congressional mandate to provide accurate annual estimates of U.S. 
proved crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves, and 
EIA presents annual reserves data in EIA Web reports to meet this 
requirement. The BOEM maintains estimates of proved reserves to carry 
out their responsibilities in leasing, collecting royalty payments, and 
regulating the activities of oil and gas companies on Federal lands and 
water. Accurate reserve estimates are important, as the BOEM is second 
only to the IRS in generating Federal revenue. For the IRS, proved 
reserves and occasionally probable reserves are an essential component 
of calculating taxes for companies owning or producing oil and gas. The 
SEC requires publicly traded petroleum companies to annually file a 
reserves statement as part of their 10-K filing. The basic purpose of 
the 10-K filing is to provide public investors with a clear and 
reliable financial basis to assess the relative value, as a financial 
asset, of a company's reserves, especially in comparison to other 
similar oil and gas companies.
    The Government also uses the resulting information to develop 
national and regional estimates of proved reserves of domestic crude 
oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to facilitate national energy 
policy decisions. These estimates are essential to the development, 
implementation, and evaluation of energy policy and legislation. Data 
are used directly in EIA Web reports concerning U.S. crude oil, natural 
gas, and natural gas liquids reserves, and are incorporated into a 
number of other Web reports and analyses.
    EIA proposes to make the following changes to Form EIA-23L, Annual 
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Field Level Report:
     Change the title of Form EIA-23L to Annual Survey of 
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, County Level Report;
     Change the title of Schedule A to Operated Proved 
Reserves, Production, and Related Data by County;
     Operators will be instructed to file their proved reserves 
by county rather than by field. Line Item 2.0 will be named ``County 
Data (operated basis);''
     Line Item 2.1.4 ``Field Code'', will be changed to 
``County Name;''
     Line Item 2.1.5 ``MMS Code'' will be changed to ``Type 
Code;''
     Line Item 2.1.6. ``Field Name'' will be changed to 
``Field, Play, or Prospect Name (Optional);''
     Line Items 2.1.9 ``water depth'' and 2.1.10 ``field 
discovery year'' will be replaced with 2.1.9 ``# of producing wells'', 
2.1.10 ``# of wells added [in survey year];'' and
     Line Item 2.1.11, ``Prospect Name (optional) will be 
replaced with ``# of wells sold [in survey year].''
    Comments and Feedback are requested on these proposed changes to 
Form EIA-23L.
    Secondary reports that use the data include EIA's Annual Energy 
Review, Annual Energy Outlook, Petroleum Supply Annual, and Natural Gas 
Annual;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents:
    Forms EIA-23L/23S/64A: 1,450.
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses:
    Forms EIA-23L/23S/64A: 1,450.
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 41,210.
    Form EIA-23L Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, County 
Level Report: 38 hours (420 intermediate-size operators); 110 hours 
(160 large operators); 15 hours (270 small operators): 37,610 hours.
    Form EIA-23S Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, 
Summary Level Report: 4 hours (small operators): 0 hours (Currently 
suspended)
    Form EIA-64A Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids 
Production: 6 hours (600 natural gas plant operators): 3,600 hours.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
    Forms EIA-23L/23S/64A: EIA estimates that there are no capital and 
start-up costs associated with this data collection. The information is 
maintained in the normal course of business. The cost of burden hours 
to the respondents is estimated to be $2,965,884 (41,210 burden hours 
times $71.97 per hour). Therefore, 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).


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    Issued in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-23136 Filed 9-14-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 178 / Tuesday, September 15, 2015 / Notices 55347 Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. who were kindergartners in the 2010–11 listed in the below ADDRESSES Section 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general school year. This submission requests as soon as possible. public and Federal agencies with an OMB’s clearance for the spring 2016 ADDRESSES: Written comments may be opportunity to comment on proposed, fifth-grade data collection, which will sent to Mr. Steven Grape, EI–24, U. S. revised, and continuing collections of be the last data collection for the study. Department of Energy, 1000 information. This helps the Department Dated: September 10, 2015. Independence Avenue SW., Washington assess the impact of its information DC 20585, by fax at (202) 586–4420, or Stephanie Valentine, collection requirements and minimize by email at steven.grape@eia.gov. Acting Director, Information Collection the public’s reporting burden. It also FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy helps the public understand the Officer, Office of Management. Requests for additional information Department’s information collection should be directed to Mr. Grape, as [FR Doc. 2015–23111 Filed 9–14–15; 8:45 am] requirements and provide the requested listed above. The information collection BILLING CODE 4000–01–P data in the desired format. ED is instrument and instructions are soliciting comments on the proposed available on the EIA Web site at: Form information collection request (ICR) that EIA–23L, http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/ is described below. The Department of DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY #eia-23l, Form EIA–23S, http:// Education is especially interested in wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-23s, Form public comment addressing the Energy Information Administration EIA–64A, http://wwwdev.eia.gov/ following issues: (1) Is this collection Proposed Agency Information survey/#eia-64a. necessary to the proper functions of the Collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; and feedback are requested on the AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; following topics directly related to the Administration (EIA), Department of (4) how might the Department enhance proposed changes to Form EIA–23L: Energy • Field versus County Level Data the quality, utility, and clarity of the ACTION: Agency Information Collection information to be collected; and (5) how Detail—EIA currently collects data on a Activities: Proposed Extension with field level basis, but publishes reserves might the Department minimize the Changes; Notice and Request for burden of this collection on the estimates on a State and State Comments. subdivision level. Reporting burden to respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note respondents may be reduced, depending SUMMARY: The EIA invites public that written comments received in on existing record keeping practices, if comment on the proposed three-year response to this notice will be operators report proved reserves and extension of the following Oil and Gas considered public records. production data aggregated at a county Reserves System Survey Forms that EIA Title of Collection: Early Childhood level. EIA is able to make accurate State is developing for submission to the Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class and State subdivision level reserves Office of Management and Budget of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011) Spring Fifth- estimates if proved reserves are reported (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Grade National Data Collection. at a county level. Abandoning field- Reduction Act of 1995: Revision of OMB Control Number: 1850–0750. level detail will result in some loss of Form EIA–23L, Annual Survey of Type of Review: A revision of an detail for reserve estimates; however, it Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Field existing information collection. will increase the utility of the data by Level Report; extension without changes Respondents/Affected Public: facilitating the matching of other of Form EIA–64A, Annual Report of the Individuals or Households. economic data that are only published Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Total Estimated Number of Annual at the county level. Production; and continued suspension Responses: 99,576. • Well Counts (by County)—EIA does of Form EIA–23S, Annual Survey of Total Estimated Number of Annual not currently collect the number of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Burden Hours: 36,108. producing wells on Form EIA–23L. EIA Abstract: The Early Childhood Summary Level Report. proposes to collect well counts by Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class Comments are invited on: (a) Whether county on Form EIA–23L to assist data of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011), conducted the proposed collection of information quality validation of the production data by the National Center for Education is necessary for the proper performance reported on the form. Collecting well Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of of the functions of the agency, including count data by county is consistent with Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. whether the information shall have commercially-available production data Department of Education (ED), is a practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the that is based on well-level reporting in survey that focuses on children’s early agency’s estimate of the burden of the many States and will facilitate data school experiences beginning with proposed collection of information, comparisons and data quality kindergarten and continuing through including the validity of the evaluations. the fifth grade. It includes the collection methodology and assumptions used; (c) • Type Code—EIA is considering of data from parents, teachers, school ways to enhance the quality, utility, and deleting the Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk administrators, and nonparental care clarity of the information to be from Schedule B. EIA has Type Codes providers, as well as direct child collected; and (d) ways to minimize the for certain reservoir types: CV for assessments. Like its sister study, the burden of the collection of information Conventional, SH for Shale, CB for on respondents, including through the mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Coalbed, CH for Chalk, and LP for Other Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS– use of automated collection techniques Low Permeability Reservoirs. CH is K), the ECLS–K:2011 is exceptionally or other forms of information currently underutilized and EIA broad in its scope and coverage of child technology. proposes to delete Chalk as a reservoir development, early learning, and school DATES: Comments must be filed by Type Code. The two codes SH and LP progress, drawing together information November 16, 2015. 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55348 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 178 / Tuesday, September 15, 2015 / Notices a new reservoir Type Code title ‘‘Tight.’’ Among these are the U.S. Energy • Line Item 2.1.4 ‘‘Field Code’’, will EIA requests comments on the proposal Information Administration (EIA), be changed to ‘‘County Name;’’ to delete Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk, Department of Energy; Bureau of Ocean • Line Item 2.1.5 ‘‘MMS Code’’ will and combine reservoir Type codes ‘‘SH’’ Energy Management (BOEM), be changed to ‘‘Type Code;’’ and ‘‘LP’’ into a single category ‘‘Tight Department of Interior; Internal Revenue • Line Item 2.1.6. ‘‘Field Name’’ will for crude oil only.’’ Service (IRS), Department of the be changed to ‘‘Field, Play, or Prospect • Fuel Types—EIA tracks the proved Treasury; and the Securities and Name (Optional);’’ reserves of four fuel types—two types of Exchange Commission (SEC). Each of liquids; crude oil and lease condensate; these organizations has specific • Line Items 2.1.9 ‘‘water depth’’ and and two types of natural gas proved purposes for collecting, using, or 2.1.10 ‘‘field discovery year’’ will be reserves; nonassociated (aka gas well estimating proved reserves. EIA has a replaced with 2.1.9 ‘‘# of producing gas) and associated-dissolved (aka congressional mandate to provide wells’’, 2.1.10 ‘‘# of wells added [in casinghead or oil well gas). EIA accurate annual estimates of U.S. survey year];’’ and proposes to continue collecting proved proved crude oil, natural gas, and • Line Item 2.1.11, ‘‘Prospect Name reserves estimates by these four types, natural gas liquids reserves, and EIA (optional) will be replaced with ‘‘# of instead of combining them into Total presents annual reserves data in EIA wells sold [in survey year].’’ Liquids and Total Natural Gas. Web reports to meet this requirement. Comments and Feedback are • Producing versus Nonproducing The BOEM maintains estimates of requested on these proposed changes to Reserves—Currently operators report proved reserves to carry out their Form EIA–23L. both producing and nonproducing responsibilities in leasing, collecting Secondary reports that use the data proved reserves by field on Form EIA– royalty payments, and regulating the include EIA’s Annual Energy Review, 23L. EIA requests comments on the activities of oil and gas companies on Annual Energy Outlook, Petroleum ability to report these data on a county Federal lands and water. Accurate Supply Annual, and Natural Gas level basis. reserve estimates are important, as the Annual; • Extensions, New Field Discoveries, BOEM is second only to the IRS in and New Reservoir Discoveries in Old generating Federal revenue. For the IRS, (5) Annual Estimated Number of Fields—EIA requests comments on the proved reserves and occasionally Respondents: utility of collecting and publishing these probable reserves are an essential Forms EIA–23L/23S/64A: 1,450. three components of Total Discoveries component of calculating taxes for (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total or whether it is more useful to report companies owning or producing oil and Responses: and publish these components under gas. The SEC requires publicly traded Forms EIA–23L/23S/64A: 1,450. one data category such as ‘‘County level petroleum companies to annually file a (7) Annual Estimated Number of Discoveries.’’ EIA also requests reserves statement as part of their 10–K Burden Hours: 41,210. comments on the burden of reporting filing. The basic purpose of the 10–K these three components separately. filing is to provide public investors with Form EIA–23L Annual Survey of • Field Code Master List—EIA a clear and reliable financial basis to Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, County proposes to delete the EIA Field Code assess the relative value, as a financial Level Report: 38 hours (420 Master List that is currently used to asset, of a company’s reserves, intermediate-size operators); 110 hours report data at the field level. Changing especially in comparison to other (160 large operators); 15 hours (270 the reporting on Form EIA–23L from similar oil and gas companies. small operators): 37,610 hours. Field to County level would eliminate The Government also uses the Form EIA–23S Annual Survey of the need to publish or maintain the EIA resulting information to develop Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Field Code Master List. national and regional estimates of Summary Level Report: 4 hours (small All of the proposed changes that are proved reserves of domestic crude oil, operators): 0 hours (Currently described above are shaded the color natural gas, and natural gas liquids to suspended) yellow on the draft Form EIA–23L to facilitate national energy policy Form EIA–64A Annual Report of the illustrate and facilitate the review of the decisions. These estimates are essential Origin of Natural Gas Liquids data elements that are affected by these to the development, implementation, Production: 6 hours (600 natural gas proposed changes. and evaluation of energy policy and plant operators): 3,600 hours. This information collection request legislation. Data are used directly in EIA (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and contains: Web reports concerning U.S. crude oil, Recordkeeping Cost Burden: (1) OMB No. 1905–0057; natural gas, and natural gas liquids (2) Information Collection Request reserves, and are incorporated into a Forms EIA–23L/23S/64A: EIA Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System. number of other Web reports and estimates that there are no capital and (3) Type of Request: Revision of the analyses. start-up costs associated with this data currently approved Form EIA–23L; EIA proposes to make the following collection. The information is extension without changes of the changes to Form EIA–23L, Annual maintained in the normal course of currently approved Form EIA–64A; and Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas business. The cost of burden hours to continued suspension of collection of Reserves, Field Level Report: the respondents is estimated to be the currently approved Form EIA–23S • Change the title of Form EIA–23L to $2,965,884 (41,210 burden hours times (suspended). Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas $71.97 per hour). Therefore, other than mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (4) Purpose: In response to Public Law Reserves, County Level Report; the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates 95–91 Section 657, estimates of U.S. oil • Change the title of Schedule A to that there are no additional costs for and gas reserves are to be reported Operated Proved Reserves, Production, generating, maintaining and providing annually. Many U.S. government and Related Data by County; the information. agencies have an interest in the • Operators will be instructed to file Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the definitions of proved oil and gas their proved reserves by county rather Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, reserves and the quality, reliability, and than by field. Line Item 2.0 will be Public Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. usefulness of estimates of reserves. named ‘‘County Data (operated basis);’’ 772(b). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:04 Sep 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 178 / Tuesday, September 15, 2015 / Notices 55349 Issued in Washington, DC, September 9, Docket No. EL15–89, Midcontinent capacity of 2.14 megawatts; (3) a 500- 2015. Independent System Operator, Inc. foot-long, 14.7 kilovolt transmission Nanda Srinivasan, For more information, contact Chris line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The Director, Office of Survey Development and Miller, Office of Energy Market project is estimated to generate 13,100 Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory megawatt hours annually. Information Administration. Commission at (317) 249–5936 or Applicant Contact: Adam R. Rousselle [FR Doc. 2015–23136 Filed 9–14–15; 8:45 am] christopher.miller@ferc.gov; or Jason II, 104 Autumn Trace Drive, New Hope, BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Strong, Office of Energy Market PA 18938; phone: 215–485–1708. Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at (202) 502–6124 or FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, (202) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY jason.strong@ferc.gov. 502–6211. Federal Energy Regulatory Dated: September 9, 2015. Deadline for filing comments, motions Commission Kimberly D. Bose, to intervene, competing applications Secretary. (without notices of intent), or notices of Notice of Commission Staff intent to file competing applications: 60 [FR Doc. 2015–23149 Filed 9–14–15; 8:45 am] Attendance days from the issuance of this notice. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P The Federal Energy Regulatory Competing applications and notices of Commission (Commission) hereby gives intent must meet the requirements of 18 notice that members of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CFR 4.36. Commission’s staff may attend the The Commission strongly encourages following meeting related to the Federal Energy Regulatory electronic filing. Please file comments, transmission planning activities of the Commission motions to intervene, notices of intent, Midcontinent Independent System [Project No. 14682–000] and competing applications using the Operator, Inc. (MISO): Commission’s eFiling system at http:// MISO Planning Advisory Committee Adam R. Rousselle II; Notice of www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. September 16, 2015, 9 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Preliminary Permit Application Commenters can submit brief comments (EST) Accepted for Filing and Soliciting up to 6,000 characters, without prior The above-referenced meeting will be Comments, Motions To Intervene, and registration, using the eComment system held at: Competing Applications at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ MISO Headquarters, 720 City Center On June 17, 2015, Adam R. Rousselle ecomment.asp. You must include your Drive, Carmel, IN 46032 II filed an application for a preliminary name and contact information at the end Further information may be found at permit under section 4(f) of the Federal of your comments. For assistance, www.misoenergy.org. Power Act proposing to study the please contact FERC Online Support at The discussions at the meeting feasibility of the proposed Paint Creek FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) described above may address matters at Dam Water Power Project No. 14682– 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 issue in the following proceedings: 000, to be located at the existing U.S. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Docket Nos. ER13–1944, et al., PJM Army Corps of Engineers’ Paint Creek send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Interconnection, LLC Lake, near the town of Bainbridge, Docket No. ER14–1174, Southwest Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Highland County, Ohio. The sole First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Power Pool, Inc. purpose of a preliminary permit, if Docket No. ER14–1736, Midcontinent The first page of any filing should issued, is to grant the permit holder include docket number P–14682–000. Independent System Operator, Inc. priority to file a license application Docket No. ER14–2445, Midcontinent during the permit term. A preliminary More information about this project, Independent System Operator, Inc. permit does not authorize the permit including a copy of the application, can Docket No. ER13–1864, Southwest be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ holder to perform any land-disturbing Power Pool, Inc. link of Commission’s Web site at Docket No. EL14–21, Southwest Power activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Pool, Inc. v. Midcontinent owners’ express permission. elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. EL14–30, Midcontinent The proposed project would be (P–14682) in the docket number field to Independent System Operator, Inc. located completely within lands owned access the document. For assistance, v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. by the United States and use an existing contact FERC Online Support. Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest concrete intake tower located in Paint Dated: September 9, 2015. Independent Transmission System Creek Lake and an existing 1,100-foot- long, 48-foot-diameter tunnel conveying Kimberly D. Bose, Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER11–1844, Midwest the lake water from the intake tower to Secretary. Independent Transmission System the outlet works downstream of the [FR Doc. 2015–23151 Filed 9–14–15; 8:45 am] Operator, Inc. dam. The proposed project would BILLING CODE 6717–0–1P Docket No. EL13–88, Northern Indiana consist of the following new facilities: Public Service Company v. (1) Two 80-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Midcontinent Independent System steel penstocks attached to the outlet Operator, Inc. and PJM works and ending at the turbine Interconnection, L.L.C. assembly; (2) a 50-foot-long, 30-foot- Docket Nos. ER13–1923, et al., wide, 30-foot-high concrete powerhouse Midcontinent Independent System located approximately 100 feet Operator, Inc. downstream of the outlet works and Docket Nos. ER13–1937, et al., containing two Kaplan turbine- Southwest Power Pool, Inc. generators with a combined installed VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:04 Sep 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1


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ActionAgency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Extension with Changes; Notice and Request for Comments.
DatesComments must be filed by November 16, 2015. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the
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