80 FR 57797 - Agency Information Collection Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 186 (September 25, 2015)

Page Range		57797-57798
FR Document		2015-24417

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, without change, of its Form EIA-886, Annual Survey of Alternative Fuel Vehicles, OMB Control Number 1905-0191. The proposed collection will gather information on the number and type of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs) and other advanced technology vehicles that vehicle suppliers made available in the previous calendar year and plan to make available in the following calendar year; the number, type and geographic distribution of AFVs in use in the previous calendar year; and the amount and distribution of each type of alternative transportation fuel (ATF) consumed in the previous calendar year.

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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, 
without change, of its Form EIA-886, Annual Survey of Alternative Fuel 
Vehicles, OMB Control Number 1905-0191. The proposed collection will 
gather information on the number and type of alternative fueled 
vehicles (AFVs) and other advanced technology vehicles that vehicle 
suppliers made available in the previous calendar year and plan to make 
available in the following calendar year; the number, type and 
geographic distribution of AFVs in use in the previous calendar year; 
and the amount and distribution of each type of alternative 
transportation fuel (ATF) consumed in the previous calendar year.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before October 26, 2015. 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 Cynthia Amezcua, EI-22, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Fax (202) 586-9753, 
Email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Cynthia Amezcua, EI-22, [email protected], (202) 
586-1658 http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-
0191; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Annual Survey of 
Alternative Fueled Vehicles; (3) Type of Request: Extension, without 
change, of a currently approved collection; (4) Purpose: Form EIA-886 
data are collected from suppliers and users of AFVs. EIA uses data from 
these groups as a basis for estimating total AFV and ATF use in the 
U.S. These data are needed by Federal and State agencies, fuel 
suppliers, transit agencies and other fleets to determine if sufficient 
quantities of AFVs are available for purchase and to provide Congress 
with a measure of the extent to which the objectives of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 are being achieved. These data serve as market 
analysis tools for Congress, Federal/State agencies, AFV suppliers, 
vehicle fleet managers, and other interested organizations and persons. 
These data are also needed to satisfy numerous public requests for 
detailed information on AFVs and ATFs (in particular, the number of 
AFVs distributed by State, as well as the amount and location of the 
ATFs being consumed).
    EIA publishes summary information from the Form EIA-886 database in 
an annual report on EIA's Web site (www.eia.gov). This report covers 
historical and projected supplies of AFVs, AFV usage by selected user 
groups, and estimates of total U.S. AFV counts and U.S. consumption of 
ATFs. These data provide baseline inputs for DOE's transportation 
sector energy models. They also provide the energy consumption measures 
for alternative transportation fuels in EIA's State Energy Data System. 
For example, EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) has a 
component model that forecasts transportation sector energy consumption 
and provides a framework for AFV policy and technology analysis. The 
data obtained from Form EIA-886 are used to improve the explanatory 
power of the NEMS Transportation Demand Model by allowing for greater 
detail in representing AFV types and characteristics; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,050; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 2,050; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
8,215; (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 in the normal 
course of business. The cost of burden hours to the respondents is 
estimated to be $591,234 (8,215 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, Pub. L. 93-275, (FEA Act), and codified 
at 15 U.S.C. 772(b), and section 503(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992, Pub. L. 102-486 (EPACT92) codified at 42 U.S.C. 13253.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2015.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-24417 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September DATES: Comments must be filed by currently underutilized and EIA
21, 2015. November 24, 2015. If you anticipate proposes to delete Chalk as a reservoir
Nanda Srinivasan, difficulty in submitting comments Type Code. The two codes SH and LP
Director, Office of Survey Development and within that period, contact the person have been used interchangeably by
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy listed in the below ADDRESSES Section operators for tight oil reserves estimates
Information Administration. as soon as possible. and may be combined for crude oil into
[FR Doc. 2015–24417 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Written comments may be a new reservoir Type Code title ‘‘Tight.’’
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P sent to Mr. Steven Grape, EI–24, U.S. EIA requests comments on the proposal
Department of Energy, 1000 to delete Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk,
Independence Avenue SW., and combine reservoir Type codes ‘‘SH’’
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Washington, DC 20585, by fax at (202) and ‘‘LP’’ into a single category ‘‘Tight’’
586–4420, or by email at steven.grape@ for crude oil only.
Energy Information Administration • Fuel Types—EIA tracks the proved
eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: reserves of four fuel types—two types of
Proposed Agency Information
Requests for additional information liquids; crude oil and lease condensate;
Collection
should be directed to Mr. Grape, as and two types of natural gas proved
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information listed above. The information collection reserves; nonassociated (aka gas well
Administration (EIA), Department of instruments and instructions are gas) and associated-dissolved (aka
Energy. available on the EIA Web site at: casinghead or oil well gas). EIA
proposes to continue collecting proved
ACTION: Agency information collection Form EIA–23L, http://www.eia.gov/
reserves estimates by these four types,
activities: proposed extension with survey/#eia-23l,
Form EIA–23S, http://www.eia.gov/ instead of combining them into Total
changes; notice and request for Liquids and Total Natural Gas.
survey/#eia-23s,
comments; correction.
Form EIA–64A, http://www.eia.gov/ • Producing versus Nonproducing
survey/#eia-64a. Reserves—Currently operators report
SUMMARY: EIA published a notice in the both producing and nonproducing
Federal Register of September 15, 2015, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
proved reserves by field on Form EIA–
inviting public comment on the and feedback are requested on the
23L. EIA requests comments on the
proposed three-year extension of its Oil following topics directly related to the
ability to report these data on a county
and Gas Reserves System Surveys. This proposed changes to Form EIA–23L:
level basis.
document replaces that notice and • Field versus County Level Data • Extensions, New Field Discoveries,
corrects an error in the Web site address Detail—EIA currently collects data on a and New Reservoir Discoveries in Old
for the collection instruments and field level basis, but publishes reserves Fields—EIA requests comments on the
instructions. estimates on a State and State utility of collecting and publishing these
subdivision level. Reporting burden to three components of Total Discoveries
EIA invites public comment on the respondents may be reduced, depending
proposed three-year extension of the or whether it is more useful to report
on existing record keeping practices, if and publish these components under
following Oil and Gas Reserves System operators report proved reserves and
Survey Forms that EIA is developing for one data category such as ‘‘County level
production data aggregated at a county Discoveries.’’ EIA also requests
submission to the Office of Management level. EIA is able to make accurate State
and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the comments on the burden of reporting
and State subdivision level reserves these three components separately.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: estimates if proved reserves are reported
Revision of Form EIA–23L, Annual • Field Code Master List—EIA
at a county level. Abandoning field- proposes to delete the EIA Field Code
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas level detail will result in some loss of
Reserves, Field Level Report; extension Master List that is currently used to
detail for reserve estimates; however, it report data at the field level. Changing
without changes of Form EIA–64A, will increase the utility of the data by
Annual Report of the Origin of Natural the reporting on Form EIA–23L from
facilitating the matching of other Field to County level would eliminate
Gas Liquids Production; and continued economic data that are only published
suspension of Form EIA–23S, Annual the need to publish or maintain the EIA
at the county level. Field Code Master List.
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas • Well Counts (by County)—EIA does
Reserves, Summary Level Report. All of the proposed changes that are
not currently collect the number of described above are shaded the color
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether producing wells on Form EIA–23L. EIA yellow on the draft Form EIA–23L to
the proposed collection of information proposes to collect well counts by illustrate and facilitate the review of the
is necessary for the proper performance county on Form EIA–23L to assist data data elements that are affected by these
of the functions of the agency, including quality validation of the production data proposed changes.
whether the information shall have reported on the form. Collecting well This information collection request
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the count data by county is consistent with contains:
agency’s estimate of the burden of the commercially-available production data (1) OMB No.: 1905–0057;
proposed collection of information, that is based on well-level reporting in (2) Information Collection Request
including the validity of the many States and will facilitate data Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System.
methodology and assumptions used; (c) comparisons and data quality (3) Type of Request: Revision of the
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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and evaluations. currently approved Form EIA–23L;
clarity of the information to be • Type Code—EIA is considering extension without changes of the
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the deleting the Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk currently approved Form EIA–64A; and
burden of the collection of information from Schedule B. EIA has Type Codes continued suspension of collection of
on respondents, including through the for certain reservoir types: CV for the currently approved Form EIA–23S
use of automated collection techniques Conventional, SH for Shale, CB for (suspended).
or other forms of information Coalbed, CH for Chalk, and LP for Other (4) Purpose: In response to Public Law
technology. Low Permeability Reservoirs. CH is 95–91 Section 657, estimates of U.S. oil

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for OMB review and comment.
Dates		Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 26, 2015. 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.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Cynthia Amezcua, EI-22, [email protected], (202) 586-1658 http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/#eia-886.
FR Citation		80 FR 57797

80 FR 57797 - Agency Information Collection Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYEnergy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 186 (September 25, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration