81 FR 50492 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Energy Information Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 147 (August 1, 2016)
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 147 (August 1, 2016)
| Page Range | 50492-50494 | |
| FR Document | 2016-18120 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 50492-50494] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-18120] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY U.S. Energy Information Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, EIA invites the general public to comment on the following proposed Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice announces EIA's intent to submit this proposed collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by September 30, 2016. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Jacob Bournazian, Energy Information Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-0552 or by email at [email protected]. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available to the public through relevant Web sites. For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment; your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. Please note that responses to [[Page 50493]] this public comment request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection supporting statement should be directed to Jacob Bournazian, Energy Information Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202-586-5562, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a means to collect qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations. This feedback also provides an early warning of issues with service, or focuses attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve the accuracy of data reported on survey instruments or the delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, understanding of questions and terminology used in survey instruments, perceptions on data confidentiality and security, appropriateness and relevancy of information, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the agency's services will be unavailable. The agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions: The collections are voluntary; The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies; Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future; Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary for initially contacting respondents and is not retained; Information gathered is intended to be used only internally for general service improvement, the design, modification, and evaluation of survey instruments, modes of data collection, and program management purposes. It is not intended for release outside of the agency (if released, the agency must indicate the qualitative nature of the information); Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. The information gathered will only generate qualitative type of information. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. Current Actions: New collection of information. Type of Review: New Collection. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: Below is a preliminary estimate of the aggregate number of respondents and burden hours for this generic clearance. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 50. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 10,000. Number of Responses: 150,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 6. Burden Hours: 15,000. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to [[Page 50494]] transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All written comments will be available for public inspection at www.Regulations.gov. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. Statutory Authority: Executive Order (E.O.) 13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service. Issued in Washington, DC on July 26, 2016. 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Corrections DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY In–Service Date: Approximately May
In FR Doc. No. 2016–16130, in the 1, 2017.
Federal Register of July 8, 2016 (81 FR [[Certification Notice—242] Issued in Washington, DC on July 26, 2016.
44741), we make the following Christopher Lawrence
Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of
corrections: Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity
(a) On page 44742, in the left-hand Coal Capability Under the Powerplant Delivery and Energy Reliability.
column, revise lines 17–18 to read as and Industrial Fuel Use Act
[FR Doc. 2016–18119 Filed 7–29–16; 8:45 am]
follows: AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: and Energy Reliability, DOE.
August 11, 2016.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
(b) On page 44753, in the left-hand DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
column, revise lines 35–36 to read as SUMMARY: On July 18, 2016, Oregon
follows: Clean Energy, LLC, as owner and U.S. Energy Information
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: operator of a new combined cycle Administration
August 11, 2016. natural gas fired electric generating
(c) On page 44753, in the middle Agency Information Collection
powerplant, submitted a coal capability
column, revise lines 55–56 to read as Activities: Proposed Collection;
self-certification to the Department of Comment Request; Generic Clearance
follows: Energy (DOE) pursuant to § 201(d) of the
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: for the Collection of Qualitative
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
August 11, 2016.
(d) On page 44753, in the right-hand of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE
regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information
column, revise lines 38–39 to read as
and regulations thereunder require DOE Administration (EIA), Department of
follows:
Deadline for Intergovernmental to publish a notice of filing of self- Energy.
Review: November 7, 2016. certification in the Federal Register. 42 ACTION: Notice and request for
Program Authority: Fund for the U.S.C. 8311(d) and 10 CFR 501.61(c). comments.
Improvement of Education (FIE), title V, ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability
SUMMARY: As part of a Federal
part D, subpart 1, sections 5411 through self-certification filings are available for
Government-wide effort to streamline
5413 of the Elementary and Secondary public inspection, upon request, in the the process to seek feedback from the
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy public on service delivery, EIA invites
amended by the No Child Left Behind Reliability, Mail Code OE–20, Room the general public to comment on the
Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 7243–7243b). 8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 following proposed Generic Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with Independence Avenue SW., Collection Request (Generic ICR):
disabilities can obtain this document Washington, DC 20585. ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
and a copy of the application package in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586– Delivery’’ for approval under the
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 5260. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
request to the program contact person U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of
FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et announces EIA’s intent to submit this
CONTACT. proposed collection to the Office of
Electronic Access to This Document: seq.), provides that no new base load
electric powerplant may be constructed Management and Budget (OMB) for
The official version of this document is approval.
the document published in the Federal or operated without the capability to use
Register. Free Internet access to the coal or another alternate fuel as a DATES: Consideration will be given to all
official edition of the Federal Register primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA comments received by September 30,
and the Code of Federal Regulations is in order to meet the requirement of coal 2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
available via the Federal Digital System capability, the owner or operator of such submitting comments within that
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you a facility proposing to use natural gas or period, contact the person listed in
petroleum as its primary energy source ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department shall certify to the Secretary of Energy ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
published in the Federal Register, in (Secretary) prior to construction, or sent to Jacob Bournazian, Energy
text or Adobe Portable Document prior to operation as a base load electric Information Administration, 1000
Format (PDF). To use PDF you must powerplant, that such powerplant has Independence Avenue SW.,
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is the capability to use coal or another Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202–
available free at the site. alternate fuel. Such certification 586–0552 or by email at
You may also access documents of the establishes compliance with FUA jacob.bournazian@eia.gov.
Department published in the Federal section 201(a) as of the date it is filed Comments submitted in response to
Register by using the article search with the Secretary. 42 U.S.C. 8311. this notice may be made available to the
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. The following owner of a proposed public through relevant Web sites. For
Specifically, through the advanced new combined cycle natural gas fired this reason, please do not include in
search feature at this site, you can limit electric generating powerplant has filed your comments information of a
a self-certification of coal-capability confidential nature, such as sensitive
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your search to documents published by
the Department. with DOE pursuant to FUA section personal information or proprietary
201(d) and in accordance with DOE information. If you send an email
Nadya Chinoy Dabby, regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: comment; your email address will be
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Owner: Oregon Clean Energy, LLC, automatically captured and included as
Improvement. Capacity: 960 megawatts (MW) part of the comment that is placed in the
[FR Doc. 2016–18069 Filed 7–29–16; 8:45 am] Plant Location: City of Oregon, Lucas public docket and made available on the
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P County, Ohio. Internet. Please note that responses to
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transmit or otherwise disclose the Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/DC, The telephone number for the Public
information. All written comments will EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
be available for public inspection at Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, the telephone number for the OEI
www.Regulations.gov. DC. Such deliveries are only accepted Docket is (202) 566–1745.
An agency may not conduct or during the Docket’s normal hours of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
sponsor, and a person is not required to operation, and special arrangements Pamela Younger, Office of Management
respond to, a collection of information should be made for deliveries of boxed and International Services, Office of
unless it displays a currently valid information. International and Tribal Affairs, 1300
Office of Management and Budget Instructions: Direct your comments to Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 20004,
control number. Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEl–2015– telephone number: 202–564–6631; fax
0200. number: 202–565-2427; email address:
Statutory Authority: Executive Order
EPA’s policy is that all comments
(E.O.) 13571, Streamlining Service Delivery rhones-younger.pamela@epa.gov.
and Improving Customer Service. received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Issued in Washington, DC on July 26, 2016. made available online at General Information
Nanda Srinivasan, www.regulations.gov, including any
Director, Office of Survey Development and personal information provided, unless The U.S. Environmental Protection
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy the comment includes information Agency (EPA) plans to create a Privacy
Information Administration. claimed to be Confidential Business Act system of records for the Passport
[FR Doc. 2016–18120 Filed 7–29–16; 8:45 am] Information (CBI) or other information Expiration Notification System (PENS).
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P for which disclosure is restricted by The information collected in this system
statute. Do no submit information that will be used for the purpose of
you consider to be CBI or otherwise requesting and obtaining country
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION protected through www.regulations.gov. clearances for EPA staff traveling to
AGENCY The www.regulations.gov Web site is an foreign countries to conduct official
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which government business. The information
[EPA:HO–OEl–2015–0200; FRL–9950–06– means EPA will not know your identity maintained in the system will be the
OEI] or contact information unless you passport holder’s name, place of birth,
provide it in the body of your comment. passport number and passport issue and
Privacy Act; System of Records: If you send an email comment directly expiration dates.
Establishment of New Passport to EPA without going through The information is accessed through
Expiration Notification System (PENS) www.regulations.gov your email address an electronic means which has its own
AGENCY: Environmental Protection will be automatically captured and authentication process established by
Agency (EPA). included as part of the comment that is OEI. Only certified Passport Agents in
placed in the public docket and made the OITA Travel Office, and in Region
ACTION: Notice.
available on the Internet. If you submit 5 and the OITA Database Administrator
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of an electronic comment, EPA will have access to the information
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), recommends that you include your contained in the database. No-fee
the Office of International and Tribal name and other contact information in Passports containing personal
Affairs is giving notice that it proposes the body of your comment with any disk information are kept in a locked filing
to create a new system of records for the or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot cabinet. Physical access to the filing
Passport Expiration Notification System read your comment due to technical cabinet is limited to authorized
(PENS). This system of records contains difficulties and cannot contact you for personnel employees with office keys.
personally identifiable information (Pll) clarification, EPA may not be able to Dated: June 22, 2016.
collected from no-fee passports for the consider your comment. Electronic files
Ann Dunkin,
purpose of tracking the status of should avoid the use of special
characters, and form of encryption, and Chief Information Officer.
government passports. The information
maintained in the system will be the be free of any defects or viruses. For EPA–72
passport holder’s name, place of birth, additional information about EPA’s
passport number and passport issue and public docket visit the EPA Docket SYSTEM NAME:
expiration dates. Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov. Passport Expiration Notification
Docket: All documents in the docket System (PENS)
EFFECTIVE DATES: Persons wishing to are listed in the www .regulations.gov
comment on this system of records index. Although listed in the index, SYSTEM LOCATION:
notice must do so by [40 days after some information is not publicly US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
publication in the Federal Register]. available, e.g., CBI or other information NW., Washington, DC 20460.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, for which disclosure is restricted by
identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– statute. Certain other material, such as CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
OEl–2015–0200, by one of the following copyrighted material, will be publicly SYSTEM:
methods: available only in hard copy. Publicly EPA International Travelers who
www .regulations.gov : Follow the available docket materials are available apply for a no-fee passport for the
online instructions for submitting either electronically in
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purpose of conducting official
comments. www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at government business in foreign
Email: oei.docket@epa.gov. the OEI Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West countries.
Fax: 202–566–1752. Building, Room 3334, and 1301
Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, DC. The Public Reading Room is open The passport holder’s name, place of
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday birth, passport number and issue and
DC 20460. through Friday excluding legal holidays. expiration dates.
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| Contact | Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection supporting statement should be directed to Jacob Bournazian, Energy Information Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202-586-5562, email: [email protected] | |
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