81 FR 7532 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 29 (February 12, 2016)
Energy Information Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 29 (February 12, 2016)
| Page Range | 7532-7533 | |
| FR Document | 2016-02800 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 7532-7533] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-02800] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 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: 30-Day Notice of Submission of Information Collection Approval from the Office of Management and Budget 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 has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery''' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). DATES: Comments must be submitted by March 14, 2016. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to: 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 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]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. 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. Qualitative feedback means data that provide 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. 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. The 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register of December 4, 2015; it can be reviewed at https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015- 12- [[Page 7533]] 04/pdf/2015-30657.pdf. EIA proposes to reduce the burden hour estimate shown in the 60-day notice from 25,000 hours to 15,000 hours to reflect current program needs. Below we provide EIA's projected average estimates for the next three years: Current Actions: New collection of information. Type of Review: New Collection. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 150. Respondents: 100. Annual Responses: 15,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 60. Burden Hours: 15,000. 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 (EO) 13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service. Issued in Washington, DC on February 5, 2016. Nanda Srinivasan, Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2016-02800 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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allotted per speaker will depend on the containing electronic files of the phone: 202–586–5562, email:
number who wish to speak but is not submission. jacob.bournazian@eia.gov.
expected to exceed three minutes. Minutes: The minutes of the EAC SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting will be posted on the EAC Web Title: Generic Clearance for the
meeting, or for whom the allotted public page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/ Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
comments time is insufficient to address electricity-advisory-committee-eac. Agency Service Delivery.
pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited They can also be obtained by contacting Abstract: The proposed information
to send a written statement to Mr. Mr. Matthew Rosenbaum at the address collection activity provides a means to
Matthew Rosenbaum. above. collect qualitative customer and
You may submit comments, identified Issued in Washington, DC, on February 5, stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
by ‘‘Electricity Advisory Committee 2016. timely manner, in accordance with the
Open Meeting,’’ by any of the following LaTanya R. Butler, Administration’s commitment to
methods: improving service delivery.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–02793 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] Qualitative feedback means data that
Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of
provide useful insights on perceptions
Electricity Delivery and Energy BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
and opinions, but are not statistical
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
surveys that yield quantitative results
Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY that can be generalized to the
Independence Avenue SW.,
population of study. This feedback will
Washington, DC 20585.
• Email: matthew.rosenbaum@ Energy Information Administration provide insights into customer or
hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Electricity stakeholder perceptions, experiences
Agency Information Collection and expectations. This feedback also
Advisory Committee Open Meeting’’ in Activities: Proposed Collection;
the subject line of the message. provides an early warning of issues with
Comment Request; Generic Clearance service, or focuses attention on areas
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
for the Collection of Qualitative where communication, training or
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery changes in operations might improve
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information the accuracy of data reported on survey
must include the agency name and Administration (EIA), Department of instruments or the delivery of products
identifier. All comments received will Energy. or services. These collections will allow
be posted without change to http:// for ongoing, collaborative and
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Submission of
energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- actionable communications between the
Information Collection Approval from
advisory-committee-eac, including any agency and its customers and
the Office of Management and Budget
personal information provided. stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
and Request for Comments.
• Docket: For access to the docket, to to contribute directly to the
read background documents or SUMMARY: As part of a Federal improvement of program management.
comments received, go to http:// Government-wide effort to streamline Feedback collected under this generic
energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- the process to seek feedback from the clearance provides useful information,
advisory-committee-eac. public on service delivery, EIA has but it does not yield data that can be
The following electronic file formats submitted a Generic Information generalized to the overall population.
are acceptable: Microsoft Word (.doc), Collection Request (Generic ICR): This type of generic clearance for
Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of qualitative information will not be used
Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service for quantitative information collections
plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Delivery’’’ to OMB for approval under that are designed to yield reliably
and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt). If you the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 actionable results, such as monitoring
submit information that you believe to U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). trends over time or documenting
be exempt by law from public DATES: Comments must be submitted by program performance. Such data uses
disclosure, you must submit one March 14, 2016. require more rigorous designs that
complete copy, as well as one copy from ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
address: The target population to which
which the information claimed to be submitted to: generalizations will be made, the
exempt by law from public disclosure sampling frame, the sample design
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information (including stratification and clustering),
has been deleted. You must also explain and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
the reasons why you believe the deleted the precision requirements or power
Management and Budget, New calculations that justify the proposed
information is exempt from disclosure. Executive Office Building, Room
DOE is responsible for the final sample size, the expected response rate,
10102, 735 17th Street, NW., methods for assessing potential non-
determination concerning disclosure or
Washington, DC 20503. response bias, the protocols for data
nondisclosure of the information and for
treating it in accordance with the DOE’s and to collection, and any testing procedures
Freedom of Information regulations (10 Jacob Bournazian, Energy Information that were or will be undertaken prior to
CFR 1004.11). Administration, 1000 Independence fielding the study. Depending on the
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585,
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Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal degree of influence the results are likely
Service mail to DOE may be delayed by or by fax at 202–586–0552, or by to have, such collections may still be
several weeks due to security screening. email at jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. eligible for submission for other generic
DOE, therefore, encourages those FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: mechanisms that are designed to yield
wishing to comment to submit Requests for additional information quantitative results.
comments electronically by email. If should be directed to Jacob Bournazian, The 60-day notice was published in
comments are submitted by regular U.S. Energy Information the Federal Register of December 4,
mail, the Department requests that they Administration, 1000 Independence 2015; it can be reviewed at https://
be accompanied by a CD or diskette Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR–2015–12–
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04/pdf/2015–30657.pdf. EIA proposes to Program; lwardle@idahopower.com; resource effects. Additionally, all dock
reduce the burden hour estimate shown (208) 388–2964. applications would be required to meet
in the 60-day notice from 25,000 hours i. FERC Contact: Krista Sakallaris, the IPC’s existing boat dock standards
to 15,000 hours to reflect current (202) 502–6302, Krista.Sakallaris@ and applicants would be required to
program needs. Below we provide EIA’s ferc.gov. obtain the required state and federal
projected average estimates for the next j. Deadline for filing comments, permits and consult with specified
three years: motions to intervene, and protests: resource agencies.
Current Actions: New collection of March 8, 2015. l. Locations of the Application: A
information. The Commission strongly encourages copy of the application is available for
Type of Review: New Collection. electronic filing. Please file motions to inspection and reproduction at the
Affected Public: Individuals and intervene, protests, comments, or Commission’s Public Reference Room,
Households, Businesses and recommendations using the located at 888 First Street NE., Room
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Commission’s eFiling system at http:// 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
Government. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. (202) 502–8371. This filing may also be
Average Expected Annual Number of Commenters can submit brief comments viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
Activities: 150. up to 6,000 characters, without prior http://www.ferc.gov using the
Respondents: 100. registration, using the eComment system ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
Annual Responses: 15,000. at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ number excluding the last three digits in
Frequency of Response: Once per ecomment.asp. You must include your the docket number field to access the
request. name and contact information at the end document. You may also register online
Average Minutes per Response: 60. of your comments. For assistance, at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Burden Hours: 15,000. please contact FERC Online Support at esubscription.asp to be notified via
An agency may not conduct or FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) email of new filings and issuances
sponsor, and a person is not required to 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 related to this or other pending projects.
respond to, a collection of information (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
unless it displays a currently valid send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for
Office of Management and Budget Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
control number. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. available for inspection and
Statutory Authority: Executive Order (EO) The first page of any filing should reproduction at the address in item (h)
13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and include docket number P–2777–123. above. Agencies may obtain copies of
Improving Customer Service. The Commission’s Rules of Practice the application directly from the
Issued in Washington, DC on February 5, and Procedure require all intervenors applicant.
2016. filing documents with the Commission m. Individuals desiring to be included
Nanda Srinivasan, to serve a copy of that document on on the Commission’s mailing list should
Director, Office of Survey Development and each person whose name appears on the so indicate by writing to the Secretary
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy official service list for the project. of the Commission.
Information Administration. Further, if an intervenor files comments n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
[FR Doc. 2016–02800 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] or documents with the Commission Intervene: Anyone may submit
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P relating to the merits of an issue that comments, a protest, or a motion to
may affect the responsibilities of a intervene in accordance with the
particular resource agency, they must requirements of Rules of Practice and
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY also serve a copy of the document on Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
that resource agency. respectively. In determining the
Federal Energy Regulatory k. Description of Request: Idaho appropriate action to take, the
Commission Power Company (IPC) filed a five-year Commission will consider all protests or
[Project No. 2777–123] compliance report for the project’s other comments filed, but only those
approved land management plan as well who file a motion to intervene in
Idaho Power Company; Notice of as proposed updates to the existing accordance with the Commission’s
Application Accepted for Filing and plan. Updates include new land-use Rules may become a party to the
Soliciting Comments, Motions To classification maps based off previously proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
Intervene, and Protests approved changes and modifications to motions to intervene must be received
the use classification of private boat on or before the specified comment date
Take notice that the following docks on conservation and agriculture/ for the particular application.
hydroelectric application has been filed grazing land. IPC proposes to change the o. Filing and Service of Documents:
with the Commission and is available classification of private boat docks to Any filing must (1) bear in all capital
for public inspection: ‘‘conditional’’ in both conservation and letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
a. Application Type: Amendment to agriculture/grazing land-use areas, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
Land Management Plan. which are currently listed as allowed INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth
b. Project No: 2777–123.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2015. and prohibited, respectively. To remain in the heading the name of the applicant
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company. consistent across projects, IPC proposes and the project number of the
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2
e. Name of Project: Upper Salmon the modification due to changes in land application to which the filing
Falls Hydroelectric Project. ownership and land use patterns from responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
f. Location: The project is located on open-range grazing to private/rural- and telephone number of the person
the Snake River in Gooding and Twin residential uses in the project area, as commenting, protesting or intervening;
Falls counties, Idaho. well as at this and several other IPC and (4) otherwise comply with the
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power projects. IPC states that by listing requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. private boat docks as conditional it through 385.2005. All comments,
h. Applicant Contact: L. Lewis would review all applications to ensure motions to intervene, or protests must
Wardle, Senior Biologist—Licensing the proposal does not have adverse set forth their evidentiary basis. Any
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| Action | 30-Day Notice of Submission of Information Collection Approval from the Office of Management and Budget and Request for Comments. | |
| Dates | Comments must be submitted by March 14, 2016. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information should be directed to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202-586-5562, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 7532 |
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