81 FR 79008 - 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 218 (November 10, 2016)
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 218 (November 10, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-27173 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 79008-79009] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-27173] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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 December 12, 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: OMB Number: 1905-0210. 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 [[Page 79009]] 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 August 1, 2016 at 81 FR 50492 and is available at https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-01/pdf/2016-18120.pdf. EIA proposes to increase the burden hour estimate shown in the 60-day notice from 15,000 hours to 15,750 hours (5,250 hours annually) to reflect current program needs. Below we provide EIA's projected average estimates for the next three years: Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 5,000. Annual Estimated Number of Responses: 50,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 6.3. Annual Burden Hours: 5,250. 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 November 4, 2016. Nanda Srinivasan, Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2016-27173 Filed 11-9-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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requires DOE to give appropriate procedures will be used as necessary to DATES: Comments must be submitted by
consideration to the environmental achieve a complete understanding of the December 12, 2016.
effects of its proposed decisions. No facts and issues. If an additional ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
final decision will be issued in this procedure is scheduled, notice will be submitted to:
proceeding until DOE has met its provided to all parties. If no party DOE Desk Officer, Office of
environmental responsibilities. requests additional procedures, a final Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Public Comment Procedures Opinion and Order may be issued based Office of Management and Budget, New
on the official record, including the Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
In response to this Notice, any person Application and responses filed by 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
may file a protest, comments, or a parties pursuant to this notice, in 20503.
motion to intervene or notice of accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. and to
intervention, as applicable. Due to the The Application is available for
complexity of the issues raised by the Jacob Bournazian, Energy Information
inspection and copying in the Office of Administration, 1000 Independence
Applicant, interested persons will be
Regulation and International Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, or
provided 60 days from the date of
Engagement docket room, Room 3E– by fax at 202–586–0552, or by email at
publication of this Notice in which to
042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., jacob.bournazian@eia.gov.
submit comments, protests, motions to
Washington, DC 20585. The docket FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
intervene, or notices of intervention.
Any person wishing to become a party room is open between the hours of 8:00 Requests for additional information
to the proceeding must file a motion to a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through should be directed to Jacob Bournazian,
intervene or notice of intervention. The Friday, except Federal holidays. U.S. Energy Information
filing of comments or a protest with The Application and any filed Administration, 1000 Independence
respect to the Application will not serve protests, motions to intervene or notice Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585,
to make the commenter or protestant a of interventions, and comments will phone: 202–586–5562, email:
party to the proceeding, although also be available electronically by going jacob.bournazian@eia.gov.
protests and comments received from to the following DOE/FE Web address: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
persons who are not parties will be http://energy.gov/fe/lake-charles-lng- OMB Number: 1905–0210.
considered in determining the export-company-llc-fe-docket-16-109- Title: Generic Clearance for the
appropriate action to be taken on the lng-export-fta-and-nftas. Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Application. All protests, comments, Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, Agency Service Delivery.
motions to intervene, or notices of 2016. Abstract: The proposed information
intervention must meet the John A. Anderson, collection activity provides a means to
requirements specified by the Director, Office of Regulation and
collect qualitative customer and
regulations in 10 CFR part 590. International Engagement, Office of Oil and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
Filings may be submitted using one of Natural Gas. timely manner, in accordance with the
the following methods: (1) Emailing the [FR Doc. 2016–27175 Filed 11–9–16; 8:45 am] Administration’s commitment to
filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
improving service delivery.
Docket No. 16–109–LNG in the title Qualitative feedback means data that
line; (2) mailing an original and three provide useful insights on perceptions
paper copies of the filing to the Office DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and opinions, but are not statistical
of Regulation and International surveys that yield quantitative results
Engagement at the address listed in U.S. Energy Information that can be generalized to the
ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an Administration population of study. This feedback will
original and three paper copies of the provide insights into customer or
filing to the Office of Regulation and Agency Information Collection stakeholder perceptions, experiences
International Engagement at the address Activities: Proposed Collection; and expectations. This feedback also
listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must Comment Request; Generic Clearance provides an early warning of issues with
include a reference to FE Docket No. for the Collection of Qualitative service, or focuses attention on areas
16–109–LNG. Please note: If submitting Feedback on Agency Service Delivery where communication, training or
a filing via email, please include all changes in operations might improve
related documents and attachments AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information the accuracy of data reported on survey
(e.g., exhibits) in the original email Administration (EIA), Department of instruments or the delivery of products
correspondence. Please do not include Energy. or services. These collections will allow
any active hyperlinks or password ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Submission of for ongoing, collaborative and
protection in any of the documents or Information Collection Approval From actionable communications between the
attachments related to the filing. All the Office of Management and Budget agency and its customers and
electronic filings submitted to DOE and Request for Comments. stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
must follow these guidelines to ensure to contribute directly to the
that all documents are filed in a timely SUMMARY: As part of a Federal improvement of program management.
manner. Any hardcopy filing submitted Government-wide effort to streamline Feedback collected under this generic
greater in length than 50 pages must the process to seek feedback from the clearance provides useful information,
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also include, at the time of the filing, a public on service delivery, EIA has but it does not yield data that can be
digital copy on disk of the entire submitted a Generic Information generalized to the overall population.
submission. Collection Request (Generic ICR): This type of generic clearance for
A decisional record on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of qualitative information will not be used
Application will be developed through Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service for quantitative information collections
responses to this notice by parties, Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under that are designed to yield reliably
including the parties’ written comments the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 actionable results, such as monitoring
and replies thereto. Additional U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). trends over time or documenting
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address: The target population to which DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
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sampling frame, the sample design mailing address. Deliveries are only
(including stratification and clustering), Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) accepted during the docket’s normal
the precision requirements or power Air, Climate, and Energy hours of operation, and special
calculations that justify the proposed Subcommittee Meeting—December arrangements should be made for
sample size, the expected response rate, 2016 deliveries of boxed information.
methods for assessing potential non- Instructions: Direct your comments to
response bias, the protocols for data AGENCY: Environmental Protection Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–
collection, and any testing procedures Agency (EPA). 0365. The EPA’s policy is that all
that were or will be undertaken prior to ACTION: Notice of meeting. comments received will be included in
fielding the study. Depending on the the public docket without change and
degree of influence the results are likely SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal may be made available online at
to have, such collections may still be Advisory Committee Act, Public Law www.regulations.gov, including any
eligible for submission for other generic 92–463, the U.S. Environmental personal information provided, unless
mechanisms that are designed to yield Protection Agency (EPA), Office of the comment includes information
quantitative results. Research and Development (ORD), gives claimed to be Confidential Business
notice of a meeting (via conference call) Information (CBI) or other information
The 60-day notice was published in of the Board of Scientific Counselors whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
the Federal Register of August 1, 2016 (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy Do not submit information that you
at 81 FR 50492 and is available at Subcommittee. consider to be CBI or otherwise
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- protected through www.regulations.gov
2016-08-01/pdf/2016-18120.pdf. EIA DATES: The conference call will be held
on Friday, December 2, 2016, from 1:30 or email. The www.regulations.gov Web
proposes to increase the burden hour site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
estimate shown in the 60-day notice p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time. These
times are approximate; the conference which means the EPA will not know
from 15,000 hours to 15,750 hours your identity or contact information
(5,250 hours annually) to reflect current call may adjourn early if all business is
finished or may adjourn late if unless you provide it in the body of
program needs. Below we provide EIA’s your comment. If you send an email
projected average estimates for the next additional time is needed. Written
comment directly to the EPA without
three years: comments and requests for the draft
going through www.regulations.gov,
agenda or for making oral presentations
Type of Review: Revision of a your email address will be
at the meeting will be accepted through
currently approved collection. automatically captured and included as
Thursday, December 1, 2016.
Affected Public: Individuals and part of the comment that is placed in the
ADDRESSES: Participation in the public docket and made available on the
Households, Businesses and conference call will be by
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Internet. If you submit an electronic
teleconference only; meeting rooms will comment, the EPA recommends that
Government. not be used. Members of the public may you include your name and other
Average Expected Annual Number of obtain the call-in number and access contact information in the body of your
Activities: 10. code for the call from Tim Benner, the comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
Average Number of Respondents per Designated Federal Officer, via any of you submit. If the EPA cannot read your
Activity: 5,000. the contact methods listed in the FOR comment due to technical difficulties
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section and cannot contact you for clarification,
Annual Estimated Number of below.
Responses: 50,000. the EPA may not be able to consider
Submitting Comments: Submit your your comment. Electronic files should
Frequency of Response: Once per comments, identified by Docket ID No. avoid the use of special characters, any
request. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0365, by one of form of encryption, and be free of any
Average Minutes per Response: 6.3. the following methods: defects or viruses. For additional
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the information about the EPA’s public
Annual Burden Hours: 5,250. on-line instructions for submitting docket visit the EPA Docket Center
An agency may not conduct or comments. homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
sponsor, and a person is not required to • Email: Send comments by dockets/.
respond to, a collection of information electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@ Docket: All documents in the docket
unless it displays a currently valid epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– are listed in the www.regulations.gov
Office of Management and Budget HQ–ORD–2015–0365. index. Although listed in the index,
control number. • Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– some information is not publicly
Statutory Authority: Executive Order (EO) 0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– available, e.g., CBI or other information
13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and HQ–ORD–2015–0365. whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Improving Customer Service. • Mail: Send comments by mail to: Certain other material, such as
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) copyrighted material, will be publicly
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Issued in Washington, DC on November 4, Air, Climate, and Energy Subcommittee available only in hard copy. Publicly
2016. Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 available docket materials are available
Nanda Srinivasan, Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC either electronically in
Director, Office of Survey Development and 20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy HQ–ORD–2015–0365. the Board of Scientific Counselors
Information Administration. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy
[FR Doc. 2016–27173 Filed 11–9–16; 8:45 am] comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ Subcommittee Docket, EPA/DC, William
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| 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] | |
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