82 FR 34939 - Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

Page Range		34939-34940
FR Document		2017-15845

EIA has submitted an information collection request to OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes of its Petroleum Marketing Program, OMB Control Number 1905-0174. The Petroleum Marketing Program collects and publishes data on the nature, structure, and efficiency of petroleum markets at national, regional, and state levels. Through integration of the program's ten surveys, EIA monitors petroleum volumes and prices as the commodity moves through various stages such as the importation of raw material, physical and financial transfer of material off extraction sites, refinement to finished products, transfer/distribution from refiners to retail outlets, and sales to ultimate consumers.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

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

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an information collection request to OMB for 
extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes 
of its Petroleum Marketing Program, OMB Control Number 1905-0174. The 
Petroleum Marketing Program collects and publishes data on the nature, 
structure, and efficiency of petroleum markets at national, regional, 
and state levels. Through integration of the program's ten surveys, EIA 
monitors petroleum volumes and prices as the commodity moves through 
various stages such as the importation of raw material, physical and 
financial transfer of material off extraction sites, refinement to 
finished products, transfer/distribution from refiners to retail 
outlets, and sales to ultimate consumers.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before August 28, 2017. 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 Ms. Tammy Heppner, U.S. Department of 
Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, EI-25, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Tammy Heppner, [email protected], https://www.eia.gov/survey/notice/marketing2017.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0174;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Marketing 
Program. The surveys included in this information collection request 
are:

 EIA-14, Refiners' Monthly Cost Report
 EIA-182, Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report
 EIA-782A, Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum 
Product Sales Report
 EIA-782C, Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum 
Products Sold For Local Consumption
 EIA-821, Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report
 EIA-856, Monthly Foreign Crude Oil Acquisition Report
 EIA-863, Petroleum Product Sales Identification Survey
 EIA-877, Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey
 EIA-878, Motor Gasoline Price Survey
 EIA-888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey

    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The purpose of the agency's petroleum product price, 
supply, and market distribution information collection is to provide 
data pertaining to the nature, structure, and operating efficiency of 
petroleum markets. The surveys in this petroleum program collect 
volumetric and price information needed to determine supply and demand 
for crude oil and refined petroleum products.
    These data are published by EIA on its Web site, http://www.eia.gov, as well as in publications such as the Monthly Energy 
Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual Energy 
Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum 
Marketing Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_marketing_monthly/pmm.html), Weekly 
Petroleum Status Report (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html),

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and the International Energy Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/
).

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection:

Form EIA-182: Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report

    EIA is replacing ``North Dakota Sweet'' crude stream with ``North 
Dakota Bakken'' crude stream. This is due to increased crude oil 
production of the Bakken crude steam, and will provide accurate price 
estimates for the domestic crude stream. ``North Dakota Sweet'' 
purchase information will continue to be collected in the ``Other North 
Dakota,'' category.

EIA-877: Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey

    EIA is adding annual sales volumes of residential heating oil for 
statistical estimation purposes. The addition of the annual heating oil 
sales volumes improves the accuracy of price estimates because it 
provides a more accurate method to calculate a weighted average point-
in-time price.

Form EIA-878: Motor Gasoline Price Survey

    EIA is collecting annual sales volumes of motor gasoline of 
regular, mid, and premium grades on a triennial basis. The survey will 
collect this information from corporate offices of suppliers of whole 
sale and retail gasoline, hypermarkets, and individual station owners. 
EIA will use annual sales volumes of motor gasoline to determine the 
measure of size and weights for the outlets sampled. EIA is also 
updating its frame of retail gasoline outlets and reselecting a sample 
of retail outlets utilizing a new sample design. The new sample will 
replace the current sample that reports on Form EIA-878.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,578
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 125,490
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 48,690
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$3,775,000. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $3,586,506 
(48,690 burden hours times $73.66 per hour). EIA estimates that there 
are no additional costs to respondents associated with the surveys 
other than the costs associated with the burden hours.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified as 15 U.S. C. 
772(b) and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-91, codified 
at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2017.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-15845 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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technical data, publications, MWO/ECP, technology being released as the U.S. U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy
technical assistance, and training, and Government. This proposed sale is Information Administration, EI–25,
other related elements of logistics and necessary to the furtherance of the U.S. 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
program support. The estimated total foreign policy and national security Washington, DC 20585,
case value is $58.2 million. objectives outlined in the policy tammy.heppner@eia.gov.
This proposed sale will enhance the justification. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
foreign policy and national security 4. All defense articles and services Requests for additional information or
objectives of the United States by listed in this transmittal are authorized copies of the information collection
helping to improve the security of the for release and export to the instrument and instructions should be
Netherlands which has been, and Government of the Netherlands. directed to Tammy Heppner,
continues to be an important force for [FR Doc. 2017–15832 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am] tammy.heppner@eia.gov, https://
political stability and economic progress BILLING CODE 5001–06–P www.eia.gov/survey/notice/
in Europe. It is vital to the U.S. national marketing2017.cfm.
interest to assist the Netherlands to
develop and maintain a strong and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY information collection request contains:
ready self-defense capability.
The proposed sale will improve the (1) OMB No.: 1905–0174;
Energy Information Administration (2) Information Collection Request
Netherlands’ capability to meet current
Title: Petroleum Marketing Program.
and future threats and will be employed Agency Information Collection The surveys included in this
on the Netherlands’ AH–64D Apache Extension With Changes information collection request are:
helicopters. The Netherlands will use
the enhanced capability to strengthen its AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information • EIA–14, Refiners’ Monthly Cost
homeland defense, deter regional Administration (EIA), Department of Report
threats, and provide direct support to Energy. • EIA–182, Domestic Crude Oil First
coalition and security cooperation ACTION: Notice and request for OMB Purchase Report
operations. The Netherlands will have review and comment. • EIA–782A, Refiners’/Gas Plant
no difficulty absorbing these systems Operators’ Monthly Petroleum
into its armed forces. SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an Product Sales Report
The proposed sale of these systems information collection request to OMB • EIA–782C, Monthly Report of Prime
will not alter the basic military balance for extension under the provisions of Supplier Sales of Petroleum Products
in the region. the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Sold For Local Consumption
The principal contractor will be BAE The information collection requests a • EIA–821, Annual Fuel Oil and
Systems, Nashua, NH. There are no three-year extension with changes of its Kerosene Sales Report
Petroleum Marketing Program, OMB • EIA–856, Monthly Foreign Crude Oil
known offset agreements proposed in
Control Number 1905–0174. The Acquisition Report
connection with this potential sale.
Petroleum Marketing Program collects • EIA–863, Petroleum Product Sales
Implementation of this proposed sale
and publishes data on the nature, Identification Survey
will not require the assignment of any
structure, and efficiency of petroleum • EIA–877, Winter Heating Fuels
additional U.S. Government personnel
markets at national, regional, and state Telephone Survey
or contractor representatives to the • EIA–878, Motor Gasoline Price Survey
Netherlands. levels. Through integration of the
• EIA–888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel
There will be no adverse impact on program’s ten surveys, EIA monitors
Price Survey
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this petroleum volumes and prices as the
proposed sale. commodity moves through various (3) Type of Request: Three-year
stages such as the importation of raw extension with changes;
Transmittal No. 17–40 material, physical and financial transfer (4) Purpose: The purpose of the
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of of material off extraction sites, agency’s petroleum product price,
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the refinement to finished products, supply, and market distribution
Arms Export Control Act transfer/distribution from refiners to information collection is to provide data
retail outlets, and sales to ultimate pertaining to the nature, structure, and
Annex Item No. vii operating efficiency of petroleum
consumers.
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: markets. The surveys in this petroleum
1. The AN/AAR–57A(V)7 CMWS is DATES: Comments regarding this program collect volumetric and price
the detection component of the suite of proposed information collection must information needed to determine supply
countermeasures designed to increase be received on or before August 28, and demand for crude oil and refined
survivability of current generation 2017. If you anticipate that you will be petroleum products.
combat aircraft and specialized special submitting comments, but find it These data are published by EIA on
operations aircraft against the threat difficult to do so within the period of its Web site, http://www.eia.gov, as well
posed by infrared guided missiles. time allowed by this notice, please as in publications such as the Monthly
2. The KIV–77, is a Common Crypto advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/
Applique for Identification Friend or your intention to make a submission as totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual
Foe (IFF) that provides Mode 4/5 soon as possible. The Desk Officer may Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/
capability. The KIV–77 can be removed be telephoned at 202–395–4718. totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum
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from the host and stored as an ADDRESSES: Written comments should Marketing Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/
UNCLASSIFIED Controlled be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/
Cryptographic Item (CCI). of Information and Regulatory Affairs, petroleum_marketing_monthly/
3. A determination has been made Office of Management and Budget, New pmm.html), Weekly Petroleum Status
that the Government of the Netherlands Executive Office Building, Room 10102, Report (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/
can provide substantially the same 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC petroleum/data_publications/weekly_
degree of protection for the sensitive 20503. And to Ms. Tammy Heppner, petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html),

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and the International Energy Outlook Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/). 2017. Requests for additional information or
Nanda Srinivasan, copies of the information collection
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Director, Office of Survey Development and instrument and instructions should be
Collection: Statistical Integration, Energy Information directed to Marta Gospodarczyk at the
Form EIA–182: Domestic Crude Oil First Administration. contact information given above. Form
Purchase Report [FR Doc. 2017–15845 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am] GC–859 is available on the internet at
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P https://www.eia.gov/survey/#gc-859.
EIA is replacing ‘‘North Dakota
Sweet’’ crude stream with ‘‘North SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Dakota Bakken’’ crude stream. This is information collection request contains:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (1) OMB No.: 1901–0287.
due to increased crude oil production of
(2) Information Collection Request
the Bakken crude steam, and will Energy Information Administration Title: Nuclear Fuel Data Survey.
provide accurate price estimates for the (3) Type of Request: Renewal.
domestic crude stream. ‘‘North Dakota Agency Information Collection (4) Purpose: The Nuclear Waste Policy
Sweet’’ purchase information will Activities: Information Collection Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)
continue to be collected in the ‘‘Other Extension required that the DOE enter into
North Dakota,’’ category. Standard Contracts with all generators
AGENCY: Energy Information
EIA–877: Winter Heating Fuels Administration (EIA), Department of or owners of spent nuclear fuel and
Telephone Survey Energy (DOE). high-level radioactive waste of domestic
ACTION: Notice and request for
origin. Form GC–859 (formerly Form
EIA is adding annual sales volumes of RW–859) originated from an appendix
residential heating oil for statistical comments.
to this Standard Contract.
estimation purposes. The addition of the SUMMARY: EIA, pursuant to the Form GC–859 Nuclear Fuel Data
annual heating oil sales volumes Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Survey collects information on nuclear
improves the accuracy of price estimates intends to extend (with changes) for fuel use and spent fuel discharges from
because it provides a more accurate three years with the Office of all utilities that operate commercial
method to calculate a weighted average Management and Budget (OMB), Form nuclear reactors and from all others that
point-in-time price. GC–859 Nuclear Fuel Data Survey, OMB possess irradiated fuel from commercial
Form EIA–878: Motor Gasoline Price Control Number 1901–0287. Form GC– nuclear reactors. The data collection
Survey 859 Nuclear Fuel Data Survey collects provides stakeholders with detailed
data on spent nuclear fuel from all information concerning the spent
EIA is collecting annual sales volumes nuclear fuel generated by the
utilities that operate commercial nuclear
of motor gasoline of regular, mid, and respondents (commercial utility
reactors and from all others that possess
premium grades on a triennial basis. generators of spent nuclear fuel and
irradiated fuel from commercial nuclear
The survey will collect this information other owners of spent nuclear fuel
reactors. Comments are invited on:
from corporate offices of suppliers of within the U.S.).
Whether the proposed collection of
whole sale and retail gasoline, Data collected from the survey are
information is necessary for the proper
hypermarkets, and individual station utilized by personnel from DOE Office
performance of the functions of the
owners. EIA will use annual sales of Nuclear Energy (NE), DOE Office of
agency, including whether the
volumes of motor gasoline to determine Environmental Management (EM), and
information shall have practical utility;
the measure of size and weights for the the national laboratories to meet their
the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of
outlets sampled. EIA is also updating its research objectives of developing a
the burden of the proposed collection of
frame of retail gasoline outlets and range of options and supporting
information, including the validity of
reselecting a sample of retail outlets analyses that facilitate informed choices
the methodology and assumptions used;
utilizing a new sample design. The new about how best to manage spent nuclear
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
sample will replace the current sample fuel (SNF).
clarity of the information to be
that reports on Form EIA–878.
collected; and ways to minimize the (4a) Proposed Changes to Information
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
burden of the collection of information Collection
Respondents: 10,578
on respondents, including through the
(6) Annual Estimated Number of • Collection of fuel manufacturer and
use of automated collection techniques
Total Responses: 125,490 lattice size used in Section C.1.1 of the
or other forms of information
(7) Annual Estimated Number of 2013 GC–859 will be replaced by fuel
technology.
Burden Hours: 48,690 assembly type codes in Section C.1.3.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and DATES: Comments regarding this Fuel assembly type codes were last
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $3,775,000. proposed information collection must collected in the 2003 RW–859. Selection
The cost of the burden hours is be received on or before September 25, boxes were added to this section to
estimated to be $3,586,506 (48,690 2017. If you anticipate difficulty in reduce reporting burden. Respondents
burden hours times $73.66 per hour). submitting comments within that may mark the fuel assembly type code
EIA estimates that there are no period, contact the person listed in based on the reactor design, previously
additional costs to respondents ADDRESSES as soon as possible. used fuel types, range of assembly
associated with the surveys other than ADDRESSES: Written comments may be identification numbers, and initial cycle
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the costs associated with the burden sent to Marta Gospodarczyk, Office of in core. Identification of fuel assembly
hours. Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, and type provides significantly more
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Renewables Analysis, EI–34, Forrestal information to analyze the spent fuel.
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Building, U.S. Department of Energy, • Cumulative cycle burnup for each
Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S. C. 772(b) 1000 Independence Ave. SW., assembly is added to Section C.1.2 of
and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. Washington, DC 20585, or by email at the survey. Respondents may
L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. marta.gospodarczyk@eia.gov. voluntarily report this data. Assembly

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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Action		Notice and request for OMB review and comment.
Dates		Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 28, 2017. 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 Tammy Heppner, [email protected], https:// www.eia.gov/survey/notice/marketing2017.cfm.
FR Citation		82 FR 34939

82 FR 34939 - Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYEnergy Information Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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