82 FR 45834 - Agency Information Collection Extension, With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 189 (October 2, 2017)

The information collection requests a three-year extension of Form EIA-914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report, OMB Control Number 1905-0205. This survey collects monthly state level data by well operator on crude oil and natural gas production within the United States. These data are used by EIA to estimate state, regional, and U.S. crude oil and natural gas production.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45834-45835]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21076]


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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: The information collection requests a three-year extension of 
Form EIA-914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas 
Production Report, OMB Control Number 1905-0205. This survey collects 
monthly state level data by well operator on crude oil and natural gas 
production within the United States. These data are used by EIA to 
estimate state, regional, and U.S. crude oil and natural gas 
production.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before November 1, 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, Chad S [email protected]
And to:
U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 
Attn: Jessica Biercevicz, EI-24, Forrestal Building, 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 Jessica Biercevicz, Phone: 202-586-4299, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-0205; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Monthly Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas 
Production Report; (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with 
changes; (4) Purpose: Form EIA-914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease 
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report, collects monthly data on 
natural gas production, crude oil and lease condensate production, and 
crude oil and lease condensate sales by API gravity category in 22 
states/areas (Alabama, Arkansas, California (including State Offshore), 
Colorado, Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Federal Offshore Pacific, 
Kansas, Louisiana (including State Offshore), Michigan, Mississippi 
(including State Offshore), Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas (including State Offshore), Utah, 
Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Other States (defined as all 
remaining states, except Alaska)). The data are published in the 
Monthly Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas Production 
Report on EIA's Web site, and in the EIA publications: Monthly Energy 
Review, Petroleum Supply Annual volume I, Petroleum Supply Annual 
volume II, Petroleum Supply Monthly, Natural Gas Annual, and Natural 
Gas Monthly.

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(4a) Changes to Information Collection

    (1) Change the title from ``Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, 
and Natural Gas Production Report,'' to ``Monthly Crude Oil and Lease 
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report.''
    (2) For Sections 2 and 3, instead of selecting only one pre-
existing comment in the comments box, the box will allow for the 
selection of multiple frequently-used pre-existing comments, as well as 
the ability to write-in producer specific comments.
    (3) EIA will publish separate estimates for Alabama, Federal 
Offshore Pacific, Michigan, Mississippi, and Virginia and will no 
longer include data for these states in the ``Other States'' category. 
To separately publish these five new states/areas, EIA will collect 
crude oil and lease condensate production, crude oil and lease 
condensate sales (run ticket) volumes by API gravity, natural gas gross 
withdrawals, and natural gas lease production volumes. As a result, EIA 
will publish data for a total of 21 states/areas and one category 
designated ``Other States.'' The ``Other States,'' category will 
include the remaining states of Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, 
Oregon, Tennessee, and South Dakota.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 500; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 6,000; (7) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 24,000; (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 during the normal course of business. The cost of burden 
hours to the respondents is estimated to be $1,767,840 (24,000 burden 
hours times $73.66). Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates 
that there are no additional costs for generating, maintaining, and 
providing this information.

    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, P.L. 95-91, codified at 
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 27, 2017.
Tom Leckey,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Energy Statistics, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-21076 Filed 9-28-17; 11:15 am]
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