82_FR_46023 82 FR 45834 - Agency Information Collection Extension, With Changes

82 FR 45834 - Agency Information Collection Extension, With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

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

Page Range45834-45835
FR Document2017-21076

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 Issue 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017) 
[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.

[[Page 45835]]

(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]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

45834 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices proposing an extension of an existing Title of Collection: Annual Protection 2017. If you anticipate that you will be information collection. and Advocacy of Individual Rights submitting comments, but find it DATES: Interested persons are invited to (PAIR) Program Assurances. difficult to do so within the period of submit comments on or before OMB Control Number: 1820–0625. time allowed by this notice, please November 1, 2017. Type of Review: An extension of an advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of ADDRESSES: To access and review all the existing information collection. your intention to make a submission as documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: Private soon as possible. The Desk Officer may collection listed in this notice, please Sector. be telephoned at 202–395–4718. Total Estimated Number of Annual ADDRESSES: Written comments should use http://www.regulations.gov by Responses: 57. be sent to the: searching the Docket ID number ED– Total Estimated Number of Annual 2017–ICCD–0107. Comments submitted DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information Burden Hours: 9. in response to this notice should be Abstract: Section 509 of the and Regulatory Affairs, Office of submitted electronically through the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended Management and Budget, New Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// (act), and its implementing Federal Executive Office Building, Room www.regulations.gov by selecting the Regulations at 34 CFR part 381, require 10102, 735 17th Street NW., Docket ID number or via postal mail, the Protection and Advocacy of Washington, DC 20503, Chad S commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Whiteman@omb.eop.gov Individual Rights (PAIR) grantees to Please note that comments submitted by submit an application to the And to: fax or email and those submitted after Rehabilitation Services Administration U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy the comment period will not be (RSA) Commissioner in order to receive Information Administration, Attn: accepted. Written requests for assistance under Section 509 of the act. Jessica Biercevicz, EI–24, Forrestal information or comments submitted by The act requires that the application Building, 1000 Independence Avenue postal mail or delivery should be contain Assurances to which the grantee SW., Washington, DC 20585, addressed to the Director of the must comply. Section 509(f) of the act jessica.biercevicz@eia.gov Information Collection Clearance specifies the Assurances. There are 57 Division, U.S. Department of Education, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room PAIR grantees. All 57 grantees are Requests for additional information or 216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537. required to be part of the protection and copies of the information collection advocacy system in each State FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For instrument and instructions should be established under the Developmental specific questions related to collection directed to Jessica Biercevicz, Phone: Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights activities, please contact Samuel Pierre, 202–586–4299, Email: Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.). 202–245–6488. jessica.biercevicz@eia.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dated: September 27, 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Department of Education (ED), in Tomakie Washington, information collection request contains: accordance with the Paperwork Acting Director, Information Collection (1) OMB No. 1905–0205; (2) Information Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Collection Request Title: Monthly Crude 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general Officer, Office of Management. Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural public and Federal agencies with an [FR Doc. 2017–21143 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] Gas Production Report; (3) Type of opportunity to comment on proposed, BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Request: Three-year extension with revised, and continuing collections of changes; (4) Purpose: Form EIA–914 information. This helps the Department Monthly Crude Oil and Lease assess the impact of its information DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Condensate, and Natural Gas collection requirements and minimize Production Report, collects monthly the public’s reporting burden. It also Energy Information Administration data on natural gas production, crude helps the public understand the oil and lease condensate production, Department’s information collection Agency Information Collection and crude oil and lease condensate sales requirements and provide the requested Extension, With Changes by API gravity category in 22 states/ data in the desired format. ED is AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information areas (Alabama, Arkansas, California soliciting comments on the proposed Administration (EIA), Department of (including State Offshore), Colorado, information collection request (ICR) that Energy. Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, is described below. The Department of ACTION: Notice and request for OMB Federal Offshore Pacific, Kansas, Education is especially interested in review and comment. Louisiana (including State Offshore), public comment addressing the Michigan, Mississippi (including State following issues: (1) Is this collection SUMMARY: The information collection Offshore), Montana, New Mexico, North necessary to the proper functions of the requests a three-year extension of Form Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Department; (2) will this information be EIA–914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease Texas (including State Offshore), Utah, processed and used in a timely manner; Condensate, and Natural Gas Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Production Report, OMB Control Other States (defined as all remaining (4) how might the Department enhance Number 1905–0205. This survey states, except Alaska)). The data are the quality, utility, and clarity of the collects monthly state level data by well published in the Monthly Crude Oil and information to be collected; and (5) how operator on crude oil and natural gas Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES might the Department minimize the production within the United States. Production Report on EIA’s Web site, burden of this collection on the These data are used by EIA to estimate and in the EIA publications: Monthly respondents, including through the use state, regional, and U.S. crude oil and Energy Review, Petroleum Supply of information technology. Please note natural gas production. Annual volume I, Petroleum Supply that written comments received in DATES: Comments regarding this Annual volume II, Petroleum Supply response to this notice will be proposed information collection must Monthly, Natural Gas Annual, and considered public records. be received on or before November 1, Natural Gas Monthly. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:01 Sep 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices 45835 (4a) Changes to Information Collection DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and annual net revenues of $4.65 million.7 Bonneville asserts that this (1) Change the title from ‘‘Monthly Federal Energy Regulatory level of annual revenues is sufficient to Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, and Commission recover its costs for the 2018–2019 rate Natural Gas Production Report,’’ to approval period, while providing cash [Docket EF17–4–000] ‘‘Monthly Crude Oil and Lease flow to ensure at least a 95 percent Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Before Commissioners: Neil probability of making all payments to Report.’’ Chatterjee, Chairman; Cheryl A. the United States Treasury in full and (2) For Sections 2 and 3, instead of LaFleur, and Robert F. Powelson; on time for each year of the rate period.8 selecting only one pre-existing comment Bonneville Power Administration; II. Notice of Filing in the comments box, the box will allow Order Approving Rates on an Interim for the selection of multiple frequently- Basis and Providing Opportunity for 4. Notice of Bonneville’s July 31, 2017 used pre-existing comments, as well as Additional Comments filing was published in the Federal the ability to write-in producer specific Register, 82 FR 37,445 (2017),9 with 1. In this order, we approve on an protests and interventions due on or comments. interim basis Bonneville Power before August 30, 2017. Timely motions (3) EIA will publish separate Administration’s (Bonneville) proposed to intervene were filed by Pacific estimates for Alabama, Federal Offshore 2018–2019 transmission rates for Northwest Generating Cooperative, Pacific, Michigan, Mississippi, and transmission service on the Southern Powerex Corporation, Sierra Club and Virginia and will no longer include data Intertie (IS Rates),1 pending our further Montana Environmental Information for these states in the ‘‘Other States’’ review.2 We also provide an additional Center, Avista Corporation, Northwest category. To separately publish these period of time for parties to file Requirements Utilities, Industrial five new states/areas, EIA will collect comments. Customers of Northwest Utilities, crude oil and lease condensate I. Background NorthWestern Corporation, Western production, crude oil and lease 2. On July 31, 2017,3 Bonneville filed Public Agencies Group, M–S–R Public condensate sales (run ticket) volumes by a request for interim and final approval Power Agency, Snohomish County API gravity, natural gas gross of its IS Rates (IS–18) in accordance Public Utility District No. 1, Public withdrawals, and natural gas lease with section 7 of the Pacific Northwest Power Council, Puget Sound Energy production volumes. As a result, EIA Electric Power Planning and Inc., Idaho Power Company, and will publish data for a total of 21 states/ Conservation Act (Northwest Power Avangrid Renewables LLC. Renewable areas and one category designated Act) 4 and Part 300 of the Commission’s Northwest filed a timely motion to ‘‘Other States.’’ The ‘‘Other States,’’ regulations.5 Bonneville states that, intervene and comments. Sacramento category will include the remaining although its rate design is not subject to Municipal Utility District, Transmission states of Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Commission review, it provides a Agency of Northern California, and Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, summary of the hourly rate design Turlock Irrigation District (collectively, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, change on the Southern Intertie for Northern California Utilities) filed a Oregon, Tennessee, and South Dakota. informational purposes. Bonneville timely motion to intervene, protest, (5) Annual Estimated Number of objection to the motion for interim rate explains that the change is significant, Respondents: 500; (6) Annual Estimated approval, request for an evidentiary increasing the hourly rates Number of Total Responses: 6,000; (7) approximately 170 percent, but asserts hearing, and alternative request for stay Annual Estimated Number of Burden that the adopted revisions are necessary of implementation of hourly Hours: 24,000; (8) Annual Estimated to address the impact of increased transmission rates. On September 15, Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost renewable generation in California in 2017, Bonneville filed a request for Burden: EIA estimates that there are no combination with seams issues between leave to answer and an answer to capital and start-up costs associated the transmission system connecting the Northern California Utilities’ protest, with this data collection. The Pacific Northwest and California.6 and on September 19, 2017, Northern information is maintained during the 3. Bonneville projects that the filed California Utilities filed an answer to normal course of business. The cost of rates will produce average annual Bonneville’s answer. On September 22, burden hours to the respondents is transmission revenues of $1.044 billion 2017, Bonneville filed an answer to estimated to be $1,767,840 (24,000 Northern California Utilities’ September burden hours times $73.66). Other than 1 The Southern Intertie is a system of 19 answer. the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates transmission lines and substations that transmit 5. Northern California Utilities that there are no additional costs for power between the Pacific Northwest and California, and is primarily used to export power generally object to Bonneville’s generating, maintaining, and providing from the Pacific Northwest and Canada to proposed rate increase for southbound this information. California. Bonneville Administrator’s Final Record hourly transmission service on the Statutory authority: Section 13(b) of the of Decision 5.2.2. 2 Today, we also approve on an interim basis 7 These values are the totals of all of Bonneville’s Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Bonneville’s other transmission rates filed in transmission revenues, inclusive of the Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) Docket No. EF17–3–000. See Bonneville Power transmission rates at issue in Docket No. EF17–3– and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, P.L. Admin., 160 FERC ¶61,112 (2017). 000. See Bonneville August 7, 2017 Transmittal 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 3 Bonneville submitted errata filings on August 7, Letter at 2; Bonneville Power Admin., 160 FERC Issued in Washington, DC, on September 2017, and August 10, 2017 to correct various ¶61,112 (2017) (approving on an interim basis those sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES attachments to the July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter transmission rates not associated with the Southern 27, 2017. and to add inadvertently omitted documents to the Intertie). Tom Leckey, record. 8 Bonneville July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter at 4, 4 16 U.S.C. 839e (2012). Assistant Administrator, Office of Energy 7. 5 18 CFR pt. 300 (2017). 9 Notices of Bonneville’s errata filings were Statistics, U.S. Energy Information 6 Bonneville July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter at 2. published in the Federal Register, 82 FR 41,014 Administration. See also Bonneville Administrator’s Final Record of (2017) and 82 FR 40,151 (2017). The notices of the [FR Doc. 2017–21076 Filed 9–28–17; 11:15 am] Decision § 5.2.2 (explaining the justification for the errata filings retained the August 30, 2017 date by BILLING CODE 6450–01–P rate increase in greater detail). which protests or interventions were due. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:01 Sep 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1


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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for OMB review and comment.
DatesComments 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.
ContactRequests 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]
FR Citation82 FR 45834 
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