83_FR_29900 83 FR 29777 - Agency Information Collection Extension

83 FR 29777 - Agency Information Collection Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 123 (June 26, 2018)

Page Range29777-29778
FR Document2018-13678

EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes to Form EIA- 63C, Densified Biomass Fuel Report under OMB Control Number 1905-0209. Form EIA-63C collects data on wood pellet fuel and other densified biomass fuel production, sales, and inventory levels from U.S. manufacturing facilities of densified biomass fuel products for the purpose of estimating densified biomass fuel consumption in the United States, as well as production, sales, and inventory at state, regional, and national levels.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29777-29778]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13678]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information collection request for extension 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension with changes to Form EIA-
63C, Densified Biomass Fuel Report under OMB Control Number 1905-0209. 
Form EIA-63C collects data on wood pellet fuel and other densified 
biomass fuel production, sales, and inventory levels from U.S. 
manufacturing facilities of densified biomass fuel products for the 
purpose of estimating densified biomass fuel consumption in the United 
States, as well as production, sales, and inventory at state, regional, 
and national levels.

DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than July 26, 2018. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
DOE Desk Officer at 202-395-0710.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:
DOE Desk Officer: Brandon Debruhl, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, Email: 
[email protected].
and to:
Connor Murphy, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information 
Administration, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, Email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions, 
should be directed to Connor Murphy at 202-287-5982, or by email 
[email protected]. You can view Form EIA-63C Densified Biomass Fuel 
Report online at https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63c.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0209;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Densified Biomass Fuel 
Report;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: Form EIA-63C Densified Biomass Fuel Report is part of 
EIA's comprehensive energy data program. The survey collects 
information on the manufacture, shipment, exports, energy 
characteristics, and sales of pellet fuels and other densified biomass 
fuel products data from facilities that manufacture densified biomass 
fuel products, primarily pellet fuels, for energy applications. The 
data collected are a primary source of information for the nation's 
growing production of biomass products for heating and electric power 
generation, for use in both domestic and foreign markets.
    (4a) Changes to Information Collection: Respondents will no longer 
have to answer the following six questions:

 Part 2 Question 2.2 ``What is the operational month''
 Part 2 Question 2.4 ``What is the total installed horsepower 
of the pellet extrusion machinery at this facility''
 Part 2. Question 2.6 ``What is the planned maximum annual 
production capacity at this facility''
 Part 2. Question 2.7 ``What is the planned total installed 
horsepower of the pellet extrusion machinery at this facility''
 Part 3. Question 3.2 ``In the reporting period, did the mill 
utilize any portion of the above feedstock for uses other than 
transformation into densified biomass products, such as to operate the 
mill, produce electricity (combined heat and power) or other beneficial 
use of energy produced (such as heating/cooling)''
 Part 4. Question 4.2 ``Export Port.''

    EIA also removed the requirement to report quantity, 
characteristics, inventory, and revenue data on compressed fuel logs, 
bricks and briquettes from on questions 3.3, 3.4 and 4.1.
    Finally, the due date for annual respondents (small biomass fuel 
manufacturers having a capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year or 
planned facilities) to report is changed from February 1 to June 1 to 
coincide with the industry's off-season and ease their reporting burden 
during the heating season which is their busiest time of the year. 
Respondents that need to file annually will only need to report limited 
data in Parts 1 and 2 of the form;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 108;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,065;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,467;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The 
cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $111,026 (1,467 burden 
hours times $75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that there are no 
additional costs to respondents associated with the survey 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.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2018.
Nanda Srinivasan
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration U.S. 
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-13678 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 29777 ADDRESSES: Written comments should Control Number 1905–0209. Form EIA– (4a) Changes to Information be sent to the OMB Desk Officer, Office 63C collects data on wood pellet fuel Collection: Respondents will no longer of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and other densified biomass fuel have to answer the following six Office of Management and Budget, New production, sales, and inventory levels questions: Executive Office Building, 735 17th from U.S. manufacturing facilities of • Part 2 Question 2.2 ‘‘What is the Street NW, Room 10102, Washington, densified biomass fuel products for the operational month’’ DC 20503 and to Alesia Gant, U.S. purpose of estimating densified biomass Department of Energy, 1000 fuel consumption in the United States, • Part 2 Question 2.4 ‘‘What is the total Independence Avenue SW, Washington, as well as production, sales, and installed horsepower of the pellet DC 20585–1615, or by email at inventory at state, regional, and national extrusion machinery at this facility’’ alesia.gant@hq.doe.gov; Ms. Gant may levels. • Part 2. Question 2.6 ‘‘What is the also be contacted at (202) 287–1476. DATES: EIA must receive all comments planned maximum annual production FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: on this proposed information collection capacity at this facility’’ Requests for additional information or no later than July 26, 2018. If you • Part 2. Question 2.7 ‘‘What is the copies of the information collection anticipate any difficulties in submitting planned total installed horsepower of instrument and instructions should be your comments by the deadline, contact the pellet extrusion machinery at this directed to Alesia Gant at the address the DOE Desk Officer at 202–395–0710. facility’’ listed above. ADDRESSES: Written comments should • Part 3. Question 3.2 ‘‘In the reporting SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This be sent to: period, did the mill utilize any information collection request contains: DOE Desk Officer: Brandon Debruhl, portion of the above feedstock for uses (1) OMB No. 1910–0600; Office of Information and Regulatory other than transformation into (2) Information Collection Request Affairs, Office of Management and densified biomass products, such as Title: Industrial Relations; Budget, New Executive Office to operate the mill, produce electricity (3) Type of Request: Renewal; (combined heat and power) or other (4) Purpose: This information is Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, beneficial use of energy produced required for management oversight of (such as heating/cooling)’’ the Department of Energy’s Facilities Email: Brandon_F_DeBruhl@ Management Contractors and to ensure omb.eop.gov. • Part 4. Question 4.2 ‘‘Export Port.’’ that the programmatic and and to: EIA also removed the requirement to administrative management report quantity, characteristics, Connor Murphy, U.S. Department of requirements of the contracts are inventory, and revenue data on Energy, U.S. Energy Information managed efficiently and effectively; compressed fuel logs, bricks and (5) Annual Estimated Number of Administration, 1000 Independence briquettes from on questions 3.3, 3.4 Respondents: 42; Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, and 4.1. (6) Annual Estimated Number of Email: DensifiedBiomass2018@ eia.gov. Finally, the due date for annual Total Responses: 316; respondents (small biomass fuel (7) Annual Estimated Number of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: manufacturers having a capacity of less Burden Hours: 4,093; Requests for additional information or than 10,000 tons per year or planned (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and copies of the information collection facilities) to report is changed from Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. instrument and instructions, should be February 1 to June 1 to coincide with Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7256; 48 CFR directed to Connor Murphy at 202–287– the industry’s off-season and ease their 970.0370–1. 5982, or by email Connor.Murphy@ reporting burden during the heating Issued in Washington, DC on June 18, eia.gov. You can view Form EIA–63C season which is their busiest time of the 2018. Densified Biomass Fuel Report online at year. Respondents that need to file John R. Bashista, https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63c. annually will only need to report Director, Office of Acquisition Management. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This limited data in Parts 1 and 2 of the form; [FR Doc. 2018–13677 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] information collection request contains: (5) Annual Estimated Number of BILLING CODE 6450–01–P (1) OMB No. 1905–0209; Respondents: 108; (2) Information Collection Request (6) Annual Estimated Number of Title: Densified Biomass Fuel Report; Total Responses: 1,065; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Energy Information Administration (4) Purpose: Form EIA–63C Densified Burden Hours: 1,467; Biomass Fuel Report is part of EIA’s (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Agency Information Collection comprehensive energy data program. Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of Extension The survey collects information on the the burden hours is estimated to be AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information manufacture, shipment, exports, energy $111,026 (1,467 burden hours times Administration (EIA), U.S. Department characteristics, and sales of pellet fuels $75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that of Energy (DOE). and other densified biomass fuel there are no additional costs to products data from facilities that respondents associated with the survey ACTION: Notice. manufacture densified biomass fuel other than the costs associated with the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information products, primarily pellet fuels, for burden hours. collection request for extension as energy applications. The data collected Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of required by the Paperwork Reduction are a primary source of information for the Federal Energy Administration Act Act of 1995. The information collection the nation’s growing production of of 1974, Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 requests a three-year extension with biomass products for heating and U.S.C. 772(b) and the DOE Organization changes to Form EIA–63C, Densified electric power generation, for use in Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95–91, codified at Biomass Fuel Report under OMB both domestic and foreign markets. 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Jun 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1

29778 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices Issued in Washington, DC, on June 15, time on the specified comment date. receive email notification when a 2018. Protests may be considered, but document is added to a subscribed Nanda Srinivasan intervention is necessary to become a docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Director, Office of Survey Development and party to the proceeding. Online service, please email Statistical Integration U.S. Energy eFiling is encouraged. More detailed FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Information Administration. information relating to filing (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call [FR Doc. 2018–13678 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] requirements, interventions, protests, (202) 502–8659. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P service, and qualifying facilities filings Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ Time on July 6, 2018. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Dated: June 19, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY other information, call (866) 208–3676 Kimberly D. Bose, (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Federal Energy Regulatory Secretary. Commission Dated: June 20, 2018. [FR Doc. 2018–13595 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Combined Notice of Filings #1 Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–13662 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] Take notice that the Commission BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY received the following electric rate filings: Federal Energy Regulatory Docket Numbers: ER18–1274–001. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission Applicants: Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., PJM [Project No. 14878–000] Federal Energy Regulatory Interconnection, L.L.C. Commission FreedomWorks, LLC; Notice of Description: Compliance filing: DEOK [Docket No. EL18–172–000] Preliminary Permit Application submits compliance filing re: Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Commission’s 6/1/2018 order to be American Municipal Power, Inc.; Notice Comments, Motions To Intervene, and effective 1/1/2012. of Filing Competing Applications Filed Date: 6/20/18. Accession Number: 20180620–5090. Take notice that on June 15, 2018, On June 1, 2018, FreedomWorks, LLC, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/11/18. American Municipal Power, Inc. filed an application for a preliminary Docket Numbers: ER18–1808–000. submitted an application for approval of permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Applicants: Midcontinent revenue requirement for reactive power Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to Independent System Operator, Inc. service in MISO. study the feasibility of the Mt. Storm Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Any person desiring to intervene or to Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be 2018–06–20 Termination of SA 2998 protest this filing must file in located near Bismarck in Grant County, Exelon-MISO ENRIS Agreement (J371) accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of West Virginia. The sole purpose of a to be effective 7/31/2018. the Commission’s Rules of Practice and preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant Filed Date: 6/20/18. Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). the permit holder priority to file a Accession Number: 20180620–5021. Protests will be considered by the license application during the permit Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/11/18. Commission in determining the term. A preliminary permit does not Docket Numbers: ER18–1809–000. appropriate action to be taken, but will authorize the permit holder to perform Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. not serve to make protestants parties to any land-disturbing activities or Description: Request of Entergy the proceeding. Any person wishing to otherwise enter upon lands or waters Arkansas, Inc. for Temporary and become a party must file a notice of owned by others without the owners’ Limited Waiver of Rate Schedule. intervention or motion to intervene, as express permission. Filed Date: 6/19/18. appropriate. Such notices, motions, or The proposed project would consist of Accession Number: 20180619–5132. protests must be filed on or before the the following: (1) An existing Mt. Storm Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/18. comment date. On or before the Lake as an upper reservoir with a Docket Numbers: ER18–1810–000. comment date, it is not necessary to surface area of 1,200 acres and a storage Applicants: Midcontinent serve motions to intervene or protests capacity of 44,000 acre-feet at a surface Independent System Operator, Inc. on persons other than the Applicant. elevation of approximately 3,200 feet Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: The Commission encourages above mean sea level (msl); (2) as many 2018–06–20_Termination of SA 3050 SC electronic submission of protests and as two new lower reservoirs with a Interconnection-ITCM GIA (J298) to be interventions in lieu of paper using the combined surface area of 690 acres and effective 6/21/2018. ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. a combined storage capacity of 12,000 Filed Date: 6/20/18. Persons unable to file electronically acre-feet at a surface elevation of 2,350 Accession Number: 20180620–5037. should submit an original and 5 copies to 2,425 feet msl created through Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/11/18. of the protest or intervention to the construction of new semi-circular dams The filings are accessible in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and/or dikes; (3) as many as eight new Commission’s eLibrary system by 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 10,000-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter 20426. penstocks connecting the upper sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES clicking on the links or querying the docket number. This filing is accessible on-line at reservoir and lower reservoir; (4) two Any person desiring to intervene or http://www.ferc.gov, using the new 300-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25- protest in any of the above proceedings ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for foot-high powerhouses containing four must file in accordance with Rules 211 review in the Commission’s Public turbine-generator units with a total rated and 214 of the Commission’s Reference Room in Washington, DC. capacity of 1,000 megawatts; (5) a new Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the transmission line connecting the 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern website that enables subscribers to powerhouse to a nearby electric grid VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Jun 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesEIA must receive all comments on this proposed information collection no later than July 26, 2018. If you anticipate any difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the DOE Desk Officer at 202-395-0710.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions, should be directed to Connor Murphy at 202-287-5982, or by email [email protected] You can view Form EIA-63C Densified Biomass Fuel Report online at https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63c.
FR Citation83 FR 29777 
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