83 FR 36581 - Agency Information Collection Extension
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)
Energy Information Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)
| Page Range | 36581-36582 | |
| FR Document | 2018-16250 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 36581-36582] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16250] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Information Administration Agency Information Collection Extension AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes to Form EIA- 846, ``Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey'' (MECS), OMB Control Number 1905-0169. Form EIA-846 collects data from the U.S. manufacturing sector on energy consumption, expenditures, shipments of energy offsite, end use consumption, building characteristics, participation in energy management programs, technologies, and fuel switching capacity. DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 29, 2018. 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 [[Page 36582]] soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-4718. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the 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 Tom Lorenz, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Forrestal Building, EI-22, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at (202) 586-9753, or by email at [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Tom Lorenz at the contact information given above or by email at [email protected]. Form EIA-846 and its instructions are available on the internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/form/eia_846/proposed/2018/form.pdf. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-0169; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey; (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes; (4) Purpose: Form EIA-846 is a self-administered sample survey designed to collect energy consumption and expenditures data from establishments in the manufacturing sector; i.e., North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 31-33. The previous MECS required respondents to complete multiple collection forms depending on an establishment's primary business activity classification under NAICS. The increased use of technology by means of an internet data collection system has allowed the MECS to eliminate the need to have multiple forms; (4a) Changes to Information Collection:Questions about Tire-Derived Fuel: EIA will collect data about tire-derived fuel (TDF) in the Waste Oils and Tars, and Waste Byproduct Gases section of the questionnaire starting on page 35 of Form EIA-846A. The new questions will be inserted after questions 138- 139, specifically from those industries, Paper (NAICS 322) and Nonmetallic Mineral Products (NAICS 327) that use TDF as an energy source. EIA currently asks respondents to report TDF on the MECS in a section titled, ``Other.'' The change to report TDF as a separate category will reduce respondent uncertainty regarding where to report this information. The questions on TDF are the same questions that have previously been asked about this energy source: Purchases; expenditures; transfers-in; amount produced on-site; whether it's a product/byproduct of another energy source consumed on-site; and fuel consumption. Over the past three MECS cycles, TDF has become a growing energy source within the ``Other'' section and accounts for over half of the energy consumed that is reported in that section. Previous data collection cycles may have undercounted the use of TDF because some establishments did not know where to report their TDF volumes. By directly asking for these data as a separate data element, EIA will improve the coverage and accuracy of the use of this energy source. Question 16 about electric generation with less than one- megawatt nameplate capacity was added. EIA will collect data about small-scale (less than one megawatt) distributed electricity generation occurring at U.S. manufacturing establishments. EIA will add a Yes/No question about distributed generation to the electricity section of the MECS to monitor manufacturing establishments that use non-renewable distributed generation. Distributed generation is a subset of ``distributed energy resources'' which are modular, moderately sized generation sources that are used to produce electricity, or combined heat and power (CHP), near the site of end use. EIA expects that generation from non-renewable, small-scale distributed generation (e.g., micro turbines, fuel cells, natural gas generator sets, and diesel generator sets below one megawatt) will increase in the future. This increase in non-renewable, small-scale distributed generation is expected to continue because of a variety of factors, including increased demand for reliable and resilient power, deployment mandates (e.g., renewable portfolio standards), improved technology and decreased cost of distributed generation, low natural gas prices, and high retail electricity rates. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 3,750; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 34,565; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $2,616,225 (34,565 burden hours times $75.69 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 17, 2018. Nanda Srinivasan, Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2018-16250 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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you informally, also. Diane Auer Jones,
5. Performance Measures: The
If your application is not evaluated or Department will use the following Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Delegated
not selected for funding, we will notify to Perform the Duties of Under Secretary and
performance measures in assessing the Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary
you. successful performance of the Open
2. Administrative and National Policy Education.
Textbooks Pilot program grants:
Requirements: We identify a. The number of students who
[FR Doc. 2018–16264 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]
administrative and national policy enrolled in courses that use open BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
requirements in the application package textbooks developed through the grant;
and reference these and other b. The number of students who
requirements in the Applicable completed courses which used the open DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Regulations section of this notice. textbooks developed through the grant;
We reference the regulations outlining c. Student and faculty evaluations of Energy Information Administration
the terms and conditions of an award in the quality of the open textbooks
the Applicable Regulations section of compared with other kinds of textbooks Agency Information Collection
this notice and include these and other they have used, the ease of use of these Extension
specific conditions in the GAN. The materials and the cost savings
GAN also incorporates your approved AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information
associated with the use of open Administration (EIA), Department of
application as part of your binding textbooks;
commitments under the grant. Energy (DOE).
d. The average cost savings per
3. Open Licensing Requirements: student; ACTION: Notice.
Unless an exception applies, if you are e. The total cost savings for students
awarded a grant under this competition, SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an
who used open textbooks compared to
you will be required to openly license information collection request as
students in the same course of study
to the public grant deliverables created required by the Paperwork Reduction
who used traditional textbooks;
in whole, or in part, with Department Act of 1995. The information collection
f. The number and percentage of
grant funds. When the deliverable requests a three-year extension with
courses among consortium members
consists of modifications to pre-existing changes to Form EIA–846,
that adopted the use of open textbooks,
works, the license extends only to those ‘‘Manufacturing Energy Consumption
where appropriate, as opposed to those
modifications that can be separately Survey’’ (MECS), OMB Control Number
that continued to use paper or electronic
identified and only to the extent that 1905–0169. Form EIA–846 collects data
textbooks; and
open licensing is permitted under the g. The number of institutions outside from the U.S. manufacturing sector on
terms of any licenses or other legal of the consortium that adopted the use energy consumption, expenditures,
restrictions on the use of pre-existing of the open textbooks produced through shipments of energy offsite, end use
works. Additionally, a grantee or the grant. consumption, building characteristics,
subgrantee that is awarded competitive participation in energy management
grant funds must have a plan to VII. Other Information programs, technologies, and fuel
disseminate these public grant Accessible Format: Individuals with switching capacity.
deliverables. This dissemination plan disabilities can obtain this document DATES: Comments regarding this
can be developed and submitted after and a copy of the application package in proposed information collection must
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your application has been reviewed and an accessible format (e.g., braille, large be received on or before August 29,
selected for funding. For additional print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 2018. If you anticipate that you will be
information on the open licensing request to the program contact person submitting comments, but find it
requirements please refer to 2 CFR listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION difficult to do so within the period of
3474.20. CONTACT. time allowed by this notice, please
4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a Electronic Access to This Document: advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
grant under this competition, you must The official version of this document is your intention to make a submission as
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soon as possible. The Desk Officer may regarding where to report this Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. information. The questions on TDF are Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
the same questions that have previously Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
been asked about this energy source: and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
be sent to the DOE Desk Officer: L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Brandon Debruhl, Office of Information Purchases; expenditures; transfers-in;
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of amount produced on-site; whether it’s a Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17,
product/byproduct of another energy 2018.
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102, source consumed on-site; and fuel Nanda Srinivasan,
735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC consumption. Over the past three MECS Director, Office of Survey Development and
20503. Email: Brandon_F_DeBruhl@ cycles, TDF has become a growing Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
energy source within the ‘‘Other’’ Information Administration.
omb.eop.gov; and to Tom Lorenz, Office
of Energy Consumption and Efficiency section and accounts for over half of the [FR Doc. 2018–16250 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]
Statistics, Forrestal Building, EI–22, energy consumed that is reported in that BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 section. Previous data collection cycles
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, may have undercounted the use of TDF
DC 20585 or by fax at (202) 586–9753, because some establishments did not DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
or by email at Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov. know where to report their TDF
volumes. By directly asking for these Federal Energy Regulatory
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commission
data as a separate data element, EIA will
Requests for additional information or
improve the coverage and accuracy of [Docket No. EL18–186–000]
copies of the information collection
the use of this energy source.
instrument and instructions should be • Question 16 about electric PATH Allegheny Transmission
directed to Tom Lorenz at the contact generation with less than one-megawatt Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for
information given above or by email at nameplate capacity was added. EIA will Declaratory Order
Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov. Form EIA–846 collect data about small-scale (less than
and its instructions are available on the one megawatt) distributed electricity Take notice that on July 23, 2018,
internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/ generation occurring at U.S. pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
form/eia_846/proposed/2018/form.pdf. manufacturing establishments. EIA will Energy Regulatory Commission’s
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This add a Yes/No question about distributed (Commission) Rules of Practice and
information collection request contains: generation to the electricity section of Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017),
(1) OMB No. 1905–0169; the MECS to monitor manufacturing PATH Allegheny Transmission
(2) Information Collection Request establishments that use non-renewable Company, LLC and its subsidiaries,
Title: Manufacturing Energy distributed generation. Distributed PATH Allegheny Virginia Transmission
Consumption Survey; generation is a subset of ‘‘distributed Corporation (PATH–VA) and PATH
(3) Type of Request: Three-year energy resources’’ which are modular, Allegheny Maryland Transmission
extension with changes; moderately sized generation sources Corporation (PATH–MD), (together,
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–846 is a self- that are used to produce electricity, or PATH AYE) filed a petition requesting
administered sample survey designed to combined heat and power (CHP), near the Commission issue a declaratory
collect energy consumption and the site of end use. EIA expects that order determining that PATH AYE’s
expenditures data from establishments generation from non-renewable, small- distribution of paid-in capital to its
in the manufacturing sector; i.e., North scale distributed generation (e.g., micro ultimate parent company—FirstEnergy
American Industry Classification turbines, fuel cells, natural gas generator Corp., will not violate section 305(a) of
System (NAICS) codes 31–33. The sets, and diesel generator sets below one the Federal Power Act,1 as more fully
previous MECS required respondents to megawatt) will increase in the future. explained in the petition.
complete multiple collection forms This increase in non-renewable, small- Any person desiring to intervene or to
depending on an establishment’s scale distributed generation is expected protest this filing must file in
primary business activity classification to continue because of a variety of accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
under NAICS. The increased use of factors, including increased demand for the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
technology by means of an internet data reliable and resilient power, Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
collection system has allowed the MECS deployment mandates (e.g., renewable Protests will be considered by the
to eliminate the need to have multiple portfolio standards), improved Commission in determining the
forms; technology and decreased cost of appropriate action to be taken, but will
(4a) Changes to Information distributed generation, low natural gas not serve to make protestants parties to
Collection: prices, and high retail electricity rates. the proceeding. Any person wishing to
• Questions about Tire-Derived Fuel: (5) Annual Estimated Number of become a party must file a notice of
EIA will collect data about tire-derived Respondents: 15,000; intervention or motion to intervene, as
fuel (TDF) in the Waste Oils and Tars, (6) Annual Estimated Number of appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
and Waste Byproduct Gases section of Total Responses: 3,750; protests must be filed on or before the
the questionnaire starting on page 35 of (7) Annual Estimated Number of comment date. Anyone filing a motion
Form EIA–846A. The new questions Burden Hours: 34,565; to intervene or protest must serve a copy
will be inserted after questions 138–139, (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and of that document on the Petitioner.
specifically from those industries, Paper Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of The Commission encourages
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(NAICS 322) and Nonmetallic Mineral the burden hours is estimated to be electronic submission of protests and
Products (NAICS 327) that use TDF as $2,616,225 (34,565 burden hours times interventions in lieu of paper using the
an energy source. EIA currently asks $75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
respondents to report TDF on the MECS there are no additional costs to Persons unable to file electronically
in a section titled, ‘‘Other.’’ The change respondents associated with the surveys should submit an original and 5 copies
to report TDF as a separate category will other than the costs associated with the
reduce respondent uncertainty burden hours. 1 16 U.S.C. 825d(a) (2012).
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| Dates | Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 29, 2018. 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 Tom Lorenz at the contact information given above or by email at [email protected] Form EIA-846 and its instructions are available on the internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/form/eia_846/ proposed/2018/form.pdf. | |
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