83_FR_39893 83 FR 39738 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

83 FR 39738 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)

Page Range39738-39739
FR Document2018-17183

EIA requests a three-year extension, with changes, to the Oil and Gas Reserves System Survey Program as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This survey system includes: Form EIA-64A, Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production; Form EIA-23L, Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, County Level Report; and Form EIA-23S, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, Summary Level Report.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39738-39739]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17183]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Proposed Agency Information Collection

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year extension, with changes, to the Oil 
and Gas Reserves System Survey Program as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This survey system includes: Form EIA-64A, 
Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production; Form 
EIA-23L, Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, County Level 
Report; and Form EIA-23S, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas 
Reserves, Summary Level Report.

DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than October 9, 2018. If you anticipate 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
person listed in the below ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as 
possible.

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ADDRESSES: Send your comments to Steven Grape, U.S. Energy Information 
Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, EI-24 Washington, DC 
20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Steven Grape, telephone 202-586-1868, fax at (202) 586-
4420, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0057;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Oil and Gas Reserves 
System;
    (3) Type of Request: Renewal with changes;
    (4) Purpose: Information reported on Form EIA-23L is used to 
provide national and regional estimates on the proved reserves of crude 
oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Data collected on this form 
include proved reserves and production for crude oil, lease condensate, 
and natural gas by state and federal offshore regions. Information 
reported on Form EIA-64A is used to generate EIA's state-level and 
federal offshore estimates of dry natural gas reserves and production 
(natural gas that remains after natural gas liquids are extracted). EIA 
releases annual reserves and production estimates through its website. 
These data are also used in EIA reports concerning U.S. crude oil, 
natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves, and are incorporated in 
a number of other reports and analyses such as EIA's Annual Energy 
Review, Annual Energy Outlook, Petroleum Supply Annual, and Natural Gas 
Annual.
    Congress and other federal agencies rely on the objective analysis, 
quality, reliability, and usefulness of EIA's crude oil and natural gas 
reserves estimates. These federal agencies include: The U.S. Department 
of Energy; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior; 
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission. Each federal agency uses EIA's 
estimates on proved reserves for their official use to meet their data 
needs. EIA's published estimates on proved reserves of domestic crude 
oil and natural gas are essential to the development, implementation, 
and evaluation of energy policy and legislation. There are no proposed 
changes to Forms EIA-23L and EIA-23S.
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: EIA proposes to 
collect the following additional information on Form EIA-64A, Annual 
Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production:
     Section 2. Add Item 2.1 to collect the total outlet volume 
of residue natural gas produced and add Item 2.3 to collect the volume 
of residue natural gas sent to a pipeline. Add Item 2.4: The amount of 
electricity consumed annually at the natural gas plant. The number of 
natural gas processing plants that are 100% electrically-powered is 
increasing. Federal air quality restrictions imposed on sources of 
combustion emissions is one reason for the increasing trend in using 
electricity as a power source rather than relying on natural gas as a 
fuel for processing and other plant operations.
     Section 3.0, Add Item 3.1C: The annual total of natural 
gas liquids (NGL) reported separately by components or products 
produced at the natural gas processing plant by Area of Origin in 
Section 3 of Form EIA-64A. Currently, only the total plant NGL volume 
shown on Line 4.8 is reported by Area of Origin.
     Delete the data element Gas Shrinkage Resulting from 
Natural Gas Liquids Extracted currently shown as Item 5.0 on Form EIA-
64A. Respondents currently report their estimate of the volumes of gas 
shrinkage in millions of cubic feet (MMCF) caused from the removal of 
natural gas liquids from the natural gas received at the plant. 
Respondents will no longer need to report this information. The 
shrinkage volumes for a respondent will be calculated by EIA using the 
component data reported in Section 3.
     The burden per response for Form EIA-64A changed from 6 
hours to 4 hours. Cognitive research showed that the weighted average 
time estimate to gather and report information on the proposed modified 
new Form EIA-64A was less than 3 hours. The majority of the information 
reported on this form is information that companies customarily track 
in the normal course of their business activities. Some companies may 
take longer than 3 hours to complete Form EIA-64A so EIA extended the 
burden per response estimate to 4 hours to account for some companies 
that may require additional time.
    The mode of reporting information will also change. Operators will 
be required to log in to the EIA Data xChange Portal to report their 
information and submit Form EIA-64A. By identifying and selecting each 
plant within the portal, respondent information will be populated 
automatically in order to reduce reporting burden.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,644;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,644;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 29,252;
    (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 in the normal 
course of business. The cost of burden hours is estimated to be 
$2,214,084 (29,252 burden hours times $75.69 per hour). Therefore, 
other than the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there are no 
additional costs for generating, maintaining and providing the 
information.
    Comments are invited on these proposed changes and: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Statutory Authority:  15 U.S.C. 772(b), 15 U.S.C. 790(a), and 
the DOE Organization Act of 1977, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 6, 2018.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-17183 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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39738 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 155 / Friday, August 10, 2018 / Notices pursuant to section 3(c) of the NGA, 15 requires DOE to give appropriate achieve a complete understanding of the U.S.C. 717b(c). consideration to the environmental facts and issues. If an additional In reviewing this Application, DOE effects of its proposed decisions. No procedure is scheduled, notice will be will consider any issues required by law final decision will be issued in this provided to all parties. If no party or policy. DOE will consider domestic proceeding until DOE has met its requests additional procedures, a final need for the natural gas, as well as any environmental responsibilities. Opinion and Order may be issued based other issues determined to be on the official record, including the Public Comment Procedures appropriate, including whether the Application and responses filed by arrangement is consistent with DOE’s In response to this Notice, any person parties pursuant to this notice, in policy of promoting competition in the may file a protest, comments, or a accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. marketplace by allowing commercial motion to intervene or notice of The Application is available for parties to freely negotiate their own intervention, as applicable. Interested inspection and copying in the Office of trade arrangements. As part of this parties will be provided 60 days from Regulation and International analysis, DOE will consider one or more the date of publication of this Notice in Engagement docket room, Room 3E– of the following studies examining the which to submit comments, protests, 042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, cumulative impacts of exporting motions to intervene, or notices of Washington, DC 20585. The docket domestically produced LNG: intervention. room is open between the hours of 8:00 • Effect of Increased Levels of Any person wishing to become a party a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Liquefied Natural Gas on U.S. Energy to the proceeding must file a motion to Friday, except Federal holidays. The Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy intervene or notice of intervention. The Application and any filed protests, Information Administration upon DOE’s filing of comments or a protest with motions to intervene or notice of request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study); 1 respect to the Application will not serve interventions, and comments will also • The Macroeconomic Impact of to make the commenter or protestant a be available electronically by going to Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted party to the proceeding, although the following DOE/FE web address: jointly by the Center for Energy Studies protests and comments received from http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ at Rice University’s Baker Institute for persons who are not parties will be gasregulation/index.html. Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on considered in determining the appropriate action to be taken on the Signed in Washington, DC, on August 6, behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export 2018. Study); 2 and Application. All protests, comments, motions to intervene, or notices of Shawn Bennett, • Macroeconomic Outcomes of Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG intervention must meet the requirements specified by the Natural Gas. Exports, conducted by NERA Economic [FR Doc. 2018–17182 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG regulations in 10 CFR part 590. Filings may be submitted using one of BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Export Study).3 the following methods: (1) Emailing the Additionally, DOE will consider the filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE following environmental documents: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY • Addendum to Environmental Docket No. 18–70–LNG in the title line; Review Documents Concerning Exports (2) mailing an original and three paper copies of the filing to the Office of Energy Information Administration of Natural Gas From the United States, Regulation and International 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 4 and Proposed Agency Information • Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Engagement at the address listed in Collection ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States, 79 original and three paper copies of the AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).5 filing to the Office of Regulation and Administration (EIA), Department of Parties that may oppose this International Engagement at the address Energy (DOE). Application should address these issues listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must ACTION: Notice and request for and documents in their comments and/ include a reference to FE Docket No. comments. or protests, as well as other issues 18–70–LNG. Please note: If submitting a filing via email, please include all SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year deemed relevant to the Application. extension, with changes, to the Oil and The National Environmental Policy related documents and attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the original email Gas Reserves System Survey Program as Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., required by the Paperwork Reduction correspondence. Please do not include 1 The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on any active hyperlinks or password Act of 1995. This survey system Oct. 29, 2014, is available at: https://www.eia.gov/ protection in any of the documents or includes: Form EIA–64A, Annual analysis/requests/fe/. attachments related to the filing. All Report of the Origin of Natural Gas 2 The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29, electronic filings submitted to DOE Liquids Production; Form EIA–23L, 2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/ Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_ must follow these guidelines to ensure exports_0.pdf. that all documents are filed in a timely Reserves, County Level Report; and 3 The 2018 LNG Export Study, dated June 7, 2018, manner. Any hardcopy filing submitted Form EIA–23S, Annual Survey of is available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ greater in length than 50 pages must Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, files/2018/06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG also include, at the time of the filing, a Summary Level Report. %20Export%20Study%202018.pdf. DOE is digital copy on disk of the entire DATES: EIA must receive all comments daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES currently evaluating public comments received on this Study (83 FR 27314). submission. on this proposed information collection 4 The Addendum and related documents are A decisional record on the no later than October 9, 2018. If you available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ Application will be developed through anticipate difficulties in submitting your files/2014/08/f18/Addendum.pdf. responses to this notice by parties, comments by the deadline, contact the 5 The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is available at: http://energy.gov/fe/life-cycle- including the parties’ written comments person listed in the below ADDRESSES greenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefied- and replies thereto. Additional section of this notice as soon as natural-gas-united-states. procedures will be used as necessary to possible. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 155 / Friday, August 10, 2018 / Notices 39739 ADDRESSES: Send your comments to Origin of Natural Gas Liquids (5) Annual Estimated Number of Steven Grape, U.S. Energy Information Production: Respondents: 1,644; Administration, 1000 Independence • Section 2. Add Item 2.1 to collect (6) Annual Estimated Number of Avenue SW, EI–24 Washington, DC the total outlet volume of residue Total Responses: 1,644; 20585. natural gas produced and add Item 2.3 (7) Annual Estimated Number of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to collect the volume of residue natural Burden Hours: 29,252; Requests for additional information or gas sent to a pipeline. Add Item 2.4: The (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and copies of the information collection amount of electricity consumed Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA instrument and instructions should be annually at the natural gas plant. The estimates that there are no capital and directed to Steven Grape, telephone number of natural gas processing plants start-up costs associated with this data 202–586–1868, fax at (202) 586–4420, or that are 100% electrically-powered is collection. The information is by email at steven.grape@eia.gov. increasing. Federal air quality maintained in the normal course of restrictions imposed on sources of business. The cost of burden hours is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This combustion emissions is one reason for estimated to be $2,214,084 (29,252 information collection request contains: the increasing trend in using electricity burden hours times $75.69 per hour). (1) OMB No. 1905–0057; (2) Information Collection Request as a power source rather than relying on Therefore, other than the cost of burden Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System; natural gas as a fuel for processing and hours, EIA estimates that there are no (3) Type of Request: Renewal with other plant operations. additional costs for generating, changes; • Section 3.0, Add Item 3.1C: The maintaining and providing the (4) Purpose: Information reported on annual total of natural gas liquids (NGL) information. Form EIA–23L is used to provide reported separately by components or Comments are invited on these national and regional estimates on the products produced at the natural gas proposed changes and: (a) Whether the proved reserves of crude oil, natural gas, processing plant by Area of Origin in proposed collection of information is and natural gas liquids. Data collected Section 3 of Form EIA–64A. Currently, necessary for the proper performance of on this form include proved reserves only the total plant NGL volume shown the functions of the agency, including and production for crude oil, lease on Line 4.8 is reported by Area of whether the information shall have condensate, and natural gas by state and Origin. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the federal offshore regions. Information • Delete the data element Gas agency’s estimate of the burden of the reported on Form EIA–64A is used to Shrinkage Resulting from Natural Gas proposed collection of information, generate EIA’s state-level and federal Liquids Extracted currently shown as including the validity of the offshore estimates of dry natural gas Item 5.0 on Form EIA–64A. methodology and assumptions used; (c) reserves and production (natural gas Respondents currently report their ways to enhance the quality, utility, and that remains after natural gas liquids are estimate of the volumes of gas shrinkage clarity of the information to be extracted). EIA releases annual reserves in millions of cubic feet (MMCF) caused collected; and (d) ways to minimize the and production estimates through its from the removal of natural gas liquids burden of the collection of information website. These data are also used in EIA from the natural gas received at the on respondents, including through the reports concerning U.S. crude oil, plant. Respondents will no longer need use of automated collection techniques natural gas, and natural gas liquids to report this information. The or other forms of information reserves, and are incorporated in a shrinkage volumes for a respondent will technology. number of other reports and analyses be calculated by EIA using the Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 15 such as EIA’s Annual Energy Review, component data reported in Section 3. U.S.C. 790(a), and the DOE Organization Act Annual Energy Outlook, Petroleum • The burden per response for Form of 1977, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. Supply Annual, and Natural Gas EIA–64A changed from 6 hours to 4 Issued in Washington, DC, August 6, 2018. Annual. hours. Cognitive research showed that Nanda Srinivasan, Congress and other federal agencies the weighted average time estimate to Director, Office of Survey Development and rely on the objective analysis, quality, gather and report information on the Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy reliability, and usefulness of EIA’s crude proposed modified new Form EIA–64A Information Administration. oil and natural gas reserves estimates. was less than 3 hours. The majority of [FR Doc. 2018–17183 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] These federal agencies include: The U.S. the information reported on this form is BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Department of Energy; Bureau of Ocean information that companies customarily Energy Management, Department of track in the normal course of their Interior; Internal Revenue Service, business activities. Some companies DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Department of the Treasury; and the may take longer than 3 hours to Securities and Exchange Commission. complete Form EIA–64A so EIA Federal Energy Regulatory Each federal agency uses EIA’s estimates extended the burden per response Commission on proved reserves for their official use estimate to 4 hours to account for some companies that may require additional [Docket No. ER18–2159–000] to meet their data needs. EIA’s published estimates on proved reserves time. Supplemental Notice That Initial of domestic crude oil and natural gas are The mode of reporting information Market-Based Rate Filing Includes essential to the development, will also change. Operators will be Request for Blanket Section 204 implementation, and evaluation of required to log in to the EIA Data Authorization; Crazy Mountain Wind daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES energy policy and legislation. There are xChange Portal to report their LLC no proposed changes to Forms EIA–23L information and submit Form EIA–64A. and EIA–23S. By identifying and selecting each plant This is a supplemental notice in the (4a) Proposed Changes to Information within the portal, respondent above-referenced proceeding of Crazy Collection: EIA proposes to collect the information will be populated Mountain Wind LLC’s application for following additional information on automatically in order to reduce market-based rate authority, with an Form EIA–64A, Annual Report of the reporting burden. accompanying rate tariff, noting that VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Aug 09, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10AUN1.SGM 10AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesEIA must receive all comments on this proposed information collection no later than October 9, 2018. If you anticipate difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Steven Grape, telephone 202-586-1868, fax at (202) 586- 4420, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 39738 
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