[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17321]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.
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SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an information collection request to the OMB
for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its
Petroleum Marketing Program, OMB Control Number 1905-0174. The proposed
collection will expand the number of states that participate in the
State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) using Form EIA-877. No
changes are proposed for the remaining survey forms within this
collection. The following forms comprise the Petroleum Marketing
collection:
EIA-14, ``Refiners' Monthly Cost Report;''
EIA-182, ``Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report;''
EIA-782A, ``Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum Product
Sales Report;''
EIA-782C, ``Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum
Products Sold For Local Consumption;''
EIA-821, ``Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report;''
EIA-856, ``Monthly Foreign Crude Oil Acquisition Report;''
EIA-863, ``Petroleum Product Sales Identification Survey;''
EIA-877, ``Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey;''
EIA-878, ``Motor Gasoline Price Survey;''
EIA-888, ``On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey''.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before August 22, 2014. 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.
And to Ms. Marcela Rourk, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Forrestal Building, Mail Stop EI-25, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, [email protected],
202-586-4412.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Ms. Marcela Rourk at the contact information listed
above. The proposed form and instructions, along with related
information on this clearance package, can be viewed at http://www.eia.gov/survey/notice/marketing2014.cfm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905-0174; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: Petroleum Marketing Program; (3) Type of Request: Revision to a
currently approved collection; (4) Purpose: The Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require EIA to carry out a
centralized, comprehensive, and unified energy information program.
This program collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and disseminates
information on energy resource reserves, production, demand,
technology, and related economic and statistical information. This
information is used to assess the adequacy of energy resources to meet
near and longer term domestic demands. EIA, as part of its effort to
comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.), provides the general public and other Federal agencies with
opportunities to comment on collections of energy information conducted
by or in conjunction with EIA. EIA is seeking approval for this
collection by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Section
3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
EIA's petroleum marketing survey forms collect volumetric and price
information needed for determining the supply of and demand for crude
oil and refined petroleum products. These surveys provide a basic set
of data pertaining to the structure, efficiency, and behavior of
petroleum markets. These data are published by EIA on its Web site,
http://www.eia.gov, as well as in publications such as the Monthly
Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual
Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum
Marketing Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_marketing_monthly/pmm.html), Weekly Petroleum
Status Report (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html), and the
International Energy Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/).
The following burden estimates have increased since the 60-day
Federal Register Notice was published due to an increase in the number
of additional states volunteering to participate in the program. (5)
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,373; (6) Annual Estimated
Number of Total Responses: 117,161; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 57,236; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: 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, Public Law 93-275, codified as 15 U.S.C.
772(b).
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2014.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration,
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-17321 Filed 7-22-14; 8:45 am]
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