[Federal Register: November 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Agency information collection activities: proposed collection;
comment request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year
extension of the OMB expiration date for Forms: NWPA-830C `Appendix C--
Delivery Commitment Schedule', NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard
Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees (including Annex A).'
DATES: Comments must be filed by January 27, 2003. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the
person listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jim Finucane. To ensure receipt of the
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1934) or e-mail
jim.finucane@eia.doe.gov is recommended. The mailing address is Office
of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, EI-52, Forrestal
Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0650.
Alternatively, Mr. Finucane may be reached by telephone at 202-287-
1966.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Mr. Finucane
at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-275, 15
U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub.
L. 95-91), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require the 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.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), provides
the general public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to
comment on collections of energy information conducted by or in
conjunction with the EIA. Any comments received help the EIA to prepare
data requests that maximize the utility of the information collected,
and to assess the impact of collection requirements on the public.
Also, the EIA will later seek approval by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) of the collections under Section 3507(h) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Appendix C, Form NWPA-830C, `Delivery Commitment Schedule, (DCS)'
is designed to allow companies purchasing nuclear waste disposal
services from the DOE to identify the number of assemblies, including
their initial uranium loading, the range of discharge dates, and the
mode of transportation, along with the year that the purchaser proposes
that the DOE take delivery. This information is required at a point in
time at least 63 months before expected transfer to the DOE. The DCS
provides purchasers with the opportunity to inform DOE of their plans
for utilizing their allocations of projected Federal Waste Management
System capacity.
NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of
Fees', and `Annex A to Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for
Payment of Fees' are designed to serve as the source document for
entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data from Purchasers to
the DOE concerning payment of their fees for spent nuclear fuel and
high-level waste disposal into the Nuclear Waste Fund. The Remittance
Advice (RA) must be submitted by Purchasers who signed the Standard
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste with the DOE.
II. Current Actions
The current proposed action is a three-year extension of two
existing data collections. This is a request for comments on EIA's
proposal to request this three-year extension of approval to continue
collecting information with Forms NWPA-830C, the Appendix C--`Delivery
Commitment Schedule,' and
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the NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of
Fees' with no change to the existing collections.
III. Request for Comments
Prospective respondents and other interested parties should comment
on the actions discussed in item II. The following guidelines are
provided to assist in the preparation of comments. Please indicate to
which form(s) your comments apply.
General Issues
A. Are the proposed collections of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the
information have practical utility? Practical utility is defined as the
actual usefulness of information to or for an agency, taking into
account its accuracy, adequacy, reliability, timeliness, and the
agency's ability to process the information it collects.
B. What enhancements can be made to the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected?
As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information
A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be
collected?
B. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If
not, which instructions need clarification?
C. Can the information be submitted by the due date?
D. Public reporting burden to complete Form NWPA-830C, the
estimated burden per response is 2 hours. To complete Form NWPA-830G
the average time per response is five and one half hours. The data for
the Form NWPA-830G is collected quarterly. The estimated burden
includes the total time necessary to provide the requested information.
In your opinion, how accurate is this estimate?
E. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for
the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent
incur start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs for
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with the
information collection?
F. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of
this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
G. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar
information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the
methods of collection.
As a Potential Data User of the Information to be Collected
A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information
disseminated?
B. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be
collected?
C. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
D. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they
useful? If so, what are their weaknesses and/or strengths?
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also
will become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Issued in Washington, DC, November 20, 2002.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29968 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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