Notice2021-15355
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
July 20, 2021
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
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 of its Form EIA-63C, Densified Biomass Fuel Report, OMB Control Number 1905-0209. The report is part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. Form EIA-63C collects monthly data on the manufacture, shipment, exports, energy characteristics, and sales of densified biomass fuels and other densified biomass fuel products data from facilities that manufacture densified biomass fuel products (pellet fuels), for energy applications.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38326-38327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15355]
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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 of its Form EIA-63C,
Densified Biomass Fuel Report, OMB Control Number 1905-0209. The report
is part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. Form EIA-63C
collects monthly data on the manufacture, shipment, exports, energy
characteristics, and sales of densified biomass fuels and other
densified biomass fuel products data from facilities that manufacture
densified biomass fuel products (pellet fuels), for energy
applications.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than August 19, 2021. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connor Murphy, EI-23, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, telephone (202) 287-5982, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c281adacacadb0ec8fb7b0b2aabb82a7aba3eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da99b5b4b4b5a8f497afa8aab2a39abfb3bbf4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>. The form and instructions are available at
<a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63</a>.
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 without changes;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA-63C is part of EIA's comprehensive energy
data program. The survey collects information on the manufacture,
shipment, exports, energy
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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 on Form EIA-63C are a primary source of information for
the nation's growing production of biomass products for heating and
electric power generation, and for use in both domestic and foreign
markets.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 106;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,041;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,433;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The
cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $117,004 (1,433 burden
hours times $81.65 per hour). EIA estimates that respondents will have
no additional costs associated with the surveys other than the burden
hours and the maintenance of the information during the normal course
of business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 14th, 2021.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-15355 Filed 7-19-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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