Notice2022-21883
Agency Information Collection Extension
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October 7, 2022
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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 with changes to the Petroleum Supply Reporting System (PSRS), OMB Control Number; 1905- 0165. The PSRS consists of seven weekly surveys that make up the Weekly Petroleum Supply Reporting System (WPSRS), eight monthly surveys that make up the Monthly Petroleum Supply Reporting System (MPSRS), and one annual survey. EIA uses WPSRS surveys to collect data from a sample of operators on input, production, imports, and inventory levels of crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, petroleum products, and biofuels. EIA uses MPSRS surveys to collect data from all in-scope operators on input, production, imports, biofuel feedstocks consumed, refinery capacity, biofuel plant production capacity, fuels consumed in plant operations, and annual storage capacity of crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids petroleum products, and biofuels. EIA uses annual Form EIA-820 to collect data on refinery capacity, refinery fuels and feedstocks consumed, and the quantity of crude oil received by method of transportation.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61009-61012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21883]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 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 with changes to the
Petroleum Supply Reporting System (PSRS), OMB Control Number; 1905-
0165. The PSRS consists of seven weekly surveys that make up the Weekly
Petroleum Supply Reporting System (WPSRS), eight monthly surveys that
make up the Monthly Petroleum Supply Reporting System (MPSRS), and one
annual survey. EIA uses WPSRS surveys to collect data from a sample of
operators on input, production, imports, and inventory levels of crude
oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, petroleum products, and biofuels. EIA
uses MPSRS surveys to collect data from all in-scope operators on
input, production, imports, biofuel feedstocks consumed, refinery
capacity, biofuel plant production capacity, fuels consumed in plant
operations, and annual storage capacity of crude oil, hydrocarbon gas
liquids petroleum products, and biofuels. EIA uses annual Form EIA-820
to collect data on refinery capacity, refinery fuels and feedstocks
consumed, and the quantity of crude oil received by method of
transportation.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than November 7, 2022. 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: If you need additional information,
contact Michael Conner, U.S. Energy Information Administration,
telephone (202) 586-1795, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ecefbeaecf1f2fbebf3cdebeeeef2e7d8f1ecf3eddefbf7ffb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41112435332e2d24342c123431312d38072e332c32012428206f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>.
The forms and instructions are available on EIA's website at
<a href="http://www.eia.gov/survey/">www.eia.gov/survey/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains
(1) OMB No.: 1905-0165;
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(2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Supply
Reporting System (PSRS);
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The surveys included in the PSRS collect information,
that is largely unavailable from other sources, on production, input,
inventory levels, imports, inter-regional movements, and fuels and
feedstocks consumed for plant operation, for crude oil, hydrocarbon gas
liquids, petroleum products, and biofuels. PSRS surveys also collect
storage capacities for crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, petroleum
products, and biofuels, refinery capacities, biofuel production
capacities, and biofuel feedstocks consumed.
EIA requires data from PSRS surveys to meet requirements of energy
data users for credible, reliable, and timely energy information. EIA
uses PSRS survey data in statistical reports including, but not limited
to, the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR), Petroleum Supply Monthly
(PSM), and the Monthly Energy Review (MER). EIA uses PSRS survey data
to support analysis and projection work with results reported in the
Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), and
other reports. EIA makes reports available at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/">https://www.eia.gov/</a>. EIA
also uses PSRS data to complete monthly and annual reports of U.S.
petroleum and biofuel supplies to the International Energy Agency to
support U.S. participation as an IEA member county. In some cases,
agencies outside of EIA publish data sourced from PSRS surveys in their
own reports. For example Bioenergy Statistics reported by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Data from PSRS surveys provide data to inform policy and business
decisions, the data promote efficient markets by providing transparency
to petroleum and biofuel supplies. Use of PSRS data by academic
researchers, educators, news media, and the general public promotes
understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the
environment.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection
All Petroleum Supply Reporting System Surveys
<bullet> EIA conducted two web surveys in 2022 to determine how
much time respondents took to complete EIA reports. Based on the
observations of this study it was determined that respondents take
substantially less time than the approved burden times. Given this key
finding that technology has substantially reduced reporting burden for
respondents on these four surveys, EIA decided to reduce the burden to
respond (annual hours) by 10 percent.
Pretesting Interviews
<bullet> EIA would like to conduct up to 50 pretesting interviews
each year for testing purposes. These methodologies will test or
evaluate new terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear
instructions, or questions that may be added to the Petroleum Supply
Reporting System surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and
reduce errors due to respondent confusion.
Form EIA-800 Weekly Refinery Report
<bullet> Change survey instructions to require reporting production
of propane and propylene fractionated from still gas whether
fractionation takes place at the refinery or at a facility downstream
of the refinery. This change is needed to more completely account for
the quantity of propane and propylene supplied, particularly as
petrochemical feedstock. The current practice of reporting still gas
shipped from refineries as still gas (not reported weekly on Form EIA-
800) when the still gas will ultimately be fractionated into product
components overstates supply of still gas (implying use as plant fuel)
and understates supply of propane and propylene.
<bullet> Change the ``Who Must Submit'' part of survey instructions
to include reporting by non-refinery operators of distillation,
reforming, cracking, coking, hydrotreating, and similar processes. This
change is needed in order for EIA to capture complete data on
operations of process units commonly associated with oil refineries but
operated at non-refinery facilities such as natural gas liquids
fractionation plants.
<bullet> Discontinue collecting propane production, propane stocks,
and total natural gas liquids (NGL) stocks at NGL fractionators. NGL
fractionators that hold stocks will report on the new Form EIA-806
Weekly Natural Gas Liquids Report. Rename Form EIA-800 from Weekly
Refinery and Fractionator Report to Weekly Refinery Report.
Form EIA-805 Weekly Bulk Terminal Report
<bullet> Add a product line for bulk terminal operators to report
stocks of propane that have been fractionated and are ready for sale
(product code 626). The added product detail for fractionated propane
will add transparency to propane supplies by showing separate stock
levels of propane readily available for consumption and propane held as
a component of product mixes where the propane requires processing
through a fractionator or other unit before being consumed as propane.
At present, EIA stock levels for propane do not differentiate between
fractionated propane and propane contained as a component of a product
mix.
<bullet> Change the label for product code 246 from Propane to
Propane, total including fractionated and unfractionated products.
Form EIA-806 Weekly Natural Gas Liquids Report
<bullet> EIA is adding Form EIA-806 Weekly Natural Gas Liquids
Report to the WPSRS. Form EIA-806 will be the weekly counterpart to
Form EIA-816 Monthly Natural Gas Liquids Report. When implemented, EIA
will use data from Form EIA-806 to report weekly total production of
natural gas liquids (NGL), propane production from natural gas
processing, and propane and NGL stocks held by operators of natural gas
processing plants and NGL fractionators.
<bullet> Current EIA weekly reporting practice is to use Form EIA-
800 to collect production of propane from natural gas processing equal
to barrels of propane fractionated from mixed NGL by operators of NGL
fractionators. Operators of NGL fractionators also report ending stocks
of total NGL and propane on Form EIA-800. EIA intends to replace
current reporting by NGL fractionators on NGL fractionators on Form
EIA-800 with reports submitted by operators of natural gas processing
plants that produce and/or hold stocks, and operators of NGL
fractionation plants that hold stocks. With Form EIA-806, EIA will
collect the total quantity of natural gas liquids produced weekly by
operators of natural gas processing plants. Weekly total NGL production
is unavailable from current data collected on Form EIA-800. In
addition, collecting weekly data from operators of natural gas
processing plants allows EIA to improve consistency of weekly and
monthly regional propane production by reporting weekly propane
production in the region of the producing natural gas processing plant
as is done in monthly data, rather than in the region where a
fractionator operator separated propane from mixed NGL.
<bullet> EIA will collect total NGL stocks held by operators of
natural gas processing plants and NGL fractionators. EIA will use
plant-level NGL product composition data reported on Form EIA-816 to
allocate total production and stocks reported weekly
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on Form EIA-806 to propane and other NGL products. EIA will allocate
total NGL production and stocks reported weekly on Form EIA-806 to
propane and other NGL current composition data, since this data is
likely to be unavailable to plant operators in time to report weekly
(i.e. weekly reports due to EIA by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on Monday
with data for the week ended at 7:00 a.m. eastern time the previous
Friday).
Form EIA-810 Monthly Refinery Report
<bullet> Change the ``Who Must Submit'' part of survey instructions
to include reporting by non-refinery operators of distillation,
reforming, cracking, coking, hydrotreating, and similar processes. This
change is needed in order for EIA to capture complete data on
operations of process units commonly associated with oil refineries but
operated at non-refinery facilities such as natural gas liquids
fractionation plants.
<bullet> Change the label for product code 207 from the current
``Other renewable fuels and intermediate products'' to ``Other Biofuels
and Biointermediates'' not elsewhere specified or indicated. This
change is to make the Form EIA-810 product label consistent with
terminology used in EIA, other government agencies, and the biofuel
industry.
<bullet> Change survey instructions to require reporting production
of natural gas liquids (ethane, propane, normal butane, and isobutane)
and refinery olefins (ethylene, propylene, normal butylene,
isobutylene) on a product basis when the products are fractionated from
still gas whether fractionation takes place at the refinery or at a
facility downstream of the refinery. This change is needed to more
completely account for quantities supplied of natural gas liquids and
refinery olefins on a product basis, particularly for use as
petrochemical feedstock. The current practice of reporting still gas
shipped from refineries as still gas when the still gas will ultimately
be fractionated into product components overstates supply of still gas
(implying use as plant fuel) and understates supply of natural gas
liquids and refinery olefin products.
Form EIA-814 Monthly Import Report
Change the product label of ``Other renewable fuels and
intermediate products'' to ``Other biofuels and biointermediates'', not
elsewhere specified or indicated. This change is to make product labels
on Form EIA-814 consistent with terminology used in EIA, other
government agencies, and the biofuel industry.
Form EIA-815 Monthly Bulk Terminal Report
<bullet> Change the label for product code 207 from the current
``Other renewable fuels and intermediate products'' to ``Other Biofuels
and Biointermediates not elsewhere specified or indicated. This change
is to make the Form EIA-815 product label consistent with terminology
used in EIA, other government agencies, and the biofuel industry.
<bullet> Add a product line for bulk terminal operators to report
stocks of propane that have been fractionated and are ready for sale
(product code 626). The added product detail for fractionated propane
will add transparency to propane supplies by showing separate stock
levels of propane readily available for consumption and propane held as
a component of product mixes where the propane requires processing
through a fractionator or other unit before being consumed as propane.
At present, EIA stock levels for propane do not differentiate between
fractionated propane and propane contained as a component of a product
mix. Change the label for product code 246 from Propane to Propane,
total including fractionated and unfractionated products.
<bullet> Change the product code and label for reporting storage
capacity in part 4 from product code 246, Propane (dedicated), to
product code 626, Propane, fractionated and ready for sale. This change
makes part 4 consistent with stocks reported in part 3 of Form EIA-815.
Form EIA-816 Monthly Natural Gas Liquids Report
<bullet> Add a separate product line for operators of natural gas
processing plants to report condensate and scrubber oil (product code
210) as a product separate from natural gasoline (product code 220).
Condensate and scrubber oil are separate products from natural gasoline
with different uses, but the current Form EIA-816 combines the products
under the natural gasoline label. Natural gasoline is normally used
either for blending into gasoline, as petrochemical feedstock, or
exported. Condensate and scrubber oil are usually either blended into
crude oil or exported. Reporting condensate and scrubber oil as
separate products from natural gasoline will provide greater
transparency to supplies of both NGL and crude oil. This change will
also make reporting on Form EIA-816 consistent, in terms of the
products reported, with Form EIA-64A Annual Report of the Origin of
Natural Gas Liquids.
Form EIA-817 Monthly Tanker and Barge Movements Report
<bullet> Change the label for product code 207 from the current
``Other renewable fuels and intermediate products'' to ``Other Biofuels
and Biointermediates'' not elsewhere specified or indicated. This
change is to make the Form EIA-817 product label consistent with
terminology used in EIA, other government agencies, and the biofuel
industry.
Form EIA-819 Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane,
and Isooctene
<bullet> Change the label for product code 183 in part 8 of Form
EIA-819 from the current ``Other renewable fuels and intermediate
products'' to ``Other Biofuels and Biointermediates'' not elsewhere
specified or indicated. This change is to make the Form EIA-819 product
label consistent with terminology used in EIA, other government
agencies, and the biofuel industry.
Form EIA-820 Annual Refinery Report
Change the ``Who Must Submit'' part of survey instructions to
include reporting by non-refinery operators of distillation, reforming,
cracking, coking, hydrotreating, and similar processes. This change is
needed in order for EIA to capture complete data on operations of
process units commonly associated with oil refineries but operated at
non-refinery facilities such as natural gas liquids fractionation
plants.
(5) Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,674 total respondents;
EIA-800 consists of 104 respondents
EIA-802 consists of 46 respondents
EIA-803 consists of 86 respondents
EIA-804 consists of 102 respondents
EIA-805 consists of 764 respondents
EIA-806 consists of 200 respondents
EIA- 809 consists of 146 respondents
EIA-810 consists of 133 respondents
EIA-812 consists of 107 respondents
EIA-813 consists of 235 respondents
EIA-814 consists of 288 respondents
EIA-815 consists of 1,484 respondents
EIA-816 consists of 485 respondents
EIA-817 consists of 36 respondents
EIA- 819 consists of 275 respondents
EIA- 820 consists of 133 respondents
Pretest methodology consists of 50 respondents
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 112,275 total
responses;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 182,983 total annual
burden hours;
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(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
182,983 annual hours * $83.38/hour = $15,257,122.54. 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) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2022.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-21883 Filed 10-6-22; 8:45 am]
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