Notice2022-23182
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
October 25, 2022
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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 GC-859 "Nuclear Fuel Data Survey," OMB Control Number 1901- 0287. Form GC-859 collects data on spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that operate commercial nuclear reactors and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64470-64471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23182]
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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 of its Form GC-859 ``Nuclear
Fuel Data Survey,'' OMB Control Number 1901- 0287. Form GC-859 collects
data on spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that operate commercial
nuclear reactors and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from
commercial nuclear reactors.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than November 25, 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 Lindsay Aramayo, U.S. Energy Information Administration,
telephone (202) 586-3264, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b0702050f180a12450a190a060a12042b0e020a450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd7d2d5dfc8dac295dac9dad6dac2d4fbded2da95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>. The
forms and instructions are available on EIA's website at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/survey/#gc-859">www.eia.gov/survey/#gc-859</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains.
(1) OMB No. 1901- 0287;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Nuclear Fuel Data Survey;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101
et seq.) authorized DOE to enter contracts with all generators or
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of
domestic origin for the acceptance of title, subsequent transportation,
and disposal of such waste or spent nuclear fuel. Form GC-859 (formerly
Form RW-859) originated from an appendix to the Standard Contract for
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste, 10
CFR 961 (``Standard Contract'').
Form GC-859 collects information on nuclear fuel use and spent fuel
discharges from all utilities that operate commercial nuclear reactors
and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from commercial
nuclear reactors. The data collection provides stakeholders with
detailed information concerning the spent nuclear fuel generated by the
respondents (commercial utility generators of spent nuclear fuel and
other owners of spent nuclear fuel within the U.S.).
Data collected from the survey are used by personnel from DOE
Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), DOE Office of Environmental Management
(EM), and
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the national laboratories to meet their research objectives of
developing a range of options and supporting analyses that facilitate
informed choices about how best to manage spent nuclear fuel (SNF).
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection
<bullet> Collection method. DOE will provide respondents with an
online platform to facilitate their responses. The Form GC-859 data
collection system is automated. Respondents will also be provided with
electronic files to aid in the current submittal and operating
instructions for the software. To the greatest extent practicable,
respondents will provide data either in the data collection system or
as any commonly readable, present-day electronic spreadsheet file type.
The following website will be used to submit data: <a href="https://gc859.pnnl.gov">https://gc859.pnnl.gov</a>. Alternatively, a standalone copy of the submission
software may be requested from the EIA GC-859 Survey Team contact
identified earlier in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice.
<bullet> Appendix E, Fuel Assembly Type Codes has been modified to
include codes submitted on the 2018 data collection that were not
already on the list, for the respondents convenience. A complete list
of the Fuel Assembly Type Codes included on Appendix E may be requested
from the EIA GC-859 Survey Team contact identified earlier in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 126;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 42;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,707;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The
information is maintained in the normal course of business. The cost of
the burden hours is estimated to be $309,090 (3,707 burden hours times
$83.38 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: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974,
Public Law 93-275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and the DOE
Organization Act of 1977, Public Law 95-91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101
et seq., The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 codified at 42 U.S.C.
10222 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2022.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-23182 Filed 10-24-22; 8:45 am]
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