Notice2023-24000
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
October 31, 2023
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year extension, with changes, to the Uranium Data Program (UDP) as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The UDP consists of three surveys: Form EIA-851A Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual), which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium industry on uranium milling and processing, uranium feed sources, uranium mining, employment, drilling, expenditures, and uranium reserves; Form EIA-851Q Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly), which collects monthly data that is reported on a quarterly basis, on uranium production on a quarterly basis; and Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium market on uranium contracts and deliveries, inventories, enrichment services purchased, uranium in fuel assemblies, feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled market requirements for the current year and the following ten years.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 74483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24000]
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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 and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year
extension, with changes, to the Uranium Data Program (UDP) as required
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The UDP consists of three
surveys: Form EIA-851A Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual),
which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium industry on uranium
milling and processing, uranium feed sources, uranium mining,
employment, drilling, expenditures, and uranium reserves; Form EIA-851Q
Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly), which collects monthly
data that is reported on a quarterly basis, on uranium production on a
quarterly basis; and Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey,
which collects annual data from the U.S. uranium market on uranium
contracts and deliveries, inventories, enrichment services purchased,
uranium in fuel assemblies, feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled
market requirements for the current year and the following ten years.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information
collection no later than January 2, 2024. If you anticipate any
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
person listed in ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Tim Shear by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c193e2d222539217e7c7e780c29252d622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4b196858a8d9189d6d4d6d0a4818d85ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Shear, U.S. Energy Information
Administration, telephone (202) 586-0403, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e3a0703403d060b0f1c2e0b070f40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6034090d4e3308050112200509014e070f16">[email protected]</span></a>. The
forms and instructions are available at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey">https://www.eia.gov/survey</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905-0160;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Uranium Data Program;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with change;
(4) Purpose: Uranium Data Program (UDP) collects data on domestic
uranium supply and demand activities, including production, exploration
and development, trade, purchases and sales available to the U.S. The
users of these data include Congress, Executive Branch agencies, the
nuclear and uranium industry, electric power industry, and the public.
Form EIA-851A data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production
Report--Annual, at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/">http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/</a>. Form
EIA-851Q data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production
Report--Quarterly at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/">http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/</a>.
Form EIA-858 data is published in EIA's Uranium Marketing Annual Report
at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/">http://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/</a> and Domestic Uranium
Production Report--Annual at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/">http://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/</a>.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection
There is a 6 hour increase in the total estimated burden across all
three surveys. Due to the continued downturn in the uranium
landholding/exploration/production sectors, EIA-851A had four fewer
respondents which reduced the burden hours by 20. The addition of one
trader/broker on the EIA-858 survey will result in 26 additional burden
hours. The larger burden estimate of the EIA-858 survey (26 burden
hours) compared to the EIA-851A survey (5 burden hours) results in 26
additional EIA-858 hours against a reduction of 20 hours on the EIA-
851A survey (4 fewer respondents by 5 hours per response) for a total
net burden gain of six hours across all three surveys. The number of
respondents for the Form EIA-851A has decreased from 30 to 26. The
number of respondents for the Form EIA-851Q has remained at 11. The
number of respondents for the Form EIA-858 has increased from 61 to 62.
Total annual burden hours across all uranium surveys will increase
slightly from 1,769 hours to 1,775 hours;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 99;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 132;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1775;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no capital and start-up costs associated with
this data collection. The information is maintained during the normal
course of business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be
$155,064 (1,775 burden hours times $87.36 per hour). Other than the
cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there are no additional costs
for generating, maintaining, and providing this information.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-24000 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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