Notice2024-09647
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
May 3, 2024
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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 uranium production data that is reported 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 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36802-36803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09647]
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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 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
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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 uranium
production data that is reported 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: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than June 3, 2024. 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 Tim Shear, U.S. Energy Information Administration, telephone
(202) 586-0403, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a3e23276439222f2b380a2f232b642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d697470336e75787c6f5d78747c337a726b">[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.: 1905-0160;
(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="https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/">https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/</a> .
Form EIA-851Q data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production
Report--Quarterly at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/">https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/</a>.
Form EIA-858 data is published in EIA's Uranium Marketing Annual Report
at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/">https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/</a> and Domestic Uranium
Production Report--Annual at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/">https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/</a>.
(4a) 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
$161,809 (1,775 burden hours times $91.16 per hour). Other than the
cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there are no additional costs
for generating, maintaining, and providing this information.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-09647 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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