Notice2024-15927
Agency Information Collection Proposed Extension
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Published
July 19, 2024
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
DOE invites public comment on the proposed three-year extension, with changes, to the Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees, including Annex A to Appendix G, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form NWPA-830G is part of the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste. Generators and owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin paid fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund based on net electricity generated and sold as defined in the Standard Contract.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58731-58732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15927]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Proposed Extension
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: DOE invites public comment on the proposed three-year
extension, with changes, to the Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard
Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees, including Annex A to Appendix G,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form NWPA-830G is
part of the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or
High-Level Radioactive Waste. Generators and owners of spent nuclear
fuel and high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin paid fees into
the Nuclear Waste Fund based on net electricity generated and sold as
defined in the Standard Contract.
DATES: DOE must receive all comments on this proposed information
collection no later than September 17, 2024. If you anticipate any
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
person listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as
possible.
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ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically to Guang Wei, Office of
Standard Contract Management, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b282f3a353f3a293f3834352f293a382f281b332a753f343e753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f98a8d98979d988b9d9a96978d8b989a8d8ab99188d79d969cd79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information,
contact Guang Wei, Office of Standard Contract Management, U.S.
Department of Energy, telephone (240) 388-5685, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f28186939c96938096919d9c868093918681b29a83dc969d97dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9babda8a7ada8bbadaaa6a7bdbba8aabdba89a1b8e7ada6ace7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>. The forms and instructions are available
on DOE's website at <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gc/office-standard-contract-management">https://www.energy.gov/gc/office-standard-contract-management</a> and at 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.: 1901-0260;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Form NWPA-830G, Standard
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Form NWPA-830G survey included in the Standard
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G, collect information on energy resource
reserves, production, demand, technology, and related economic and
statistical information.
The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et
seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require EIA
to carry out a centralized, comprehensive, and unified energy
information program. This program collects, evaluates, assembles,
analyzes, and disseminates information on energy resource reserves,
production, demand, technology, and related economic and statistical
information. This information is used to assess the adequacy of energy
resources to meet near and longer-term domestic demands.
As part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EIA provides the general public and
other federal agencies with opportunities to comment on collections of
energy information conducted by or in conjunction with EIA. Also, EIA
will later seek approval for this collection by OMB under Section
3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)
required that DOE enter into Standard Contracts with all generators or
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of
domestic origin. Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice
for Payment of Fees, including Annex A to Appendix G, is an Appendix to
this Standard Contract. Appendix G and Annex A to Appendix G are
commonly referred to as Remittance Advice (RA) forms. RA forms must be
submitted quarterly by generators and owners of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin who signed the Standard
Contract. Appendix G is designed to serve as the source document for
entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data to DOE concerning
payment of fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund for spent nuclear fuel and
high-level waste disposal. Annex A to Appendix G is used to provide
data on the amount of net electricity generated and sold, upon which
these fees are based.
Please refer to the proposed forms and instructions for more
information about the purpose, who must report, when to report, where
to submit, the elements to be reported, detailed instructions,
provisions for confidentiality, and uses (including possible non-
statistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining
materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section;
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: The reduction of
20 annual burden hours for Form NWPA-830G results from the reduction of
the number of total respondents representing reactors that decreased
from 95 to 94. One reactor permanently shut down since the last
clearance cycle and no longer is required to pay fees into the Nuclear
Waste Fund nor respond to this survey. The number of respondents
includes one new reactor in Georgia, VOGTLE 4, which is planned to be
operational within 2024.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 94;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 376;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,880;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$171,381 (1,880 estimated number of burden hours times $91.16 per hour
current average loaded wage rate). 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.
Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency
functions, including whether the information will have a practical
utility; (b) DOE's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used, is accurate; (c) DOE can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) DOE can minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
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) et seq.); the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Public Law 95-91,
codified as (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-15927 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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