Notice2024-19703
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
September 3, 2024
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
EIA invites public comments on the proposed three-year extension, without 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 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71264-71265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19703]
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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 comments on the proposed three-year
extension, without 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 November 4, 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: You may submit comments, identified by OMB control number
1905-0160, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7b2beb6dab1a5b994989a9a92998384b7929e96d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f2fef69af1e5f9d4d8dadad2d9c3c4f7d2ded699d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the OMB control
number above in the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Pick, EIA Clearance Officer,
at (202) 586-5562. The form 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 without changes;
(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>;
(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
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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.
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, August 28, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-19703 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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