Notice2024-29986
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
December 18, 2024
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
DOE submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 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, under OMB Control Number 1901- 0260. 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 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102884-102885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29986]
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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 of requests for comments.
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SUMMARY: DOE submitted an information collection request for extension
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a 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, under OMB Control Number 1901-
0260. 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: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before January 17, 2025. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period
of time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at
OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The
Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-4718.
ADDRESSES: 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 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#047770656a60657660676b6a707665677077446c752a606b612a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9cacdd8d7ddd8cbdddad6d7cdcbd8dacdcaf9d1c897ddd6dc97ded6cf">[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, collects 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.
(4a) 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.
(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). DOE estimates that respondents will
have no additional costs associated with the
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surveys other than the burden hours and the maintenance of the
information during the normal course of business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101, and 42
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-29986 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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