Notice2026-10737
Agency Information Collection Extension
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May 29, 2026
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Abstract
EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year extension, with change, to the Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS), as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The CMRS consists of five surveys including, Form EIA-3 Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric Sector Coal Data, Form EIA-7A Annual Survey of Coal Production and Preparation, Form EIA-8A Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports, Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey (Standby), and Form EIA-20 Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning Power Producers (Standby.) The CMRS collects data on U.S. coal production, quality, consumption, receipts, stocks, and prices. EIA requests the extension to Forms EIA-3, EIA-6, EIA-7A, EIA-8A, and EIA-20, as well as an addition of 100 pretesting interviews per year.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32020-32021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10737]
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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 change, to the Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS), as
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The CMRS consists
of five surveys including, Form EIA-3 Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data, Form EIA-7A Annual Survey of Coal Production and
Preparation, Form EIA-8A Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports,
Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey (Standby), and Form EIA-20
Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning Power
Producers (Standby.) The CMRS collects data on U.S. coal production,
quality, consumption, receipts, stocks, and prices. EIA requests the
extension to Forms EIA-3, EIA-6, EIA-7A, EIA-8A, and EIA-20, as well as
an addition of 100 pretesting interviews per year.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received no later than June 29, 2026. 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. The forms and instructions are available on EIA's
website:
FORM EIA-3: <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-3">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-3</a>
FORM EIA-6: <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-6">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-6</a>
FORM EIA-7A: <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-7a">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-7a</a>
FORM EIA-8A: <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-8a">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-8a</a>
FORM EIA-20: <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-20">https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-20</a>
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information,
contact Debra Coaxum, EIA Clearance Officer, at (202) 586-7876 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36737f771b70647855595b5b5358424576535f5718515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e3b373f53382c301d1113131b100a0d3e1b171f50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB Control Number: 1905-0167;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Coal Markets Reporting
System;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS) program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and disseminates information
on coal production, sales, technology, reserves, and related economic
and statistical information. This information is used to assess the
adequacy of coal and other energy resources to meet near and longer-
term domestic demands and to promote sound policymaking, efficient
markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with
the economy and the environment.
Form EIA-3 collects quarterly data on the use of coal at U.S.
manufacturing plants, coal transformation/processing plants, coke
plants, and commercial and institutional users of coal.
Form EIA-7A collects coal production operations, characteristics of
coalbeds mined, recoverable reserves, production capacity, coal sales
and revenue, stocks held at mines, and the disposition of the coal
mined. For coal preparation, information collected includes operations,
locations, production capacity, disposition, and volume of coal
prepared.
Form EIA-8A collects data on coal stocks by state location,
exported coal by origin state, and export revenue of coal sold during
the reporting year.
Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey and Form EIA-20 Emergency
Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning Power Producers are
standby surveys used during periods of coal supply and transportation
disruptions. In the event of a supply or transportation disruption,
these two standby surveys activate and operate weekly over a ten-week
period. Once activated, Form EIA-6 collects weekly coal production and
stocks data from U.S. coal mining companies. Data are aggregated and
reported at the state level. During disruptive events, Form EIA-20
collects available coal-fired capacity, generation, consumption, and
stocks from coal-fired electric power generators.
The CMRS also collects coal market data. The data elements include
production, consumption, receipts, stocks, sales, and prices.
Information pertaining to the quality of the coal is also collected,
including heat content, ash content, sulfur content and contents of
mercury. Aggregates of this collection are used to support analysis on
the effects of public policy on the coal industry, economic modeling,
forecasting, coal supply and demand studies, and in guiding research
and development programs. The data are included in EIA publications,
such as the Monthly Energy Review, Quarterly Coal Report, Quarterly
Coal Distribution Report, Annual Coal Report, and Annual Coal
Distribution Report.
EIA also uses the data in short-term and long-term forecast models
such as the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System (STIFS) and the
National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) Coal Market Module. The forecast
data also appear in the Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Annual Energy
Outlook publications.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: EIA would like to
conduct up to 100 pretesting interviews each year for testing purposes.
These methodologies will test or evaluate new terminology, unclear
questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or questions that may be
added to the CMRS. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce
errors due to respondent confusion.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 933.
<bullet> Form EIA-3 will consist of 290 respondents;
<bullet> Form EIA-7A will consist of 480 respondents;
<bullet> Form EIA-8A will consist of 44 respondents;
<bullet> Form EIA-6 (standby) will consist of 10 respondents;
<bullet> Form EIA-20 (standby) will consist of 9 respondents;
<bullet> Pretesting will consist of 100 respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,974
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,249
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$308,622.51 (3,249 burden hours times $94.99 per hour). EIA estimates
that there are no additional costs to respondents associated with the
surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours since the
information is maintained during 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) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed
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collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA
can minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2026.
Debra Coaxum,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U. S.
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-10737 Filed 5-28-26; 8:45 am]
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