[Federal Register: March 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 54)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year
extension to Form NWPA-830R, ``Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice
for Payment of Fees (including Annex A and Annex B to Appendix G).''
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 22, 2009. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the
person listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Tom Murphy. To ensure receipt of the
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1933) or e-mail
(thomas.murphy@eia.doe.gov) is recommended. The mailing address is
Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, EI-52, Forrestal
Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585.
Alternatively, Mr. Murphy may be contacted by telephone at 202-586-
1517.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Mr. Murphy
at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
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 the
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.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides the general
public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to comment on
collections of energy information conducted by or in conjunction with
the EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek approval for this collection by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment
of Fees', and `Annex A and Annex B to Appendix G--Standard Remittance
Advice for Payment of Fees' are designed to serve as the source
documents for entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data from
Purchasers to the DOE concerning payment of their fees for spent
nuclear fuel and high-level waste disposal into the Nuclear Waste Fund.
The Remittance Advice (RA) must be submitted by Purchasers who signed
the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-
Level Radioactive Waste with the DOE. Appendix G is an appendix to the
Standard Contract.
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
nonstatistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining
materials, see the ``For Further Information Contact'' section.
II. Current Actions
The EIA will be requesting a three-year extension of approval to
its existing Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for
Payment of Fees' with no change to the existing collection. The NWPA-
830R, `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees' is
required to transmit data from Purchasers to the DOE concerning payment
of their fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund, as required by the Standard
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste.
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III. Request for Comments
Prospective respondents and other interested parties should comment
on the actions discussed in item II. The following guidelines are
provided to assist in the preparation of comments. Please indicate to
which form(s) your comments apply.
As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information
A. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the
information have practical utility?
B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be
collected?
C. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If
not, which instructions need clarification?
D. Can the information be submitted by the respondent by the due
date?
E. To complete the Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance
Advice for Payment of Fees' the average time per response is 5 hours.
The data for the Form NWPA-830R is collected quarterly. The estimated
burden includes the total time necessary to provide the requested
information. In your opinion, how accurate is this estimate?
F. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for
the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent
incur any start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs
for operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
G. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of
this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
H. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar
information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the
methods of collection.
As a Potential Data User of the Information To Be Collected
A. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the
information have practical utility?
B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information
disseminated?
C. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be
collected?
D. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
E. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they
useful? If so, what are their weaknesses and/or strengths?
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also
will become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 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.).
Issued in Washington, DC, March 10, 2009.
Renee Miller,
Director, Forms Clearance and Information Quality Division, Statistics
and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-6335 Filed 3-20-09; 8:45 am]
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