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Æ Electricity market analyses, 

including locational marginal price 

(LMP) patterns. 

Æ Reliability analyses and actions, 

including transmission loading relief 

(TLR) actions. 

Æ Historic energy flows. 

Æ Current and projected electric 

supply and generation plans. 

Æ Recent, current and planned 

transmission and interconnection 

queues. 

Æ Current and forecast electricity 

loads, including energy efficiency, 

distributed generation (DG) and demand 

response (DR) plans and policies. 

Æ The location of renewable resources 

and state and regional policies with 

respect to renewable development. 

Æ Projected impacts of current or 

pending environmental regulation on 

generation availability. 

Æ Effects of recent or projected 

economic conditions on demand and 

congestion. 

Æ Analytic results from the eastern 

and western interconnection-level 

planning studies undertaken with DOE 

support. 

Æ Filings under FERC Order 890. 

DOE intends to release a draft version of 

the 2012 Congestion Study in 2012 for 

a 60-day comment period. After 

reviewing and considering the 

comments received, DOE will issue a 

final version of the study. 

III. Pre-Study Workshops 

In December 2011, DOE will host four 

regional half-day pre-study workshops 

to receive and discuss input relevant to 

the 2012 Congestion Study, including 

comments on what publicly-available 

data should be considered to identify 

and understand the significance and 

character of transmission congestion. 

Each workshop will consist of panels of 

invited speakers who will present their 

views, followed by a discussion among 

the panelists led by DOE staff. Each 

workshop will begin at 9 a.m. and end 

by 12:30 p.m. 

Workshops: The cities, dates, and 

locations for the technical workshops 

are: 

1. Philadelphia, PA, December 6, 

2011, at the Philadelphia Airport Hilton, 

4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 

19153. 

2. St. Louis, MO, December 8, 2011, 

at the St. Louis Airport Hilton, 10330 

Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 

63134. 

3. Portland, OR, December 13, 2011, 

at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 

8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

4. San Diego, CA, December 15, 2011, 

at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & 

Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San 

Diego, CA 92101. 

Additional details about the 

workshops are available at http:// 

energy.gov/oe/congestion-study-2012. 

Public Participation: The workshops 

will be open to the public, and will be 

simulcast over the Internet. Advance 

registration for the Webcasts is required 

by visiting http://www.iian.ibeam.com/ 

events/ener001/26552/. A complete 

archive of each event will be on this 

Web site soon after the conclusion of the 

event, and will be downloadable in 

podcast format. 

Members of the public interested in 

offering oral comments at a pre-study 

workshop may do so on the day of the 

workshop, subject to the time available. 

Approximately one-half hour will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but is not 

expected to exceed three minutes. 

Anyone who is not able to attend the 

workshop or has had insufficient time to 

present material is invited to submit a 

written statement in the manner 

indicated in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

Note: The Department will consult with 

the States and regional reliability 

organizations in the preparation of the 2012 

Congestion Study. DOE recognizes that in 

addition to (or as an alternative to) 

participating in the regional pre-study 

workshops, some States or other 

organizations may wish to discuss congestion 

matters with the Department on a bilateral 

basis. DOE will reserve time at the sites of 

the regional workshops for such bilateral 

discussions, and it invites interested States or 

other organizations to contact the Department 

to identify mutually convenient times. In 

addition, the Department will maintain an 

‘‘open door’’ policy, and will schedule 

congestion meetings at DOE headquarters 

upon request with States, reliability 

organizations, Regional Transmission 

Organizations, Independent System 

Operators, utilities, and other stakeholders. 

IV. Comments in Response to This 

Notice 

All comments filed in response to 

today’s notice should be marked ‘‘Re 

Preparation of the 2012 Congestion 

Study,’’ and sent to the Department in 

the manner indicated in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. In written 

comments in response to this notice and 

at the regional workshops, DOE requests 

States, utilities, regional transmission 

organizations (RTOs), independent 

system operators (ISOs), and other 

stakeholders to describe changes in their 

respective areas since 2009 that affect 

the location, duration, frequency, 

magnitude, and significance of 

transmission congestion, including 

related transmission constraints. Special 

attention should be given to the 

question of how to gauge the magnitude 

or significance of congestion using 

publicly available data, including FERC 

890 filings. In addition, DOE is 

particularly interested in comments that 

speak to the most appropriate and 

effective methods for distinguishing 

between the effects of technical limits 

on line loadings and possible 

contractual limits on the use of those 

same lines. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2011. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29189 Filed 11–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed 3-year 

extension of EIA Form EIA–914 Monthly 

Natural Gas Production Report. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

January 9, 2012. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed below as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. 

Jeffrey Little. The mailing address is 

Jeffrey Little, EI–24, Forrestal Building, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by email (Jeffrey.Little@eia.gov) is 

recommended. Alternatively, Mr. Little 

may be contacted by telephone at (202) 

586–6284. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Mr. Jeffrey Little 

at the contact information listed above. 

The proposed forms and instructions are 

also available on the Internet at: 

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_

gas/survey_forms/nat_survey_forms.

html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 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 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

35), 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. Any 

comments received help the EIA to 

prepare data requests that maximize the 

utility of the information collected, and 

to assess the impact of collection 

requirements on the public. Also, the 

EIA will later seek approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently there are 243 respondents, a 

sample of operators of natural gas wells 

report on the Form EIA–914. From a 

universe of about 9,300 active operators, 

a cut-off sample is selected of the largest 

natural gas producers by State or area, 

known to have produced at least 20 

million cubic feet (10 million cubic feet 

in Oklahoma) of natural gas per day. 

Using information collected on Form 

EIA–914, EIA estimates and 

disseminates timely and reliable 

monthly natural gas production data for 

Texas (onshore and offshore) and 

Louisiana (onshore and offshore), New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, the 

Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Other 

States (onshore and offshore for the 

remaining gas producing States with 

Alaska excluded), and the lower 48 

States. This collection is essential to the 

mission of the DOE in general and the 

EIA in particular because of the 

increasing demand for natural gas in the 

United States and the requirement for 

accurate and timely natural gas 

production information necessary to 

monitor the United States natural gas 

supply and demand balance. These 

estimates are essential to the 

development, implementation, and 

evaluation of energy policy and 

legislation. Data are disseminated 

through the EIA Natural Gas Monthly, 

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production 

Report, and EIA Natural Gas Annual 

Web site. Secondary publications that 

use the data include EIA’s Short-Term 

Energy Outlook, Annual Energy 

Outlook, Monthly Energy Review, and 

Annual Energy Review. 

II. Current Actions 

This section contains the following 

information about the energy 

information collection submitted to 

OMB for review: (1) The collection 

numbers and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e., 

the Department of Energy component); 

(3) the current OMB docket number (if 

applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e., 

new, revision, extension, or 

reinstatement); (5) response obligation 

(i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required 

to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a 

description of the need for and 

proposed use of the information; (7) an 

estimate of the number of respondents; 

(8) an estimate of the total annual 

responses; (9) an estimate of the total 

annual reporting burden; (10) an 

estimate of reporting and recordkeeping 

costs. 

1. Information Collection Request 

Title: Form EIA–914, ‘‘Monthly Natural 

Gas Production Report’’. 

2. Agency: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

3. OMB Control Number: 1905–0205. 

4. Type of review: Three-year 

extension. 

5. Type of collection: Mandatory. 

6. The purpose of the survey is to 

collect monthly data on the production 

of natural gas in seven geographical 

areas (Texas (including State offshore), 

Louisiana (including State offshore), 

Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, 

Federal Gulf of Mexico offshore and 

Other States (defined as all remaining 

states, except Alaska, in which the 

operator produced natural gas during 

the report month)). Data will be used to 

monitor natural gas supplies. Survey 

respondents would be a sample of well 

operators. 

7. Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 243. 

8. Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 2,916. 

9. Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 8,748. 

10. Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

III. Request for Comment 

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. 

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. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 3 

hours per response. 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 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 


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approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 2, 

2011. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29187 Filed 11–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U. S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration’s Monthly Biodiesel 

Production Survey to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

revision and a three-year extension 

under section 3507(h)(1) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

December 12, 2011. If you anticipate 

that you will be submitting comments 

but find it difficult to do so within that 

period, you should contact the OMB 

Desk Officer for DOE listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OMB 

Desk Officer for DOE, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget. To 

ensure receipt of the comments by the 

due date, submission by Fax at (202) 

395–7285 or email to 

Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. (A 

copy of your comments should also be 

provided to EIA’s Office of Survey 

Development and Statistical Integration 

at the address below.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Jason Worrall. To 

ensure receipt of the comments by the 

due date, submission by email 

(Jason.worrall@eia.gov) is also 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration (EI–21), Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0670. Mr. 

Worrall may be contacted by telephone 

at (202) 586–6075. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

section contains the following 

information about the energy 

information collections submitted to 

OMB for review: (1) The collection 

numbers and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e., 

the Department of Energy component); 

(3) the current OMB docket number (if 

applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e, 

new, revision, extension, or 

reinstatement); (5) response obligation 

(i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required 

to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a 

description of the need for and 

proposed use of the information; (7) a 

categorical description of the likely 

respondents; (8) estimated number of 

respondents annually; (9) an estimate of 

the total annual reporting burden in 

hours (i.e., the estimated number of 

likely respondents times the proposed 

frequency of response per year times the 

average hours per response); and (10) an 

estimate of the total annual reporting 

and recordkeeping cost burden (in 

thousands of dollars). 

1. EIA–22M, ‘‘Monthly Biodiesel 

Production Survey.’’ 

2. U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

3. OMB Number 1905–0207. 

4. Three-year extension. 

5. Mandatory. 

6. The purpose of the survey is to 

collect information from biodiesel 

producers regarding the following: Plant 

location, capacity, and operating status; 

Biodiesel and co-product production; 

Inputs to production; Sales for end-use 

and resale; Sales revenue; and Biodiesel 

stocks. 

7. Business or other for-profit. 

8. 150 Respondents 

9. Annual total of 5400, hours, 

collected 12 times per year, three hours 

per response. 

10. Annual total of $0. 

Please refer to the supporting 

statement as well as 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. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

P.L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 2, 

2011. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29147 Filed 11–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Solar Reserve LLC 

Quartzsite Solar Energy Project, La 

Paz County, AZ (DOE/EIS—0440) and 

the proposed Amendment to the 

Bureau of Land Management Yuma 

Field Office Resource Management 

Plan 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, 

Western Area Power Administration 

(Western) and the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) have prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the proposed Quartzsite Solar 

Energy Project (Project), in La Paz 

County, Arizona, and the proposed 

amendment to the Yuma Field Office 

(Yuma) Resource Management Plan 

(RMP), and by this notice are 

announcing the opening of the public 

comment period. Western is the lead 

Federal agency for purposes of 

satisfying the NEPA requirements with 

the BLM acting as a cooperating agency. 

DATES: The public is invited to submit 

comments on the DEIS for the proposed 

Project and the proposed RMP 

amendment during the public comment 

period. To ensure that comments will be 

considered, Western or BLM must 

receive written comments on the DEIS/ 

proposed RMP amendment within 90 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. Oral comments 

will be taken at a public hearing, which 

will be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through public notices, media 

releases, and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Project may be sent to Ms. Liana Reilly, 

NEPA Document Manager, Western 

Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 

281213, Lakewood, CO 80228–8213 or 


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