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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID Number ED–2018–IES–0126] 

Proposed 2020 Update to the 

Classification of Instructional 

Programs (CIP) and Request for 

Comment 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education 

announces proposed updates to the CIP 

for 2020 and provides a 60-day period 

for members of the public to review and 

comment on the changes. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before February 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

If you are submitting comments 

electronically, we strongly encourage 

you to submit any comments or 

attachments in Microsoft Word format. 

If you must submit a comment in Adobe 

Portable Document Format (PDF), we 

strongly encourage you to convert the 

PDF to print-to-PDF format or to use 

some other commonly used searchable 

text format. Please do not submit the 

PDF in a scanned format. Using a printto-PDF format allows the Department of 

Education (Department) to 

electronically search and copy certain 

portions of your submissions. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Help.’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: The Department 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit their comments electronically. 

However, if you mail or deliver your 

comments about the proposed 

regulations, address them to 

Commissioner, National Center for 

Education Statistics, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 

12th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4160. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s policy is 

to make comments received from members of 

the public available for public viewing on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters 

should be careful to include in their 

comments only information that they wish to 

make publicly available. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the Comments: 

On request, we will supply an 

appropriate accommodation or auxiliary 

aid to an individual with a disability 

who needs assistance to review the 

comments or other documents related to 

this notice. If you want to schedule an 

appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Coon, U.S. Department of 

Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 

12th Street SW, 4th floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4160. Telephone: (202) 245– 

6689. Email: michelle.coon@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIP is 

a taxonomic coding scheme of 

instructional programs. Its purpose is to 

facilitate the organization, collection, 

and reporting of fields of study and 

program completions. The CIP is the 

accepted Federal government statistical 

standard on instructional program 

classifications and is used in a variety 

of education information surveys and 

databases by Federal and State agencies, 

national associations, academic 

institutions, and employment 

counseling services for collecting, 

reporting, and analyzing instructional 

program data. 

The vast majority of CIP titles 

correspond to academic and 

occupational instructional programs 

offered for credit at the postsecondary 

level. These programs result in 

recognized completion points and 

awards, including degrees, certificates, 

and other formal awards. The CIP also 

includes other types of instructional 

programs, such as residency programs 

in various dental, medical, podiatric, 

nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, 

and veterinary specialties that may lead 

to advanced professional certification; 

personal improvement and leisure 

programs; and instructional programs 

that lead to diplomas and certificates at 

the secondary level only. 

The CIP was originally developed in 

1980 by the NCES within the 

Department, with revisions occurring in 

1985, 1990, 2000, and 2010. The 2020 

edition of the CIP (CIP–2020) is the fifth 

revision of the CIP and presents an 

updated taxonomy of instructional 

program classifications and 

descriptions. In order to develop the 

CIP–2020, NCES completed a 

comprehensive, multi-stage process over 

a two-year period, including extensive 

background research and analysis; 

solicitation of suggestions from 

Integrated Postsecondary Education 

Data System (IPEDS) keyholders; and 

guidance, input, and review from a 

Technical Review Panel. The main 

focus of the CIP–2020 update has been 

adding new and emerging programs of 

study. In the CIP–2020 update, we 

avoided movement of existing programs 

to minimize burden on IPEDS-reporting 

institutions and to maintain consistency 

with prior versions of the CIP, and 

existing CIP codes were only deleted if 

absolutely necessary. 

This notice announces a 60-day 

public comment period to review and 

comment on the proposed 2020 update 

to the CIP. The proposed updates are 

posted on the NCES website at https:// 

nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/files/CIP_

Revision_2020.docx. We are seeking 

public comment in part because we 

recognize that CIP codes are 

increasingly used not only by 

institutions of higher education but also 

by many other public and private 

entities, and that changes to the CIP may 

have ramifications for those entities’ 

work. In addition, to ensure that new 

codes are warranted, NCES is only 

establishing new codes for CIP–2020 

where we identified at least five and 

preferably ten postsecondary 

institutions offering the program. If you 

are suggesting an addition to the CIP, 

please provide a description of the 

program of study and list at least five— 

but preferably ten—postsecondary 

institutions offering it. 

We will consider comments received 

in response to this notice in making 

final decisions for the CIP–2020. NCES 

expects to approve and publish the CIP– 

2020 by the end of summer 2019. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

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Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Mark Schneider, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27933 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year 

extension with changes for the 

Petroleum Supply Reporting System 

(PSRS). The PSRS consists of six weekly 

surveys that make up the Weekly 

Petroleum Supply Reporting System 

(WPSRS), eight monthly surveys, and 

one annual survey. The weekly 

petroleum and biofuels supply surveys 

collect data on petroleum refinery 

operations, blending, biofuels 

production, inventory levels, imports of 

crude oil, petroleum products, and 

biofuels from samples of operating 

companies. The monthly and annual 

petroleum and biofuels supply surveys 

collect data on petroleum refinery 

operations, blending, biofuels 

production, natural gas plant liquids 

production, inventory levels, imports, 

inter-regional movements, and storage 

capacity for crude oil, petroleum 

products, and biofuels. 

DATES: EIA must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than February 25, 2019. If you 

anticipate any difficulties in submitting 

your comments by the deadline, contact 

the person listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Michael Conner, Petroleum, Natural 

Gas, and Biofuels Statistics, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW, EI–25 

Washington, DC 20585. Submission via 

email to michael.conner@eia.gov is 

recommended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Conner, (202) 586–1795 email 

Michael.conner@eia.gov. The proposed 

forms and instructions are available on 

EIA’s website at: https://www.eia.gov/ 

survey/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0165; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Petroleum Supply Reporting 

System; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

changes; 

(4) Purpose: EIA’s PSRS is made up of 

Forms EIA–800 Weekly Refinery Report 

(previously the Weekly Refinery and 

Fractionator Report), EIA–802 Weekly 

Product Pipeline Report, EIA–803 

Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report, EIA– 

804 Weekly Imports Report, EIA–805 

Weekly Bulk Terminal Report 

(previously the Weekly Bulk Terminal 

and Blender Report), EIA–809 Weekly 

Oxygenate Report, EIA–810 Monthly 

Refinery Report, EIA–812 Monthly 

Product Pipeline Report, EIA–813 

Monthly Crude Oil Report, EIA–814 

Monthly Imports Report, EIA–815 

Monthly Bulk Terminal Report 

(previously the Monthly Bulk Terminal 

and Blender Report), EIA–816 Monthly 

Natural Gas Plant Liquids Report, EIA– 

817 Monthly Tanker and Barge 

Movement Report, EIA–819 Monthly 

Biofuel and Fuel Oxygenate Report 

(previously the EIA–819 Monthly 

Oxygenate Report and EIA–22M 

Monthly Biodiesel Production Report), 

and EIA–820 Annual Refinery Report. 

The purpose of the PSRS is to collect 

detailed petroleum industry data to 

meet EIA’s mandates and energy data 

users’ needs for credible, reliable, and 

timely energy information on 

production, receipts, inputs, 

movements, and stocks of crude oil, 

petroleum products, natural gas plant 

liquids, and related biofuels in the 

United States. This information is used 

to evaluate supply conditions for crude 

oil and refined petroleum markets. 

Forms EIA–800, EIA–802, EIA–803, 

EIA–804, EIA–805 and EIA–809 are 

designed to provide an early, initial 

estimate of weekly petroleum refinery 

operations, inventory levels, and 

imports of selected petroleum products. 

The WPSRS is the only comprehensive 

weekly government source of data about 

the current status of petroleum supply 

and disposition in the upstream 

petroleum markets for the United States. 

Forms EIA–810, EIA–812, EIA–813, 

EIA–814, EIA–815, EIA–816, EIA–817, 

and EIA–819 are designed to provide 

statistically reliable and comprehensive 

monthly information on petroleum 

refining operations to EIA, federal 

agencies, and the private sector for use 

in forecasting, policy making, planning, 

and analysis. Form EIA–820 is an 

annual survey that provides data on 

refinery capacities, fuels consumed, 

natural gas consumed as hydrogen 

feedstock, and crude oil receipts by 

method of transportation for operating 

and idle petroleum refineries (including 

new refineries under construction), and 

refineries that shutdown during the 

previous year. 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: The following changes are 

proposed to the data elements collected 

on surveys in the Petroleum Supply 

Reporting System (PSRS). 

Forms EIA–800, EIA–802, EIA–803, 

EIA–804, EIA–805, EIA–810, EIA–812, 

EIA–813, EIA–814, EIA–815, EIA–816, 

EIA–817, EIA–819, EIA–820 (Except 

Form EIA–809) 

EIA proposes to change the unit of 

measurement from thousand barrels to 

barrels. Petroleum and biofuel supply 

surveys are increasingly being used to 

track relatively small-volume products, 

such as E85 motor fuel and biofuels. In 

these cases, rounding to the nearest 

thousand barrels fails to capture 

reportable activity because the 

quantities are too small to round up to 

1,000 barrels (i.e. fewer than 500 barrels) 

for a given period. EIA proposes to 

apply this change to all surveys within 

the PSRS, except Form EIA–809 where 

volumetric data on fuel ethanol will 

continue to be collected in gallons. 

Forms EIA–800, EIA–802, EIA–804, 

EIA–805, EIA–810, EIA–812, EIA–814, 

EIA–815, EIA–817 

EIA proposes to reduce the number of 

separate finished motor gasoline 

products from nine to six and reorganize 

motor fuel categories to track ethanol 

blending. The proposed six categories 

are: 

Æ Gasoline Not Blended with Ethanol 

(E0) 

Æ Gasoline Blended with Ethanol up 

to E10 

Æ Midblend Gasoline with Ethanol > 

(E10–E50) 

Æ Flex Fuel (E85) Blended with 51% 

to 83% Ethanol 

Æ Reformulated Blendstock for 

Oxygenate Blending (RBOB) 

Æ Motor Gasoline Blending 

Components 


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