Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Notices 11991 

[FR Doc. 2021–04062 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–C 

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. 

SUMMARY: EIA 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 of its Uranium Data Program 

(UDP), OMB Control Number 1905– 

0160. The UDP consists of three 

surveys. Form EIA–851A Domestic 

Uranium Production Report (Annual) 

collects annual data from the U.S. 

uranium industry on uranium milling 

and processing, uranium feed sources, 

uranium mining, employment, drilling, 

expenditures, and uranium reserves. 

Form EIA–851Q Domestic Uranium 

Production Report (Quarterly) collects 

monthly data on uranium production 

that is reported on a quarterly basis. 

Form EIA–858 Uranium Marketing 

Annual Survey collects annual data 

from the U.S. uranium market on 

uranium contracts and deliveries, 

inventories, enrichment services 

purchased, uranium in fuel assemblies, 

feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled 

market requirements for the current year 

and the following ten years. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection must be received no later 

than March 31, 2021. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 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 Tim Shear, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, telephone 

(202) 586–0503, or by email at 

Tim.Shear@eia.gov. The forms and 

instructions are available on EIA’s 

website at www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ 

uranium/2020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0160; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Uranium Data Program; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: Uranium Data Program 

collects data on domestic uranium 

supply and demand activities, including 

production, exploration and 

development, trade, purchases and sales 

available to the U.S. The users of these 

data include Congress, Executive 

Branch agencies, the nuclear and 

uranium industry, electric power 

industry, and the public. Form EIA– 

851A data are published in EIA’s 

Domestic Uranium Production Report— 

Annual at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/ 

production/annual/. Form EIA–851Q 

data are published in EIA’s Domestic 

Uranium Production Report—Quarterly 

at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/ 

production/quarterly/. Form EIA–858 

data are published in EIA’s Uranium 

Marketing Annual Report at http://

www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/ and 

Domestic Uranium Production Report— 

Annual at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/ 

production/annual/; 

(4a) Change to information collection: 

EIA will no longer protect information 

reported on Form EIA–851A and EIA– 

851Q under the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA). 

Information reported on Form EIA–858 

will continue to be protected under 

CIPSEA. 

EIA proposes to apply exemptions 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) to protect information reported 

on Forms EIA–851A and EIA–851Q 

except for production data. Production 

data will be considered public and may 

be publicly released in an identifiable 

form. For the past six years, the items 

‘‘Respondent and Contact 

Identification’’, ‘‘Company Name’’, and 

all of ‘‘Item 1: Facility Information’’ on 

Forms EIA–851Q and EIA–851A are 

considered public information and are 

publicly released in company or 

individually identifiable form on EIA’s 

website. Data protection methods will 

continue to be applied to the statistical 

information reported on Forms EIA– 

851A and EIA–851Q, except for 

production data. 


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The data protection statement in the 

instructions to Forms EIA–851A and 

EIA–851Q will state: 

The ‘Respondent and Contact 

Identification’ (Company Name), ‘Item 1: 

Facility Information’, and production data 

reported on Form EIA–851Q/A are 

considered public information and may be 

released in company identifiable form. 

Additional information reported on this form 

may be protected and may not be disclosed 

to the public to the extent that it satisfies the 

criteria for exemption under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, 10 

CFR 1004, implementing the FOIA, and the 

Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. 

The Federal Energy Administration Act 

requires EIA to provide company-specific 

data to other Federal agencies when 

requested for official use. The information 

reported on this form may also be made 

available, upon request, to another 

component of the Department of Energy 

(DOE); to any Committee of Congress, the 

Government Accountability Office, or other 

Federal agencies authorized by law to receive 

such information. A court of competent 

jurisdiction may obtain this information in 

response to an order. The information may be 

used for any non-statistical purposes such as 

administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, 

or adjudicatory purposes. 

Data protection methods are applied to the 

statistical information reported on Forms 

EIA–851A and EIA–851Q, except for 

production data. 

The reason EIA is proposing this 

change in the data protection for Forms 

EIA–851A and EIA–851Q is due to a 

material change in circumstances that 

occurred over the past 15 years in the 

domestic uranium production markets 

that was unforeseen when EIA initially 

placed these surveys under CIPSEA 

protection in 2004. Domestic uranium 

production has significantly decreased 

from a recent high of 4,891 thousand 

pounds U3O8 in 2014 to 174 thousand 

pounds U3O8 in 2019. Over 90% of the 

uranium purchased by owners and 

operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power 

reactors in 2018 and 2019 was from 

uranium imports of foreign origin. The 

number of respondents reporting 

domestic production has steadily 

declined over the past 15 years as 

imports of uranium dominate U.S. 

uranium markets and domestic firms 

either cease operations or merge with 

other companies. As fewer respondents 

contribute to the published aggregates, 

EIA needs to withhold from publication 

all of the data at the state and regional 

level. The practical utility of the 

information collected is undermined by 

EIA withholding most of the data it 

collects on these survey forms. 

Cognitive research showed that the 

majority of the respondents to Forms 

EIA–851A and EIA–851Q are not 

concerned if informed users infer 

reported values from published 

statistical aggregates in data tables. The 

main reason survey respondents 

provided was that the information 

reported on Forms EIA–851A and EIA– 

851Q is already publicly available. In 

addition, since 2016, the current 

instructions to Forms EIA–851A and 

EIA–851Q have stated the name and 

address of the respondent are 

considered public information. 

The burden hour estimate on Form 

EIA–858 is increasing from 15 hours to 

26 hours. This increase is due to 

respondent requests and confirmed 

through industry studies. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 102; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 135; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 1,769; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no capital or 

start-up costs associated with this data 

collection. The information is 

maintained during the normal course of 

business. The cost of the burden hours 

is estimated to be $144,438.85 (1,769 

burden hours times $81.65 per hour). 

Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs for generating, maintaining, and 

providing this information. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 

U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 23, 

2021. 

Samson A. Adeshiyan, 

Director, Office of Statistical Methods and 

Research, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04166 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC21–55–000. 

Applicants: Altamont Winds LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act of Altamont Winds 

LLC. 

Filed Date: 02/22/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210222–5229. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/15/21. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER20–945–003. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. submits tariff filing per 35: 

Compliance Filing Revising Tariff in 

Response to February 18 Order to be 

effective 4/4/2020. 

Filed Date: 02/23/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210223–5053. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–714–001. 

Applicants: Indiana Crossroads Wind 

Farm LLC. 

Description: Indiana Crossroads Wind 

Farm LLC submits tariff filing per 

35.17(b): Supplement to Market-Based 

Rate Application and Revised MBR 

Tariff to be effective 2/21/2021. 

Filed Date: 02/19/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5095. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–816–001. 

Applicants: ISO New England Inc. 

Description: ISO New England Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35.17(b): 

Amendment to Information Disclosure 

Req. under the FAP in Docket No.ER21– 

816 to be effective 3/9/2021. 

Filed Date: 02/23/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210223–5012. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/1/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1194–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

Description: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company submits tariff filing per 35.15: 

PWRPA SA 30 Termination of Rough 

and Ready SA to be effective 3/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 02/23/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210223–5000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1195–000. 

Applicants: American Transmission 

Systems, Incorporated, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: American Transmission 

Systems, Incorporated submits tariff 

filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): ATSI submits 

Two ECSAs, SA Nos. 5916 and 5922 to 

be effective 4/25/2021. 

Filed Date: 02/23/2021. 

Accession Number: 20210223–5081. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and