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Purpose of the Meeting 

BETO seeks to collect information 

from key industry, university, national 

laboratory, and other stakeholders 

regarding the challenges associated with 

the coproduction of biomass-derived 

chemicals, products, and biofuels. The 

following topic areas of interest are 

intended to be covered at the workshop: 

1. Identifying and evaluating 

economic drivers for producing 

bioproducts. 

2. Identifying and prioritizing targets 

for bioproducts produced from biofuel 

waste streams, coproduced with 

biofuels, or produced at standalone 

facilities. 

3. Identifying research and 

development challenges associated with 

bioproducts produced from biofuel 

waste streams, coproduced with 

biofuels, or produced at standalone 

facilities. 

4. Identifying environmental 

considerations (i.e., life-cycle analysis), 

carbon percentage dedicated to fuels vs. 

products (i.e., split stream), and ideal 

intermediates for bioproduct production 

to enable biofuels. 

Public Participation 

Members of the public are welcome to 

attend the workshop. Registration is free 

and available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Persons interested in 

attending this public workshop must 

register online by 4 p.m. MDT, July 15, 

2015. Early registration is recommended 

because facilities are limited and, 

therefore, DOE may limit the number of 

participants from each organization. To 

register for the public workshop, please 

visit http://www.yesevents.com/

MEGABio2015. Registrants will receive 

confirmation after they have been 

accepted. If you need special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Andrea Bailey no later 

than July 15, 2015. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 30, 

2015. 

Kevin Craig, 

Program Manager—Bioenergy Technologies 

Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16786 Filed 7–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information collection 

extension with changes; notice of 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

intends to extend for three years with 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), the Petroleum Supply Program 

(OMB No. 1905–0165). EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed revisions to 

the following forms: EIA–22M, 

‘‘Monthly Biodiesel, Biojet, Biokerosene 

and Renewable Diesel Report,’’ 

(previously the EIA–22M, ‘‘Biodiesel 

Production Report’’), EIA–800, ‘‘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 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 and Blender Report,’’ EIA– 

816, ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Plant 

Liquids Report,’’ EIA–817, ‘‘Monthly 

Tanker, Barge and Rail Movement and 

Stocks in Transit Report’’ (previously 

the ‘‘Monthly Tanker and Barge 

Movement Report’’), EIA–819, ‘‘Monthly 

Biofuel and Oxygenate Report,’’ 

(previously the ‘‘Monthly Oxygenate 

Report’’ and EIA–820, ‘‘Annual Refinery 

Report.’’ Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before September 8, 

2015. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Shawna Waugh via email at 

(shawna.waugh@eia.gov). The mailing 

address is the Petroleum and Biofuels 

Statistics, EI–25, Forrestal Building, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. [Note that the receipt of 

mailed comments is sometimes delayed] 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Shawna Waugh at 

the address listed above. The proposed 

forms and changes in definitions and 

instructions are available on EIA’s Web 

site at: http://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: Three-year extension; (4) 

Purpose: 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 and to promote 

sound policymaking, efficient markets, 

and public understanding of energy and 

its interaction with the economy and the 

environment. 

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. 

The weekly petroleum supply surveys 

(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 

and fractionator operations, inventory 

levels, and imports of selected 

petroleum products in a timely manner. 

The information appears in the 

publications listed below and is also 

available electronically on EIA’s Web 

site at http://www.eia.doe.gov/. 

Publications: Internet only 

publications are the Weekly Petroleum 

Status Report (http://www.eia.gov/

petroleum/supply/weekly/), Short-Term 

Energy Outlook (http://www/forecasts/

steo/), and This Week in Petroleum 


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(http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/ 

weekly/). 

The monthly petroleum supply 

surveys (Forms EIA–22M, 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 to EIA, other Federal 

agencies, and the private sector for use 

in forecasting, policy making, planning, 

and analysis activities. The information 

appears in the publications listed below 

and is also available electronically on 

EIA’s Web site at http://

www.eia.doe.gov/. 

Publications: Internet only 

publications are the Petroleum Supply 

Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/ 

supply/monthly/), Company-Level 

Imports (http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/

imports/companylevel/), the Petroleum 

Supply Annual, Volume 1 (http://

www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/annual/

volume1/), the Annual Energy Outlook 

(http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/

index.cfm); and the Monthly Biodiesel 

Production Report (http://www.eia.gov/

biofuels/biodiesel/production/). 

The annual refinery survey (Form 

EIA–820) 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 shutdown during the previous 

year. The information appears in the 

Refinery Capacity Report (http://

www.eia.gov/petroleum/

refinerycapacity/) and the Refinery 

Outage Report (http://www.eia.gov/

petroleum/refinery/outage/). 

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. 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: The following changes are 

proposed to the data elements collected 

on surveys in the Petroleum Supply 

Reporting System. 

We propose the following changes to 

the geographical detail collected and 

published on surveys. 

Midwest (Petroleum Administration 

for Defense District 2): EIA proposes two 

new subregions for the Midwest, PADD 

2. as follows: Subregion PADD 2A will 

include Minnesota, North Dakota, South 

Dakota, and Wisconsin and Subregion 

PADD 2B will include Illinois, Indiana, 

Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, 

Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, 

and Tennessee. Given the increased 

production of crude oil in the proposed 

new PADD 2A Subregion, there is 

increasing interest in the flows of crude 

oil into and out of that area. This change 

will allow EIA to track movements of 

crude oil from Subregion PADD 2A to 

other parts of the Midwest and to also 

provide more detailed regional data on 

inventories of propane, a key heating 

fuel, during winter months. This change 

applies to Forms EIA–812, EIA–813, and 

EIA–817. 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island 

(PADD 6): We propose to add PADD 6 

because this information is needed to 

report to the International Energy 

Agency (IEA). This change applies to 

Forms EIA–813 and EIA–817. 

Texas Gulf Coast Refining District: We 

propose to collect data on crude oil 

inventories in tank farms in the Texas 

Gulf Coast as a subset of total PADD 3 

inventories, in a manner comparable to 

those collected for tank farms in 

Cushing, Oklahoma. The Texas Gulf 

Coast is composed of the counties that 

define the Texas Gulf Coast Refinery 

District. This area includes the Houston 

Ship Channel and the Corpus Christi 

area, both areas where crude oil 

inventory levels are critical for oil 

markets. This change applies to Forms 

EIA–803 and EIA–813. 

We propose to revise and rearrange 

categories for reporting biofuel, 

distillate fuel oil (by sulfur category), 

hydrocarbon gas liquids, kerosene-type 

jet fuel, and motor gasoline on select 

surveys as indicated below. 

Biofuels: We propose to collect data 

on biofuel products for the following 

categories (and subcategories): Ethanol 

(cellulosic and noncellulosic), Butanol, 

Biodiesel, Biojet and biokerosene 

(cellulosic and noncellulosic), 

bionaphtha and biogasoline (cellulosic 

and noncellulosic), and other (cellulosic 

and noncellulosic). This change assures 

continued relevance of the data and 

improves market coverage by 

accommodating potential for 

introduction of new biofuels. This 

change applies to all the monthly survey 

forms except Forms EIA–813 and EIA– 

816. 

Distillate Fuel Oil: We propose to 

reduce from four to three the number of 

categories of distillate fuel oil, based on 

sulfur content. We currently collect the 

following four distillate categories (by 

sulfur content): (1) Less than 15 parts 

per million (ppm), (2) 15–500 ppm, (3) 

500–2000 ppm, and (4) greater than or 

equal to 2000 ppm. We plan to merge 

the latter two categories, 500–2000 ppm, 

and greater than or equal to 2000 ppm, 

into a single category—distillates with 

greater than 500 ppm of sulfur. Federal 

and State legislation requires more areas 

to use distillate fuel that contains less 

than 15 ppm sulfur, also known as Ultra 

Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Many 

Northeast states also require that ULSD 

be used for heating purposes. While 

there are diminishing volumes of 15– 

500 ppm distillate fuel produced 

currently, capturing its production and 

disposition is important for maintaining 

data quality control, so we’ve proposed 

to continue collecting it even though we 

intend to publish data for the categories 

of ULSD and other distillate fuel. 

Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids (formerly 

Natural Gas Plant Liquids (NGPL) and 

Liquefied Refinery Gases (LRG): We 

propose to adopt EIA’s framework for 

Hydrocarbon Gas Liquid that was 

described in the report ‘‘Hydrocarbon 

Gas Liquids (HGL): Recent Market 

Trends and Issues,’’ released November, 

2014, and available at http://

www.eia.gov/analysis/hgl. We have 

rearranged the existing categories to 

include the following categories (and 

sub-categories): Ethane/Ethylene 

(Ethane by sources (Gas Plant and 

Refinery) and Ethylene); Propane/

Propylene (Propane by source (Gas Plant 

and Refinery)) and Propylene); Normal 

Butane/Butylene (Normal Butane by 

sources (Gas Plant and Refinery 

(Refinery Grade and excluding Refinery 

Grade)) and Butylene); Isobutane/

Isobutylene (Isobutane by sources (Gas 

Plant and Refinery) and Isobutylene; 

Natural Gasoline (previously Pentanes 

Plus). We also propose to add categories 

for Plant Condensate and Consumer and 

Export-Grade Propane. The primary 

reason for this rearrangement of 

categories and subcategories is to use 

the same categories to collect data 

consistently across all EIA surveys. This 

change applies to all of the survey forms 

except for Forms EIA–22M, 803, 809, 

and 813. 

Kerosene-type Jet Fuel: We propose to 

discontinue breaking out the end use 

categories of commercial and military 

and only collect total kerosene jet-fuel 

as a single category. Military jet fuel 

represents less than three percent (3%) 

of all jet fuel produced in 2014. We 

expect sales for military use to continue 

to decline further as a result of the 

military’s decision to allow military 

aircraft to use commercial grade jet fuel. 

We do not foresee any impact on 

analytical capabilities as a result of this 

change. This change applies only to 

Forms EIA–800 and EIA–810. 

Motor Gasoline: We propose to reduce 

the number of motor gasoline categories 

from nine to five. We propose to collect 

the following data on motor gasoline 


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and blending components: Motor 

gasoline blended with less than 51 

volume percent ethanol (<E51), motor 

gasoline blended with 51 volume 

percent ethanol or more (≥E51), motor 

gasoline not blended with ethanol, 

motor gasoline blending components, 

and reformulated blendstock for 

oxygenate blending (RBOB). Currently, 

the gasoline categories are based upon 

reformulated and conventional gasoline. 

The new categories EIA proposes are 

based on gasoline with ethanol and 

gasoline without ethanol. We expect 

this change will support and improve 

the utility of the information needed for 

important analytical and policy issues 

relating to gasoline markets at this time 

and in the future. This change applies 

to all of the survey forms except for 

Forms EIA–22M, 803, 809, and 813. 

Pipeline and Tank Farm activities: We 

propose to collect data separately for 

pipelines and tank farms. These changes 

apply to the following Forms: EIA–803 

and EIA–813. 

Storage Capacity: We propose to 

discontinue storage capacity on Forms 

EIA–812 and EIA–819. We currently 

collect storage capacity twice a year (as 

of March 31 and September 30). 

Collecting storage capacity of product 

pipelines and ethanol plants did not 

provide useful information for assessing 

available petroleum supplies. Product 

pipeline inventories are used for 

operational purposes, not commercial 

purposes. Stocks held at fuel ethanol 

plants also are primarily for operational 

rather than commercial purposes. EIA 

will still collect storage capacity data for 

petroleum products held at terminals 

and refineries. Discontinuing the 

collection of storage capacity on Forms 

EIA–812 and EIA–819 will eliminate 

confusion in analyzing storage capacity 

utilization and improve data quality. 

Storage Capacity in Operation: We 

propose to discontinue reporting storage 

capacity by the subcategories for 

exclusive use and leased to others on 

Forms EIA–813 and EIA–815. This data 

is no longer needed for analysis 

purposes. 

Stocks in Transit: We propose to 

discontinue collecting stocks in transit 

by tanker, barge and rail on Forms EIA– 

800, 802, 803, 805, 809, 810, 812, 813, 

815, 816, and 819. EIA proposes to 

collect the stocks in transit data at the 

corporate level on the EIA–817. 

Collecting this stock information on one 

form reduces respondent burden and 

will improve data quality. 

Unit of Measurement: We propose to 

collect data in actual barrels rather than 

thousand barrels. For some of our data 

collection we are missing small volumes 

from respondents because they are 

reporting in thousands of barrels. These 

missing volumes may not add up to a 

large volume, but data for some smallvolume products, such as certain 

biofuels and fuels blended with 

biofuels, are important for assessment of 

important policy decisions. For 

example, if a respondent produces less 

than 500 barrels of E85, they would 

report that production as zero (0) when 

using current thousand barrels reporting 

units. Under this proposal, they would 

report the actual volume they produced. 

Rather than collecting information by 

two different units of measurement 

using barrels, EIA proposes to apply this 

change consistently across all of the 

surveys except for the EIA–22M which 

collects data in gallons. 

We propose to make the following 

survey-specific changes to forms in this 

program. 

We propose to change the scope and 

title of the EIA–22M, ‘‘Monthly 

Biodiesel Production Report’’ to the 

EIA–22M, ‘‘Biodiesel, Biojet, 

Biokerosene and Renewable Diesel 

Report.’’ We are expanding the survey to 

collect data on renewable fuels in 

addition to biodiesel as growth is 

anticipated in the renewable fuels 

industry in the future. 

We propose to eliminate parts 3D 

‘‘Sales of B100 and blended biodiesel’’ 

and 3E ‘‘End use sales of biodiesel’’ 

from the current Form EIA–22M. Data 

from these sections of the survey form 

were found not to be useful for analysis 

of available biodiesel supplies. 

We propose to expand part 2A of the 

existing Form EIA–22M to include 

capacities of renewable diesel fuel 

plants in addition to biodiesel 

producers. We also propose to expand 

part 3A of the existing Form EIA–22M 

to account for production and blending 

of noncellulosic biofuels (biojet, 

biokerosene, renewable diesel fuel, and 

other) and cellulosic biofuels (cellulosic 

distillate fuel, cellulosic biojet and 

biokerosene, and other). Information on 

production and blending are relevant to 

understand activities of the renewable 

and biofuel industries. 

We propose to collect Input and 

Production of Unfinished Oils instead of 

Total Input’’ on Part 3: Refinery and 

Fractionator Activity on Form EIA–800, 

‘‘Weekly Refinery and Fractionator 

Report.’’ We are trying to collect more 

relevant data for data users on refinery 

activities. 

We propose to discontinue collecting 

data on volumes of Ultra-Low Sulfur 

Diesel Fuel (15 ppm and under) 

downgraded during the report week on 

Part 4: Diesel Fuel Downgrade on Form 

EIA–802, ‘‘Weekly Product Pipeline 

Report.’’ This data is no longer relevant. 

We propose to change the list of 

countries in Part 4: Total U.S. Crude Oil 

Imports by Country of Origin and to 

adopt the U.S. Census Bureau’s country 

codes on Form EIA–804, ‘‘Weekly 

Imports Report.’’ We propose to allow 

companies to report imports from 31 

countries from which the U.S. imported 

the most crude oil during 2015, and for 

Iran. Crude oil imports from any other 

countries are reported in the ‘‘Other’’ 

country category. We anticipate this 

change will enhance information 

quality. 

We propose to collect ethanol and to 

discontinue collecting denatured and 

undenatured ethanol separately on 

Form EIA–809, ‘‘Weekly Oxygenate 

Report.’’ 

We propose to discontinue collecting 

lease inventories on Form EIA–813, 

‘‘Monthly Crude Oil Report.’’ Lease 

inventories are inventories stored at 

crude oil production sites. The purpose 

of stocks held on oil and gas producing 

leases (lease stocks) is to facilitate oil 

and gas production operations. Lease 

stocks are typically held only long 

enough for oil to be picked up by trucks 

or otherwise removed from production 

sites. While the total number of barrels 

held as lease stocks is significant, the 

barrels are widely dispersed at 

producing sites with only small 

quantities at any given location. For 

these reasons, we have determined that 

continued tracking of lease stocks on 

EIA surveys has limited value for 

assessment of crude oil supplies 

available to markets. In addition, our 

research has shown that some or all of 

the barrels included as lease stocks are 

actually outside of the U.S. and regional 

crude oil balances developed by EIA 

because barrels may be recorded as 

crude oil production, which is the first 

supply component of our balance, only 

after the barrels are withdrawn from 

lease stocks. EIA will create and publish 

historical data series of crude oil stocks 

excluding lease stocks in order to meet 

analyst requirements for crude oil 

inventory data that are consistent over 

time. 

We propose to continue to collect data 

on API gravity, sulfur content, 

processing plant name and location of 

crude oil and to continue to collect data 

on sulfur categories for distillate fuels. 

However, we will discontinue collecting 

data for the processing plants name and 

location of unfinished oils and motor 

gasoline blending components on Form 

EIA–814, ‘‘Monthly Imports Report.’’ 

We have determined that the data 

proposed for elimination on Form EIA– 

814 have limited value and the 

respondent burden for reporting was not 

justified. 


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No additional changes proposed for 

Form EIA–815, ‘‘Monthly Terminal 

Blenders Report.’’ 

We propose to add plant condensate 

to Part 2 of Form EIA–816, ‘‘Monthly 

Natural Gas Liquids Report.’’ In 

addition, we are asking in Part 2 for the 

volume blended into crude oil. The 

quantity of plant condensate blended 

into crude oil is important as a way to 

balance crude oil supply and 

disposition and thereby reduce the 

crude oil adjustment (unaccounted-for 

crude oil) quantity. 

We propose to change the title of 

Form EIA–817, ‘‘Monthly Tanker and 

Barge Movements Report’’ to EIA–817, 

Monthly Tanker, Barge, and Rail 

Movements and Stocks in Transit 

Report.’’ We intend to collect rail 

movements and stocks in transit for all 

Petroleum Administration for Defense 

Districts (PADDs) and select sub-PADDs 

on this survey. Rail movements of crude 

oil and petroleum products have 

increased in recent years due to changes 

in the regional distribution of crude oil, 

petroleum product, and biofuel 

supplies. Based on cognitive interviews 

with companies that report on Form 

EIA–817, respondents indicated that 

reporting stocks in transit on a company 

basis reduces respondent burden and 

improves data quality. 

We propose to change the title of 

Form EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly Oxygenate 

Report’’ to EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly Biofuel 

and Oxygenate Report’’. We also plan to 

reorganize the Form EIA–819 to clarify 

reporting requirements. The new Form 

EIA–819 will have separate sections for 

reporting biofuel production, nonbiofuel oxygenate production, and 

blending activity involving biofuels, 

petroleum products, and hydrocarbon 

gas liquids. In addition, product details 

will be added to identify products as 

non-cellulosic biofuels (ethanol, 

butanol, bionaphtha and biogasoline, 

and other) and cellulosic biofuels 

(cellulosic ethanol, cellulosic naphtha 

and gasoline, and other). Currently EIA 

collects petroleum refinery fuel 

consumption data, but not renewable 

fuel plant consumption data. Collecting 

this data will allow analysts and 

modelers to gauge trends in energy 

efficiency at ethanol and biodiesel 

plants as they do now with data 

collected from petroleum refineries. 

Gasoline products included in Part 6 

‘‘Blending Activity including Addition 

of Denaturants’’ will be updated with 

new gasoline products described earlier. 

We also propose to add normal butane 

and isobutane in addition to natural 

gasoline (formerly pentanes plus) to Part 

6. We are also expanding the coverage 

from the 50 states and the District of 

Columbia, to the 50 states, the District 

of Columbia and the Virgin Islands and 

Puerto Rico. 

In addition to clarifying reporting 

requirements by separating activities 

into separate sections of the form, the 

addition of new products will position 

EIA to provide data on new biofuel 

products that may become important 

sources of U.S. fuel supplies. 

We propose to redesign the layout of 

Part 1 and 2 of the forms due to the new 

electronic modes of data collection. 

Most of this information will be 

prepopulated and we will use skip 

patterns to request respondents provide 

updates as needed. We are doing this to 

reduce respondent burden. This change 

applies to all of the surveys. 

Please refer to the proposed forms and 

instructions for more information about 

the purpose of the survey, who must 

submit, when to submit, provision for 

confidentiality, elements to be reported, 

and uses (including nonstatistical uses) 

of the information. These materials are 

available on EIA’s Web site at http://

www.eia.gov/survey/. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 4,503. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 102,656. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 198,321. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs to respondents associated with the 

surveys other than the costs associated 

with the burden hours. The information 

is maintained in the normal course of 

business. The cost of burden hours to 

the respondents is estimated to be 

$14,273,162 (198,321 burden hours 

times $71.97 per hour), which 

represents a reduction of 15,241 burden 

hours from the prior renewal of this 

collection in 2013. Therefore, other than 

the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates 

that there are no additional costs for 

generating, maintaining and providing 

the information. 

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, July 2, 2015. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Survey Development and Statistics 

Integration, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16783 Filed 7–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9926–06–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Alaska 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Alaska’s request 

to revise/modify its EPA Administered 

Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System EPAauthorized program to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective July 

9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 


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