41838 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 137 / Monday, July 19, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: July 14, 2010. 

James H. Shelton III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17580 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee (BESAC). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m., and Friday, August 6, 2010, 

9 a.m. to 12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: Washington DC/Rockville 

Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting 

Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(301) 903–6529 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of this meeting is to provide advice and 

guidance with respect to the basic 

energy sciences research program. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

• News from Office of Science/DOE 

• News from the Office of Basic 

Energy Sciences 

• Computational Materials Science 

and Chemistry for Innovation Workshop 

• Final Report on the Science for 

Energy Technologies Workshop 

• EFRC Update 

• COV Reports 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Katie Perine at 301–903–6594 

(fax) or katie.perine@science.doe.gov 

(e-mail). Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room; 

1E–190, Forrestal Building; 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW.; 

Washington, DC 20585; between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17518 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on proposed revisions and 

three-year extensions to the Forms: 

EIA–1, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring 

Report—General Industries and Blast 

Furnaces’’ (Standby); 

EIA–3, ‘‘Quarterly Coal Consumption 

and Quality Report—Manufacturing 

and Transformation/Processing Coal 

Plants and Commercial and 

Institutional Coal Users;’’ 

EIA–4, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring 

Report—Coke Plants’’ (Standby); 

EIA–5, ‘‘Quarterly Coal Consumption 

and Quality Report—Coke Plants;’’ 

EIA–6Q (Schedule Q), ‘‘Quarterly Coal 

Report’’ (Standby); 

EIA–7A, ‘‘Coal Production Report;’’ 

EIA–8A, ‘‘Coal Stocks Report;’’ and 

EIA–20, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring 

Report—Coal Burning Utilities and 

Independent Power Producers’’ 

(Standby). 

The Standby forms are designed to be 

utilized under certain emergency 

conditions. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

September 17, 2010. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed below as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to William 

Watson or George Warholic. To ensure 

receipt of the comments by the due date, 

submission by FAX (202–287–1944) or 

e-mail (William.Watson@eia.doe.gov or 

George.Warholic@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

the Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables 

Division, EI–52, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. Alternatively, William 

Watson may be contacted by telephone 

at (202) 586–1707 and George Warholic 

at 202–586–2307. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to George Warholic 

at the address listed above. Forms and 

Instructions are also available on the 

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

cneaf/coal/page/surveys/coal_survey_

auth.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 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. 

EIA conducts coal surveys to collect 

information on coal production, 

receipts, consumption, quality, stocks, 

and prices. This information is used to 

support public policy analyses of the 

coal industry and is published in 

various EIA publications, including the 

Annual Coal Report, the Annual Energy 

Review, the Monthly Energy Review, 

and the Quarterly Coal Report. 

Respondents to the coal surveys include 


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coal producers, coal brokers, coal 

traders, and coal consumers. 

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 

EIA will be requesting a three-year 

extension of approval for all its coal 

surveys with the following survey 

changes proposed to Forms EIA–3, EIA– 

5, EIA–7A, and EIA–8A. EIA will not 

propose any changes to Forms EIA–1, 

EIA–4, EIA–6Q (Schedule Q), and EIA– 

20 (all standby forms). The proposed 

changes to Forms EIA–3, EIA–5, EIA– 

7A, and EIA–8A are described below: 

Form EIA–3 (Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report— 

Manufacturing and Transformation/ 

Processing Coal Plants and Commercial 

and Institutional Coal Users) 

EIA proposes to make several changes 

to the Form EIA–3 survey form and 

instructions. The proposed changes are 

to obtain additional information about 

the details of the coal plants and the 

specific origin and costs of the coal 

receipts. 

EIA proposes to make the data on the 

survey form publicly available except 

for the data element ‘‘Total Cost of Coal 

Received During Quarter on a C.I.F. 

Basis (dollars)’’ in Section II. 

EIA proposes to make additional 

minor revisions to the EIA–3 

instructions and definitions to provide 

respondents detailed information on the 

additional data elements. 

Form EIA–5 (Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report—Coke 

Plants) 

EIA proposes to make changes to the 

Form EIA–5 survey form and 

instructions. The proposed changes are 

to obtain additional information about 

the details of the coal plants and the 

specific origin and costs of the coal 

receipts. 

EIA proposes to make the data on the 

survey form publicly available except 

for the data element ‘‘Total Cost of Coal 

Received During Quarter on a C.I.F. 

Basis (dollars)’’ in Section II and ‘‘Total 

Revenues from Commercial Sales’’ of 

coke and breeze in Section III. 

EIA proposes to make additional 

minor revisions to the EIA–5 

instructions and definitions to provide 

respondents detailed information on the 

additional data elements. 

Form EIA–7A (Coal Production and 

Preparation Report) 

EIA proposes to make changes to the 

Form EIA–7A survey form and 

instructions. The proposed changes are 

to obtain additional information about 

the coal preparation. EIA also proposes 

to raise the threshold on the amount of 

coal mined during the year that is the 

basis of the requirement for a mine to 

complete the survey. 

EIA proposes to make the data on the 

survey form publicly available except 

for the data element ‘‘Total Revenue or 

Value (dollars)’’ in Section V. 

EIA proposes to add to the survey a 

data item to collect information on the 

amount of coal stocks held at remote offsite locations. 

EIA proposes to make additional 

minor revisions to the EIA–7A 

instructions and definitions to provide 

respondents detailed information on the 

additional data elements. 

Form EIA–8A (Coal Stocks Report) 

EIA proposes to make changes to the 

Form EIA–8A survey form and 

instructions. The proposed changes are 

to obtain additional detailed 

information on the specific origin(s) of 

the coal stocks. EIA also proposes to 

collect data on the coal exported by coal 

brokers including the amount of coal 

exports; the State of origin of the coal 

exports; the rank of the coal exports; 

and the total revenue associated with 

the coal exports. 

EIA proposes to make the data on the 

survey form publicly available. 

EIA proposes to make additional 

minor revisions to the EIA–8A 

instructions and definitions to provide 

respondents detailed information on the 

additional data elements. 

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. 

(If the notice covers more than one form, 

add ‘‘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. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 

—Form EIA–1, ‘‘Weekly Coal 

Monitoring Report—General 

Industries and Blast Furnaces’’ 

(Standby); 1.0 hour per response (no 

change from existing estimate of 1.0 

hour) 

—Form EIA–3, ‘‘Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report— 

Manufacturing and Transformation/ 

Processing Coal Plants and 

Commercial and Institutional Coal 

Users;’’ 1.25 hours per response, 

manufacturing plants (change from 

existing estimate of 0.9 hour) 

—Form EIA–4, ‘‘Weekly Coal 

Monitoring Report—Coke Plants’’ 

(Standby); 1.0 hour per response (no 

change from existing estimate of 1.0 

hour) 

—Form EIA–5, ‘‘Quarterly Coal 

Consumption and Quality Report— 

Coke Plants;’’ 1.5 hours per response 

(change from existing estimate of 1.4 

hours) 

—Form EIA–6Q (Schedule Q), 

‘‘Quarterly Coal Report’’ (Standby); 0.5 

hour per response (no change from 

existing estimate of 0.5 hour) 

—Form EIA–7A, ‘‘Coal Production and 

Preparation Report;’’ 1.8 hours per 

response (change from existing 

estimate of 1.6 hours) 

—Form EIA–8A, ‘‘Coal Stocks Report;’’ 

1.0 hour per response (change from 

existing estimate of 0.95 hour) 

—Form EIA–20, ‘‘Weekly Coal 

Monitoring Report—Coal Burning 

Utilities and Independent Power 

Producers;’’ (Standby) 1.0 hour per 

response (no change from existing 

estimate of 1.0 hour) 

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. 


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1 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of 

Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by 

Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 72 FR 39,904 (Jul. 

20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 (2007) 

(Final Rule). 

2The seller has the option of withdrawing its 

market-based rate request in whole or in part. 

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 

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, 

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

Issued in Washington, DC, July 12, 2010. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17522 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC10–919–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–919); Comment 

Request; Extension 

July 13, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006), (Pub. L. 

No. 104–13), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the proposed information collection 

described below. 

DATES: Comments in consideration of 

the collection of information are due 60 

days after publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

either electronically (eFiled) or in paper 

format, and should refer to Docket No. 

IC10–919–000. Documents must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http://www.

ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. 

eFiling instructions are available at: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. First time users must follow 

eRegister instructions at: http://www.

ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregistration.asp, to 

establish a user name and password 

before eFiling. The Commission will 

send an automatic acknowledgement to 

the sender’s e-mail address upon receipt 

of eFiled comments. Commenters 

making an eFiling should not make a 

paper filing. Commenters that are not 

able to file electronically must send an 

original and two (2) paper copies of 

their comments to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through eSubscription 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp. In addition, all 

comments and FERC issuances may be 

viewed, printed or downloaded 

remotely through FERC’s eLibrary at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket No. 

IC10–919–000. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by e-mail 

at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free) or 

(202) 502–8659 for TTY. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Miller may be reached by email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, 

telephone at (202)502–8415, and fax at 

(202)273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under FERC–919 

(OMB Control No. 1902–0234) ‘‘Electric 

Rate Schedule Filings: RM04–7–000 

Final Rule: Market Based Rates for 

Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, 

Capacity and Ancillary Services by 

Public Utilities’’ is necessary to ensure 

that market-based rates charged by 

public utilities are just and reasonable 

as mandated by Federal Power Act 

(FPA) sections 205 and 206. Section 205 

of the FPA requires just and reasonable 

rates and charges. Section 206 allows 

the Commission to revoke a seller’s 

market-based rate authorization if it 

determines that the seller may have 

gained market power since it was 

originally granted market-based rate 

authorization by the Commission. 

On June 21, 2007, the Commission 

issued Order No. 697 1 to modify 

subpart H to 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 35. In Order No. 

697, the Commission revised and 

codified market-based rate standards for 

generating electric utilities for use in the 

Commission’s determination of whether 

a wholesale seller of electric energy, 

capacity or ancillary services qualifies 

for market-based rate authority. Subpart 

H contains the regulations necessary to 

mandate that sellers submit market 

power analyses and related reports. 

Market power analyses must address 

both horizontal and vertical market 

power. To demonstrate lack of 

horizontal market power, two indicative 

market power screens are required 

under Order No. 697: The uncommitted 

pivotal supplier screen, which is based 

on the annual peak demand of the 

relevant market, and the uncommitted 

market share screen applied on a 

seasonal basis. These screens examine 

whether a seller has the ability to 

exercise horizontal market power. 

Sellers that fail either screen are 

rebuttably presumed to have market 

power, and a seller that fails either 

screen may submit a delivered price test 

analysis to rebut the presumption of 

horizontal market power. If a seller fails 

to rebut the presumption of horizontal 

market power, the Commission sets the 

just and reasonable rate at the default 

cost-based rate unless it approves 

different mitigation based on casespecific circumstances. For a seller that 

already makes wholesale sales at 

market-based rates, rates are not revoked 

and cost-based rates are not imposed 

until the Commission issues an order 

making a definitive finding that the 

seller has market power or, where the 

seller accepts a presumption of market 

power, an order is issued addressing 

whether default cost-based rates or casespecific cost-based rates are to be 

applied. Once an order is issued, the 

Commission revokes the market-based 

rate authority in all geographic markets 

where a seller is found to have market 

power.2

Sellers that own or control more than 

500 megawatts of generation and/or that 

own, operate or control transmission 

facilities, are affiliated with any entity 

that owns, operates or controls 

transmission facilities in the same 

region as the seller’s generation assets, 

or with a franchised public utility in the 


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