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United Kingdom. The material was 

originally obtained by Cameco from 

Cameco Resources-Crowe Butte 

Operation pursuant to export license 

XSOU8798. 

In accordance with section 131a. of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, it has been determined that 

this subsequent arrangement concerning 

the retransfer of nuclear material of 

United States origin will not be inimical 

to the common defense and security of 

the United States of America. 

Dated: May 7, 2014. 

For the Department of Energy. 

Anne M. Harrington, 

Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation. 

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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. 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Extension; Notice and 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), Form EIA–846, ‘‘Manufacturing 

Energy Consumption Survey.’’ 

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 July 22, 2014. 

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 Tom Lorenz, Office of Energy 

Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, 

EI–22, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585 or by fax at (202) 586–9753, 

or by email at Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Tom Lorenz at the address 

listed above. To view the form online 

please go to: http://www.eia.gov/survey/ 

notice/consumption_mecs2014.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0169; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey (MECS); 

(3) Type of Request: Reinstatement, 

with change, of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired; 

(4) Purpose: 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and 

(42 U.S.C. 7135(i)) 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 Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey (MECS) is a selfadministered sample survey designed to 

collect energy consumption and 

expenditures data from establishments 

in the manufacturing sector; i.e., North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) codes 31–33. Previous 

MECS required multiple collection 

forms depending on an establishment’s 

primary business activity classification 

under NAICS. The increased use of 

technology by means of an Internet data 

collection system however, has allowed 

the MECS to eliminate the need to have 

multiple forms. 

The 2014 MECS will collect 

information during 2015 for business 

activities in calendar year 2014, and the 

2016 MECS, if implemented, will collect 

information during 2017 for business 

activities in calendar year 2016. For the 

2014 and 2016 MECS, as in the past, 

EIA proposes to collect the following 

data from each MECS establishment: (1) 

For each energy source consumed— 

consumption (total, fuel and nonfuel 

uses) and the expenditures for each 

energy source, energy storage (as 

applicable), energy produced onsite, 

and shipments (as applicable); (2) 

energy end uses; (3) fuel-switching 

capabilities (4) general energy-saving 

technologies; (5) energy management 

activities; and (6) square footage, and 

number of buildings in the 

establishment. 

The MECS has been conducted eight 

times previously, covering the years 

1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 

2006, and 2010. In all eight survey 

years, the MECS has collected baseline 

data on manufacturers’ energy 

consumption and expenditures. The 

MECS collected data on fuel-switching 

capabilities in all years except 1998. In 

the 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 

2010 surveys, the MECS also collected 

data on end-uses, energy management 

activities, building square footage, and 

energy-saving technologies. 

The MECS information is the basis for 

data and analytic products that can be 

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

consumption/manufacturing. Also on 

this Web site are past publications, 

articles, and a special analytic series, 

‘‘Industry Analysis Briefs.’’ The 2014 

and 2016 MECS will also be used to 

benchmark EIA’s industry forecasting 

model and update changes in the energy 

intensity and greenhouse gases data 

series. 

The proposed 2014 and 2016 MECS 

uses experience gained from the 

administration and processing of the 

seven previous surveys and past 

consultations with respondents, trade 

association representatives, and data 

users to improve the survey. 

Please refer to the 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 

of the information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the ‘‘For Further 

Information Contact’’ section; 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: 

EIA proposes making several changes 

from the 2010 MECS for use in the 2014 

and 2016 MECS. The first substantial 

change for the 2014 and 2016 MECS is 

shortening the collection time frame. 

The past MECS cycles, going back to 

1988, have been quadrennial surveys; 

however with the increased importance 

of relevant energy data, EIA is proposing 

to shorten the collection time frame 

from a quadrennial to a biennial survey. 

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This change doubles the response 

burden because EIA would be collecting 

two rounds of data from respondents 

under this OMB clearance number. 

In the past EIA has calculated the 

amount of petrochemical feedstocks and 

asphalt that are produced by a refinery 

and used elsewhere in manufacturing. 

To obtain more accurate estimates of 

these two energy sources EIA proposes 

collecting data about petrochemical 

feedstocks and asphalt. The data 

collected about petrochemical 

feedstocks and asphalt will be largely 

what the MECS collects about other 

energy sources; purchases, 

expenditures, transfers in, produced onsite, used as fuel and nonfuel, and 

shipments data. Petrochemical 

feedstocks and asphalt are used in a few 

industries, so the MECS will collect data 

about these energy sources from those 

NAICS codes that use this type of 

energy; namely, petrochemical 

manufacturing (NAICS 325110), asphalt 

paving mixture and block 

manufacturing (NAICS 324121), and 

asphalt shingle and coating materials 

manufacturing (NAICS 324122). The 

response burden will be kept to a 

minimum because the data collected 

about petrochemical feedstocks and 

asphalt will only be collected from the 

industries listed above. 

EIA is working with the Advanced 

Manufacturing Office (AMO) at DOE to 

reform the questions in the Energy 

Management and General Technologies 

sections on the MECS. The data 

collected would help EIA and DOE to 

develop manufacturing energy 

efficiency improvements. These will be 

‘‘Yes’’/‘‘No’’ questions that will not 

significantly affect response burden. 

Further, EIA plans to ask iron and 

steel mills (NAICS 331111) about their 

use of blast furnaces and electric arc 

furnaces (EAF) at the establishment. 

This will help EIA identify whether an 

iron and steel mill is an integrated or a 

mini mill, and help determine if all the 

essential energy data has been collected 

from the establishment. These will be 

‘‘Yes’’/‘‘No’’ questions that will not 

significantly affect response burden. 

Besides the changes already 

discussed, the content of the 2014 and 

2016 MECS will be largely unchanged 

from the 2010 survey. Most respondents 

will submit their data electronically in 

a question-answer format as opposed to 

the spreadsheet format used in the past. 

The MECS information products will 

continue to present industry-by-Census 

Region level data as well as national 

data; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 31,000; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 10,333; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 95,160; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs to respondents associated with the 

survey other than the costs associated 

with the burden hours; 

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 May 16, 

2014. 

Stephen Harvey, 

Assistant Administrator of Energy Statistics, 

U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12008 Filed 5–22–14; 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: EC14–87–000. 

Applicants: Oklahoma Cogeneration, 

LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization for Disposition of 

Jurisdictional Facilities of Oklahoma 

Cogeneration, LLC. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5121. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1576–000. 

Applicants: Emera Maine. 

Description: Supplement to March 21, 

2014 Request for Waiver of 18 CFR 

Section 37.6(k) of Emera Maine. 

Filed Date: 5/8/14. 

Accession Number: 20140508–5180. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/22/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1964–000. 

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be effective 5/14/2014. 

Filed Date: 5/14/14. 

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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/4/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1965–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

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NITSA and NOA to be effective 5/1/

2014. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5057. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1966–000. 

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Description: Notice of Cancellation of 

Goshen-Kinport Line Communications 

Agreement to be effective 7/17/2014. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5064. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1967–000. 

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Inc. 

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MEAN Meter Agent Services Agreement 

of Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5157. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1968–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Notice of Cancellation of 

LES Meter Agent Services Agreement of 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5158. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1969–000. 

Applicants: Public Service Company 

of Colorado. 

Description: 2014–5–15 Wind 

Integration Filing to be effective 8/1/

2014. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5202. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES14–41–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization under Section 204 of the 

Federal Power Act to Issue Securities of 

NorthWestern Corporation. 

Filed Date: 5/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20140515–5129. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/5/14. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or 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 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

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