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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42094-42095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17444]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted an 
information collection request to the OMB for extension under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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The information collection requests a three-year extension of its 
Quarterly Electricity Imports and Exports Report, OMB Control Number 
1905-0208. The proposed collection is a census of companies that (1) 
import or export electricity, (2) operate electric systems to cause the 
flow of electricity, or (3) own transmission facilities that make 
possible the flow of electricity across U.S. international borders. The 
volume of physical electricity imports and exports is reported as 
transaction volumes, implemented and actual interchange, and metered 
flow. Transaction volumes are reported with their associated 
transaction characteristics and payments or receipts. The collection 
supports the U.S. Department of Energy's regulation of cross border 
transmission/distribution facilities and electricity exports.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before August 17, 2015. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk 
Officer at OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as 
possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4718.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk 
Officer,Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget,New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    And to William Booth by fax at (202) 287-1960, or by email at 
William.booth@eia.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to William Booth at William.booth@eia.gov. The draft form 
and instructions are available at http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ 
electricity/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This information collection request contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0208;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Quarterly Electricity 
Imports and Exports Report;
    (3) Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection;
    (4) Purpose: Form EIA-111 collects U.S. electricity import and 
export data. The data are used to get an accurate measure of the flow 
of electricity into and out of the United States. The import and export 
data are reported by U.S. purchasers, sellers and transmitters of 
electricity, including persons authorized by Order to export electric 
energy from the United States to foreign countries, persons authorized 
by Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, or connect 
electric power transmission lines that cross the U.S. international 
border, and U.S. Balancing Authorities that are directly interconnected 
with foreign Balancing Authorities. Such entities are to report monthly 
data on aggregate flows of electric energy received and delivered 
across the border, the cost associated with the transactions, metered 
flows over transfer facilities and actual and implemented interchange 
on a quarterly reporting cycle. The data collected on this form may 
appear in various EIA publications;
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: The data element 
``Transfer Facility's Presidential Permit numbers'' is changed to 
``Transmission Provider/Transfer Facility(ies)'' in the sections 
``Imports into the U.S. from Canada or Mexico,'' ``Exports from the 
U.S. to Canada or Mexico.'' and ``Implemented Interchange.'' A new 
section for reporting ``Metered Flow on Transfer Facilities'' is added 
to collect monthly metered cross border flow over Presidential Permit 
holders and other transfer facilities;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 176;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 704;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1056;
    (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 $76,000 
(1,056 burden hours times $71.97 per hour). 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, Public Law 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2015.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-17444 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am]
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