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soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer: 

Brandon Debruhl, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503. Email: Brandon_F_DeBruhl@

omb.eop.gov; and to Tom Lorenz, Office 

of Energy Consumption and Efficiency 

Statistics, Forrestal Building, EI–22, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue 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 contact 

information given above or by email at 

Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov. Form EIA–846 

and its instructions are available on the 

internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/ 

form/eia_846/proposed/2018/form.pdf. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0169; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: Form EIA–846 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. The 

previous MECS required respondents to 

complete 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 has allowed the MECS 

to eliminate the need to have multiple 

forms; 

(4a) Changes to Information 

Collection: 

• Questions about Tire-Derived Fuel: 

EIA will collect data about tire-derived 

fuel (TDF) in the Waste Oils and Tars, 

and Waste Byproduct Gases section of 

the questionnaire starting on page 35 of 

Form EIA–846A. The new questions 

will be inserted after questions 138–139, 

specifically from those industries, Paper 

(NAICS 322) and Nonmetallic Mineral 

Products (NAICS 327) that use TDF as 

an energy source. EIA currently asks 

respondents to report TDF on the MECS 

in a section titled, ‘‘Other.’’ The change 

to report TDF as a separate category will 

reduce respondent uncertainty 

regarding where to report this 

information. The questions on TDF are 

the same questions that have previously 

been asked about this energy source: 

Purchases; expenditures; transfers-in; 

amount produced on-site; whether it’s a 

product/byproduct of another energy 

source consumed on-site; and fuel 

consumption. Over the past three MECS 

cycles, TDF has become a growing 

energy source within the ‘‘Other’’ 

section and accounts for over half of the 

energy consumed that is reported in that 

section. Previous data collection cycles 

may have undercounted the use of TDF 

because some establishments did not 

know where to report their TDF 

volumes. By directly asking for these 

data as a separate data element, EIA will 

improve the coverage and accuracy of 

the use of this energy source. 

• Question 16 about electric 

generation with less than one-megawatt 

nameplate capacity was added. EIA will 

collect data about small-scale (less than 

one megawatt) distributed electricity 

generation occurring at U.S. 

manufacturing establishments. EIA will 

add a Yes/No question about distributed 

generation to the electricity section of 

the MECS to monitor manufacturing 

establishments that use non-renewable 

distributed generation. Distributed 

generation is a subset of ‘‘distributed 

energy resources’’ which are modular, 

moderately sized generation sources 

that are used to produce electricity, or 

combined heat and power (CHP), near 

the site of end use. EIA expects that 

generation from non-renewable, smallscale distributed generation (e.g., micro 

turbines, fuel cells, natural gas generator 

sets, and diesel generator sets below one 

megawatt) will increase in the future. 

This increase in non-renewable, smallscale distributed generation is expected 

to continue because of a variety of 

factors, including increased demand for 

reliable and resilient power, 

deployment mandates (e.g., renewable 

portfolio standards), improved 

technology and decreased cost of 

distributed generation, low natural gas 

prices, and high retail electricity rates. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 15,000; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 3,750; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 34,565; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of 

the burden hours is estimated to be 

$2,616,225 (34,565 burden hours times 

$75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that 

there are no additional costs to 

respondents associated with the surveys 

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 as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. 

L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 

2018. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–186–000] 

PATH Allegheny Transmission 

Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for 

Declaratory Order 

Take notice that on July 23, 2018, 

pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017), 

PATH Allegheny Transmission 

Company, LLC and its subsidiaries, 

PATH Allegheny Virginia Transmission 

Corporation (PATH–VA) and PATH 

Allegheny Maryland Transmission 

Corporation (PATH–MD), (together, 

PATH AYE) filed a petition requesting 

the Commission issue a declaratory 

order determining that PATH AYE’s 

distribution of paid-in capital to its 

ultimate parent company—FirstEnergy 

Corp., will not violate section 305(a) of 

the Federal Power Act,1 as more fully 

explained in the petition. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 


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of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

website that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on August 22, 2018. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16231 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for electronic review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s website at http://

www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. 

Enter the docket number, excluding the 

last three digits, in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 7–16–2018 1 Mass Mailing 

Exempt: 

1. P–2809–034 .................................................................... 7–10–2018 State of Maine Department of Marine Resources 

1Twenty Seven letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners under this docket number. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16219 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–187–000] 

PATH West Virginia Transmission 

Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for 

Declaratory Order 

Date: July 24, 2018. 

Take notice that on July 23, 2018, 

pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017), 

PATH West Virginia Transmission 

Company, LLC (Petitioner), filed a 

petition for a declaratory order 

requesting that the Commission find 

that its distributions of paid-in capital to 

its parent companies FirstEnergy Corp. 

and American Electric Power Company, 

Inc. will not violate section 305(a) of the 

Federal Power Act,1 all as more fully 

explained in the petition. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 


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