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ADDRESSES: Send your comments to 

Steven Grape, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, EI–24 Washington, DC 

20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Steven Grape, telephone 

202–586–1868, fax at (202) 586–4420, or 

by email at steven.grape@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0057; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

changes; 

(4) Purpose: Information reported on 

Form EIA–23L is used to provide 

national and regional estimates on the 

proved reserves of crude oil, natural gas, 

and natural gas liquids. Data collected 

on this form include proved reserves 

and production for crude oil, lease 

condensate, and natural gas by state and 

federal offshore regions. Information 

reported on Form EIA–64A is used to 

generate EIA’s state-level and federal 

offshore estimates of dry natural gas 

reserves and production (natural gas 

that remains after natural gas liquids are 

extracted). EIA releases annual reserves 

and production estimates through its 

website. These data are also used in EIA 

reports concerning U.S. crude oil, 

natural gas, and natural gas liquids 

reserves, and are incorporated in a 

number of other reports and analyses 

such as EIA’s Annual Energy Review, 

Annual Energy Outlook, Petroleum 

Supply Annual, and Natural Gas 

Annual. 

Congress and other federal agencies 

rely on the objective analysis, quality, 

reliability, and usefulness of EIA’s crude 

oil and natural gas reserves estimates. 

These federal agencies include: The U.S. 

Department of Energy; Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Department of 

Interior; Internal Revenue Service, 

Department of the Treasury; and the 

Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Each federal agency uses EIA’s estimates 

on proved reserves for their official use 

to meet their data needs. EIA’s 

published estimates on proved reserves 

of domestic crude oil and natural gas are 

essential to the development, 

implementation, and evaluation of 

energy policy and legislation. There are 

no proposed changes to Forms EIA–23L 

and EIA–23S. 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: EIA proposes to collect the 

following additional information on 

Form EIA–64A, Annual Report of the 

Origin of Natural Gas Liquids 

Production: 

• Section 2. Add Item 2.1 to collect 

the total outlet volume of residue 

natural gas produced and add Item 2.3 

to collect the volume of residue natural 

gas sent to a pipeline. Add Item 2.4: The 

amount of electricity consumed 

annually at the natural gas plant. The 

number of natural gas processing plants 

that are 100% electrically-powered is 

increasing. Federal air quality 

restrictions imposed on sources of 

combustion emissions is one reason for 

the increasing trend in using electricity 

as a power source rather than relying on 

natural gas as a fuel for processing and 

other plant operations. 

• Section 3.0, Add Item 3.1C: The 

annual total of natural gas liquids (NGL) 

reported separately by components or 

products produced at the natural gas 

processing plant by Area of Origin in 

Section 3 of Form EIA–64A. Currently, 

only the total plant NGL volume shown 

on Line 4.8 is reported by Area of 

Origin. 

• Delete the data element Gas 

Shrinkage Resulting from Natural Gas 

Liquids Extracted currently shown as 

Item 5.0 on Form EIA–64A. 

Respondents currently report their 

estimate of the volumes of gas shrinkage 

in millions of cubic feet (MMCF) caused 

from the removal of natural gas liquids 

from the natural gas received at the 

plant. Respondents will no longer need 

to report this information. The 

shrinkage volumes for a respondent will 

be calculated by EIA using the 

component data reported in Section 3. 

• The burden per response for Form 

EIA–64A changed from 6 hours to 4 

hours. Cognitive research showed that 

the weighted average time estimate to 

gather and report information on the 

proposed modified new Form EIA–64A 

was less than 3 hours. The majority of 

the information reported on this form is 

information that companies customarily 

track in the normal course of their 

business activities. Some companies 

may take longer than 3 hours to 

complete Form EIA–64A so EIA 

extended the burden per response 

estimate to 4 hours to account for some 

companies that may require additional 

time. 

The mode of reporting information 

will also change. Operators will be 

required to log in to the EIA Data 

xChange Portal to report their 

information and submit Form EIA–64A. 

By identifying and selecting each plant 

within the portal, respondent 

information will be populated 

automatically in order to reduce 

reporting burden. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,644; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 1,644; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 29,252; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no capital and 

start-up costs associated with this data 

collection. The information is 

maintained in the normal course of 

business. The cost of burden hours is 

estimated to be $2,214,084 (29,252 

burden hours times $75.69 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. 

Comments are invited on these 

proposed changes and: (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. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 15 

U.S.C. 790(a), and the DOE Organization Act 

of 1977, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, August 6, 2018. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17183 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER18–2159–000] 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization; Crazy Mountain Wind 

LLC 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Crazy 

Mountain Wind LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 


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such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is August 27, 

2018. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

electronic 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. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17197 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2628–065] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document 

(PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing 

Process, and Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the PAD and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 2628–065. 

c. Dated Filed: June 1, 2018. 

d. Submitted By: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power). 

e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris 

Hydroelectric Project (Harris Project). 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Tallapoosa River the City of 

Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and 

Cleburne Counties, Alabama. The 

project also includes land within the 

James D. Martin-Skyline Wildlife 

Management Area located 

approximately 110 miles north of Harris 

Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. 

The project occupies 4.90 acres of 

federal land administered by the Bureau 

of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Angie 

Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project 

Manager, Alabama Power Company, 600 

18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35203; 

(205) 257–2251 or ARSEGARS@

southernco.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at 

(202) 502–6863 or email at 

sarah.salazar@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Alabama Power as the Commission’s 

non-federal representative for carrying 

out informal consultation, pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

and section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Alabama Power filed with the 

Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website (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, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as 

well as study requests. All comments on 

the PAD and SD1, and study requests 

should be sent to the address above in 

paragraph h. In addition, all comments 

on the PAD and SD1, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 

and all communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 


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