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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

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Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number: (202) 287–1644. 

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Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

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Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

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Forces, review letters and resolutions 

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2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed 

reinstatement, and three-year approval 

to the Form GC–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey’’ (previously designated as the 

Form RW–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey’’) that EIA is developing for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) required that the 

DOE enter into Standard Contracts with 

all generators or owners of spent nuclear 

fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 

domestic origin in 1983. This data 

collection evolved from an Appendix to 

this Standard Contract. Appendix B to 

the Standard Contract required that 

spent nuclear fuel discharge, storage, 

and projection information be collected 

annually. The annual version of the 

Form RW–859 survey was collected for 

the survey years from 1983 through 

1995. Due to budgetary constraints, the 

survey was collected periodically for 

survey years 1998 and 2002, covering 

multi-year periods. The survey 

containing data as of December 31, 2002 

was collected during 2003 and is the 

most recent data on spent nuclear fuel 

discharges and storage available within 

DOE. Lack of funding resulted in the 

form being discontinued in 2009. With 

the transfer of certain functions between 

Offices of the DOE and with the need to 

collect data for other Offices within 

DOE, the data collection authorization is 

now under the auspices of the Office of 

the General Counsel (GC) and the form 

will be redesignated as the Form GC– 

859. 

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 by September 21, 2012. If 

you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marta 

Gospodarczyk. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by Fax (202–586–3045) or email 

(marta.gospodarczyk@eia.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Office of Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, and 

Renewables Analysis, EI–34, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Ms. Gospodarczyk may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–0527. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

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should be directed to Ms. Gospodarczyk 

at the address listed above. 

Additionally, forms and instructions 

may be viewed at http://www.eia.gov/ 

survey/#GC-859. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1901–0287; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Form GC–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey’’; 

(3) Type of Request: Reinstatement 

with changes of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has been 

discontinued; 

(4a) Purpose: 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 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. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

35), 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. Any 

comments received help the EIA to 

prepare data requests that maximize the 

utility of the information collected, and 

to assess the impact of collection 

requirements on the public. Also, the 

EIA will later seek approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

(42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) required that 

the DOE enter into Standard Contracts 

with all generators or owners of spent 

nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 

waste of domestic origin. Form GC–859 

evolved from an appendix to this 

Standard Contract. 

Appendix B to the Standard Contract, 

originally titled ‘‘Ten Year Discharge 

Forecast,’’ became the Form RW–859 

‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Survey.’’ The Form 

RW–859 survey was collected annually 

for survey years from 1983 through 

1995. It was again collected for survey 

years 1998 and 2002, covering a multiyear period. The Form RW–859 was last 

collected in 2003 and was discontinued 

on November 10, 2009. The survey 

containing data as of December 31, 2002 

was the last collected and is the most 

recent data on nuclear fuel discharges 

and storage available within EIA. The 

EIA has collected the Form RW–859 

survey for the DOE Office of Civilian 

Radioactive Waste Management 

(OCRWM). In 2009, the Obama 

Administration determined that all 

funding for OCRWM be eliminated from 

the Federal budget, leading to the 

dissolution of the OCRWM. Many of the 

activities previously performed by the 

OCRWM had to continue in lieu of these 

political developments. Activities were 

transferred to the Office of Standard 

Contract Management, which has been 

created within the Office of the General 

Counsel (GC). Thus, the form number 

was changed from the Form RW–859 to 

the Form GC–859. 

Form RW–859 Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey form has been used to collect 

information on nuclear fuel use and 

spent fuel discharges from all utilities 

that operate commercial nuclear 

reactors and from all others that possess 

irradiated fuel from commercial nuclear 

reactors. The data collection provides 

stakeholders with detailed information 

concerning the spent nuclear fuel 

generated by the respondents 

(commercial utility generators of spent 

nuclear fuel and other owners of spent 

nuclear fuel within the U.S.). The new 

Form GC–859 will represent a change 

from previous versions of the Nuclear 

Fuel Data Survey. Recommendations 

developed by the president’s Blue 

Ribbon Commission on America’s 

Nuclear Energy Future have resulted in 

a need for more detailed data than that 

collected in previous surveys in order 

that personnel from the DOE Offices of 

Nuclear Energy (NE) and Environmental 

Management (EM), the national 

laboratories, and other data users can 

meet their research obligations. 

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 non-statistical uses) 

of the information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

(4b) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: 

The current Form GC–859 redesign 

effort and associated changes has 

several fundamental goals and 

objectives: 

—Maintain the fidelity of collection of 

the information required by 

stakeholders, by continuing to collect 

quality data on reactors, historical 

spent fuel discharges, projections of 

spent fuel discharges, pool capacities 

and inventories, and special fuel and 

non-fuel forms relevant to user needs; 

—Simplify the process of data collection 

and validation, by enhancing the 

ability of respondents to provide data 

through electronic data transfer in any 

available format (spreadsheet, 

database, etc.); 

The major changes to the Form GC– 

859 survey from the last data collection 

in 2003 include the following: 

The EIA has modified the structure of 

the Form GC–859 survey into separate 

schedules for the collection of utility, 

reactor, fuel, storage facility, non-fuel, 

and greater than class C (GTCC) lowlevel radioactive waste data. The 

redesign increases the visibility of 

storage facilities as individual entities, 

clarifies the collection of data on special 

fuel forms and non-fuel components, 

updates historical cycle assembly data, 

and collects new data on GTCC lowlevel waste. 

Instructions for responding to each 

schedule of the survey form, along with 

appropriate references and definitions, 

have been moved into the schedules. 

Instructions were previously detailed in 

an Appendix to the survey form. 

Appropriate data from the Standard 

Contract has also been included within 

the form schedules. The new form 

allows for multiple contact personnel, 

so that respondents may choose to 

submit reactor and storage facility data 

separately. Drop-down menus have been 

added throughout the form to aid the 

respondents. The Glossary has been 

revised and expanded. Respondents to 

this data collection are provided with 

data submitted on previous Nuclear 

Fuel Data surveys so that they may 

update historical data. The DOE last 

collected the survey containing data as 

of December 31, 2002. Current 

respondents will be provided with this 

2002 survey data to update. Additional 

data from prior versions of the form will 

also be supplied where appropriate. 

Respondents will be allowed to modify, 

update, or correct historical data or 

supply complete historical data in any 

readily available format. 

The consolidation of all fuel data 

(metal content, enrichment, discharge 

burnup, cycle numbers and dates, fuel 

vendor, lattice type, assembly status 

code, storage location, special fuel 

forms) in a single survey schedule 

ensures consistent, non-repetitive data. 

Data on special fuel forms (consolidated 

fuel, fuel in canisters, fuel rods, fuel 

pieces) now supplements the basic fuel 

data, rather than being collected in 

separate sections as in previous surveys. 

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A major change to the spent fuel data is 

that respondents are no longer required 

to report assembly type codes for every 

discharged assembly. Previous surveys 

contained an Appendix of almost 300 

different assembly codes from which the 

respondent had to choose, based on 

assembly manufacturer, design 

considerations, and characteristics. 

Respondents are now required to only 

report manufacturer and lattice (array) 

type, greatly reducing the time required 

to fill out this section. 

The fuel section now includes a 

requirement to collect complete fuel 

cycle history for every discharged 

assembly. Previously collected fuel data 

included fresh fuel assembly insertions 

and spent fuel discharges, so much of 

this historical data is already available 

and will be provided to the respondents. 

Data collection for pool storage and 

dry storage has been consolidated from 

two sections on the Form RW–859 

survey to one on the Form GC–859 

survey. Previous requirements to supply 

information on individual assemblies 

stored at all storage sites has been 

replaced by the addition of a column for 

storage site identifier in the fuel data 

section. A new requirement to report 

assemblies in multi-canister dry storage 

modules has been added. 

Non-fuel components data collection 

has been moved to a separate schedule. 

Based on discussions with industry 

personnel and comments submitted on 

previous surveys, data will now be 

collected by storage location: 

Components that are an integral part of 

an assembly, components stored in a 

single-element canister or container, 

and components stored separate from an 

assembly and uncanistered in the 

storage pool. Data on non-fuel 

components integral to an assembly are 

being collected for the first time. 

Another new addition to the Form 

GC–859 is a schedule for greater than 

class C (GTCC) low level radioactive 

waste (LLRW). This schedule will 

collect both packaged and projected 

inventory information for activated 

metals and process waste. This schedule 

is not mandatory, and only respondents 

who have readily available access to this 

data should report. 

Approximately 20 questions, tables, 

or sections have been deleted from this 

version of the form. Data on reinserted 

fuel, canister closure, and shipments 

and transfers of discharged fuel have 

been removed in the new version of the 

survey. The revised form eliminates the 

collection of duplicative information. 

A three-year clearance is being 

requested for this survey since no 

definitive plans have been made on 

when the next Form GC–859 survey will 

be collected. Respondents will be 

notified prior to the next data collection. 

(5) Estimated Number of Survey 

Respondents: 138 Surveys are expected 

to be filed for approximately 138 

facilities. These facilities include 104 

operating nuclear reactors, 16 

permanently shut down nuclear 

reactors, 8 storage facilities, and 10 

research/test reactors. Respondents 

other than operating nuclear reactors are 

only required to respond to the sections 

of the survey applicable to them; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: Current plans call for 

the survey to be collected once every 

five years, so respondents will only file 

the Form GC–859 once over the threeyear approval period, for an average of 

1⁄3 of a response per year from each 

respondent. Dividing the numbers in (5) 

by 3, EIA estimates an average of 34.667 

responses annually from operating 

nuclear reactors, 5.333 responses 

annually from permanently shut down 

nuclear reactors, 2.667 responses 

annually from storage facilities, and 

3.333 responses annually from research/ 

test stations. For the three-year approval 

period, the annual estimate is 46 

responses; 

(7) Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3106.7. The estimate by 

respondent category is 80 hours per 

response for operating nuclear reactors, 

40 hours per response for permanently 

shut down nuclear reactors, and 20 

hours per response for storage facilities 

and research/test reactors. The total of 

3106.7 hours per year is obtained by 

multiplying the burden per response for 

each category by the corresponding 

annual responses in (6) and adding the 

burden estimates for each category. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0; EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs to respondents 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); 

Section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 

of 1982, codified at 42 U.S.C. 10101. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 11, 

2012. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

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