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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102884-102885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29986]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 
of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of requests for comments.

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SUMMARY: DOE submitted an information collection request for extension 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension, with changes, to the Form 
NWPA-830G ``Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of 
Fees'', including annex A to appendix G, under OMB Control Number 1901-
0260. Form NWPA-830G is part of the Standard Contract for Disposal of 
Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste. Generators and 
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 
domestic origin paid fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund based on net 
electricity generated and sold as defined in the Standard Contract.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before January 17, 2025. 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 and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information, 
contact Guang Wei, Office of Standard Contract Management, U.S. 
Department of Energy, telephone (240) 388-5685, or by email at 
[email protected]. The forms and instructions are available 
on DOE's website at https://www.energy.gov/gc/office-standard-contract-management and at EIA's website at www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1901-0260;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Form NWPA-830G, Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The Form NWPA-830G survey included in the Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G, collects information on energy resource 
reserves, production, demand, technology, and related economic and 
statistical information.
    The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et 
seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require 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.
    As part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EIA provides the general public and 
other federal agencies with opportunities to comment on collections of 
energy information conducted by or in conjunction with EIA. Also, EIA 
will later seek approval for this collection by 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 DOE enter into Standard Contracts with all generators or 
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 
domestic origin. Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice 
for Payment of Fees, including annex A to appendix G, is an Appendix to 
this Standard Contract. Appendix G and annex A to appendix G are 
commonly referred to as Remittance Advice (RA) forms. RA forms must be 
submitted quarterly by generators and owners of spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin who signed the Standard 
Contract. Appendix G is designed to serve as the source document for 
entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data to DOE concerning 
payment of fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund for spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level waste disposal. Annex A to appendix G is used to provide 
data on the amount of net electricity generated and sold, upon which 
these fees are based.
    (4a) Changes to Information Collection: The reduction of 20 annual 
burden hours for Form NWPA-830G results from the reduction of the 
number of total respondents representing reactors that decreased from 
95 to 94. One reactor permanently shut down since the last clearance 
cycle and no longer is required to pay fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund 
nor respond to this survey.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 94.
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 376.
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,880.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$171,381 (1,880 estimated number of burden hours times $91.16 per hour 
current average loaded wage rate). DOE estimates that respondents will 
have no additional costs associated with the

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surveys other than the burden hours and the maintenance of the 
information during the normal course of business.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101, and 42 
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-29986 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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