[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70721-70722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29968]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

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

ACTION: Agency information collection activities: proposed collection; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year 
extension of the OMB expiration date for Forms: NWPA-830C `Appendix C--
Delivery Commitment Schedule', NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard 
Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees (including Annex A).'

DATES: Comments must be filed by January 27, 2003. If you anticipate 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jim Finucane. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1934) or e-mail 
[email protected] is recommended. The mailing address is Office 
of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, EI-52, Forrestal 
Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-0650. 
Alternatively, Mr. Finucane may be reached by telephone at 202-287-
1966.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Mr. Finucane 
at the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:


I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments

I. Background

    The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-275, 15 
U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the Department of Energy 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) of the collections under Section 3507(h) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    Appendix C, Form NWPA-830C, `Delivery Commitment Schedule, (DCS)' 
is designed to allow companies purchasing nuclear waste disposal 
services from the DOE to identify the number of assemblies, including 
their initial uranium loading, the range of discharge dates, and the 
mode of transportation, along with the year that the purchaser proposes 
that the DOE take delivery. This information is required at a point in 
time at least 63 months before expected transfer to the DOE. The DCS 
provides purchasers with the opportunity to inform DOE of their plans 
for utilizing their allocations of projected Federal Waste Management 
System capacity.
    NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of 
Fees', and `Annex A to Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for 
Payment of Fees' are designed to serve as the source document for 
entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data from Purchasers to 
the DOE concerning payment of their fees for spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level waste disposal into the Nuclear Waste Fund. The Remittance 
Advice (RA) must be submitted by Purchasers who signed the Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste with the DOE.

II. Current Actions

    The current proposed action is a three-year extension of two 
existing data collections. This is a request for comments on EIA's 
proposal to request this three-year extension of approval to continue 
collecting information with Forms NWPA-830C, the Appendix C--`Delivery 
Commitment Schedule,' and

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the NWPA-830G `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of 
Fees' with no change to the existing collections.

III. Request for Comments

    Prospective respondents and other interested parties should comment 
on the actions discussed in item II. The following guidelines are 
provided to assist in the preparation of comments. Please indicate to 
which form(s) your comments apply.

General Issues

    A. Are the proposed collections of information necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the 
information have practical utility? Practical utility is defined as the 
actual usefulness of information to or for an agency, taking into 
account its accuracy, adequacy, reliability, timeliness, and the 
agency's ability to process the information it collects.
    B. What enhancements can be made to the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information

    A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the 
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be 
collected?
    B. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If 
not, which instructions need clarification?
    C. Can the information be submitted by the due date?
    D. Public reporting burden to complete Form NWPA-830C, the 
estimated burden per response is 2 hours. To complete Form NWPA-830G 
the average time per response is five and one half hours. The data for 
the Form NWPA-830G is collected quarterly. The estimated burden 
includes the total time necessary to provide the requested information. 
In your opinion, how accurate is this estimate?
    E. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for 
the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent 
incur start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs for 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with the 
information collection?
    F. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of 
this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    G. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar 
information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the 
methods of collection.

As a Potential Data User of the Information to be Collected

    A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the 
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information 
disseminated?
    B. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be 
collected?
    C. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
    D. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they 
useful? If so, what are their weaknesses and/or strengths?
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also 
will become a matter of public record.

    Statutory Authority:  Sections 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 20, 2002.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29968 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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