[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 82 (Monday, April 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22939-22941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9215]


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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 revisions and 
three-year extension to the following Petroleum Supply Forms: EIA-800, 
``Weekly Refinery and Fractionator Report;'' EIA-801, ``Weekly Bulk 
Terminal Report;'' EIA-802, ``Weekly Product Pipeline Report;'' EIA-
803, ``Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report;'' EIA-804, ``Weekly Imports 
Report;'' EIA-805, ``Weekly Terminal Blenders Report;'' EIA-810, 
``Monthly Refinery Report;'' EIA-811, ``Monthly Bulk Terminal Report;'' 
EIA-812, ``Monthly Product Pipeline Report;'' EIA-813, ``Monthly Crude 
Oil Report;'' EIA-814, ``Monthly Imports Report;'' EIA-815, ``Monthly 
Terminal Blenders Report;'' EIA-816, ``Monthly Natural Gas Liquids 
Report;'' EIA-817,

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``Monthly Tanker and Barge Movement Report;'' EIA-819, ``Monthly 
Oxygenate Report;'' and EIA-820, ``Annual Refinery Report.''

DATES: Comments must be filed by June 27, 2008. If you anticipate 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sylvia Norris. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-586-1076) or e-mail 
([email protected]) is recommended. The mailing address is 
Petroleum Division, EI-42, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, Sylvia Norris may be 
contacted by telephone at 202-586-6106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Sylvia 
Norris at the address listed above. The proposed forms and changes in 
definitions and instructions are also available on the Internet at: 
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/survey_forms/pet_survey_forms.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

I. Background

    The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-275, 
15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 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 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 for this collection by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    The weekly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA-800, EIA-801, EIA-
802, EIA-803, EIA-804, and EIA-805) are designed to highlight 
information on petroleum refinery operations, inventory levels, and 
imports of selected petroleum products in a timely manner. The 
information appears in the publications listed below and is also 
available electronically through the Internet at http://www.eia.doe.gov/.
    Publications: Internet only publications are the Weekly Petroleum 
Status Report, Short-Term Energy Outlook, and This Week in Petroleum.
    The monthly petroleum supply surveys (Forms EIA-810, EIA-811, EIA-
812, EIA-813, EIA-814, EIA-815, EIA-816, EIA-817, and EIA-819) are 
designed to provide statistically reliable and comprehensive 
information not available from other sources to EIA, other Federal 
agencies, and the private sector for use in forecasting, policy making, 
planning, and analysis activities. The information appears in the 
publications listed below and is also available electronically through 
the Internet at http://www.eia.doe.gov/.
    Publications: Internet only publications are the Petroleum Supply 
Monthly, Petroleum Supply Annual, and Short-Term Energy Outlook. 
Hardcopy and internet publications are the Monthly Energy Review (DOE/
EIA-0035), the Annual Energy Review (DOE/EIA-0384), and the Annual 
Energy Outlook (DOE/EIA-0383).
    The annual petroleum supply survey (Form EIA-820) provides data on 
the operations of all operating and idle petroleum refineries 
(including new refineries under construction), blending plants, 
refineries shutdown with useable storage capacity, and refineries 
shutdown during the previous year. The information appears in the 
Refinery Capacity Report and in the Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1 
are available electronically through the Internet at http://www.eia.doe.gov/.

II. Current Actions

    The EIA will request the collection approval for each of the above-
referenced surveys for a three-year period. Additionally, as a means of 
improving its petroleum supply surveys to reflect changing regulations 
and changes in the petroleum industry, the EIA proposes the following 
changes effective with the 2009 collection period:
    EIA-810 (Monthly Refinery Report)--Collect hydrogen input as a 
separate product. Currently, hydrogen input is included with input of 
``other'' hydrocarbons; collect ethanol production due to addition of 
denaturant at refineries; collect inputs, production, and stocks of 
renewable fuels including biomass-based diesel fuel, other renewable 
diesel fuel, and other renewable fuels.
    EIA-811 (Monthly Bulk Terminal Report)--Collect stocks of renewable 
fuels including biomass-based diesel fuel, other renewable diesel fuel, 
and other renewable fuels.
    EIA-812 (Monthly Product Pipeline Report)--Collect stocks and 
inter-PAD District movements of renewable fuels including fuel ethanol, 
biomass-based diesel fuel, other renewable diesel fuel, and other 
renewable fuels.
    EIA-814 (Monthly Imports Report)--Collect imports of renewable 
fuels including biomass-based diesel fuel, other renewable diesel fuel, 
and other renewable fuels; Collect hydrogen input as a separate product 
(currently, hydrogen input is included with input of ``other'' 
hydrocarbons).
    EIA-815 (Monthly Terminal Blenders Report)--Change the survey name 
to Monthly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report. Extensive modifications 
are proposed on Form EIA-815 including addition of beginning stocks, 
receipts, shipments, fuel use and loss, and ending stocks to the 
existing input and production columns currently reported on the survey. 
In addition, Form EIA-815 will be expanded to collect data for all of 
the products currently listed on Form EIA-811 as well as new renewable 
fuels products. The Form EIA-815 will collect data at the site level, 
while the Form EIA-811 will collect data at the state level for 
comparison purposes. Specific product additions include biomass-based 
diesel fuel, other renewable diesel fuel, other renewable fuels, 
finished aviation gasoline, special naphthas (solvents), kerosene, 
kerosene-type jet fuel, distillate fuel oil by sulfur category (15 ppm 
sulfur and under, greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur (inclusive), 
and greater than 500 ppm sulfur), lubricants, asphalt and road oil, 
miscellaneous products, residual fuel oil by sulfur category (under 
0.31% sulfur, 0.31%-1.00% sulfur (inclusive), and over 1.00% sulfur), 
ethane/ethylene, ethylene, propane/propylene, propylene (nonfuel use), 
Normal Butane/Butylene (replaces current normal butane), refinery-grade 
butane, isobutane/isobutylene, and unfinished oils including separate 
categories for naphthas and lighter, kerosene and light gas oils, heavy 
gas oils, and residuum. The product ``other hydrocarbons'' and hydrogen 
(code 094) will be removed from the updated version of Form EIA-815. 
Changes to Form EIA-815 are

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intended as preparation for phase-out of Form EIA-811 ``Monthly Bulk 
Terminal Report'' in 2010. All bulk terminals will report on a site 
basis with a full material balance in order to more fully capture 
product blending activity for motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and 
other products.
    EIA-817 (Monthly Tanker and Barge Movement Report)--Collect inter-
PAD District movements of fuel ethanol, biomass-based diesel fuel, 
other renewable diesel fuel, and other renewable fuels.
    EIA-819 (Monthly Oxygenate Report)--Collect data by site instead of 
by PAD District; collect inputs of fuel ethanol; collect inputs and 
stocks of pentanes plus; collect inputs, production and stocks of 
finished reformulated gasoline (blended with ether), finished 
reformulated gasoline (blended with alcohol), finished reformulated 
(non-oxygenated), finished conventional (blended with alcohol), 
finished conventional (other), reformulated blendstock for oxygenate 
blending (RBOB) for blending with ether, reformulated blendstock for 
oxygenate blending (RBOB) for blending with alcohol, conventional 
blendstock for oxygenated blending (CBOB), reformulated and 
conventional gasoline treaded as blendstock (GTAB), and all other motor 
gasoline blending components.
    EIA-820 (Annual Refinery Report)--Add natural gas feedstock use for 
hydrogen production as a separate category; Collect isooctane barrels 
per stream day production capacity. This category is being added to 
pickup capacity from converted MTBE units that produce isooctane.

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. Is the proposed collection 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 for this collection is estimated to 
average:
    Estimated hours per response are: EIA-800, ``Weekly Refinery and 
Fractionator Report,''--1.58 hours; EIA-801, ``Weekly Bulk Terminal 
Report,''--0.95 hours; EIA-802, ``Weekly Product Pipeline Report,''--
0.95 hours; EIA-803, ``Weekly Crude Oil Stocks Report,''--0.50 hours; 
EIA-804, ``Weekly Imports Report,''--1.58 hours; EIA-805, ``Weekly 
Terminal Blenders Report,''--0.58 hours; EIA-810, ``Monthly Refinery 
Report,''--5.00 hours; EIA-811, ``Monthly Bulk Terminal Report,''--2.50 
hours; EIA-812, ``Monthly Product Pipeline Report,''--3.00 hours; EIA-
813, ``Monthly Crude Oil Report,''--1.50 hours; EIA-814, ``Monthly 
Imports Report,''--2.55 hours; EIA-815, ``Monthly Bulk Terminal and 
Blender Report,''--3.55 hours; EIA-816, ``Monthly Natural Gas Liquids 
Report,''--0.95 hours; EIA-817, ``Monthly Tanker and Barge Movement 
Report,''--2.25 hours; EIA-819, ``Monthly Oxygenate Report,''--1.50 
hours; EIA-820, ``Annual Refinery Report''--2.40 hours. 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 any 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 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 forms. They also 
will become a matter of public record.

    Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 
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.).

    Issued in Washington, DC, April 22, 2008.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-9215 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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