[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 54 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12126-12127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6335]


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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 to Form NWPA-830R, ``Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice 
for Payment of Fees (including Annex A and Annex B to Appendix G).''

DATES: Comments must be filed by May 22, 2009. If you anticipate 
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the 
person listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Tom Murphy. To ensure receipt of the 
comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1933) 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. 
Alternatively, Mr. Murphy may be contacted by telephone at 202-586-
1517.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Mr. Murphy 
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 (15 U.S.C. 761 et 
seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (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 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), 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. 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.
    Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment 
of Fees', and `Annex A and Annex B to Appendix G--Standard Remittance 
Advice for Payment of Fees' are designed to serve as the source 
documents 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. Appendix G is an appendix to the 
Standard Contract.
    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 
nonstatistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining 
materials, see the ``For Further Information Contact'' section.

II. Current Actions

    The EIA will be requesting a three-year extension of approval to 
its existing Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for 
Payment of Fees' with no change to the existing collection. The NWPA-
830R, `Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees' is 
required to transmit data from Purchasers to the DOE concerning payment 
of their fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund, as required by the Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste.

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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.

As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information

    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?
    B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the 
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be 
collected?
    C. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If 
not, which instructions need clarification?
    D. Can the information be submitted by the respondent by the due 
date?
    E. To complete the Form NWPA-830R `Appendix G--Standard Remittance 
Advice for Payment of Fees' the average time per response is 5 hours. 
The data for the Form NWPA-830R is collected quarterly. The estimated 
burden includes the total time necessary to provide the requested 
information. In your opinion, how accurate is this estimate?
    F. 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?
    G. 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.
    H. 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. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the 
information have practical utility?
    B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the 
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information 
disseminated?
    C. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be 
collected?
    D. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
    E. 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: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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.).

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 10, 2009.
Renee Miller,
Director, Forms Clearance and Information Quality Division, Statistics 
and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.
 [FR Doc. E9-6335 Filed 3-20-09; 8:45 am]
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