[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34939-34940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15845]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

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

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an information collection request to OMB for 
extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes 
of its Petroleum Marketing Program, OMB Control Number 1905-0174. The 
Petroleum Marketing Program collects and publishes data on the nature, 
structure, and efficiency of petroleum markets at national, regional, 
and state levels. Through integration of the program's ten surveys, EIA 
monitors petroleum volumes and prices as the commodity moves through 
various stages such as the importation of raw material, physical and 
financial transfer of material off extraction sites, refinement to 
finished products, transfer/distribution from refiners to retail 
outlets, and sales to ultimate consumers.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before August 28, 2017. 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 should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. And to Ms. Tammy Heppner, U.S. Department of 
Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, EI-25, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Tammy Heppner, [email protected], https://www.eia.gov/survey/notice/marketing2017.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0174;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Marketing 
Program. The surveys included in this information collection request 
are:

 EIA-14, Refiners' Monthly Cost Report
 EIA-182, Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report
 EIA-782A, Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum 
Product Sales Report
 EIA-782C, Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum 
Products Sold For Local Consumption
 EIA-821, Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report
 EIA-856, Monthly Foreign Crude Oil Acquisition Report
 EIA-863, Petroleum Product Sales Identification Survey
 EIA-877, Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey
 EIA-878, Motor Gasoline Price Survey
 EIA-888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey

    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The purpose of the agency's petroleum product price, 
supply, and market distribution information collection is to provide 
data pertaining to the nature, structure, and operating efficiency of 
petroleum markets. The surveys in this petroleum program collect 
volumetric and price information needed to determine supply and demand 
for crude oil and refined petroleum products.
    These data are published by EIA on its Web site, http://www.eia.gov, as well as in publications such as the Monthly Energy 
Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual Energy 
Review (http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum 
Marketing Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_marketing_monthly/pmm.html), Weekly 
Petroleum Status Report (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html),

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and the International Energy Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/
).

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection:

Form EIA-182: Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report

    EIA is replacing ``North Dakota Sweet'' crude stream with ``North 
Dakota Bakken'' crude stream. This is due to increased crude oil 
production of the Bakken crude steam, and will provide accurate price 
estimates for the domestic crude stream. ``North Dakota Sweet'' 
purchase information will continue to be collected in the ``Other North 
Dakota,'' category.

EIA-877: Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey

    EIA is adding annual sales volumes of residential heating oil for 
statistical estimation purposes. The addition of the annual heating oil 
sales volumes improves the accuracy of price estimates because it 
provides a more accurate method to calculate a weighted average point-
in-time price.

Form EIA-878: Motor Gasoline Price Survey

    EIA is collecting annual sales volumes of motor gasoline of 
regular, mid, and premium grades on a triennial basis. The survey will 
collect this information from corporate offices of suppliers of whole 
sale and retail gasoline, hypermarkets, and individual station owners. 
EIA will use annual sales volumes of motor gasoline to determine the 
measure of size and weights for the outlets sampled. EIA is also 
updating its frame of retail gasoline outlets and reselecting a sample 
of retail outlets utilizing a new sample design. The new sample will 
replace the current sample that reports on Form EIA-878.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,578
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 125,490
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 48,690
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$3,775,000. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $3,586,506 
(48,690 burden hours times $73.66 per hour). EIA estimates that there 
are no additional costs to respondents associated with the surveys 
other than the costs associated with the burden hours.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified as 15 U.S. C. 
772(b) and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-91, codified 
at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2017.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-15845 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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