Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4799-4800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02649]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year extension, with changes, of the 
Petroleum Marketing Program as required under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. EIA's petroleum marketing survey program collects 
volumetric and price information needed for determining the supply of 
and demand for crude oil and refined petroleum products.

DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than April 22, 2019. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
person listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments to Tammy Heppner, U.S. Energy Information 
Administration, Mail Stop EI-25, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585. Submission by email [email protected] is 
recommended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Heppner (202) 586-4748, email: 
[email protected]. The forms and instructions are available on 
EIA's website at http://www.eia.gov/survey/notice/marketing2019.php.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0174
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Marketing 
Program;
    (3) Type of Request: Renewal with changes;
    (4) Purpose: These surveys collect volume and price information on 
crude oil and refined petroleum products. These data are published by 
EIA on its website, at http://www.eia.gov. The Petroleum Marketing 
Program consists of the following surveys: 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.
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: EIA proposes to 
protect the

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information collected on Form EIA-877 Winter Heating Fuels Telephone 
Survey under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical 
Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). CIPSEA provides legal authority for 
the principal federal statistical agencies to protect the 
identifiability of information submitted under a pledge of 
confidentiality and collected for statistical purposes only. It 
provides strong protection that the reported information will be held 
in confidence and used only for statistical purposes. By limiting the 
use to statistical purposes, the EIA-877 survey data will not be used 
against such respondents in any nonstatistical government action (e.g., 
administrative, regulatory, or law enforcement) or for any other 
nonstatistical purpose. EIA proposes to protect information reported on 
Form EIA-877 under CIPSEA 5 U.S.C. Section 552 (b)(3) using the 
following confidentiality pledge:

    ``The information you provide on Form EIA-877 will be used for 
statistical purposes only and is confidential by law. Per the 
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, Federal information 
systems are protected from malicious activities through 
cybersecurity screening of transmitted data. Every EIA employee, as 
well as every agent, is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if 
he or she makes public any identifiable information you reported.''

    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,372:

EIA-14 has 69 respondents;
EIA-182 has 106 respondents;
EIA-782A has 100 respondents;
EIA-782C has 202 respondents;
EIA-821 has 2,900 respondents;
EIA-856 has 42 respondents;
EIA-863 has 4,250 respondents;
EIA-877 has 2,300 respondents;
EIA-878 has 1,000 respondents;
EIA-888 has 403 respondents.

    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 146,134;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 50,755;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$3,756,885 (50,755 annual burden hours multiplied by $74.02 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 since the information is maintained during normal course 
of business.
    Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency 
functions, including whether the information will have a practical 
utility; (b) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2019.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U. 
S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-02649 Filed 2-15-19; 8:45 am]
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