[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 98 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10884]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information collection request for extension 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension of its Form EIA-111 
Quarterly Electricity Imports and Exports Report, OMB Control Number 
1905-0208. Form EIA-111 collects information on U.S. imports and 
exports of electricity. Data are used to obtain estimates on the flows 
of electricity into and out of the United States.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than June 23, 2021. Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information, 
contact Tosha Beckford at (202) 287-6597 or by email at 
[email protected]. The forms and instructions are available on 
EIA's website at http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ electricity/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0208;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Quarterly Electricity 
Imports and Exports Report;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension without change;
    (4) Purpose: Form EIA-111 collects U.S. electricity import and 
export data on a quarterly basis. The data are used to measure the flow 
of electricity into and out of the United States. The import and export 
data are reported by U.S. purchasers, sellers and transmitters of 
wholesale electricity, including persons authorized by Order to export 
electric energy from the United States to foreign countries, persons 
authorized by Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, or 
connect electric power transmission lines that cross the U.S. 
international border, and U.S. Balancing Authorities that are directly 
interconnected with foreign Balancing Authorities. Such entities report 
monthly flows of electric energy received or delivered across the 
border, the cost associated with the transactions, and actual and 
implemented interchange.
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: No changes;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 180;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 720;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,080;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$88,182 (1,080 burden hours times $81.65 per hour). EIA estimates that 
respondents will have no additional costs associated with the surveys 
other than the burden hours and the maintenance of the information as 
part of the 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), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2021.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U. S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-10884 Filed 5-21-21; 8:45 am]
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