[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60621-60622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23951]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. 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 with changes to its 
Petroleum Marketing Program (PMP), OMB Control Number 1905-0174. The 
PMP collects and publishes data on the nature, structure, and 
efficiency of petroleum markets at national, regional, and state 
levels. EIA uses this information to monitor volumes and prices for 
crude oil and petroleum products.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than December 3, 2021.

ADDRESSES: 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 Tammy Heppner, U.S. Energy Information Administration, (202) 
586-4748, or by email at [email protected]. The forms and 
instructions are available on EIA's website at www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This information collection request contains:
    (1) OMB No. 1905-0174;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Petroleum Marketing 
Program. The surveys in this information collection request are:
    Form EIA-14 Refiners' Monthly Cost Report;
    Form EIA-182 Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Report;
    Form EIA-782A Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum 
Product Sales Report;
    Form EIA-782C Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum 
Products Sold For Local Consumption;
    Form EIA-821 Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report;
    Form EIA-856 Monthly Foreign Crude Oil Acquisition Report;
    Form EIA-863 Petroleum Product Sales Identification Survey;
    Form EIA-877 Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey;
    Form EIA-878 Motor Gasoline Price Survey;
    Form EIA-888 On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The surveys included in the Petroleum Marketing 
Program

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collect volume and price information needed for determining the supply 
of and demand for crude oil and refined petroleum products. These 
surveys provide a basic set of data pertaining to the structure, 
efficiency, and behavior of petroleum markets. These data are published 
by EIA on its website, at http://www.eia.gov.
    (4a) Changes to Information Collection:

Form EIA-888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey

    EIA is proposing to collect annual sales volumes of on-highway 
diesel fuel on Form EIA-888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey. This 
survey collects weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel prices from a 
sample of truck stops and service stations and publishes price 
estimates at various regional levels and the State of California. EIA 
is updating its frame of retail diesel fuel outlets and proposing to 
redesign the sample of retail outlets using a new sample design. The 
new sample will replace the current sample that reports on Form EIA-
888. EIA will continue to use Form EIA-888, Schedule A to collect 
weekly prices from the new sample and will use the new Form EIA-888, 
Schedule B to collect annual sales volume information and station 
characteristics that will be used to determine eligibility and size. 
EIA will use annual sales volumes of on-highway diesel fuel to 
determine the measure of size used for weighting data reported by the 
outlets selected in the new sample and are collected one time from 
newly sampled outlets.

Form EIA-878, Motor Gasoline Price Survey

    EIA proposes to modify Schedule B of Form EIA-878, Motor Gasoline 
Price Survey to further clarify the collection of gasoline octane 
levels and ethanol content by grade for annual gasoline sales volumes. 
These volumes are used to determine a measure of size used for 
weighting data reported by the sampled outlets and are collected one 
time from newly sampled outlets.

Form EIA-877, Winter Heating Fuels Telephone Survey

    EIA proposes to collect residential heating oil and propane prices 
on a monthly basis during the off-heating season (April to September) 
beginning April 2023 on Form EIA-877, Winter Heating Fuels Telephone 
Survey. This survey collects weekly residential heating oil and propane 
prices during the heating season, October to March, from a sample of 
retail outlets that sell these heating fuels. EIA receives many 
requests for EIA-877 summer prices each year since multiple factors can 
contribute to the pricing of residential heating fuels. Collecting 
monthly prices during the summer will meet the various customer needs, 
as well as provide a data series for more comprehensive EIA analysis on 
these markets.

Evaluative Methodology Techniques

    EIA would like to conduct up to 50 evaluative methodology 
techniques each year for testing purposes. These methodologies will 
test or evaluate new terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear 
instructions, or questions that may be added to the Petroleum Marketing 
Program surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce 
errors due to respondent confusion.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,628;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 199,746;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 63,040;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$5,147,216 (63,040 annual burden hours multiplied by $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 during the normal course of business.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2021.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-23951 Filed 11-2-21; 8:45 am]
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