[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64470-64471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23182]


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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.

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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 GC-859 ``Nuclear 
Fuel Data Survey,'' OMB Control Number 1901- 0287. Form GC-859 collects 
data on spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that operate commercial 
nuclear reactors and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from 
commercial nuclear reactors.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than November 25, 2022. 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 Lindsay Aramayo, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 
telephone (202) 586-3264, or by email at [email protected]. The 
forms and instructions are available on EIA's website at www.eia.gov/survey/#gc-859.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains.
    (1) OMB No. 1901- 0287;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Nuclear Fuel Data Survey;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.) authorized DOE to enter contracts with all generators or 
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 
domestic origin for the acceptance of title, subsequent transportation, 
and disposal of such waste or spent nuclear fuel. Form GC-859 (formerly 
Form RW-859) originated from an appendix to the Standard Contract for 
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste, 10 
CFR 961 (``Standard Contract'').
    Form GC-859 collects information on nuclear fuel use and spent fuel 
discharges from all utilities that operate commercial nuclear reactors 
and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from commercial 
nuclear reactors. The data collection provides stakeholders with 
detailed information concerning the spent nuclear fuel generated by the 
respondents (commercial utility generators of spent nuclear fuel and 
other owners of spent nuclear fuel within the U.S.).
    Data collected from the survey are used by personnel from DOE 
Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), DOE Office of Environmental Management 
(EM), and

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the national laboratories to meet their research objectives of 
developing a range of options and supporting analyses that facilitate 
informed choices about how best to manage spent nuclear fuel (SNF).

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection

     Collection method. DOE will provide respondents with an 
online platform to facilitate their responses. The Form GC-859 data 
collection system is automated. Respondents will also be provided with 
electronic files to aid in the current submittal and operating 
instructions for the software. To the greatest extent practicable, 
respondents will provide data either in the data collection system or 
as any commonly readable, present-day electronic spreadsheet file type. 
The following website will be used to submit data: https://gc859.pnnl.gov. Alternatively, a standalone copy of the submission 
software may be requested from the EIA GC-859 Survey Team contact 
identified earlier in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice.
     Appendix E, Fuel Assembly Type Codes has been modified to 
include codes submitted on the 2018 data collection that were not 
already on the list, for the respondents convenience. A complete list 
of the Fuel Assembly Type Codes included on Appendix E may be requested 
from the EIA GC-859 Survey Team contact identified earlier in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 126;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 42;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,707;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The 
information is maintained in the normal course of business. The cost of 
the burden hours is estimated to be $309,090 (3,707 burden hours times 
$83.38 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: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974,
    Public Law 93-275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and the DOE 
Organization Act of 1977, Public Law 95-91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq., The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 codified at 42 U.S.C. 
10222 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2022.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-23182 Filed 10-24-22; 8:45 am]
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