[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36802-36803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09647]


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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 invites public comment on the proposed three-year 
extension, with changes, to the Uranium Data Program (UDP) as required 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The UDP consists of three 
surveys: Form EIA-851A Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual), 
which

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collects annual data from the U.S. uranium industry on uranium milling 
and processing, uranium feed sources, uranium mining, employment, 
drilling, expenditures, and uranium reserves; Form EIA-851Q Domestic 
Uranium Production Report (Quarterly), which collects monthly uranium 
production data that is reported on a quarterly basis; and Form EIA-858 
Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, which collects annual data from the 
U.S. uranium market on uranium contracts and deliveries, inventories, 
enrichment services purchased, uranium in fuel assemblies, feed 
deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled market requirements for the 
current year and the following ten years.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than June 3, 2024. 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 Tim Shear, U.S. Energy Information Administration, telephone 
(202) 586-0403, 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.: 1905-0160;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Uranium Data Program;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with change;
    (4) Purpose: Uranium Data Program (UDP) collects data on domestic 
uranium supply and demand activities, including production, exploration 
and development, trade, purchases and sales available to the U.S. The 
users of these data include Congress, Executive Branch agencies, the 
nuclear and uranium industry, electric power industry, and the public. 
Form EIA-851A data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production 
Report--Annual, at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/ . 
Form EIA-851Q data is published in EIA's Domestic Uranium Production 
Report--Quarterly at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/. 
Form EIA-858 data is published in EIA's Uranium Marketing Annual Report 
at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/ and Domestic Uranium 
Production Report--Annual at https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/.
    (4a) Changes to Information Collection: There is a 6 hour increase 
in the total estimated burden across all three surveys. Due to the 
continued downturn in the uranium landholding/exploration/production 
sectors, EIA-851A had four fewer respondents which reduced the burden 
hours by 20. The addition of one trader/broker on the EIA-858 survey 
will result in 26 additional burden hours. The larger burden estimate 
of the EIA-858 survey (26 burden hours) compared to the EIA-851A survey 
(5 burden hours) results in 26 additional EIA-858 hours against a 
reduction of 20 hours on the EIA-851A survey (4 fewer respondents by 5 
hours per response) for a total net burden gain of six hours across all 
three surveys. The number of respondents for the Form EIA-851A has 
decreased from 30 to 26. The number of respondents for the Form EIA-
851Q has remained at 11. The number of respondents for the Form EIA-858 
has increased from 61 to 62. Total annual burden hours across all 
uranium surveys will increase slightly from 1,769 hours to 1,775 hours;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 99;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 132;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1775;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 
estimates that there are no capital and start-up costs associated with 
this data collection. The information is maintained during the normal 
course of business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be 
$161,809 (1,775 burden hours times $91.16 per hour). Other than the 
cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there are no additional costs 
for generating, maintaining, and providing this information.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-09647 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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