[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58731-58732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15927]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Proposed Extension

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: DOE invites public comment on the proposed three-year 
extension, with changes, to the Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard 
Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees, including Annex A to Appendix G, 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form NWPA-830G is 
part of the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or 
High-Level Radioactive Waste. Generators and owners of spent nuclear 
fuel and high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin paid fees into 
the Nuclear Waste Fund based on net electricity generated and sold as 
defined in the Standard Contract.

DATES: DOE must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than September 17, 2024. 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.

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ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically to Guang Wei, Office of 
Standard Contract Management, at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information, 
contact Guang Wei, Office of Standard Contract Management, U.S. 
Department of Energy, telephone (240) 388-5685, or by email at 
[email protected]. The forms and instructions are available 
on DOE's website at https://www.energy.gov/gc/office-standard-contract-management and at EIA's website at www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1901-0260;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Form NWPA-830G, Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: The Form NWPA-830G survey included in the Standard 
Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, Appendix G, collect information on energy resource 
reserves, production, demand, technology, and related economic and 
statistical information.
    The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et 
seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require EIA 
to carry out a centralized, comprehensive, and unified energy 
information program. This program collects, evaluates, assembles, 
analyzes, and disseminates information on energy resource reserves, 
production, demand, technology, and related economic and statistical 
information. This information is used to assess the adequacy of energy 
resources to meet near and longer-term domestic demands.
    As part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EIA provides the general public and 
other federal agencies with opportunities to comment on collections of 
energy information conducted by or in conjunction with EIA. Also, EIA 
will later seek approval for this collection by OMB under Section 
3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) 
required that DOE enter into Standard Contracts with all generators or 
owners of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 
domestic origin. Form NWPA-830G Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice 
for Payment of Fees, including Annex A to Appendix G, is an Appendix to 
this Standard Contract. Appendix G and Annex A to Appendix G are 
commonly referred to as Remittance Advice (RA) forms. RA forms must be 
submitted quarterly by generators and owners of spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level radioactive waste of domestic origin who signed the Standard 
Contract. Appendix G is designed to serve as the source document for 
entries into DOE accounting records to transmit data to DOE concerning 
payment of fees into the Nuclear Waste Fund for spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level waste disposal. Annex A to Appendix G is used to provide 
data on the amount of net electricity generated and sold, upon which 
these fees are based.
    Please refer to the proposed forms and instructions for more 
information about the purpose, who must report, when to report, where 
to submit, the elements to be reported, detailed instructions, 
provisions for confidentiality, and uses (including possible non-
statistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining 
materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section;
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: The reduction of 
20 annual burden hours for Form NWPA-830G results from the reduction of 
the number of total respondents representing reactors that decreased 
from 95 to 94. One reactor permanently shut down since the last 
clearance cycle and no longer is required to pay fees into the Nuclear 
Waste Fund nor respond to this survey. The number of respondents 
includes one new reactor in Georgia, VOGTLE 4, which is planned to be 
operational within 2024.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 94;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 376;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,880;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$171,381 (1,880 estimated number of burden hours times $91.16 per hour 
current average loaded wage rate). 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.
    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) DOE's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used, is accurate; (c) DOE can improve the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) DOE can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    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) et seq.); the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Public Law 95-91, 
codified as (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-15927 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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