[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72833-72834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20088]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Proposed 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 EIA-63C, 
Densified Biomass Fuel Report, OMB Control Number 1905-0209. The report 
is part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. Form EIA-63C 
collects monthly data on the manufacture, shipment, exports, energy 
characteristics, and sales of densified biomass fuels and other 
densified biomass fuel products from facilities that manufacture 
densified biomass fuel products (pellet fuels), for energy 
applications.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than October 7, 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: Kenneth Pick, EIA Clearance Officer, 
at (202) 586-5562. The form and instructions are available at https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63c.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB Control Number: 1905-0209;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Densified Biomass Fuel 
Report;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with change;
    (4) Purpose: Form EIA-63C is part of EIA's comprehensive energy 
data program. The survey collects information on the manufacture, 
shipment, exports, energy characteristics, and sales of pellet fuels 
and other densified biomass fuel products data from facilities that 
manufacture densified biomass fuel products, primarily pellet fuels, 
for energy applications. The data collected on Form EIA-63C are a 
primary source of information for the nation's growing production of 
biomass products for heating and electric power generation, and for use 
in both domestic and foreign markets.
    (4a) Proposed Change to Information Collection: There is a 
reduction in the number of survey respondents required to file EIA-63C 
reports. This reduces the annual estimated responses and associated 
burden hours. There is one change to the instructions for the EIA-63C: 
the term ``heating fuel'' was added to clarify the reporting 
requirements and reduce out of scope reporting.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 93;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 929;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,282;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The 
cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $116,868 (1,282 burden 
hours times $91.16 per hour). EIA estimates that there are no 
additional costs to respondents associated with the survey other than 
the costs associated with the burden hours.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-20088 Filed 9-5-24; 8:45 am]
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