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submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room
2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Federal Family
Educational Loan Program—
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
OMB Control Number: 1845–0093
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing information collection
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households; Private
Sector (Not-for-profit institutions), State,
Local, or Tribal Government
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4,952

Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 817
Abstract: This is a request for an
extension of the approved
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the regulations related to the
administrative requirements of the
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)
program. Effective August 14, 2008,
upon a holder’s receipt of a written
request from a borrower and a copy of
the borrower’s military orders, the
regulations at 34 CFR 682.202(a)(8)
provide that the maximum interest (as
defined in 50 U.S.C. 527, App. Section
207(d)) that may be charged on FFEL
loans made prior to the borrower
entering active duty status is six percent
while the borrower is on active duty
status.
Dated: November 21, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Energy Information
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.
AGENCY:

EIA has submitted a request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to revise a currently-approved
data collection under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
EIA proposes the following changes to
Form EIA–886, Annual Survey of
Alternative Fueled Vehicles, data
collection: (1) The addition of a new
vehicle classification code to allow EIA
to capture data on plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles (PHEVs), which are
new to the alternative fuel industry, and
(2) the redesign of the questionnaire for
the purposes of improving data quality
and reducing reporting burdens on
respondents to the data collection.

SUMMARY:

Purpose & Instructions .............................................................................
Part 1: Identification ..................................................................................
Part 2: Data from Users ...........................................................................
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Part 3: Data from Suppliers ......................................................................
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The Form EIA–886 data are collected
from suppliers and users of alternativefueled vehicles (AFVs). EIA uses data
from these groups as a basis for
estimating total AFV and alternative
transportation fuel (ATF) use in the U.S.
These data serve as market analysis
tools for federal/state agencies, AFV
suppliers, vehicle fleet managers, and
other interested organizations and
persons. The data are used to satisfy the
annual reporting requirements to
Congress by providing statistical
measures on the extent to which the
objectives of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 are being achieved. These data are
also needed to satisfy numerous public
requests for detailed information on
AFVs and ATFs (in particular, the
number of AFVs distributed by state, as
well as the amount and location of the
ATFs being consumed).
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
December 27, 2012. If you anticipate
that you will be submitting comments,
but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the DOE Desk Officer at
OMB of your intention to make a
submission as soon as possible. The
Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–
395–4718 or contacted by email at
[email protected].
Written comments should
be sent to the:
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503,
and to
Cynthia Amezcua, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, EI–22,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Fax 202–586–
9753, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Cynthia Amezcua by phone
at 202–586–1658 or by email at the
address listed, above. The collection
instrument and instructions are also
available on the Internet at:
ADDRESSES:

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Definitions .................................................................................................
Sanctions, Burden & Confidentiality .........................................................

This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1905–0191;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Annual Survey of Alternative
Fueled Vehicles;
(3) Type of Request: Revision of
currently approved collection;
(4a) Purpose: Form EIA–886 is an
annual survey that collects information
on the number and type of AFVs and
other advanced technology vehicles that
vehicle suppliers made available in the
previous calendar year and plan to make
available in the following calendar year;
the number, type and geographic
distribution of AFVs in use in the
previous calendar year; and the amount
and distribution of each type of ATF
consumed in the previous calendar year.
Form EIA–886 data are collected from
suppliers and users of AFVs.
EIA uses data from these groups as a
basis for estimating total AFV and ATF
use in the U.S. These data are needed
by federal and state agencies, fuel
suppliers, transit agencies and other
fleets to determine if sufficient
quantities of AFVs are available for
purchase and to provide Congress with
a measure of the extent to which the
objectives of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 are being achieved. These data
satisfy the reporting requirements to
Congress under Section 503(b)(2) of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992 and serve as
market analysis tools for federal/state
agencies, AFV suppliers, vehicle fleet
managers, and other interested
organizations and persons. These data
are also needed to satisfy numerous
public requests for detailed information
on AFVs and ATFs (in particular, the
number of AFVs distributed by State, as
well as the amount and location of the
ATFs being consumed).
EIA publishes summary information
from the Form EIA–886 database in an
annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Data
report on EIA’s Web site (http://
www.eia.gov/renewable/afv/). This
report covers historical and projected
supplies of AFVs, AFV usage by
selected user groups, and estimates of
total U.S. AFV counts and U.S.
consumption of ATFs. These data
provide baseline inputs for DOE’s
transportation sector energy models and
the energy consumption measures for
ATFs in EIA’s State Energy Data System.
For example, EIA’s National Energy
Modeling System (NEMS) has a
component model that forecasts
transportation sector energy
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for AFV policy and technology analysis.
The data obtained from Form EIA–886
are used to improve the explanatory
power of the NEMS Transportation
Demand Model by allowing for greater
detail in representing AFV types and
characteristics;
(4b) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection: EIA proposes to modify the
drop-down selection menus under Form
EIA–886 Parts 2 and 3 to include the
fuel type/engine configuration code
‘‘EVC–PH’’ to capture data on plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). PHEVs
are considered alternative fueled
vehicles under the Energy Policy Act of
1992 definition of an alternative fueled
vehicle because their primary fuel
source is electricity; however, PHEVs
differ from straight battery-powered
electric vehicles because they use the
electric battery as the primary energy
source, relying on battery power for
propulsion for a limited range (15–40
miles) before switching to internal
combustion propulsion. Currently, EIA
collects data on electric battery-powered
vehicles with the code ‘‘EVC BP.’’
Adding the code ‘‘EVC PH’’ will
differentiate between straight batterypowered AFVs and PHEVs.
EIA also proposes reformatting the
Form EIA–886 to better use visual
design to reduce the respondent’s
burden, while not changing the existing
constructs being measured on the form.
For example, instructions will be placed
next to the questions where they are
needed, and dense paragraphs will be
broken up into bullet-pointed lists.
Survey methodology literature and
empirical evidence from cognitive
testing of other forms suggests these
changes, along with formatting edits,
should allow respondents to read and
more easily process the information.
(5) Type of Respondents: Suppliers of
alternative-fueled vehicles are required
to report;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,050;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 2,050;
(8) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 8,215;
(9) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: No
additional costs beyond burden hours
are anticipated from the proposed
collection instrument revision.
Statutory Authority
The legal authority for this data
collection effort is provided by the
following provisions: Section 13(b) of

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the Federal Energy Administration Act
of 1974, Public Law 93–275, (FEA Act),
and codified at 15 U.S.C. § 772 (b), and
Section 503(b)(2) of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992, Public Law 102–486
(EPACT92) codified at 42 U.S.C. 13253.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
20, 2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Energy Information
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and Request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review
and Comment.
AGENCY:

EIA has submitted, under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, an information collection
request to the OMB for a three-year
extension, with changes, of its
Petroleum Supply Reporting System
(PSRS) information collection (OMB
1905–0165). The Petroleum Supply
Reporting System consists of weekly
and monthly petroleum and biofuels
supply surveys and an annual refinery
survey of capacity, crude oil receipts,
and fuels consumed.
EIA proposes the following changes to
several Petroleum Supply Reporting
System surveys: (1) Move to site level
weekly reporting of all bulk terminal
activity on an expanded version of Form
EIA–805, ‘‘Weekly Bulk Terminal and
Blender Report;’’ (2) discontinue weekly
reporting on Form EIA–801, ‘‘Weekly
Bulk Terminal Report;’’ (3) discontinue
reporting the maximum sustainable fuel
ethanol capacity on Form EIA–819,
‘‘Monthly Oxygenate Report;’’ (4)
include the Form EIA–22M in the PSRS
data collection, (5) change the data
protections for specific data elements on
Forms EIA–810, EIA–819 and EIA–22M
and publicly release these data elements
in identifiable form (a) monthly
atmospheric crude oil distillation
reported on Form EIA–810, ‘‘Monthly
Refinery Report;’’ (b) ethanol nameplate

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