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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices
Washington, DC 20585,
[email protected].

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Energy Information
Administration

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.
AGENCY:

EIA has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for extension of the following Oil
and Gas Reserves System Survey Forms
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995: Form EIA–23L, ‘‘Annual
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas
Reserves (Field Version)’’; Form EIA–
64A, ‘‘Annual Report of the Origin of
Natural Gas Liquids Production’’; and
Form EIA–23S, ‘‘Annual Survey of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves,
(Summary Version)’’ Form EIA–23L is
the only form that EIA proposes to
change. There are no proposed changes
to Forms EIA–64A and EIA–23S.
The proposed collection will be used
to prepare electronic annual reports of
U.S. proved reserves data that fulfill
EIA’s congressional mandate to provide
accurate annual estimates of U.S.
proved crude oil and natural gas
reserves. The U.S. Government also uses
the resulting information in EIA’s
reports to develop national and regional
estimates of proved reserves of domestic
crude oil and natural gas to facilitate
national energy policy decisions.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
April 4, 2016. 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 Chad_S_
[email protected].
ADDRESSES: 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, Chad_S_
[email protected].
And to Steven G. Grape, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Mail
Stop EI–24, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,

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Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Grape, as
listed above. The information collection
instrument and instructions are
available on the EIA Web site at:
Form EIA–23L, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-23l
Form EIA–23S, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-23s
Form EIA–64A, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-64a.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1905–0057.
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System.
(3) Type of Request: Revision of the
currently approved Form EIA–23L;
extension without changes of Form
EIA–64A; and continued suspension of
collection of the currently approved
Form EIA–23S.
(4) Purpose: In response to Public Law
95–91 Section 657, estimates of U.S. oil
and gas reserves are to be reported
annually. Many U.S. government
agencies have an interest in proved oil
and gas reserves and the quality,
reliability, and usefulness of reserves
estimates. Among these are the U.S.
Energy Information Administration
(EIA), Department of Energy; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM),
Department of Interior; Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), Department of the
Treasury; and the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). Each of
these organizations has specific
purposes for collecting, using, or
estimating proved reserves. EIA has a
congressional mandate to provide
accurate annual estimates of U.S.
proved crude oil, natural gas, and
natural gas liquids reserves, and EIA
presents annual reserves data in EIA
reports to meet this requirement. The
BOEM maintains estimates of proved
reserves to carry out their
responsibilities in leasing, collecting
royalty payments, and regulating the
activities of oil and gas companies on
Federal lands and water. Accurate
reserve estimates are important, as the
BOEM is second only to the IRS in
generating Federal revenue. For the IRS,
proved reserves and occasionally
probable reserves are an essential
component of calculating taxes for
companies owning or producing oil and
gas. The SEC requires publicly traded
petroleum companies to annually file a
reserves statement as part of their 10–K
filing. The basic purpose of the 10–K
filing is to provide public investors with
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assess the relative value, as a financial
asset, of a company’s reserves,
especially in comparison to other
similar oil and gas companies.
The Government also uses the
resulting information to develop
national and regional estimates of
proved reserves of domestic crude oil
and natural gas to facilitate national
energy policy decisions. These estimates
are essential to the development,
implementation, and evaluation of
energy policy and legislation. Data are
used directly in EIA Web reports
concerning U.S. crude oil and natural
gas reserves, and are incorporated into
a number of other Web reports and
analyses.
EIA proposes to make the following
changes to Form EIA–23L, ‘‘Annual
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas
Reserves’’:
• Change the title of Form EIA–23L to
‘‘Annual Report of Domestic Oil and
Gas Reserves (County Level)’’;
• Collect additional parent company
and subsidiary company (if applicable)
information on the cover page;
• Change the title of Schedule A to
‘‘Operated Proved Reserves, Production,
and Related Data by County’’;
• Operators will be instructed to file
their proved reserves by county rather
than by field. Line Item 2.0 will be
named ‘‘County Data (operated basis);’’
• Line Item 2.1.4 ‘‘Field Code’’, will
be changed to ‘‘County Name;’’
• Line Item 2.1.5 ‘‘MMS Code’’ will
be changed to ‘‘Type Code;’’
• Line Item 2.1.6. ‘‘Field Name’’ will
be changed to ‘‘Field, Play, or Prospect
Name (Optional)’’;
• Line Items 2.1.9 ‘‘water depth’’ and
2.1.10 ‘‘field discovery year’’ will be
replaced with 2.1.9 ‘‘# of producing
wells on December 31, [survey year]’’,
2.1.10 ‘‘# of wells completed or
purchased [in survey year]’’;
• Line Item 2.1.11, ‘‘Prospect Name
(optional) will be replaced with ‘‘# of
wells abandoned or sold [in survey
year]’’; and
• Line Item 2.1.12–15, Column (F)
‘‘Extensions’’, Column (G) ‘‘New Field
Discoveries’’, and Column (H) ‘‘New
Reservoir Discoveries in Old Fields’’
will be replaced with Column (F)
‘‘Extensions and Discoveries’’.
Comments and Feedback are
requested on these proposed changes to
Form EIA–23L. Secondary reports that
use the data include EIA’s Annual
Energy Review, Annual Energy Outlook,
Petroleum Supply Annual, and Natural
Gas Annual;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: Forms EIA–23L/23S/64A:
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(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: Forms EIA–23L/23S/
64A: 1,250.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 32,850.
Form EIA–23L Annual Report of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves
(County Level): 36 hours per operator
(320 intermediate-size operators); 97
hours per operator (160 large
operators); 13 hours per operator (170
small operators): 29,250 hours
Form EIA–23S Annual Survey of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves
(Summary Version) Report: 4 hours
(small operators): 0 hours (Currently
suspended)
Form EIA–64A ‘‘Annual Report of the
Origin of Natural Gas Liquids
Production’’: 6 hours per operator
(600 natural gas plant operators):
3,600 hours
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Forms
EIA–23L/23S/64A: EIA estimates that
there are no capital and start-up costs
associated with this data collection. The
information is maintained in the normal
course of business. The cost of burden
hours to the respondents is estimated to
be $2,365,857 (32,850 burden hours
times $72.02 per hour). Therefore, other
than the cost of burden hours, EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs for generating, maintaining and
providing the information.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b).
Issued in Washington, DC, February 26,
2016.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings

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Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: CP09–12–001.
Applicants: Narragansett Electric
Company.
Description: Compliance filing of
Information Supporting Maximum
Blanket Certificate Rate of the
Narragansett Electric Company.
Filed Date: 6/17/13.

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Accession Number: 20130617–5088.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–627–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rates—BBPC d/b/a Great
Eastern contract 791252 to be effective
3/1/2016.
Filed Date: 2/24/16.
Accession Number: 20160224–5035.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–628–000.
Applicants: LA Storage, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: LA
Storage 2016 Annual Adjustment of
Fuel Retainage Percentage Filing to be
effective 3/1/2016.
Filed Date: 2/24/16.
Accession Number: 20160224–5062.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–629–000.
Applicants: Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate Eff 4–1–2016 for J Aron
contract 8940246 to be effective 4/1/
2016.
Filed Date: 2/25/16.
Accession Number: 20160225–5048.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/8/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–630–000.
Applicants: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Transco Annual Fuel Tracker to be
effective 4/1/2016.
Filed Date: 2/25/16.
Accession Number: 20160225–5049.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/8/16.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 25, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: PR16–12–001.
Applicants: Columbia Gas of
Maryland, Inc.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b)(1): PR16–12 CMD Amended
SOC to be effective 1/1/2015; Filing
Type: 1000.
Filed Date: 2/22/16.
Accession Number: 201602225223.
Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
3/14/16.
Docket Numbers: PR16–13–001.
Applicants: Columbia Gas of Ohio,
Inc.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b)(1): COH Amended SOC
PR16–13 to be effective 4/30/2015;
Filing Type: 1000.
Filed Date: 2/22/16.
Accession Number: 201602225181.
Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
3/14/16.
Docket Numbers: PR16–26–000.
Applicants: Enable Oklahoma
Intrastate Transmission, LLC.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b)(2) +(g): EOIT Petition for
Section 311 Rate Approval to be
effective 4/1/2016; Filing Type: 1310.
Filed Date: 2/19/16.
Accession Number: 201602195134.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/11/16.
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
4/19/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–622–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: BG
Energy Negotiated Rate to be effective
4/1/2016.
Filed Date: 2/23/16.
Accession Number: 20160223–5062.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–623–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Nicor
Negotiated Rate to be effective 4/1/2016.
Filed Date: 2/23/16.
Accession Number: 20160223–5078.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–624–000.
Applicants: MoGas Pipeline LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: MoGas
Negotiated Rate Agreement Waynesville
Filing to be effective 3/1/2016.

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