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annually collect national SLFS data in
2017 through 2019, covering FY 2016
through 2018, and corresponding to
school years 2015/16 through 2017/18.
Dated: September 13, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Agency information collection
activities: Information collection
extension with change, comment
request.
AGENCY:

The EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to submit an information
collection request for the Coal Markets
Reporting System, OMB Control
Number 1905–0167, with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). EIA is
soliciting comments on the proposed
revisions and requests a three-year
extension to Forms:

SUMMARY:

EIA–3 ‘‘Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data’’
EIA–7A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal Production
and Preparation’’
EIA–8A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and
Coal Exports’’

No changes are proposed for Forms:

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EIA–6 ‘‘Emergency Coal Supply Survey
(Standby)’’
EIA–20 ‘‘Emergency Weekly Coal
Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning
Power Producers (Standby)’’

The EIA proposes to make moderate
changes to questions, response options,
and instructions to Forms EIA–3, EIA–
7A, and EIA–8A and requests an
extension to Forms EIA–6 and EIA–20
with no substantive changes. EIA is
proposing to require submission of
Form EIA–3 and EIA–8A through the
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Data xChange Portal and will eliminate
unsecured reporting modes. The Data
xChange Portal:
• Serves as a single point of entry for
authorized users to respond to EIA
surveys, access EIA data, and build
customized reports.
• Provides expanded communication
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contact information of centralized data
collection team
• Uses security protocols to protect
the information against unauthorized
access during transmission.
• Requires data submission through
an online web form, eliminating
unsecured reporting methods.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
November 15, 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 EIA–7A Survey
Manager at EIA of your intention to
make a submission as soon as possible.
The Survey Manager may be contacted
by email at [email protected] or
by telephone at 202–586–4866.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: Attn: JenAlyse Arena, EIA–
7A Survey Manager, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, EI–24,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions
should be directed to Ms. JenAlyse
Arena at the contact information listed
above. The proposed forms and
instructions are available on the Internet
at: http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/
coal/2016/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1905–0167;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Coal Markets Reporting System.
The survey forms:
EIA–3 ‘‘Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data’’
EIA–7A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal Production
and Preparation’’
EIA–8A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and
Coal Exports’’
EIA–6 ‘‘Emergency Coal Supply Survey
(Standby)’’
EIA–20 ‘‘Emergency Weekly Coal
Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning
Power Producers (Standby)’’

(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: 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 the
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
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sound policymaking, efficient markets,
and public understanding of energy and
its interaction with the economy and the
environment.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides
the general public and other Federal
agencies with opportunities to comment
on collections of energy information
conducted by, or in conjunction with,
the EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek
approval for this collection from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
EIA surveys are conducted to collect
coal market data. The data elements
include production, consumption,
receipts, stocks, sales, and prices.
Information pertaining to the quality of
the coal is also collected. Aggregates of
this collection are used to support
public policy analyses of the coal
industry, economic modeling,
forecasting, coal supply and demand
studies, and in guiding research and
development programs. EIA
publications, including the Monthly
Energy Review, Quarterly Coal Report,
Quarterly Coal Distribution Report,
Annual Coal Report, and Annual Coal
Distribution Report, each contain data
collected through the coal production
and consumption surveys listed above.
In addition, the EIA uses the data in
short-term and long-term models such
as the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting
System (STIFS) and the National Energy
Modeling System (NEMS) Coal Market
Module. The forecast data also appear in
the Short-Term Energy Outlook and the
Annual Energy Outlook publications.
Please refer to the proposed forms and
instructions for more information about
the purpose, who must report, when to
report, where to submit, elements to be
reported, detailed instructions,
provisions for confidentiality, and uses
of the information.
(4a) Proposed Changes: EIA will be
requesting a three-year extension of
approval for all its coal surveys with the
following changes:
Form EIA–3: Quarterly Survey of NonElectric Sector Coal Data
• Change the title of the survey to
‘‘Quarterly Survey of Industrial,
Commercial, & Institutional Coal Users’’
• In Part 2, Question 6, revise
reporting for co-fired sites to allow
reporting of more than one additional
fuel source.
• In Part 3, Question 2, remove
Adjustments to total cost of coal
received during the reporting cycle.
• In Part 5, Questions 2–3, revise
coking plant disposition categories and

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include distinction between domestic
and export sales of coke and breeze to
gather more accurate data on each type
of sale.
• In Part 8, Question 2, revise coal
refining plant disposition categories to
allow for accurate accounting of refined
coal.
EIA proposes adding the following
questions to Form EIA–3:
• In Part 2, Question 2, add the
question: ‘‘Does this site operate a coke
oven’’? This question will be used to
identify active U.S. coking plants within
manufacturing sites.
• In Part 3, Question 3A, add the
question ‘‘Please provide the contact
information for your broker.’’ Contact
information will be used to help
maintain the EIA–8A frame, eliminate
duplicative reporting on Form EIA–7A
and reduce burden between Forms EIA–
8A and EIA–7A.
Form EIA–7A: Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation
• In Part 5, question 7, revise
reporting categories of coal mine sales to
simplify question wording while adding
export categories to include open
market export sales, captive market
export sales, and broker export sales.
The new categories will provide more
accurate information on coal exports by
type of sale and seller by eliminating
potential double-counting of export coal
sales on Form EIA–8A. It will improve
EIAs assessments on production trends
and coal supply by basin. It will also
facilitate EIA’s comparison of coal
supply by basin with export data
collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.
EIA proposes adding the following
questions to Form EIA–7A:
• In Part 3, Question 5A, add the
question ‘‘What is the average depth of
the mine below the surface?’’ This
question will assist with data
discrepancies of coalbed data reported
by comparing coalbeds mined with U.S.
Geological Survey data.
• In Part 5, delete question 2 ‘‘With
the existing equipment in place, what is
the maximum amount of coal that this
mining operation can produce during
the reporting year?’’ and add ‘‘With the
existing equipment in place, what is the
annual operating capacity of this
mine?’’ This is a rewording to the
current question requesting annual
operating/producing capacity. By
comparing actual production compared
to operating capacity, EIA can assess if
mines are producing at maximum
capacity and can use this as an indicator
of market conditions affecting coal
supply.
• In Part 5, delete question 5 ‘‘As of
December 31st of the reporting year,

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what is the estimated tonnage
representing the amount of coal
identified in the reserve that is
technologically and economically
feasible to extract?’’ and add ‘‘As of
December 31st of the reporting year,
what is the estimated amount of coal in
the reserve that is feasible
(economically/technologically) to
extract? This rewording of the current
question requesting recoverable coal
reserves helps clarify to respondents to
report the amount of coal that can be
recovered from the coal reserve in place.
Form EIA–8A: Annual Survey of Coal
Stocks and Coal Exports
• In Part 2, Question 2, revise list of
locations where U.S. produced coal
stocks are located to include ‘‘IT—In
Transit’’
• In Part 3, Question 2, add new field
requesting port of export and
destination country for export sales to
gather more detailed export data and
assist in cross-survey comparison with
the EIA–7A and coal trade data
collected by the U.S. Census Bureau to
quantify and eliminate double-counting
of export coal sales.
Standby Forms EIA–6: Emergency Coal
Supply Survey (Standby) and EIA–20:
Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring
Survey for Coal Burning Power
Producers (Standby)
• No substantive changes will be
made to these forms.
Request for Comments: As a potential
respondent to the request for
information, review the proposed
changes mentioned above, the survey
forms and instructions, and please
advise the following:
• Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and does the information have
practical utility?
• What actions could be taken to help
ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information to be collected?
• Are the instructions and definitions
clear and sufficient? If not, which
instructions need clarification?
• Can the information be submitted
by the respondent by the due date?
• Can information be submitted using
the proposed collection method?
(5) Estimated Number of Survey
Respondents: 2,429.
• EIA–3 will consist of 432
respondents
• EIA–7A will consist of 848
respondents
• EIA–8A will consist of 48
respondents
• EIA–6 (standby) will consist of 610
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• EIA–20 (standby) will consist of 491
respondents
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 3,725.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 5,515.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional
costs to respondents are not anticipated
beyond costs associated with response
burden hours. The information is
maintained in the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours
is estimated to be $397,190 (5,515
burden hours times $72.02 per hour).
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),
and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9,
2016.
Renee Miller,
Acting Director, Office of Survey Development
and Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2520–076]

Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2520–076.
c. Date Filed: August 31, 2016.
d. Applicant: Great Lakes Hydro
America, LLC (Great Lakes Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Mattaceunk
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Penobscot River in
Aroostook and Penobscot Counties,
Maine. The project does not affect
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Bernier,
Senior Compliance Specialist, Great
Lakes Hydro America, LLC, 1024

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