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February 22, 1993, 58 FR 10227.
Dated: March 30, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017–06659 Filed 4–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Agency information collection
activities: information collection
extension; notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to recertify the information
collection request for Form EIA–914
‘‘Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate,
and Natural Gas Production Report’’
with the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). EIA is requesting a three
year extension to this form with changes
and to solicit comments from the public.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before June 5, 2017.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jessica
Biercevicz. The mailing address is U.S.
Department of Energy, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Attn:
Jessica Biercevicz, EI–24, Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585. To ensure
receipt of the comments by the due date,
submission by email
([email protected]) is
recommended. Alternatively, Jessica
Biercevicz may be contacted by
telephone at 202–586–4299.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jessica Biercevicz at the
contact information given above. Form
EIA–914 and its instructions are also
available on the internet.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including

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whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other types of information technology.
This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905–0205.
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production
Report.
(3) Type of Request: Extension, with
changes, of a currently approved
collection.
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–914, ‘‘Monthly
Crude Oil and Lease Condensate, and
Natural Gas Production Report,’’
collects monthly data on natural gas
production, crude oil and lease
condensate production, and crude oil
and lease condensate sales by API
gravity category in 21 state/areas
(Alabama, Arkansas, California
(including State Offshore), Colorado,
Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico,
Federal Offshore Pacific, Kansas,
Louisiana (including State Offshore),
Michigan, Mississippi (including State
Offshore), Montana, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Texas (including State Offshore), Utah,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and
Other States (defined as all remaining
states, except Alaska)). The data appears
in the ‘‘Monthly Crude Oil and Lease
Condensate, and Natural Gas Production
Report,’’ on EIA’s Web site and in the
EIA publications, Monthly Energy
Review, Petroleum Supply Annual
volume 1, Petroleum Supply Annual
volume 2, Petroleum Supply Monthly,
Natural Gas Annual, and Natural Gas
Monthly.
(4a) The proposed changes include
changing the title from ‘‘Monthly Crude
Oil, Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas
Production Report,’’ to ‘‘Monthly Crude
Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural
Gas Production Report.’’
EIA is proposing to add Part 5 to Form
EIA–914 regarding stabilizer activity.
Part 5 will collect state-level volumes of
crude oil and lease condensate going
into stabilizer units. A stabilizer
processes lighter gravity crude oil and
condensate and removes the gaseous
portion from the crude oil. The
requested data will be reported as three
new data elements: volume of oil and
condensate as inputs to a stabilizer;
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outlet volume of natural gas liquids
(NGL). Respondents only need to report
the total volume of NGLs as a single
category and do not need to provide
separate estimates for each separate
NGL. The reporting unit of
measurement is in barrels per day (bpd).
The increase in the production of
light crude oils and condensate in the
crude oil production industry is the
main reason that EIA is proposing
changes to Form EIA–914 to include the
collection of state-level volumes of
crude oil and lease condensate going
into stabilizer units. Stabilizers lower
the Reed Vapor Pressure (RVP) of the
crude oil and make it safe to transport
and store. EIA is also proposing minor
changes to Parts 2, 3, and 4. Currently,
a respondent is limited to selecting only
one pre-existing comment in the
comments box drop down menu. EIA is
proposing to allow respondents to select
multiple frequently-used default
comments, as well as the option to
record specific comments in the text
box. This facilitates a respondent’s
ability to provide a more complete and
accurate explanation for the data
reported on the form.
For Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5, EIA also
proposes to increase the number of
states/areas for which production will
be separately collected and reported
from 17 to 22 states/areas. EIA proposes
to add the following states/areas:
Alabama, federal offshore Pacific,
Michigan, Mississippi, and Virginia will
be reported separately and no longer
included in the ‘‘Other States’’ group.
Separately reporting for these five
states/areas reduces the number of states
that are included in the ‘‘Other States’’
reporting category from 19 (including
federal Pacific) to 14. Removing these
five states/areas from the ‘‘Other States’’
category reduces the ‘‘Other States’’
category’s oil production by
approximately 75% and gas production
by 80%. EIA believes these proposed
changes will reduce reporting burden
for respondents, reduce reporting errors
in the ‘‘Other States’’ category, and
make it easier for respondents to answer
any follow up questions for ‘‘Other
States.’’ Production for these 5 states/
areas will be estimated more accurately
using the weighted least squares method
rather than using the calendar year
average ratio applied to the ‘‘Other
States’’ group. The 14 states remaining
in the ‘‘Other States’’ group account for
approximately 1% or less of the Lower
48 oil and gas production. EIA is
proposing these changes to Form EIA–
914 to increase the precision of its
collection of information on crude oil
and natural gas production activities in
the United States.

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The burden hours per response will
increase from 4.0 hours to 4.5 hours due
to the addition of Part 5 regarding the
reporting of information on stabilizer
activity. The proposal to add five states
in Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5 will not affect total
burden because it only involves adding
approximately nine more respondents to
the sampling frame and the total
budgeted sample is being reduced from
600 to 500 respondents.
EIA proposes a permanent change in
the confidentiality pledge to
respondents to Form EIA–914. EIA
revised its confidentiality pledge to
EIA–914 survey respondents under the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 (note)) (CIPSEA) in an emergency
Federal Register notice released on
January 12, 2017 in 82 FR 3764. These
revisions are required by provisions of
the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement
Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114–11, Division N,
Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This law
permits and requires the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to provide Federal civilian
agencies’ information technology
systems with cybersecurity protection
for their Internet traffic. Federal
statistics provide key information that
the Nation uses to measure its
performance and make informed
choices about budgets, energy,
employment, health, investments, taxes,
and a host of other significant topics.
Strong and trusted confidentiality and
exclusive statistical use pledges under
the Confidential Information Protection
and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA)
and similar statistical confidentiality
pledges are effective and necessary in
honoring the trust that businesses,
individuals, and institutions place in
statistical agencies. In this notice EIA
proposes to permanently revise the
confidentiality pledge to EIA–914
respondents as follows:
The information you provide on Form
EIA–914 will be used for statistical purposes
only and is confidential by law. In
accordance with the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of
2002 and other applicable Federal laws, your
responses will not be disclosed in
identifiable form without your consent. Per
the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
of 2015, Federal information systems are
protected from malicious activities through
cybersecurity screening of transmitted data.
Every EIA employee, as well as every agent,
is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he
or she makes public ANY identifiable
information you reported.

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(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: The annual number of
total responses is 6,000.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: The annual estimated
burden is 27,000 hours.
(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 $1,988,820 (27,000
burden hours times $73.66 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).
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27,
2017.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017–06501 Filed 4–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER17–1315–000]

Meadow Lake Wind Farm V LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Meadow
Lake Wind Farm V LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
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assumptions of liability, is April 18,
2017.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected]. or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: March 29, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–06607 Filed 4–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER17–1318–000]

Redbed Plains Wind Farm LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Redbed
Plains Wind Farm LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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