Monthly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, D. C. 20585

OMB No. 1905-0165
Expiration Date: 8/31/19
Burden: 4.2 hours

EIA-815
MONTHLY BULK TERMINAL AND BLENDER REPORT
INSTRUCTIONS
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QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about Form EIA-815 after reading the
instructions, please contact the Survey Manager at
(202) 586-3536.

PURPOSE
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA-815,
"Monthly Bulk Terminal and Blender Report," is used to collect
data on the operations of all bulk terminals located in the 50
States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, and other U.S. possessions. A summary of the data
appear on EIA’s website at https://www.eia.gov and in
numerous government publications.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
Form EIA-815 is mandatory pursuant to Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 9-275)
and must be completed by the operators of all bulk terminals
located in the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, and other U.S. possessions.
A bulk terminal is primarily used for storage, marketing, and
often blending of petroleum products and has total bulk shell
storage capacity of 50,000 barrels or more, and/or receives
petroleum products by tanker, barge, or pipeline. Report bulk
terminals associated with product pipelines on Form EIA-815.

electronically to EIA via the Internet. If you are interested in
receiving this free software, contact the Electronic Data
Collection Support Staff at (202) 586-9659.
Email may be used for sending PDF forms, but EIA cannot
accept Excel files sent by email. Should you choose to
submit your PDF data by email, we must advise you that email is an insecure means of transmission because the data
are not encrypted, and there is some possibility that your data
could be compromised.

COPIES OF SURVEY FORMS, INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS
Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet
format (XLS) are available on EIA's website. You may
access the materials at the following link:
https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-815
Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be
entered interactively on the website.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Definitions of petroleum products and other terms are available
on our website. Please refer to these definitions before
completing the survey form.
PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION

WHEN TO SUBMIT

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Form EIA-815 must be received by the EIA by the 20th
calendar day following the end of the report period (e.g., the
Form EIA-815 covering the January report period must be
received by February 20).

Enter the year and month. The monthly report period
begins at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of the month and
ends midnight of the last day of the month.

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Enter the 10-digit EIA ID Number. If you do not have a
number, submit your report leaving this field blank. EIA will
advise you of the number.

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If there has been a change since the last report, enter an
“X” in the block provided.

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Enter the name of the reporting company.

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Enter the Doing Business As “DBA” name if appropriate.

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Enter the terminal site name.

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Enter the Terminal Control Number (TCN) used for

Form EIA-815 Semi Annual Storage Capacity Supplement
must be received by the EIA by the 20th of April for the March
report period and by the 20th of October for the September
report period.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Instructions on how to report are printed on PART 2 of Form
EIA-815.
We recommend secure file transmission (HTTPS) for
companies to use when sending this form to EIA. Secure
transmission is an industry standard method to send
information over the internet using encrypted processes.
Access the EIA secure transmission site at:
https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp.
Other methods of sending this form to EIA include the PC
Electronic Data Reporting Option (PEDRO), mail, and facsimile.
PEDRO is a Windows-based application that enables you to
enter data interactively, import data from your own database,
validate your data online, and transmit the encrypted data

identification of terminals and other facilities in the
IRS ExSTARS system.
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Enter the physical address of the reporting company.

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Enter the mailing address of the Contact. (Note: If the
physical address and mailing address are the same,
provide the information only for the physical address.)

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Enter the name, telephone number, fax number, and
e-mail address of the person to contact concerning
information shown on the report. The person listed should
be the person most knowledgeable of the specific data
reported.

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Stocks (Beginning and End of Month)
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Report beginning stocks as of midnight of the last day of
the month prior to the current report month. Report
ending stocks as of midnight of the last day of the current
report month. All stocks should be corrected to 60oF less
basic sediment and water (BS&W).

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Report all stocks in the custody of the terminal regardless
of ownership. Reported stock quantities should represent
actual measured inventories.

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Report stocks in underground storage associated with the
terminal.

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Report stocks of mixed liquefied petroleum gases
(including unfractionated streams) by the individual
components (i.e., ethane, propane, normal butane, and
isobutane) as determined by chemical analysis.

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Report ending stocks of all liquefied gases except
ethylene on their individual product lines as well as of
totals on the line for Natural Gas Plant Liquids and
Liquefied Refinery Gases, TOTAL (Code 242). Exclude
stocks of ethylene.

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Report all domestic and foreign stocks held at the terminal
and in transit thereto, except product in transit by pipeline.
Petroleum products in transit by pipeline are reported by
pipeline operators on Form EIA-812, “Monthly Product
Pipeline Report.” Include foreign stocks only after entry
through Customs. Exclude stocks of foreign origin held in
bond.

PART 2. SUBMISSION/RESUBMISSION INFORMATION
Submission
Refer to “How to Submit” section for more details or methods for
submitting data.
Resubmission
A resubmission is required whenever an error greater than
5 percent of a previously reported value is discovered by a
respondent or if requested by the EIA.
Enter "X" in the resubmission box if you are correcting
information previously reported.
Enter only those data cells which are affected by the changes.
You are not required to file a complete form when you resubmit.
Report any unusual aspects of your reporting month’s
operations in the Comments section below Parts 1 and 2.
Comments regarding storage capacity should be reported in
the Comments section below Part 6 on the last page of the
form. Comments will be used in the validation process and
should address any data anomalies that could raise
questions requiring contact by survey staff for clarification.
Comments will be protected in the same manner as other
information reported on this form as described in detail in
“Provisions Regarding Confidentiality of Information” following
Part 4 of these instructions on Page 4.

Report inputs and production for each applicable product,
except where shaded. All applicable products are to be.

PART 3. TERMINAL ACTIVITY

For purposes of this report, “after entry through Customs” is
said to occur on:

The Form EIA-815 collects beginning stocks, receipts,
inputs, production, shipments, fuel use and loss, and ending
stocks of selected products at bulk petroleum products
storage terminals. Input and production data reflect product
blending and reclassification activity. Reported quantities
should reflect a material balance such that beginning stocks
plus receipts minus inputs plus production minus shipments
minus fuel use and loss minus ending stocks equal zero.
Minimal line imbalances due to rounding are acceptable. In
addition, total input must equal total production with any
gains or losses reported as Code 911. Data contributing to
line imbalances and/or gains and losses exceeding 5
thousand barrels should be checked for accuracy and will
very likely prompt a follow-up call from EIA.

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the “entry date” specified in block 7 on the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection CBP Form 7501, “Entry Summary;”
(The entry date for a warehouse withdrawal is the date of
withdrawal). or

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the “import date” specified in block 5 on the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection CBP Form 214A (Statistical Copy),
“Application for Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or
Status Designation;” or

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the “export date” specified in block 4 on the U.S.
Department of Commerce Form 7525-V, “Shipper’s
Export Declaration,” for shipments from Puerto Rico to the
50 States and the District of Columbia.

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Report stocks in underground storage associated with the
terminal.

Quantities: Report using the following criteria.
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Report all quantities to the nearest whole number in
thousand barrels (42 U.S. gallons/barrel). Quantities
ending in 499 or less are rounded down, and quantities
ending in 500 or more are rounded up (e.g., 106,499
barrels are reported as 106 and 106,500 barrels are
reported as 107).

Receipts During the Month
Report all receipts at the terminal including product quantities
in transit by tanker, barge, rail, or truck. Exclude from
receipts any products in transit by pipeline until after the
products are actually received at the terminal.

Report data for only those lines which are applicable to
your operation. If there are no data for a specific line,
leave the entire line blank. Shaded cells on the form are
those in which data are not currently required to be
reported.

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Input During the Month
Report as input any finished product, blending component,
oxygenate, or other material blended or reclassified to a
different product. Examples of quantities to report as input
include Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending
(RBOB) and Fuel Ethanol blended to produce finished
reformulated motor gasoline, and kerosene blended with
distillate fuel oil.

reported using Code 911, quantities reported for Code 911
balance total input and total production. Reports with
variances exceeding 5 thousand barrels should be checked
for accuracy and will very likely prompt a follow-up call from
EIA.

Shipments During the Month

Report input whether blending or product reclassification
takes place due to transfers of products between tanks,
through in-line blending systems, or by splash blending in
trucks or rail cars.

Report all shipments, including intracompany shipments to
other storage facilities, refineries, chemical plants or
fractionating facilities. Inputs to onsite petrochemical plants
should be reported as shipments from the terminal.

Report as input any Distillate Fuel Oil to be reclassified to a
different sulfur category as well as any Distillate Fuel Oil,
Kerosene, or Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel being reclassified to a
different product code (see Reclassification of Inventory
discussed later in these instructions).

Fuel Use and Losses During the Month

Report gross input for each item listed on the survey form
except where shaded.
Report inputs of selected natural gas plant liquids and
liquefied refinery gases (i.e. normal butane, butylene,
isobutane, isobutylene, and pentanes plus) on their individual
product lines as well as totals on the line for Natural Gas
Plant Liquids and Liquefied Refinery Gases, TOTAL (Code
242).
Production During the Month

Report all nonprocessing losses (e.g., spills, fire losses,
contamination, etc.) by product. Include petroleum products
used as fuel at the terminal.
Exclude fuel use at oil refineries and petrochemical facilities.

Reclassification of Inventory
Report a finished product that is reclassified as a different
finished product or as an unfinished oil as follows: the
quantity of the original product is reported in the “Input”
column and the reclassified product is reported in the
“Production” column.
For example, if you produce 10,000 barrels of kerosene
during January and have it in storage at the end of the
month, this quantity is to be reported as “Production” of
Kerosene (Code 311) on the January report. If during
February the intended use of the 10,000 barrels of kerosene
is changed to Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel, report this
reclassification by reporting the 10,000 barrels as “Input” of
Kerosene (Code 311) and as “Production“ of KeroseneType Jet Fuel (Code 213).

Report as production any finished product or blending
component blended or reclassified from inputs reported on
Form EIA-815. Examples of production to report on Form
EIA-815 include Finished Reformulated Motor Gasoline
blended from input of RBOB and Fuel Ethanol, and the
increase in distillate fuel oil volume resulting from blending
kerosene.
Report gross production for each item listed on the survey
form except where shaded.
Report production whether blending or product
reclassification took place due to transfers of products
between tanks, through in-line blending systems, or by splash
blending in trucks or rail cars.
Report as production any Distillate Fuel Oil reclassified from
a different sulfur category as well as any Distillate Fuel Oil,
Kerosene, or Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel reclassified from a
different product code (see Reclassification of Inventory
discussed later in these instructions).
Report only production of fuel ethanol at the terminal
resulting from blending of denaturant (finished gasoline,
motor gasoline blending components, or pentanes plus) with
undenatured fuel-grade ethanol.

Finished Motor Gasoline
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Report finished motor gasoline blended with fuel ethanol
that contains 55% denatured fuel ethanol or less by
volume as Ed55 and Lower (code 166).

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Report finished motor gasoline blended with fuel ethanol
that contains greater than 55% denatured fuel ethanol by
volume as Greater than Ed55 (code 149). All or most of
the gasoline reported in this product category will be E85.

Gasoline Treated as Blendstock (GTAB)
When GTAB is tested at the terminal and is certified as a
finished motor gasoline where no further blending or treatment
such as adding oxygenates is required, report GTAB as follows:
Report the quantity of GTAB that is certified as a finished
product as an input of “GTAB”” and report an equal volume of
the appropriate finished motor gasoline as a “Production” of the
finished motor gasoline that it has been certified.

Total Input and Total Production
When Form EIA-815 is completed correctly, every input
barrel should have a corresponding production barrel.
Therefore, total input should equal total production reported
for Code 999. Small variances may exist due to rounding,
measurement, gains, and losses. These variances are

Report input of GTAB and other material such as Fuel Ethanol
and then production of Finished Motor Gasoline or another Motor
Gasoline Blending Component in cases where GTAB is blended
with another material to produce a new product.

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Report beginning and ending stocks, receipts and shipments
of base asphalt. Shipments include any base asphalt blended
to produce finished asphalt and any base asphalt that is sold or
shipped out during the month. Do not report production of
finished asphalt. Do not report water or emulsifiers that are
added to base asphalt to produce finished asphalt.
Transmix
Transmix is created when two different petroleum products (e.g.
motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) become commingled during
pipeline transport. Exclude transmix from all quantities
reported on Form EIA-815. Transmix should not be reported
as miscellaneous products (EIA product code 888) or
unfinished oils (EIA product codes 812, 820, 830, 840, and
850).
Some terminals have the capability to process transmix and
recover finished products or blending components. In this
case, exclude the transmix but report finished products or
blending components from transmix processing as receipts at
the terminal. The receipts may be blended to produce finished
products, shipped from the terminal, or added to inventory.
For example, 50 thousand barrels of transmix are received at a
terminal. Processing of the transmix yields 18 thousand
barrels of finished conventional motor gasoline (EIA product
code 130) and 32 thousand barrels of ultra-low-sulfur distillate
fuel oil (EIA product code 465). The finished conventional
motor gasoline is then blended with 2 thousand barrels of fuel
ethanol (EIA product code 141) taken from stocks before
shipping. Assume for this example that the distillate fuel oil
was added to stocks at the end of the report month. Form EIA815 will show 18 thousand barrels of finished conventional
gasoline received from transmix processing and input for
blending with fuel ethanol. There will be 2 thousand barrels of
fuel ethanol input and a corresponding decrease of 2 thousand
barrels in fuel ethanol stocks. Gasoline blending results in
production of 20 thousand barrels of finished conventional
motor gasoline blended with fuel ethanol: Ed 55 and Lower
(EIA product code 166). Activity reported on Form EIA-815 for
distillate fuel oil will include 32 thousand barrels of ultra-lowsulfur distillate fuel oil received from transmix processing and
added to stocks at the end of the month.

Report storage capacity to the nearest whole number in
thousand barrels (42 U.S. gallons/barrel). Quantities
ending in 499 or less are rounded down, and quantities ending
in 500 or more are rounded up (e.g., 106,499 barrels are
reported as 106 and 106,500 barrels are reported as 107).
Report storage capacity twice each year with submissions
for March 31 and September 30. It is unnecessary to report
storage capacity for months other than March and
September.
Report underground and above ground storage capacity
operated by your company.
Exclude leased storage capacity located at facilities operated
by other companies. This storage capacity will be reported by
the companies operating those facilities.
Exclude storage capacity in trucks, rail cars, barges, and
tankers.
Report working storage capacity and net available shell
storage capacity as described in figure 1 for tanks or figure 2
for caverns. Figures 1 and 2 are based in part on schematics
developed by the National Petroleum Council and U.S.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Figure 1. Schematic of Tank Storage Capacity and Stocks

UNAVAILABLE
SPACE
CONTINGENCY
SPACE

PART 4. SEMI ANNUAL STORAGE CAPACITY
SUPPLEMENT
Storage Capacity FAQs can be viewed on our
Website. Please refer to these for answers to
common questions after reading the survey
instructions.

WORKING
STORAGE
CAPACITY

TANK BOTTOMS

https://www.eia.gov/survey/faqs/storage_capacity.html
Report either “Yes” (Y) or “No” (N) in response to the
question of whether any of the tanks at the terminal
are used for transshipment of petroleum products.
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INVENTORY
LEVEL

TOTAL SHELL CAPACITY

Asphalt

Bulk transport modes for petroleum products include
pipelines, tankers, and barges. Rail and trucks are
considered to be non-bulk transport modes. Answer
“Yes” if your terminal includes tanks that are used to
store product barrels that are being transferred from
one pipeline to another pipeline, between pipeline and
waterborne transport, or from one waterborne
transport mode to another. Answer “No” if your
terminal only transfers products from a bulk transport
mode to a non-bulk transport mode or from a non-bulk
transport mode to a bulk transport mode.

NET AVAILABLE SHELL CAPACITY

Report beginning and ending stocks, receipts and shipments
of lubricant base oils. Shipments include lubricant base oils
blended to produce finished lubricants as well as lubricant
base oils shipped out during the month. Do not report
production of finished lubricants.

Transshipment tanks are routinely used for storing
petroleum products as part of a transfer from one bulk
transport mode to another. Transshipment tanks may
be designed to “drain dry” to facilitate regular
transitions from one product to another.

MAXIMUM OPERATING
INVENTORY

Lubricants

LIQUID
PRODUCT

CRITICAL
CAVERN
DEPTH

CONTINGENCY
SPACE

BRINE

facility but cannot be used. Includes the brine sump and
any other space that is included by design but cannot be
used.
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Working Storage Capacity (Tank): Available capacity
for storing crude oil or liquid products that is above tank
bottoms and below contingency space. When filled to this
capacity, inventory of crude oil or liquid products stands at
the maximum operating inventory level.

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Working Storage Capacity (Cavern): Available capacity
for storing crude oil or liquid products that is above
contingency space.

GROUND
LEVEL
BRINE STRING

WORKING STORAGE
CAPACITY

NET AVAILABLE SHELL CAPACITY

TOTAL SHELL CAPACITY

Figure 2. Schematic of Cavern Storage Capacity and
Stocks

UNAVAILABLE
SPACE (BRINE
SUMP)

Storage Capacity in Operation
Storage capacity in operation includes capacity of tanks and
caverns that were available and able to be used to hold stocks
on the report date. Tanks and caverns in operation may hold
stocks, they may hold only tank bottoms, or they may be
empty, but they must have been able to be placed in operation
on the report date.

Terms used in Figures 1 and 2 are defined as follows.

Report working storage capacity of tanks and caverns that
were in operation on the report date.

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Report net available shell storage capacity of tanks and
caverns that were in operation on the report date.

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Contingency Space (Tank): Available space that is
above the maximum operating inventory level. This
storage space remains empty during normal operations,
but it is available if needed. It allows flexibility to exceed
working storage capacity without reaching an inventory
level that might create safety hazards or disrupt
operations. Storage space above the top of this level is
unavailable.
Contingency Space (Cavern): Available space that is
below the critical cavern depth but still above unavailable
space. This storage space remains filled with brine during
normal operations, but it is available if needed. It allows
flexibility to exceed working storage capacity without
reaching an inventory level that might create hazards or
disrupt operations.
Net Available Shell Storage Capacity (Tank): Total
available space including tank bottoms, working storage
capacity, and contingency space.
Net Available Shell Storage Capacity (Cavern): Total
available space including working storage capacity, and
contingency space.

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Tank Bottoms: Inventory that is below the normal suction
line of a storage tank. In floating roof tanks, this is at least
the volume required to remain in a storage tank in order to
keep the roof from touching the bottom of a storage tank.

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Total Shell Capacity: Total storage space including
unavailable space and net available shell storage
capacity.

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Unavailable Space (Tank): Storage space that is
required as part of the design of a tank but cannot be
used. Includes tank tops, safety allowance, and any other
space that is included by design but cannot be used.

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Unavailable Space (Cavern): Storage space that is
required as part of the design of an underground storage

Report net available shell storage capacity in operation as
either “leased to others” or “exclusive use” as follows.
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Leased to Others: Report the entire capacity of a tank or
cavern as “leased to others” if all or any portion of the tank
or cavern was leased to another company or to another
part or business unit of your company on the report date.
Also include the entire capacity of a tank or cavern if all or
any portion of the tank or cavern was made available for
lease to others on the report date.

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Exclusive Use: Include capacity of tanks and caverns
that are used exclusively by your company and were not
leased or made available for lease to other companies on
the report date. Report capacity used for throughput
agreements as exclusive use even if throughput
agreements involve other companies.

Net available shell storage capacity of tanks in operation must
always be greater than or equal to working storage capacity of
tanks and caverns in operation.
Idle Storage Capacity
Idle storage capacity includes capacity of tanks and caverns
that were not usable for holding stocks on the report date but
could be placed in operation within 90 days of the report date
after maintenance or repair. When assessing whether or not a
tank can be placed in service within 90 days, it is acceptable to
use a current planned or scheduled return to service date. It is
unnecessary to try to account for possible contingencies (e.g.
maintenance delays caused by weather) unless these were
incorporated into the planned or scheduled in operation date.
Report net available shell storage capacity of idle tanks and
caverns.
Exclude storage capacity of idle tanks and caverns when
reporting working storage capacity.

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Exclude storage capacity of idle tanks and caverns that were
idle at the end of the report month and could not be placed in
operation within 90 days.
Exclude storage capacity of idle tanks and caverns where
there is no scheduled date when the capacity will be placed in
service.
Exclude storage capacity of tanks and caverns under
construction even when construction is scheduled for
completion within 90 days. Storage capacity of tanks and
caverns under construction is reported as capacity in operation
only after new tanks and caverns are placed in service.

New Storage Capacity
Report new storage capacity beginning with the first storage
capacity report period after the new capacity was placed in
operation.
Exclude new capacity while it is under construction even when
the scheduled completion date was within 90 days of a storage
capacity report date.

Comparison of Stocks and Storage Capacity
In most cases, stocks reported in Part 3 of Form EIA-815 will
be less than total shell storage capacity. There may be
exceptions in cases where barrels stored in trucks, rail cars,
barges, or tankers are reported as stocks in Part 3 but the
storage capacity is excluded from Part 4.

PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION
The information reported on this form will be protected and not
disclosed to the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria for
exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5
U.S.C. §552, the DOE regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11,
implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C.
§1905.

Company specific data are also provided to other DOE offices
for the purpose of examining specific petroleum operations in the
context of emergency response planning and actual
emergencies.
The data collected on Form EIA-815, “Monthly Bulk Terminal
and Blender Report” is used to report aggregate statistics on and
conduct analyses of the motor gasoline blending activity at
terminals.

SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-815 by those required to
report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), as amended.
Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than
$2,750 each day for each violation, or a fine of not more than
$5,000 for each willful violation. The government may bring a
civil action to prohibit reporting violations which may result in a
temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent
injunction without bond. In such civil action, the court may also
issue mandatory injunctions commanding any person to comply
with these reporting requirements.

FILING FORMS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND ESTIMATED REPORTING
BURDEN
Respondents are not required to file or reply to any Federal
collection of information unless it has a valid OMB control
number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 4.2 hours per response. This includes
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information including suggestions for reducing
this burden to: Energy Information Administration, Office of
Survey Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585; and to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the EIA to
provide company-specific data to other Federal agencies when
requested for official use. The information reported on this form
may also be made available, upon request, to another
component of the Department of Energy (DOE); to any
Committee of Congress, the Government Accountability Office,
or other Federal agencies authorized by law to receive such
information. A court of competent jurisdiction may obtain this
information in response to an order. The information may be
used for any nonstatistical purposes such as administrative,
regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
Disclosure limitation procedures are not applied to the statistical
data published from this survey's information. Thus, there may
be some statistics that are based on data from fewer than three
respondents, or that are dominated by data from one or two
large respondents. In these cases, it may be possible for a
knowledgeable person to estimate the information reported by a
specific respondent.

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