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provided to all parties. If no party
requests additional procedures, a final
Opinion and Order may be issued based
on the official record, including the
Application and responses filed by
parties pursuant to this Notice, in
accordance with 10 CFR 590.316.
The Application is available for
inspection and copying in the Office of
Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement
docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585. The docket room is open
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The Application and
any filed protests, motions to intervene,
notices of interventions, and comments
will also be available electronically by
going to the following DOE/FE Web
address: https://www.energy.gov/fe/
services/natural-gas-regulation.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 2,
2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Oil and Natural Gas.
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information
collection request for extension as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a three-year extension of the
Natural Gas Data Collection Program,
OMB Control Number 1905–0175. The
surveys covered by this request include;
Form EIA–176 Annual Report of
Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply
and Disposition; Form EIA–191 Monthly
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Report; Form EIA–191L Monthly
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Report;
Form EIA–757 Natural Gas Processing
Plant Survey; Form EIA–857 Monthly
Report of Natural Gas Purchases and
Deliveries to Consumers; Form EIA–910
Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey;
and Form EIA–912 Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report. The Natural Gas Data
Collection Program provides
information on natural gas production,
underground storage, supply,
processing, transmission, distribution,

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and consumption by sector within the
United States.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than January 7, 2021. Written comments
and recommendations for the
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Kopalek, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, telephone
(202) 586–4001, or by email at
[email protected]. The forms
and instructions are available on EIA’s
website at www.eia.gov/survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0175;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Natural Gas Data Collection
Program;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The surveys included in
the Natural Gas Data Collection
Program collect information on natural
gas underground storage, supply,
processing, transmission, distribution,
consumption by sector, and consumer
prices. The data collected supports
public policy analyses and produce
estimates of the natural gas industry.
The statistics generated from these
surveys are published on EIA’s website,
http://www.eia.gov, and are used in
various EIA information products,
including the Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report (WNGSR), Natural Gas
Monthly (NGM), Natural Gas Annual
(NGA), Monthly Energy Review (MER),
Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO),
Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), and
Annual Energy Review (AER).
(4a) Changes to Information
Collection:
Form EIA–176 Annual Report of
Natural and Supplemental Gas
Supply and Disposition
Form EIA–176 collects data on
natural, synthetic, and other
supplemental gas supplies, their
disposition, and certain revenues by
state. EIA is modifying the survey
instructions to include Renewable
Natural Gas (RNG) producers who inject
high-Btu RNG into an interstate
pipeline, intra-state pipeline, or natural
gas distribution company system. This
excludes on-site and local pipelines that
deliver to a nearby end-user, such as to
a CNG fueling station or power plant.

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EIA is adding this type of RNG producer
because these facilities produce the
equivalent of pipeline-quality natural
gas that is not captured elsewhere in
EIA’s production statistics.
Form EIA–191 Monthly
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Report
Form EIA–191 collects data on the
operations of all active underground
storage facilities. The name of the
survey is changing from Monthly
Underground Gas Storage Report to
Monthly Underground Natural Gas
Storage Report.
Form EIA–191L Monthly Liquefied
Natural Gas Storage Report
EIA is adding a new survey, Form
EIA–191L Monthly Liquefied Natural
Gas Storage Report to collect natural gas
inventory storage data from
approximately 85 operators of Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) facilities. These
facilities include LNG peakshavers and
satellite LNG facilities. EIA is
specifically excluding marine terminals
(due to their high variability in stock
levels), on-site power plant LNG storage
tanks, and LNG fueling tanks. Form
EIA–191L is a shorter version of Form
EIA–191 and will collect the same
natural gas data as Form EIA–191 except
it will not collect information on base
gas, working gas, field type, and facility
type.
Form EIA–757 Natural Gas
Processing Plant Survey
Form EIA–757 collects information on
the capacity, status, and operations of
natural gas processing plants, and
monitors their constraints to natural gas
supplies during catastrophic events,
such as hurricanes. Schedule A of Form
EIA–757 collects baseline operating and
capacity information from all
respondents on a triennial basis.
Schedule B is used on an emergency
standby basis and is activated during
natural disasters or other energy
disruptive events. Schedule B collects
data from a sample of respondents in
the affected areas. There are no changes
to Form EIA–757.
Form EIA–857 Monthly Report of
Natural Gas Purchases and
Deliveries to Consumers
Form EIA–857 collects data on the
quantity and cost of natural gas
delivered to distribution systems and
the quantity and revenue of natural gas
delivered to consumers by end-use
sector, on a monthly basis by state.
There are no changes to this survey.

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Form EIA–910 Monthly Natural Gas
Marketer
Form EIA–910 collects information on
natural gas sales from marketers in
selected states that have active
consumer choice programs. EIA is
increasing the number of respondents to
this survey due to the increased number
of natural gas market participants.

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 2,
2020.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Office Director, Office of Statistical Methods
& Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.

Form EIA–912 Weekly Underground
Natural Gas Storage Report
Form EIA–912 collects information on
weekly inventories of natural gas in
underground storage facilities. EIA is
increasing the requested burden by 5
additional respondents to accommodate
future changes in required reporting
sample sizes.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 3,510.
Form EIA–176 consists of 2,070
respondents;
Form EIA–191 consists of 145
respondents;
Form EIA–191L consists of 85
respondents;
Form EIA–757 Schedule A consists of
600 respondents
Form EIA–757 Schedule B consists of
20 respondents;
Form EIA–857 consists of 330
respondents;
Form EIA–910 consists of 160
respondents;
Form EIA- 912 consists of 100
respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 16,297.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 55,296.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $4,431,421
(55,296 burden hours times $80.14 per
hour). EIA estimates that respondents
will have no additional costs associated
with the survey other than the burden
hours and the maintenance of the
information as part of the normal course
of business.
Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

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[FR Doc. 2020–26884 Filed 12–7–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3472–024]

Aspinook Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting
Scoping Comments
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.: 3472–024.
c. Date Filed: April 30, 2020; and
revised on October 13, 2020.
d. Applicant: Aspinook Hydro, LLC, a
subsidiary of Gravity Renewables, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Wyre Wynd
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Quinebaug River
in New London and Windham Counties,
Connecticut. No federal lands are
occupied by the project works or located
within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mark
Boumansour, Chief Operating Officer,
Gravity Renewables, Inc.; 1401 Walnut
Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302; Phone
at (303) 440–3378, or email at mark@
gravityrenewables.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kristine Sillett at
(202) 502–6575, or kristine.sillett@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: January 31, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. You must include
your name and contact information at
the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, you may submit a
paper copy. Submissions sent via the
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to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426. Submissions sent via any
other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852. All filings must clearly identify
the project name and docket number on
the first page: Wyre Wynd Hydroelectric
Project (P–3472–024).
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person on the official service list
for the project. Further, if an intervener
files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an
issue that may affect the responsibilities
of a particular resource agency, they
must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Wyre Wynd Project
consists of: (1) A concrete-encased
masonry dam that includes: (a) A 473foot-long, 18-foot-high spillway with 2foot-high wooden flashboards, and one,
5-foot-wide by 3-foot-high sluice gate;
(b) a 100-foot-long left abutment that
includes a 65-foot-wide headgate
structure with five, 10-foot-wide by 12foot-high headgates; and (c) a 4-footlong right abutment; (2) a 333-acre
impoundment with a usable storage
capacity of 167-acre-feet at a normal
elevation of 97.3 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (3) a
170-foot-long, 50-foot-wide forebay that
includes: (a) A 60-foot-long, 10-foothigh auxiliary spillway; and (b) two, 10foot-wide, 12-foot-high arched-top lowlevel outlet gates; (4) a powerhouse
intake structure located at the
downstream end of the forebay that
includes: (a) A 37-foot-high steel trash
rack structure varying in width from
19.5 feet to 21.3 feet, with a clear bar
spacing of 2.6 inches; and (b) a 16-footlong, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock
that supplies flow to the main 2.7megawatt (MW) S-type Kaplan turbinegenerator unit housed within the 30foot-wide, 100-foot-long concrete
powerhouse; (5) a 450-foot-long, 50-footwide tailrace that receives discharges
from the main turbine-generator unit; (6)
a second intake structure branching off
of the right side of the forebay,
approximately 35 feet downstream of
the headgate structure, that includes: (a)
A 4-foot-wide, 4-foot-high head gate; (b)
a 9-foot-wide, 20-foot-high trash rack
structure with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing
that extends from the floor of the
headgate structure to approximately 12

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