EIA-851Q Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly)

U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Energy Information Administration Washington, DC 20585 Form EIA-851Q Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly) Instructions XX Quarter 20XX

OMB No. 1905-0160 Approval Expires: xx/xx/xxxx Burden: 0.75 hours

INSTRUCTIONS

PURPOSE

The Form EIA-851Q “Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly)” is used to collect data about the U.S. uranium industry on monthly uranium production and sources (mines and other). The legal authority for this mandatory survey is 15 U.S.C. §772 (b). The data are used by Congress and the public.

The data collected on this form may appear in the following U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publications: Domestic Uranium Production Report – Annual and Domestic Uranium Production Report - Quarterly.

REQUIRED RESPONDENTS

Firms and individuals that are involved in the (domestic) U.S. uranium industry must complete the Form EIA-851Q. It is completed by uranium concentrate producers and firms with existing or planned facilities: uranium mills, uranium in-situ-leach plants, uranium by-product plants, and uranium heap leach plants.

DUE DATE

The Form EIA-851Q should be submitted to EIA within 15 days after the end of the reporting quarter.

The reporting quarters are: First Quarter, January 1 – March 31; Second Quarter, April 1 – June 30; Third Quarter, July 1 – September 30; Fourth Quarter, October 1 – December 31.

The respective due dates are: April 15, July 15, October 15, and January 15.

HOW TO FILE A RESPONSE

Survey respondents should submit data electronically using EIA’s secure Single Sign-On internet data collection system. This system uses security protocols to protect information against unauthorized access during transmission. If you have not registered with EIA’s Single Sign-On system, send an e-mail requesting assistance to [email protected]. If you have registered with Single Sign-On, log on at https://signon.eia.doe.gov/ssoserver/login. If you are having a technical problem with accessing or using the Single Sign-On system, send an e-mail requesting assistance to [email protected].

An alternative to the preferred Single Sign-On system that is also electronically secure is EIA’s Secure File Transfer (SFT) system. To use SFT, save the form to your hard drive and refer to the following website for further instructions: https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/notice851Q.jsp.

Or file the form by the following nonsecure methods:

• E-mail the form to [email protected].

• Fax the form to (202) 586-3045.

Note that commonly used facsimile and e-mail transmissions (including files attached to e-mail messages) travel over ordinary telephone lines and are not considered secure electronic methods of transmitting survey data. Please retain a copy of your submission for your files.

QUESTIONS

For questions or additional information regarding the Form EIA-851Q, contact the Survey Manager:

Name: Tim Shear

Telephone Number: (202) 586-0403

E-mail: [email protected]

SANCTIONS

The timely submission of Form EIA-851Q by those required to report is mandatory under 15 U.S.C. §772 (b). In accordance with 15 U.S.C. §797, failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than $10,949 each day for each 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.

REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.75 hours per response, including 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 the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Survey Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585-0670; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503. A person is not required to respond to the collection of information unless the form displays a valid OMB number.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

The ‘Respondent Identification’ (Company Name), ‘Item 1: Facility Information’, and production data reported on Form EIA-851Q are considered public information and may be released in company identifiable form. Additional information reported on this form may be protected and may not be 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 Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, 10 CFR 1004, implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905.

The Federal Energy Administration Act requires 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 non-statistical purposes such as administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.

Data protection methods are applied to the statistical information reported on Forms EIA-851Q, except for production data.

INSTRUCTIONS

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

ITEM 1: FACILITY INFORMATION

Provide information about the uranium concentrate mill/processing facility. Rated capacity is synonymous with nominal capacity and nameplate capacity. Indicate operating status at end of the Survey Quarter. Report rated capacity in short tons of ore per day for conventional mills and heap leach facilities. For in-situ leach and uranium by-product facilities, report rated capacity in pounds U₃O₈ per year.

ITEM 2: PRODUCTION

For the Survey Quarter, provide the uranium production in pounds U₃O₈ for each of the 3 months.

ITEM 3: PRODUCTION SOURCE

Indicate where the Survey Quarter production in Item 2 came from (mines and other sources, i.e. alternate feed, byproduct, etc.). First specify the mine source by entering each mine name and pounds U₃O₈ produced. Second, specify the other (non-mine) source by entering the type of source and pounds U₃O₈ produced.

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