Uranium Data Program 30 Day FRN

[FR Doc. 2021–04062 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–C

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice.

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 with
changes of its Uranium Data Program
(UDP), OMB Control Number 1905–
0160. The UDP consists of three
surveys. Form EIA–851A Domestic
Uranium Production Report (Annual)
collects annual data from the U.S.
uranium industry on uranium milling
and processing, uranium feed sources,
uranium mining, employment, drilling,
expenditures, and uranium reserves.
Form EIA–851Q Domestic Uranium
Production Report (Quarterly) collects
monthly data on uranium production
that is reported on a quarterly basis.
Form EIA–858 Uranium Marketing
Annual Survey collects annual data
from the U.S. uranium market on
uranium contracts and deliveries,
inventories, enrichment services
purchased, uranium in fuel assemblies,
feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled

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market requirements for the current year
and the following ten years.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than March 31, 2021. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to 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: If
you need additional information,
contact Tim Shear, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, telephone
(202) 586–0503, or by email at
[email protected]. The forms and
instructions are available on EIA’s
website at www.eia.gov/survey/changes/
uranium/2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0160;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Uranium Data Program;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: Uranium Data Program
collects data on domestic uranium
supply and demand activities, including
production, exploration and
development, trade, purchases and sales
available to the U.S. The users of these
data include Congress, Executive
Branch agencies, the nuclear and
uranium industry, electric power
industry, and the public. Form EIA–
851A data are published in EIA’s
Domestic Uranium Production Report—

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Annual at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/
production/annual/. Form EIA–851Q
data are published in EIA’s Domestic
Uranium Production Report—Quarterly
at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/
production/quarterly/. Form EIA–858
data are published in EIA’s Uranium
Marketing Annual Report at http://
www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/ and
Domestic Uranium Production Report—
Annual at http://www.eia.gov/uranium/
production/annual/;
(4a) Change to information collection:
EIA will no longer protect information
reported on Form EIA–851A and EIA–
851Q under the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA).
Information reported on Form EIA–858
will continue to be protected under
CIPSEA.
EIA proposes to apply exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) to protect information reported
on Forms EIA–851A and EIA–851Q
except for production data. Production
data will be considered public and may
be publicly released in an identifiable
form. For the past six years, the items
‘‘Respondent and Contact
Identification’’, ‘‘Company Name’’, and
all of ‘‘Item 1: Facility Information’’ on
Forms EIA–851Q and EIA–851A are
considered public information and are
publicly released in company or
individually identifiable form on EIA’s
website. Data protection methods will
continue to be applied to the statistical
information reported on Forms EIA–
851A and EIA–851Q, except for
production data.

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The data protection statement in the
instructions to Forms EIA–851A and
EIA–851Q will state:
The ‘Respondent and Contact
Identification’ (Company Name), ‘Item 1:
Facility Information’, and production data
reported on Form EIA–851Q/A 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–851A and EIA–851Q, except for
production data.

The reason EIA is proposing this
change in the data protection for Forms
EIA–851A and EIA–851Q is due to a
material change in circumstances that
occurred over the past 15 years in the
domestic uranium production markets
that was unforeseen when EIA initially
placed these surveys under CIPSEA
protection in 2004. Domestic uranium
production has significantly decreased
from a recent high of 4,891 thousand
pounds U3O8 in 2014 to 174 thousand
pounds U3O8 in 2019. Over 90% of the
uranium purchased by owners and
operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power
reactors in 2018 and 2019 was from
uranium imports of foreign origin. The
number of respondents reporting
domestic production has steadily
declined over the past 15 years as
imports of uranium dominate U.S.
uranium markets and domestic firms
either cease operations or merge with
other companies. As fewer respondents
contribute to the published aggregates,
EIA needs to withhold from publication
all of the data at the state and regional
level. The practical utility of the
information collected is undermined by
EIA withholding most of the data it
collects on these survey forms.
Cognitive research showed that the
majority of the respondents to Forms
EIA–851A and EIA–851Q are not

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concerned if informed users infer
reported values from published
statistical aggregates in data tables. The
main reason survey respondents
provided was that the information
reported on Forms EIA–851A and EIA–
851Q is already publicly available. In
addition, since 2016, the current
instructions to Forms EIA–851A and
EIA–851Q have stated the name and
address of the respondent are
considered public information.
The burden hour estimate on Form
EIA–858 is increasing from 15 hours to
26 hours. This increase is due to
respondent requests and confirmed
through industry studies.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 102;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 135;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 1,769;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no capital or
start-up costs associated with this data
collection. The information is
maintained during the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours
is estimated to be $144,438.85 (1,769
burden hours times $81.65 per hour).
Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs for generating, maintaining, and
providing this information.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on February 23,
2021.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC21–55–000.
Applicants: Altamont Winds LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Altamont Winds
LLC.
Filed Date: 02/22/2021.
Accession Number: 20210222–5229.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/15/21.

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Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER20–945–003.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc. submits tariff filing per 35:
Compliance Filing Revising Tariff in
Response to February 18 Order to be
effective 4/4/2020.
Filed Date: 02/23/2021.
Accession Number: 20210223–5053.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–714–001.
Applicants: Indiana Crossroads Wind
Farm LLC.
Description: Indiana Crossroads Wind
Farm LLC submits tariff filing per
35.17(b): Supplement to Market-Based
Rate Application and Revised MBR
Tariff to be effective 2/21/2021.
Filed Date: 02/19/2021.
Accession Number: 20210219–5095.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–816–001.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
Description: ISO New England Inc.
submits tariff filing per 35.17(b):
Amendment to Information Disclosure
Req. under the FAP in Docket No.ER21–
816 to be effective 3/9/2021.
Filed Date: 02/23/2021.
Accession Number: 20210223–5012.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/1/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1194–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company submits tariff filing per 35.15:
PWRPA SA 30 Termination of Rough
and Ready SA to be effective 3/1/2021.
Filed Date: 02/23/2021.
Accession Number: 20210223–5000.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1195–000.
Applicants: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated submits tariff
filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): ATSI submits
Two ECSAs, SA Nos. 5916 and 5922 to
be effective 4/25/2021.
Filed Date: 02/23/2021.
Accession Number: 20210223–5081.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/21.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and

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