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Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: TEACH Grant:
Study of Institutional Practices and
Grant Recipient Outcomes and
Experiences.
OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs)
and individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 565.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 283.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Education (Department) requests OMB
clearance for a survey of a purposively
selected sample of 65 institutions of
higher education, and a sample of 500
randomly selected grant recipients
participating in the TEACH Grant
program. The surveys will inform a
study addressing issues and challenges
regarding the implementation of TEACH
Grants, which is being conducted in
response to a GAO audit addressing the
high grant to loan conversion rate
among TEACH grant recipients.
Dated: September 21, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015–24326 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am]
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Energy Information Administration

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

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted an
information collection request to the

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OMB for extension under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The information collection requests a
three-year extension, without change, of
its Form EIA–886, Annual Survey of
Alternative Fuel Vehicles, OMB Control
Number 1905–0191. The proposed
collection will gather information on the
number and type of alternative fueled
vehicles (AFVs) and other advanced
technology vehicles that vehicle
suppliers made available in the previous
calendar year and plan to make
available in the following calendar year;
the number, type and geographic
distribution of AFVs in use in the
previous calendar year; and the amount
and distribution of each type of
alternative transportation fuel (ATF)
consumed in the previous calendar year.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before October 26,
2015. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
And to Cynthia Amezcua, EI–22, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Fax (202) 586–
9753, Email cynthia.amezcua@eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Cynthia Amezcua, EI–22,
cynthia.amezcua@eia.gov, (202) 586–
1658 http://wwwdev.eia.gov/survey/
#eia-886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1905–0191; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Annual Survey of Alternative Fueled
Vehicles; (3) Type of Request:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved collection; (4)
Purpose: Form EIA–886 data are
collected from suppliers and users of
AFVs. EIA uses data from these groups
as a basis for estimating total AFV and
ATF use in the U.S. These data are
needed by Federal and State agencies,
fuel suppliers, transit agencies and other
fleets to determine if sufficient
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purchase and to provide Congress with
a measure of the extent to which the
objectives of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 are being achieved. These data
serve as market analysis tools for
Congress, Federal/State agencies, AFV
suppliers, vehicle fleet managers, and
other interested organizations and
persons. These data are also needed to
satisfy numerous public requests for
detailed information on AFVs and ATFs
(in particular, the number of AFVs
distributed by State, as well as the
amount and location of the ATFs being
consumed).
EIA publishes summary information
from the Form EIA–886 database in an
annual report on EIA’s Web site
(www.eia.gov). This report covers
historical and projected supplies of
AFVs, AFV usage by selected user
groups, and estimates of total U.S. AFV
counts and U.S. consumption of ATFs.
These data provide baseline inputs for
DOE’s transportation sector energy
models. They also provide the energy
consumption measures for alternative
transportation fuels in EIA’s State
Energy Data System. For example, EIA’s
National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS) has a component model that
forecasts transportation sector energy
consumption and provides a framework
for AFV policy and technology analysis.
The data obtained from Form EIA–886
are used to improve the explanatory
power of the NEMS Transportation
Demand Model by allowing for greater
detail in representing AFV types and
characteristics; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 2,050; (6)
Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 2,050; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 8,215; (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no capital and
start-up costs associated with this data
collection. The information is
maintained in the normal course of
business. The cost of burden hours to
the respondents is estimated to be
$591,234 (8,215 burden hours times
$71.97 per hour). Therefore, 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, (FEA Act), and codified at 15
U.S.C. 772(b), and section 503(b)(2) of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102–486
(EPACT92) codified at 42 U.S.C. 13253.

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 186 / Friday, September 25, 2015 / Notices

Issued in Washington, DC, on September
21, 2015.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015–24417 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.

AGENCY:

Agency information collection
activities: proposed extension with
changes; notice and request for
comments; correction.

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: EIA published a notice in the
Federal Register of September 15, 2015,
inviting public comment on the
proposed three-year extension of its Oil
and Gas Reserves System Surveys. This
document replaces that notice and
corrects an error in the Web site address
for the collection instruments and
instructions.
EIA invites public comment on the
proposed three-year extension of the
following Oil and Gas Reserves System
Survey Forms that EIA is developing for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Revision of Form EIA–23L, Annual
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas
Reserves, Field Level Report; extension
without changes of Form EIA–64A,
Annual Report of the Origin of Natural
Gas Liquids Production; and continued
suspension of Form EIA–23S, Annual
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas
Reserves, Summary Level Report.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
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 through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
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Comments must be filed by
November 24, 2015. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments
within that period, contact the person
listed in the below ADDRESSES Section
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Steven Grape, EI–24, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, by fax at (202)
586–4420, or by email at steven.grape@
eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Grape, as
listed above. The information collection
instruments and instructions are
available on the EIA Web site at:
Form EIA–23L, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-23l,
Form EIA–23S, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-23s,
Form EIA–64A, http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#eia-64a.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
and feedback are requested on the
following topics directly related to the
proposed changes to Form EIA–23L:
• Field versus County Level Data
Detail—EIA currently collects data on a
field level basis, but publishes reserves
estimates on a State and State
subdivision level. Reporting burden to
respondents may be reduced, depending
on existing record keeping practices, if
operators report proved reserves and
production data aggregated at a county
level. EIA is able to make accurate State
and State subdivision level reserves
estimates if proved reserves are reported
at a county level. Abandoning fieldlevel detail will result in some loss of
detail for reserve estimates; however, it
will increase the utility of the data by
facilitating the matching of other
economic data that are only published
at the county level.
• Well Counts (by County)—EIA does
not currently collect the number of
producing wells on Form EIA–23L. EIA
proposes to collect well counts by
county on Form EIA–23L to assist data
quality validation of the production data
reported on the form. Collecting well
count data by county is consistent with
commercially-available production data
that is based on well-level reporting in
many States and will facilitate data
comparisons and data quality
evaluations.
• Type Code—EIA is considering
deleting the Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk
from Schedule B. EIA has Type Codes
for certain reservoir types: CV for
Conventional, SH for Shale, CB for
Coalbed, CH for Chalk, and LP for Other
Low Permeability Reservoirs. CH is
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currently underutilized and EIA
proposes to delete Chalk as a reservoir
Type Code. The two codes SH and LP
have been used interchangeably by
operators for tight oil reserves estimates
and may be combined for crude oil into
a new reservoir Type Code title ‘‘Tight.’’
EIA requests comments on the proposal
to delete Type Code ‘‘CH’’ for Chalk,
and combine reservoir Type codes ‘‘SH’’
and ‘‘LP’’ into a single category ‘‘Tight’’
for crude oil only.
• Fuel Types—EIA tracks the proved
reserves of four fuel types—two types of
liquids; crude oil and lease condensate;
and two types of natural gas proved
reserves; nonassociated (aka gas well
gas) and associated-dissolved (aka
casinghead or oil well gas). EIA
proposes to continue collecting proved
reserves estimates by these four types,
instead of combining them into Total
Liquids and Total Natural Gas.
• Producing versus Nonproducing
Reserves—Currently operators report
both producing and nonproducing
proved reserves by field on Form EIA–
23L. EIA requests comments on the
ability to report these data on a county
level basis.
• Extensions, New Field Discoveries,
and New Reservoir Discoveries in Old
Fields—EIA requests comments on the
utility of collecting and publishing these
three components of Total Discoveries
or whether it is more useful to report
and publish these components under
one data category such as ‘‘County level
Discoveries.’’ EIA also requests
comments on the burden of reporting
these three components separately.
• Field Code Master List—EIA
proposes to delete the EIA Field Code
Master List that is currently used to
report data at the field level. Changing
the reporting on Form EIA–23L from
Field to County level would eliminate
the need to publish or maintain the EIA
Field Code Master List.
All of the proposed changes that are
described above are shaded the color
yellow on the draft Form EIA–23L to
illustrate and facilitate the review of the
data elements that are affected by these
proposed changes.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0057;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System.
(3) Type of Request: Revision of the
currently approved Form EIA–23L;
extension without changes of the
currently approved Form EIA–64A; and
continued suspension of collection of
the currently approved Form EIA–23S
(suspended).
(4) Purpose: In response to Public Law
95–91 Section 657, estimates of U.S. oil

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