Coal Program Package

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-1
(April 2008)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires 04/30/2011
Burden: 1 Hour

Weekly Coal Monitoring Report
General Industries and Blast Furnaces

NOTICE: This report is mandatory under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275). Failure to comply may result in criminal fines, civil
penalties and other sanctions as provided by law. For further information concerning sanctions and data protections see the provision on sanctions and the
provision concerning the disclosure of information in the instructions. Title 18 USC 1001 makes it a criminal offense for any person knowingly and willingly to
make to any Agency or Department of the United States any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

Please read the instructions provided before completing this form.
I. Report Week Ending Midnight Saturday

II. Control Number
Month Day

Year

III. Name of Company

IV. Name of Plant

V. Address (Street)

(City)

(State)

All data should be reported for the previous week.
VI. Coal Supplies (Report in short tons)
A. Coal Stocks, First of Week (first collection period only)
B. Total Receipts of Coal
C. Total Coal Consumed
D. Coal Stocks, End of Week
VII. Blast Furnace Only (Report in short tons)
A. Coke Stocks, First of Week (first collection period only)
B. Coke Receipts, From All Sources
C. Coke Consumption, Previous Week
D. Coke Stocks, End of Week
VIII. Comments

IX. Point of Contact:
Name:

Title:

Date:

Telephone #:

Fax #::

E-mail address:

(Zip Code)

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-1
(April 2008)

A.

Weekly Coal Monitoring Report
General Industries and Blast Furnaces
(Instructions)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires 04/30/2011
Burden: 1 Hour

PURPOSE
Form EIA-1, mandatory by law, is designed to provide the sales and volume data necessary during periods of supply disruption for “fully informed monitoring
and policy guidance” by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) in accordance with Section 13 of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (P.L. 93-275) as amended.
The data collected will be used in the compilation of public statistical reports, with the primary efforts providing for continual monitoring of coal production,
consumption, and distribution for coal-related analysis, including energy/environmental studies, energy policy and implementation of mandated coal programs.

B.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
Form EIA-1 will be sent to a selected sample of plants that consume bituminous, subbituminous, and lignite coal and coke. Each sample plant that has been
selected and notified by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) must provide a telephone response during the survey.

C.

WHEN TO SUBMIT
A telephone call will be made to collect the data on this form, beginning each Monday during each week of the coal supply disruption.

D.

DEFINITIONS
Short Ton: A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds.
Report Week: A calendar week beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday and ending at midnight on Saturday.

E.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A separate report must be submitted for each plant owned by a firm. All data are to be reported in whole numbers. Fractions or decimals should be rounded to
the nearest whole number.
If you have any questions or need assistance in completing the forms, please call the Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels on (202) 586-2800.

F.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Coal Supplies:
For questions VI. A. through VI. D. do not include coal intended for use in coking operations.
VI.A. Enter the total amount of all types of coal in the plant on the first day of the report week. This question should not be answered after the first collection
period.
VI.B. Enter the total amount of all coal received during the week regardless of source.
VI.C. Enter the total amount of coal consumed by the plant, excluding coke during the week.
VI.D. Enter the total amount of coal in the plant at the end of the week.
Blast Furnaces:
VII.A. Enter the total amount of coke stocks in the plant at the beginning of the week. This question should not be answered after the first collection period.
VII.B. Enter the total quantity of coke received during the report week.
VII.C. Enter the total quantity of coke consumed during the report week.
VII.D. Enter the total amount of coke stocks in the plant at the end of the report week.

G.

SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-1 data by those required to report is mandatory under section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act (FEAA) as
amended. Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than $2,750 per day for each violation, or a fine not more than $5,000 per day for each
willful violation. Civil action may be enforced to prohibit reporting violations and may result in the granting of 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.

H.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
The information reported on these forms 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.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the Energy Information Administration to provide company-specific data to other Federal agencies when
requested for official use. The information reported on these forms 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 applied to the statistical data published from survey information to ensure that the risk of disclosure of identifiable
information is very small.
Upon request specific to any of the forms, the name, address, and location (state or zip code) of the responding companies will be released in the form of a full
or partial list of respondents.