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75.591).
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continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among
other things: Whether a grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving
the goals and objectives of the project;
whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its
approved application and budget; and,
if the Secretary has established
performance measurement
requirements, the performance targets in
the grantee’s approved application.
In making a continuation award, the
Secretary also considers whether the
grantee is operating in compliance with
the assurances in its approved
application, including those applicable
to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
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Dated: May 19, 2017.
Ruth E. Ryder,
Deputy Director, Office of Special Education
Programs, delegated the duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
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
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Coal Markets
Reporting System, OMB Control
Number 1905–0167. The surveys
encompassed by this request are a
fundamental source of data on the
Nation’s coal production and
disposition.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before June 23, 2017.
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,
Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov.
And to:
Coal2017@eia.gov, or U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Mail Stop
EI–23, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. (Email is
preferred.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions
should be directed to Coal2017@eia.gov.
The proposed forms and instructions are
available on the Internet at: http://www.
eia.gov/survey/changes/coal/2016/. 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
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soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4718 or
contacted by email at
Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov.
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1905–0167;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Coal Markets Reporting System.
The surveys included in this
information request are:
EIA–3 ‘‘Quarterly Survey of Industrial,
Commercial, & Institutional Coal
Users’’
EIA–7A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation’’
EIA–8A ‘‘Annual Survey of Coal Stocks
and Coal Exports’’
EIA–6 ‘‘Emergency Coal Supply Survey
(Standby)’’
EIA–20 ‘‘Emergency Weekly Coal
Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning
Power Producers (Standby)’’
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require the
EIA to carry out a centralized,
comprehensive, and unified energy
information program. This program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes,
and disseminates information on energy
resource reserves, production, demand,
technology, and related economic and
statistical information. This information
is used to assess the adequacy of energy
resources to meet near and longer term
domestic demands and to promote
sound policymaking, efficient markets,
and public understanding of energy and
its interaction with the economy and the
environment.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides
the general public and other Federal
agencies with opportunities to comment
on collections of energy information
conducted by, or in conjunction with,
the EIA.
These EIA surveys are conducted to
collect coal market data. The data
elements collected include production,
consumption, receipts, stocks, sales, and
prices. Information pertaining to the
quality of the coal is also collected. The
information collected is used to support
public policy analyses of the coal
industry, economic modeling,
forecasting, coal supply and demand
studies, and support research and
development programs. EIA
publications, including the Monthly
Energy Review, Quarterly Coal Report,
Quarterly Coal Distribution Report,
Annual Coal Report, and Annual Coal

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Distribution Report, publish data
collected on the coal production and
consumption survey forms listed above.
In addition, the EIA uses the data
collected in short-term and long-term
models such as the Short-Term
Integrated Forecasting System (STIFS)
and the National Energy Modeling
System (NEMS) Coal Market Module.
The forecast data also appear in the
Short-Term Energy Outlook and the
Annual Energy Outlook publications.
Please refer to the forms and
instructions for more information about
the purpose, who must report, when to
report, where to submit, elements to be
reported, detailed instructions,
provisions for confidentiality, and uses
of the information.
EIA–3, Quarterly Survey of Industrial,
Commercial, & Institutional Coal Users
Changes to Form EIA–3:
• Change the title of the survey from
the ‘‘Quarterly Survey of Non-Electric
Sector Coal Data’’ to ‘‘Quarterly Survey
of Industrial, Commercial, &
Institutional Coal Users.’’
• In Part 2, Question 6 (Question 5 in
the current form), revise reporting for
co-fired sites to allow reporting more
than one additional fuel source.
• In Part 2, Question 7 (Question 6 in
the current form), remove the
instruction that refers to ‘‘scrubbers’’ as
a carbon dioxide emissions capture
system. (A ‘‘scrubber’’ is used to control
emissions of sulfur dioxide.)
• In Part 3, Question 2, remove
Adjustments to Total Cost of Coal
(received during the reporting quarter).
Cognitive testing indicated that this data
element was unnecessary.
• In Part 5, Questions 2 and 3, revise
coking plant disposition categories and
include distinction between domestic
and export sales of coke and breeze to
gather more accurate data on each type
of sale.
• In Part 8, Question 2, revise coal
refining plant disposition categories to
allow for more accurate accounting of
refined coal stocks.
• In Part 2, Question 2, add the
question: ‘‘Does this site operate a coke
oven?’’ This question will be used to
identify active U.S. coking plants within
manufacturing sites.
• In Part 3, Question 3A, add the
question ‘‘Please provide the contact
information for your broker.’’ Broker
contact information will be used to help
maintain the EIA–8A frame and
eliminate duplicative reporting on Form
EIA–7A.
EIA–7A, Annual Survey of Coal
Production and Preparation
Changes to Form EIA–7A:

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• In Part 3, Question 5A, add the
question ‘‘What is the average depth of
the mine below the surface?’’ This
question will assist with data
discrepancies of coalbed data reported
by comparing coalbeds mined with U.S.
Geological Survey data.
• In Part 5, revise Question 2, which
currently reads ‘‘With the existing
equipment in place, what is the
maximum amount of coal that this
mining operation can produce during
the reporting year?’’ to read ‘‘With the
existing equipment in place, what is the
annual operating capacity of this mine?’’
By comparing actual production to
operating capacity, EIA can better assess
if mines are producing at maximum
capacity and can use this information as
an indicator of market conditions
affecting coal supply.
• In Part 5, revise Question 5, which
currently reads ‘‘As of December 31st of
the reporting year, what is the estimated
tonnage representing the amount of coal
identified in the reserve that is
technologically and economically
feasible to extract?’’ to read ‘‘As of
December 31st of the reporting year,
what is the estimated amount of coal in
the reserve that is feasible
(economically/technologically) to
extract?’’ Rewording the current
recoverable coal reserves question helps
clarify to respondents to report the
amount of coal that can be recovered
from the coal reserve.
• In Part 5, remove Question 6, which
asks ‘‘What is the recovery rate used to
estimate recoverable coal reserves at this
mine?’’ Cognitive testing indicates that
the term ‘‘recovery rate’’ does not have
a common understanding by
respondents in the coal industry and
respondents cannot provide consistent
answers to this question.
• In Part 5, Question 7, revise
reporting categories of coal mine sales to
simplify question wording while adding
export categories to include Open
Market Export Sales, Captive Market
Export Sales, and Broker Export Sales.
The new categories will provide more
accurate information on coal exports by
type of sale and seller by eliminating
potential double-counting of export coal
sales on Form EIA–8A. This information
will improve EIA’s assessments of
production trends and coal supply and
exports by basin.
EIA–8A, Annual Survey of Coal Stocks
and Coal Exports
Changes to Form EIA–8A:
• In Part 2, Question 2, revise the list
of locations where U.S. produced coal
stocks are located to include ‘‘IT—In
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accurate information on the quantity
and disposition of coal stocks.
• In Part 3, Question 2, add new data
field requesting port of export and
destination country for export sales to
gather more detailed export data. This
data field will assist EIA in cross-survey
comparisons with the EIA–7A and coal
trade data collected by the U.S. Census
Bureau to quantify and eliminate
double-counting of export coal sales.
EIA is requesting a three-year
extension with no changes for the
following mandatory emergency
standby forms:
Form EIA–6, ‘‘Emergency Coal Supply
Survey (Standby)’’
Form EIA–20, ‘‘Emergency Weekly Coal
Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning
Power Producers (Standby)’’
(5) Estimated Number of Survey
Respondents: 1,347.
• EIA–3 will consist of 432
respondents
• EIA–7A will consist of 848
respondents
• EIA–8A will consist of 48
respondents
• EIA–6 (standby) will consist of 11
respondents
• EIA–20 (standby) will consist of 8
respondents
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 2,814.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 5,059.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional
costs to respondents are not anticipated
beyond costs associated with response
burden hours. The information is
maintained in the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours
is estimated to be $372,646 (5,059
burden hours times $73.66 per hour).
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,
P.L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b), and
the DOE Organization Act of 1977, P.L. 95–
91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 27,
2017.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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