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Title of Collection: Personal
Authentication Service (PAS) for FSA
ID.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0131.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 55,300,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 14,715,000.
Abstract: Federal Student Aid (FSA)
replaced the PIN system with the
Personal Authentication Service (PAS)
which will employ an FSA ID, a
standard user name and password
solution. In order to create an FSA ID to
gain access to certain FSA systems
(FAFSA on the web, NSLDS,
StudentLoans.gov, etc.) a user must
register on-line for an FSA ID account.
The FSA ID allows the customer to have
a single identity, even if there is a name
change or change to other personally
identifiable information. The
information collected to create the FSA
ID enables electronic authentication and
authorization of users for FSA webbased applications and information and
protects users from unauthorized access
to user accounts on all protected FSA
sites.
Dated: December 19, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend with changes for three
years with the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Form EIA–846
Manufacturing Energy Consumption
Survey. Form EIA–846 collects
information on energy consumption,
expenditures, and building
characteristics from establishments in
the manufacturing sector of the U.S.
economy.
DATES: Comments regarding this
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be received on or before February 20,
2018. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Tom Lorenz, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, EI–22,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at (202)
586–9753, or by email at
Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov.
Access to the proposed form,
instructions, and internet data
collection screens can be found at:
https://www.eia.gov/survey/form/eia_
846/proposed/2018/form.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Tom Lorenz by phone at
(202) 586–3442, or by email at
Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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; (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
technology; and (e) ways to identify
alternate sources of manufacturing
consumption information EIA proposes
to collect. EIA will evaluate comments
on duplication of data sources based on
terms of data coverage, level of
aggregation, frequency of collection,
data reliability, and statutory
requirements to determine whether
alternate data sources represent a
suitable substitute for EIA data.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB Numbers: 1905–0169;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Manufacturing Energy
Consumption Survey (MECS);
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–846, is a selfadministered sample survey that
collects energy consumption and
expenditures data from establishments
in the manufacturing sector. These
establishments are classified under the
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System (NAICS) sector codes 31–33.
The information from this survey is
used to publish aggregate statistics on
the energy consumption of the
manufacturing sector including energy
used for fuel and nonfuel purposes. The
survey also gathers information on
energy-related issues such as energy
prices, on-site electricity generation,
purchases of electricity from utilities
and non-utilities, and fuel switching
capabilities. MECS is also used to
benchmark EIA’s industry forecasting
model and update changes in the energy
intensity and greenhouse gases data
series.
(4a) Proposed Change to Information
Collection: EIA proposes the following
minor change to Form EIA–846.
1. Questions about Tire-Derived Fuel:
EIA proposes asking questions about
tire-derived fuel (TDF) in the Waste Oils
and Tars, and Waste Byproduct Gases
section of the questionnaire starting on
page 35 of the current Form EIA–846A,
to be inserted after questions 138–139,
specifically from those industries, Paper
(NAICS 322) and Nonmetallic Mineral
Products (NAICS 327), that use it as an
energy source. This is not a substantive
change as EIA already asks respondents
to report TDF on the MECS in a section
titled, ‘‘Other.’’ To make the reporting of
TDF clear and easier for respondents,
the questions in this section about TDF
are the same questions that have always
been asked about this energy source:
Purchases, expenditures, transfers-in,
amount produced on-site, whether it’s a
product/byproduct of another energy
source consumed on-site, and fuel
consumption. Over the past three MECS
cycles, TDF has become a growing
energy source within the ‘‘Other’’
section and accounts for over half of the
energy consumed that is reported in that
section. The use of TDF may be
understated in the current form because
some establishments may not report
TDF fuel use because respondents may
not know where to report their TDF
volumes. By directly asking for these
data as a separate data element, EIA will
improve the coverage and accuracy of
the use of this energy source.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 15,000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 3,750;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 34,565;
Average Burden per Response: 9.2
hours.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs to respondents associated with
this data collection. The annual burden
cost to the respondents is estimated to

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be $2,546,058 (34,565 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,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772 (b)
and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 7135(i) as amended by section 3101
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1986, Pub. L. 99–509.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
15, 2017.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

EIA has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for extension under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a three-year extension of its
Form GC–859 ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data
Survey,’’ OMB Control Number 1901–
0287. Form GC–859 collects data on
spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that
operate commercial nuclear reactors and
from all others that possess irradiated
fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 22,
2018. 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 202–395–1254 or
emailed at james.n.tyree@omb.eop.gov.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the:
DOE Desk Officer: James Tyree, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 9249,

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20503.
And to: Marta Gospodarczyk, Office of
Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, and
Renewables Analysis, EI–34, Forrestal
Building, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20585, or by email at
marta.gospodarczyk@eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Marta Gospodarczyk at the
contact information given above or
phone at, 202–586–0527. Form GC–859
and its instructions are available on the
internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/
#gc-859.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1901–0287;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Nuclear Fuel Data Survey;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)
required that DOE enter into Standard
Contracts with all generators or owners
of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste of domestic origin.
Form GC–859 (formerly Form RW–859)
originated from an appendix to this
Standard Contract.
Form GC–859 collects information on
nuclear fuel use and spent fuel
discharges from all utilities that operate
commercial nuclear reactors and from
all others that possess irradiated fuel
from commercial nuclear reactors. The
data collection provides stakeholders
with detailed information concerning
the spent nuclear fuel generated by the
respondents (commercial utility
generators of spent nuclear fuel and
other owners of spent nuclear fuel
within the U.S.).
Data collected from the survey are
used by personnel from DOE Office of
Nuclear Energy (NE), DOE Office of
Environmental Management (EM), and
the national laboratories to meet their
research objectives of developing a
range of options and supporting
analyses that facilitate informed choices
about how best to manage spent nuclear
fuel (SNF).
(4a) Changes to Information
Collection:
• Collection of fuel manufacturer and
lattice size used in Section C.1.1 of the
2013 GC–859 is replaced by fuel
assembly type codes for fuel discharged
from July 1, 2013—December 31, 2017.
Fuel assembly type codes were last
collected in the 2003 RW–859.
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provides significantly more information
of the spent fuel than just manufacturer
and lattice size.
• Section C.1.3 is added to the survey
to collect fuel assembly type codes for
fuel discharged from January 1, 2003—
June 30, 2013. Selection boxes are
added to this section to reduce reporting
burden. Respondents may mark the fuel
assembly type code based on the reactor
design, previously used fuel types,
range of assembly identification
numbers, and initial cycle in core.
• ‘‘Cumulative Burnup for Each
Cycle,’’ for each assembly is added to
Section C.1.2 of the survey.
Respondents may voluntarily report this
data. Assembly burnup data by cycle is
used to calculate discharged fuel
characteristics and obtain fundamental
parameters needed for spent fuel safety
analyses.
• Section C.1.4 is added to the survey
to collect data on all discharged fuel
that is shipped or transferred to other
storage sites (since January 1, 2003).
This information was last collected in
2003 using Form RW–859 and allows
the tracking of all spent nuclear fuel
discharged by commercial reactors,
regardless of current ownership or
transit status.
• Section C.2 ‘‘Projected Assembly
Discharges’’ is deleted since this data is
no longer needed for analysis.
• Section C.3.3.1 requests information
for consolidated, reconstituted,
reconstructed fuel assemblies. A dropdown menu was created with these
three choices of fuel assemblies.
• A note is added in Section D.3.2
‘‘Multi-Assembly Canisters/Casks
Inventory’’ to capture deviations from
standard operating procedures related to
drying, backfilling, leak testing, or pad
transfer processes.
• Dry cask loading pattern maps with
orientation details are added to Section
D.3.2 of the survey. For each canister/
cask model, respondents provide or
reference a loading map that clearly
indicates identifiers for basket cell
locations relative to fixed drain and vent
port locations. For systems stored
horizontally, the map indicates which
direction is up when placed in a
horizontal storage module. The dry cask
loading pattern data facilitates detailed
as-loaded analyses and enables the
quantification of realistic safety margins
and conditions.
• Section E.2 ‘‘Non-fuel Components
Integral to an Assembly’’ is deleted and
the data on non-fuel components
integral to an assembly should be
reported in Section C.1.1. The collection
of data on non-fuel component
identifiers was also added to Section
C.1.1.

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