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OMB Control No: 1905-0174	ICR Reference No: 202111-1905-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201905-1905-001
Agency/Subagency: DOE/EIA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Petroleum Marketing Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 02/15/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/03/2021
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2025	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2022
Responses	199,746	0	175,084
Time Burden (Hours)	63,041	0	63,324
Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,147,297	0	0

Abstract: The Petroleum Marketing Program surveys collect information on retail and wholesale sales and prices, and distribution for crude oil and petroleum products. Data are published in petroleum publications and in multi-fuel reports. Respondents are refiners, first purchasers of domestic crude oil, gas plant operators, resellers/retailers, motor gasoline wholesalers, suppliers, distributors and importers.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 6274 Name of Law: Exchange of Information with the International Agency
   US Code: 42 USC 13233 Name of Law: Data Acquisition Program
   US Code: 15 USC 764 Name of Law: Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
   US Code: 42 USC 6385 Name of Law: Petroleum Product Information
   US Code: 15 USC 790a Name of Law: Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
   US Code: 15 USC 772(b) Name of Law: Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 16199	03/26/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 60621	11/03/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	199,746	175,084	24,662
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	63,041	63,324	-283
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,147,297	0	5,147,297

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There will be an increase of 50 new respondents per year with an annual burden of 75 hours. This increase is due to the program wanting to continually improve its data collection and survey initiatives. EIA will conduct up to 50 evaluative methodology techniques each year for testing purposes. These methodologies will test or evaluate new terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or questions that may be added to the Petroleum Marketing Program surveys for the following clearance schedule. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce errors due to respondent confusion. The decrease of 359 annual burden hours as shown under “Change Due to Agency Discretion” in Tables A2 and Table A3 is largely due to the decrease in the number of respondents reporting on Forms EIA-14, EIA-182, EIA-782A, EIA-782C, EIA-821, and EIA-856. This decrease is due to changes in the market such as company mergers, acquisitions, and deaths. Even though the overall burden decreased, there are burden increases in the EIA-877, EIA-878, and EIA-888. EIA is expanding the EIA-877 to year-round data collection. Due to many requests from internal and external stakeholders, EIA will collect a monthly residential propane and heating oil price during the off-season, April to September, beginning April 2023. This change will close this data gap and increase the burden hours by 722 hours. The burden increase of 929 hours for the EIA-878 is due to selecting two supplemental birth samples since the implementation of the original sample in May 2018. In 2018 and 2020, birth samples of size 145 and 187, respectively, were selected. This will ensure accurate coverage. EIA changed the sampling and estimation methodologies for the EIA-888. This resulted in an increase of 1,407 burden hours as the sample size increased from 403 to 590 diesel fuel outlets. See Supporting Statement B for a detailed explanation of the changes in the sample design. All changes are reported as Changes Due to Agency Discretion because it was within EIA’s discretion to redesign the EIA-888 sample and augment the EIA-878 sample to ensure EIA has adequate coverage to increase the accuracy of the retail price estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,183,525

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Gerson Morales 202 586-7077 gerson.morales@eia.gov

Common Form ICR: Yes
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