Energia i gospodarka · 27.11.2012

Proposed Change to Data Protection

This notice pertains to Forms EIA-3, the Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report--Manufacturing and Transformation/ Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users; EIA-5, the Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report--Coke Plants; EIA-7A, the Coal Production and Preparation Report--Coal Mines and Preparation Plants; and EIA-8A, the Coal Stocks Report--Traders and Brokers. DOE's proposed changes will release or publish data received from mandatory respondents that is not company identifiable, and does not satisfy the criteria for an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act or satisfy the requirements of the Trade Secrets Act. No changes are proposed for the standby surveys Forms: EIA-1, Weekly Coal Monitoring Report--General Industries and Blast Furnaces; EIA-4, Weekly Coal Monitoring Report--Coke Plants; EIA-6Q, Quarterly Coal Report--Coal Producers and Distributors; and EIA-20, Weekly Coal Monitoring Report of Coal Burning Utilities and Independent Power Producers. Prior to 2011, data reported on Forms EIA-1, EIA-3, EIA-4, EIA-5, EIA-6Q, EIA-8A, and EIA-20 were protected to the extent it satisfied exemption criteria under the Freedom of Informat