Plaintiffs allege emergency cryptocurrency mining survey violated statutory requirements
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot Platforms and Texas Blockchain Council alleged that the EIA's emergency collection request and approval for Form EIA-862 (Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities Survey), and the collection of information through the survey, violated the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, and did not comply with statutory and regulatory requirements for emergency collections.
Source (primary)
Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy — Entry #24: NOTICE of Agreement by Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Jennifer M (RECAP, court_filing)
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Quote: “Plaintiffs' Complaint alleges, among other things, that the EIA-862 Emergency Collection Request, the EIA-862 Emergency Collection Approval, and the collection of information through the EIA-862 Emergency Survey violate the PRA and the Administrative Procedure Act, and do not comply with various statutory and regulatory requirements for the emergency collection of information.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The court filing describes the plaintiffs' Complaint as making exactly these allegations. Note that EIA made the request, while OMB granted the approval.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Platforms and Texas Blockchain Council are the plaintiffs who filed the Complaint
- The Complaint alleged that the EIA-862 emergency collection request, its approval, and the collection of information through the survey violated the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Administrative Procedure Act
- The Complaint alleged these did not comply with statutory and regulatory requirements for emergency collection of information
- Form EIA-862 is the Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities Survey
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308.24.0.pdf) in full (11,936 characters, retrieved September 3, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy — Entry #24: NOTICE of Agreement by Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Jennifer M
Quote: “Plaintiffs' Complaint alleges, among other things, that the EIA-862 Emergency Collection Request, the EIA-862 Emergency Collection Approval, and the collection of information through the EIA-862 Emergency Survey violate the PRA and the Administrative Procedure Act, and do not comply with various statutory and regulatory requirements for the emergency collection of information.”