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Western would reserve the right to
adjust, at its discretion and sole
determination, the contract rate of
delivery on 5 years advance written
notice in response to changes in
hydrology and river operations.
Comment: It was noted Western’s
proposed withdrawal provision fairly
reflects the variety of forces that could
impact Western’s administration of LAP
and would provide Western with the
tools to address any substantial changes
in hydrology and river operations.
Response: Western appreciates the
customers’ support of flexibility for
Western to adjust contract rates of
delivery in response to changes in
hydrology and river operations.
3. Proposed Marketing Area: Western
would continue the current LAP
marketing area which is the portion of
Colorado east of the Continental Divide;
Mountain Parks Electric, Inc.’s service
territory in Colorado west of the
Continental Divide; the portion of
Kansas located in the Missouri River
Basin; the portion of Kansas west of the
eastern borders of the counties
intersected by the 100th Meridian; the
portion of Nebraska west of the 101st
Meridian; and Wyoming east of the
Continental Divide.
Comment: Customers supported
continuing the current LAP marketing
area and commented that since LAP is
a finite and defined resource, expansion
of the marketing area is impracticable.
Response: Western appreciates the
customers’ support of the proposed LAP
marketing area.
4. Proposed Mt. Elbert PumpedStorage: Western would extend the
current Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage
contract provisions, which provide for
pumped-storage energy.
Comment: Western received no
comments on the proposed Mt. Elbert
Pumped-Storage.
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Final 2025 PMI
Western will extend the current
marketing plan with amendments to the
Contract Term and Resource Pool
principles. The marketing plan
principles that are amended as well as
the marketing plan principles that are
extended are as follows:
Amended Marketing Plan Principles
1. Contract Term: Western extends its
commitment of the LAP resource for a
30-year period beginning October 1,
2024, and continuing through
September 30, 2054.
2. Resource Pools: The 2025 PMI
provides resource pools of up to 1
percent of the marketable resource
under contract at the time for eligible
new preference entities. Reallocations
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will occur beginning October 1, 2024,
and again every 10 years thereafter
(October 1, 2034, and October 1, 2044).
Extended Marketing Plan Principles
Extension of the current marketing
plan includes all provisions and
principles not specifically addressed in
the preceding section entitled
‘‘Amended Marketing Plan Principles.’’
The following key principles of the
current LAP marketing plan were
discussed with FES customers during
the proposed 2025 PMI informal
customer input phase and the formal
public information forums and are
included below for reference purposes.
1. Marketable Resource: The
contractually committed contract rate of
delivery and associated energy in effect
on September 30, 2024, will be
extended subject to up to 1 percent
reduction for each of the resource pools
taking effect on October 1, 2024,
October 1, 2034, and October 1, 2044.
2. Hydrology and River Operations
Withdrawal Provision: Western reserves
the right to adjust, at its discretion and
sole determination, the contract rate of
delivery on 5 years advance written
notice in response to changes in
hydrology and river operations.
3. Marketing Area: The LAP
marketing area will be the portion of
Colorado east of the Continental Divide;
Mountain Parks Electric, Inc.’s service
territory in Colorado west of the
Continental Divide; the portion of
Kansas located in the Missouri River
Basin; the portion of Kansas west of the
eastern borders of the counties
intersected by the 100th Meridian; the
portion of Nebraska west of the 101st
Meridian; and Wyoming east of the
Continental Divide.
4. Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage: The
full 200 MW of Mt. Elbert capacity is
included in the LAP capacity
allocations. Only flow-through
generation is included in LAP energy
allocations, and customers may
schedule capacity without energy. Offpeak energy must be returned to
Western commensurate with any onpeak energy taken.
2025 PMI Procedures Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 (2007)); the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40
CFR parts 1500–1508); and DOE NEPA
Implementing Procedures and
Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western
has determined this action is
categorically excluded from further
NEPA review.
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Determination Under Executive Order
12866
Western has an exemption from
centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
clearance of this notice by the Office of
Management and Budget is required.
Dated: December 20, 2013.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and further
ways to reduce the information burden
for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a valid Control
Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 28,
2014. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
SUMMARY:
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time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments
to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Leslie F.
Smith at (202) 418–0217, or via the
Internet at PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0971.
Title: Section 52.15, Request for ‘‘For
Cause’’ Audits and State Commission’s
Access to Numbering Resource
Application Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,105 respondents; 63,005
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166
hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 153, 154, 201–
205, 207–209, 218, 225–227, 251–252,
271 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Carrier numbering resource applications
and audits of carrier compliance will be
treated as confidential and will be
exempt from public disclosure under 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: There are two
Paperwork Reduction Act related
obligations under this OMB Control
Number:
1. The North American Numbering
Plan Administrator (NANPA), the
Pooling Administrator, or a state
commission may draft a request to the
auditor stating the reason for the
request, such as misleading or
inaccurate data, and attach supporting
documentation; and
2. Requests for copies of carriers’
applications for numbering resources
may be made directly to carriers.
The information collected will be
used by the FCC, state commissions, the
NANPA and the Pooling Administrator
to verify the validity and accuracy of
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such data and to assist state
commissions in carrying out their
numbering responsibilities, such as area
code relief.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0972.
Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG)
Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69 Filing
Requirements for Regulation of
Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs) and Interexchange Carriers
(IXCs).
Form Number(s): FCC Forms 507, 508
and 509.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,258 respondents; 10,849
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166
hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual, quarterly, one time and every
three years reporting requirements, and
third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1–4, 10, 154(i),
154(j), 201–205, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 46,885 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission does not require that
respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission does request applicants to
submit information that the respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: There are 14
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related
information collection requirements
under this OMB Control Number.
Following the passage of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
Commission adopted interstate access
charge and universal service support
reforms. The reforms were designed to
establish a ‘‘pro-competitive,
deregulatory national policy
framework’’ for the United States
telecommunications industry, and to
carry out the universal service policies
embodied in the 1996 Act. Specifically,
the Commission aligned the interstate
access rate structure more closely with
the manner in which costs are incurred,
and created a universal service support
mechanism for rate-of-return carriers
(Interstate Common Line Support
(ICLS)) to replace implicit support in
interstate access charges with explicit
support that is portable to all eligible
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telecommunications carriers. The
Commission’s actions were also tailored
to the needs of small and mid-sized
local telephone companies serving rural
and high-cost areas, and help to provide
certainty and stability for rate-of-return
carriers, encourage investment in rural
America, and provide important
consumer benefits. To administer the
ICLS mechanism, the Administrator
must collect certain data. Specifically,
the Administrator must collect from
each rate-of-return carrier projected cost
and revenue data for the July 1–June 30
funding year to accurately distribute
prospective ICLS to those carriers. Line
count data is reported on FCC Form 507.
Projected cost data, including cost and
revenue data is filed on FCC Form 508.
And, the actual data, including cost and
revenue data is reported on FCC Form
509.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013–31180 Filed 12–27–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and further
ways to reduce the information burden
for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collection(s). Comments are
requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and further ways to reduce the
information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does
not display a valid Control Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 28, 2014. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of
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time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed
below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your PRA comments by email, send them
to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0971.
Title: Section 52.15, Request for ``For Cause'' Audits and State
Commission's Access to Numbering Resource Application Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,105 respondents; 63,005
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271 and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Carrier numbering resource
applications and audits of carrier compliance will be treated as
confidential and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: There are two Paperwork Reduction Act related
obligations under this OMB Control Number:
1. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), the
Pooling Administrator, or a state commission may draft a request to the
auditor stating the reason for the request, such as misleading or
inaccurate data, and attach supporting documentation; and
2. Requests for copies of carriers' applications for numbering
resources may be made directly to carriers.
The information collected will be used by the FCC, state
commissions, the NANPA and the Pooling Administrator to verify the
validity and accuracy of such data and to assist state commissions in
carrying out their numbering responsibilities, such as area code
relief.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0972.
Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69
Filing Requirements for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price
Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange Carriers
(IXCs).
Form Number(s): FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,258 respondents; 10,849
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 hours to 3 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly, one time and
every three years reporting requirements, and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 1-4, 10, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 46,885 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not
require that respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission does request applicants to submit
information that the respondents believe is confidential, respondents
may do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: There are 14 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related
information collection requirements under this OMB Control Number.
Following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
Commission adopted interstate access charge and universal service
support reforms. The reforms were designed to establish a ``pro-
competitive, deregulatory national policy framework'' for the United
States telecommunications industry, and to carry out the universal
service policies embodied in the 1996 Act. Specifically, the Commission
aligned the interstate access rate structure more closely with the
manner in which costs are incurred, and created a universal service
support mechanism for rate-of-return carriers (Interstate Common Line
Support (ICLS)) to replace implicit support in interstate access
charges with explicit support that is portable to all eligible
telecommunications carriers. The Commission's actions were also
tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized local telephone companies
serving rural and high-cost areas, and help to provide certainty and
stability for rate-of-return carriers, encourage investment in rural
America, and provide important consumer benefits. To administer the
ICLS mechanism, the Administrator must collect certain data.
Specifically, the Administrator must collect from each rate-of-return
carrier projected cost and revenue data for the July 1-June 30 funding
year to accurately distribute prospective ICLS to those carriers. Line
count data is reported on FCC Form 507. Projected cost data, including
cost and revenue data is filed on FCC Form 508. And, the actual data,
including cost and revenue data is reported on FCC Form 509.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-31180 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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