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Edward Myers or Cassandra Bernstein,
U.S. Department of Energy Office of
the Assistant General Counsel for
Electricity and Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586–3397; (202) 586–
9793.
DOE/FE Evaluation
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The Application will be reviewed
pursuant to section 3(a) of the NGA, 15
U.S.C. 717b(a), and DOE will consider
any issues required by law or policy. To
the extent determined to be relevant,
these issues will include the domestic
need for the natural gas proposed to be
exported, the adequacy of domestic
natural gas supply, U.S. energy security,
and the cumulative impact of the
requested authorization and any other
LNG export application(s) previously
approved on domestic natural gas
supply and demand fundamentals. DOE
may also consider other factors bearing
on the public interest, including the
impact of the proposed exports on the
U.S. economy (including GDP,
consumers, and industry), job creation,
the U.S. balance of trade, and
international considerations; and
whether the authorization is consistent
with DOE’s policy of promoting
competition in the marketplace by
allowing commercial parties to freely
negotiate their own trade arrangements.
Additionally, DOE will consider the
following environmental documents:
• Addendum to Environmental
Review Documents Concerning Exports
of Natural Gas From the United States,
79 FR 48,132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 4 and
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied
Natural Gas From the United States, 79
FR 32,260 (June 4, 2014).5
Parties that may oppose this
Application should address these issues
in their comments and/or protests, as
well as other issues deemed relevant to
the Application.
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.,
requires DOE to give appropriate
consideration to the environmental
effects of its proposed decisions. No
final decision will be issued in this
proceeding until DOE has met its
environmental responsibilities.
4 The Addendum and related documents are
available at: https://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendumenvironmental-review-documents-concerningexports-natural-gas-united-states.
5 The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is
available at: https://energy.gov/fe/life-cyclegreenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefiednatural-gas-united-states.
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Public Comment Procedures
In response to this Notice, any person
may file a protest, comments, or a
motion to intervene or notice of
intervention, as applicable. Due to the
complexity of the issues raised by the
Applicant, interested parties will be
provided 60 days from the date of
publication of this Notice in which to
submit their comments, protests,
motions to intervene, or notices of
intervention.
Any person wishing to become a party
to the proceeding must file a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention. The
filing of comments or a protest with
respect to the Application will not serve
to make the commenter or protestant a
party to the proceeding, although
protests and comments received from
persons who are not parties will be
considered in determining the
appropriate action to be taken on the
Application. All protests, comments,
motions to intervene, or notices of
intervention must meet the
requirements specified by the
regulations in 10 CFR part 590.
Filings may be submitted using one of
the following methods: (1) Emailing the
filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE
Docket No. 14–179–LNG in the title
line; (2) mailing an original and three
paper copies of the filing to the Office
of Oil and Gas Global Security and
Supply at the address listed in
ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an
original and three paper copies of the
filing to the Office of Oil and Gas Global
Supply at the address listed in
ADDRESSES. All filings must include a
reference to FE Docket No. 14–179–
LNG.
Please Note: If submitting a filing via
email, please include all related documents
and attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the
original email correspondence. Please do not
include any active hyperlinks or password
protection in any of the documents or
attachments related to the filing. All
electronic filings submitted to DOE must
follow these guidelines to ensure that all
documents are filed in a timely manner. Any
hardcopy filing submitted greater in length
than 50 pages must also include, at the time
of the filing, a digital copy on disk of the
entire submission.
A decisional record on the
Application will be developed through
responses to this notice by parties,
including the parties’ written comments
and replies thereto. Additional
procedures will be used as necessary to
achieve a complete understanding of the
facts and issues. If an additional
procedure is scheduled, notice will be
provided to all parties. If no party
requests additional procedures, a final
Opinion and Order may be issued based
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on the official record, including the
Application and responses filed by
parties pursuant to this notice, in
accordance with 10 CFR 590.316.
The Application is available for
inspection and copying in the Division
of Natural Gas Regulatory Activities
docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. The docket
room is open between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
Application and any filed protests,
motions to intervene or notice of
interventions, and comments will also
be available electronically by going to
the following DOE/FE Web address:
https://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/
gasregulation/.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4,
2014.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulatory
Activities, Office of Oil and Gas Global
Security and Supply, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas.
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM14–22–000]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting the
information collections in Docket No.
RM14–22–000 to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person
may file comments directly with OMB
and should file a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below.
The Commission solicited comments
on the information collections
associated with RM14–22–000 in Order
No. 800 published in the Federal
Register (79 FR 59105, October 1, 2014).
The Commission received no comments
on the information collections and is
making this notation in its submission
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the information
collections are due by January 9, 2015.
SUMMARY:
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Comments filed with OMB,
identified by FERC–505 and FERC–512,
should be sent by email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs:
oira_submission@omb.gov, Attention:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also
be reached by telephone at (202) 395–
4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be filed with the Commission, identified
by the Docket No. RM14–22–000, by
either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions to the
Commission must be formatted and
filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/
submission-guide.asp. For user
assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov,
or by phone at: (866) 208–3676 (tollfree), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
ADDRESSES:
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone
at (202) 502–8663, or by fax at (202)
273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collections in Docket No.
RM14–22–000 relate to Commissionapproved revisions to conform the
Commission’s regulations on
preliminary permits and exemptions to
the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency
Act of 2013 (Hydropower Efficiency
Act).1 The information collection
requirements for preliminary permits
and exemptions are contained in:
FERC–505 (Small Hydropower Projects
and Conduits Facilities including
License/Relicense, Exemption, and
Qualifying Conduit Facility
Determination, OMB Control Number
1902–0115) and FERC–512 (Preliminary
Permit, OMB Control Number 1902–
0073).
The Hydropower Efficiency Act
amended statutory provisions pertaining
to preliminary permits and to projects
that are exempt from certain licensing
requirements under the Federal Power
Act (FPA) 2 in order to reduce cost and
regulatory burden, and in turn, promote
hydropower development. Specifically,
the Hydropower Efficiency Act gave the
Commission authority to extend a
preliminary permit once for not more
than two additional years without
requiring the permittee to apply for a
successive preliminary permit. The
Hydropower Efficiency Act also
expanded the number of projects that
may qualify for exemptions from certain
licensing requirements under the FPA
(i.e., small conduit exemptions or small
hydroelectric power projects), and
allowed other projects to qualify to
operate without Commission oversight
(i.e., qualifying conduit hydropower
facilities).
The Commission approved the
revised regulations in Order No. 800.
While the revised regulations formally
implement the Hydropower Efficiency
Act, the Commission has complied with
the Act since its enactment. Moreover,
in Order No. 800, the Commission
found that the revised regulations will
reduce the current burden for affected
entities.3
Burden Statement: 4
The Commission estimates the
average annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:
ANNUAL CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY THE FINAL RULE IN RM14–22 5
Number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden and
cost per
response
Total annual
burden
hours and
total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
(a)
Type of respondents
Annual
number of
responses 6
per respondent
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(e)/(a)
FERC–505, Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities Including License/Relicense, Exemption,
and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination
Small conduit exemption applications (40
MW or less, which can now be on fed.
lands) 7 ..................................................
82
1
2
* 46
$3,243
* 92
$6,486
$3,243
Small conduit exemption holder—notice
to fed. agencies of petition to surrender and steps to be taken to restore lands ............................................
1
9 0.1
0.1
* 46
$3,243
* 4.6
$324
$324
1 Public
Law 113–23 (2013).
U.S.C. 798 (2012), amended by, Hydropower
Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113–
23, 5, 127 Stat. 493 (2013).
3 Revisions and Technical Corrections to Conform
the Commission’s Regulations to the Hydropower
Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, Order No. 800,
79 FR 59105 (Oct. 1, 2014), 148 FERC ¶ 61,197, at
P 13 (2014).
4 The Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 CFR
1320.3.
5 The estimated average hourly cost (salary plus
benefits) is $70.50.
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6 The Commission considers an application to be
a ‘‘response.’’
7 The estimates provided for small conduit
exemption applications are for all conduit
exemption applications, including applications for
non-municipal conduit exemptions that have an
installed capacity of greater than 15 MW and up to
40 MW, and for any conduit exemption located on
federal land.
8 In the Commission’s first solicitation of
comments on the information collections in Order
No. 800, Commission staff estimated that the
Commission would receive five conduit exemption
applications per year. Since the Hydropower
Efficiency Act’s enactment in August 2013, the
Commission has received only three conduit
exemption applications. Therefore, Commission
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staff reduces its estimate of anticipated conduit
exemption applications to two applications per
year.
9 Given that Commission staff estimates two
conduit exemption applications per year,
Commission staff anticipates surrenders of conduit
exemptions on federal lands to be rare. Hence,
Commission staff estimates one surrender of a
conduit exemption on federal lands to be filed
every ten years (equaling on average 0.1
applications per year). The one surrender would
trigger agency notification, which is estimated to
take 46 hours. The burden and cost are being
averaged over that ten-year period (equaling on
average 4.6 hours per year).
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ANNUAL CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY THE FINAL RULE IN RM14–22 5—Continued
Number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden and
cost per
response
Total annual
burden
hours and
total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
(a)
Type of respondents
Annual
number of
responses 6
per respondent
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(e)/(a)
Small hydroelectric power project exemption applications (greater than 5 MW
and up to 10 MW) ................................
10 2
1
2
* 46
$3,243
* 92
$6,486
$3,243
Qualifying conduit hydropower facility—
notices of intent 11 ................................
12 8
1
8
* 46
$3,243
* 368
$25,944
$3,243
80
*4
$282
* 320
$22,560
$282
FERC–512, Preliminary Permit
13 80
Request for extension to 5 years ............
1
* Hours.
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the information collections
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the
information collections, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the information
collections on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
10 The Commission received six license
applications between 2010 and 2013 that proposed
projects with installed capacity greater than 5 MW,
which could now qualify for a small hydroelectric
power project exemption. Therefore, Commission
staff estimates that on average the Commission
receives two applications per year.
11 A notice of intent is a request that the
Commission determine a project is a qualifying
conduit hydropower facility.
12 While the Commission initially received a rash
of notices of intent to construct qualifying conduit
hydropower facilities, Commission staff expects
notices of intent to taper off. Over 60 percent of the
36 notices of intent the Commission received since
the Hydropower Efficiency Act’s enactment were
filed within the first six months of the program. In
the last three months, the Commission received
three notices of intent; one of which the applicant
refiled after Commission staff rejected the
applicant’s first notice of intent. Therefore,
Commission staff estimates that it will receive eight
notices of intent per year.
13 Based on the number of preliminary permits
issued in the past three years, Commission staff
estimates that an annual average of 80 permits will
be eligible to request an extension.
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Dated: December 5, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–28949 Filed 12–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER14–2742–000;
ER14–2743–000; ER14–2744–000.
Applicants: Central Maine Power
Company.
Description: eTariff filing per
35.19a(b): Refund Report to be effective
N/A.
Filed Date: 12/2/14.
Accession Number: 20141202–5152.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/23/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2824–001.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: Compliance filing per 35:
2014–12–03 Pro Forma_APSA_
Compliance to be effective 11/10/2014.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5105.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–559–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): Transmission Access
Charge Balancing Account Adjustment
(TACBAA) 2015 to be effective
3/1/2015.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5009.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–560–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Florida, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): Amendment of FMPA
NITSA SA No. 148 to be effective
1/1/2015.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5049.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–561–000.
Applicants: Southwestern Public
Service Company.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): 12–3–14_RS114–
117,137-Ministerial to be effective
1/1/2014.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5058.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–562–000.
Applicants: Southwestern Public
Service Company.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): 12–3–14_RS135Ministerial to be effective 1/1/2014.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5059.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–563–000.
Applicants: New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): NYISO 205 filing re:
blackstart and system restoration service
to be effective 2/1/2015.
Filed Date: 12/3/14.
Accession Number: 20141203–5121.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/14.
Docket Numbers: ER15–564–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): Service Agreement No.
3185; Queue No. W4–046 to be effective
11/10/2014.
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[FR Doc No: 2014-28949]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM14-22-000]
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting the information collections in Docket No. RM14-22-
000 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and should file a copy of those comments to
the Commission as explained below.
The Commission solicited comments on the information collections
associated with RM14-22-000 in Order No. 800 published in the Federal
Register (79 FR 59105, October 1, 2014). The Commission received no
comments on the information collections and is making this notation in
its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the information collections are due by January 9,
2015.
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ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by FERC-505 and FERC-
512, should be sent by email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be
reached by telephone at (202) 395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be filed with the Commission,
identified by the Docket No. RM14-22-000, by either of the following
methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions to the Commission must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, or by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collections in Docket No.
RM14-22-000 relate to Commission-approved revisions to conform the
Commission's regulations on preliminary permits and exemptions to the
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (Hydropower Efficiency
Act).\1\ The information collection requirements for preliminary
permits and exemptions are contained in: FERC-505 (Small Hydropower
Projects and Conduits Facilities including License/Relicense,
Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination, OMB Control
Number 1902-0115) and FERC-512 (Preliminary Permit, OMB Control Number
1902-0073).
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\1\ Public Law 113-23 (2013).
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The Hydropower Efficiency Act amended statutory provisions
pertaining to preliminary permits and to projects that are exempt from
certain licensing requirements under the Federal Power Act (FPA) \2\ in
order to reduce cost and regulatory burden, and in turn, promote
hydropower development. Specifically, the Hydropower Efficiency Act
gave the Commission authority to extend a preliminary permit once for
not more than two additional years without requiring the permittee to
apply for a successive preliminary permit. The Hydropower Efficiency
Act also expanded the number of projects that may qualify for
exemptions from certain licensing requirements under the FPA (i.e.,
small conduit exemptions or small hydroelectric power projects), and
allowed other projects to qualify to operate without Commission
oversight (i.e., qualifying conduit hydropower facilities).
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\2\ 16 U.S.C. 798 (2012), amended by, Hydropower Regulatory
Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113-23, 5, 127 Stat. 493 (2013).
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The Commission approved the revised regulations in Order No. 800.
While the revised regulations formally implement the Hydropower
Efficiency Act, the Commission has complied with the Act since its
enactment. Moreover, in Order No. 800, the Commission found that the
revised regulations will reduce the current burden for affected
entities.\3\
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\3\ Revisions and Technical Corrections to Conform the
Commission's Regulations to the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act
of 2013, Order No. 800, 79 FR 59105 (Oct. 1, 2014), 148 FERC ]
61,197, at P 13 (2014).
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Burden Statement: \4\
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\4\ The Commission defines burden as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain,
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal
agency. For further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 CFR 1320.3.
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The Commission estimates the average annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:
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\5\ The estimated average hourly cost (salary plus benefits) is
$70.50.
\6\ The Commission considers an application to be a
``response.''
\7\ The estimates provided for small conduit exemption
applications are for all conduit exemption applications, including
applications for non-municipal conduit exemptions that have an
installed capacity of greater than 15 MW and up to 40 MW, and for
any conduit exemption located on federal land.
\8\ In the Commission's first solicitation of comments on the
information collections in Order No. 800, Commission staff estimated
that the Commission would receive five conduit exemption
applications per year. Since the Hydropower Efficiency Act's
enactment in August 2013, the Commission has received only three
conduit exemption applications. Therefore, Commission staff reduces
its estimate of anticipated conduit exemption applications to two
applications per year.
\9\ Given that Commission staff estimates two conduit exemption
applications per year, Commission staff anticipates surrenders of
conduit exemptions on federal lands to be rare. Hence, Commission
staff estimates one surrender of a conduit exemption on federal
lands to be filed every ten years (equaling on average 0.1
applications per year). The one surrender would trigger agency
notification, which is estimated to take 46 hours. The burden and
cost are being averaged over that ten-year period (equaling on
average 4.6 hours per year).
Annual Changes Implemented by the Final Rule in RM14-22 \5\
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Annual number Average Total annual
Number of of responses Total number burden and burden hours Cost per
Type of respondents respondents \6\ per of responses cost per and total respondent
respondent response annual cost
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (e)/(a)
(c) (e)
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FERC-505, Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities Including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination
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Small conduit exemption applications (40 MW or less, \8\ 2 1 2 * 46 * 92 $3,243
which can now be on fed. lands) \7\.................... $3,243 $6,486
Small conduit exemption holder_notice to fed. agencies 1 \9\ 0.1 0.1 * 46 * 4.6 $324
of petition to surrender and steps to be taken to $3,243 $324
restore lands..........................................
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Small hydroelectric power project exemption applications \10\ 2 1 2 * 46 * 92 $3,243
(greater than 5 MW and up to 10 MW).................... $3,243 $6,486
Qualifying conduit hydropower facility_notices of intent \12\ 8 1 8 * 46 * 368 $3,243
\11\................................................... $3,243 $25,944
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FERC-512, Preliminary Permit
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Request for extension to 5 years........................ \13\ 80 1 80 * 4 * 320 $282
$282 $22,560
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* Hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the information
collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Commission, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden and cost of the information collections, including the validity
of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collections; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the information collections on those who
are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
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\10\ The Commission received six license applications between
2010 and 2013 that proposed projects with installed capacity greater
than 5 MW, which could now qualify for a small hydroelectric power
project exemption. Therefore, Commission staff estimates that on
average the Commission receives two applications per year.
\11\ A notice of intent is a request that the Commission
determine a project is a qualifying conduit hydropower facility.
\12\ While the Commission initially received a rash of notices
of intent to construct qualifying conduit hydropower facilities,
Commission staff expects notices of intent to taper off. Over 60
percent of the 36 notices of intent the Commission received since
the Hydropower Efficiency Act's enactment were filed within the
first six months of the program. In the last three months, the
Commission received three notices of intent; one of which the
applicant refiled after Commission staff rejected the applicant's
first notice of intent. Therefore, Commission staff estimates that
it will receive eight notices of intent per year.
\13\ Based on the number of preliminary permits issued in the
past three years, Commission staff estimates that an annual average
of 80 permits will be eligible to request an extension.
Dated: December 5, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-28949 Filed 12-9-14; 8:45 am]
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