Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review, 32597-32598 [E5-2818]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 106 / Friday, June 3, 2005 / Notices Estimated cost burden to respondents is $75,677. (1450 hours/2080 hours per year times $108,558 per year average per employee = $ 75,677.) The cost per respondent is $2,703. The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; (4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5) searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information. The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than any one particular function or activity. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 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 of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology e.g. permitting electronic submission of responses. Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2817 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 Jun 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC05–521–001, FERC–521] Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review May 27, 2005. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of this information collection requirement. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of March 25, 2005 (70 FR 15312–13) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by June 30, 2005. ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and include the OMB Control No. as a point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, ED–33, Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filings, such comments should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC05–521–001. Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in, MS Word, Portable Document Format, Word Perfect or ASCII format. To file the document, access the Commission’s PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32597 Web site at https://www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an E-filing,’’ and then follow the instructions for each screen. First time users will have to establish a user name and password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail address upon receipt of comments. User assistance for electronic filings is available at 202–502–8258 or by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should not be submitted to the e-mail address. All comments are available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at (202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at michael.miller@ferc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the following: 1. Collection of Information: FERC– 521’’ Payments for Benefits from Headwater Improvements’’. 2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 3. Control No.: 1902–0087. The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve with a three-year extension of the expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory. 4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: The information is used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The FPA authorizes the Commission to determine headwater benefits received by downstream hydropower project owners. Headwater benefits are the additional energy production possible at a downstream hydropower project resulting from the regulation of river flows by an upstream storage reservoir. When the Commission completes a study of a river basin, it determines headwater benefits charges that will be apportioned among the various downstream beneficiaries. A headwater benefits charge, and the cost incurred by the Commission to complete an evaluation are paid by downstream hydropower project owners. In essence, E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1 32598 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 106 / Friday, June 3, 2005 / Notices the owners of non-federal hydropower power projects that directly benefit from a headwater(s) improvement must pay an equitable portion of the annual charges for interest, maintenance, and depreciation of the headwater project to the U.S. Treasury. The regulations provide for the apportionment of these costs between the headwater project and downstream projects based on a downstream energy gains and propose equitable apportionment methodology that can be applied to all river basins in which headwater improvements are built. The data the Commission requires owners of non-federal hydropower projects to file for determining annual charges is specified in 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 11. 5. Respondent Description: The Commission estimates that it will receive annually on average 3 filings per year. 6. Estimated Burden: 120 total hours, 3 respondents (average per year), 1 response per respondent, and .40 hours per response (average). 7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: The estimated total cost to respondents is $6,263. (120 hours ÷ 2080 × $108,558). Statutory Authority: Section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 803. Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2818 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL05–113–000] Acadia Power Partners LLC, Cleco Power LLC, Cleco Evangline LLC, Perryville Partners, L.L.C.; Notice of Institution of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date May 26, 2005. On May 25, 2005, the Commission issued an order that instituted a proceeding in Docket No. EL05–113– 000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, concerning the justness and reasonableness of the Cleco Companies’ market-based rates in the Cleco Power LLC, Cleco Evangline LLC, Perryville Energy Partners, L.L.C. and Acadia Power Partners control area. South Point Energy Center, LLC, et al., 111 FERC ¶ 61,239 (2005). The refund effective date in Docket No. EL05–113–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 Jun 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 will be 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2860 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2824 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04–255–006] [Docket No. RP04–314–003] Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing May 27, 2005. Take notice that, on May 25, 2005, Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission’s Order issued May 10, 2005, in Docket No. RP04–314–001 and 002. CIG states that copies of the filing were served on parties on the official service list. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing May 27, 2005. Take notice that on May 25, 2005, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Eighth Revised Sheet No. 320, with a proposed effective date of May 8, 2004. Columbia states that on February 10, 2005, it made a compliance filing to revise tariff sheets that, among other things, added new language to the minimum pressure and hourly flow rate provisions of its General Terms and Conditions. The Commission accepted the compliance filing on May 10, 2005, subject to additional modifications. The instant filing reflects those changes. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32597-32598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2818]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC05-521-001, FERC-521]


Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review

May 27, 2005.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information 
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review of this information collection requirement. Any interested 
person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of 
those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission 
received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice 
of March 25, 2005 (70 FR 15312-13) and has made this notation in its 
submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by June 30, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. 
Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov and include the OMB Control No. as a point of 
reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202-395-
4650. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, ED-33, 
Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 
Comments may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those 
persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For 
paper filings, such comments should be submitted to the Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC05-521-001.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared 
in, MS Word, Portable Document Format, Word Perfect or ASCII format. To 
file the document, access the Commission's Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ``Make an E-filing,'' and then follow the 
instructions for each screen. First time users will have to establish a 
user name and password. The Commission will send an automatic 
acknowledgment to the sender's E-mail address upon receipt of comments. 
User assistance for electronic filings is available at 202-502-8258 or 
by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should not be submitted to the 
e-mail address.
    All comments are available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by 
telephone at (202) 502-8415, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at 
michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

    The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the 
following:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-521'' Payments for Benefits from 
Headwater Improvements''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0087.
    The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve with a three-year 
extension of the expiration date, with no changes to the existing 
collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory.
    4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: The information is 
used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of section 
10(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The FPA authorizes the Commission 
to determine headwater benefits received by downstream hydropower 
project owners. Headwater benefits are the additional energy production 
possible at a downstream hydropower project resulting from the 
regulation of river flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
    When the Commission completes a study of a river basin, it 
determines headwater benefits charges that will be apportioned among 
the various downstream beneficiaries. A headwater benefits charge, and 
the cost incurred by the Commission to complete an evaluation are paid 
by downstream hydropower project owners. In essence,

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the owners of non-federal hydropower power projects that directly 
benefit from a headwater(s) improvement must pay an equitable portion 
of the annual charges for interest, maintenance, and depreciation of 
the headwater project to the U.S. Treasury. The regulations provide for 
the apportionment of these costs between the headwater project and 
downstream projects based on a downstream energy gains and propose 
equitable apportionment methodology that can be applied to all river 
basins in which headwater improvements are built. The data the 
Commission requires owners of non-federal hydropower projects to file 
for determining annual charges is specified in 18 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 11.
    5. Respondent Description: The Commission estimates that it will 
receive annually on average 3 filings per year.
    6. Estimated Burden: 120 total hours, 3 respondents (average per 
year), 1 response per respondent, and .40 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: The estimated total cost 
to respondents is $6,263. (120 hours / 2080 x $108,558).

    Statutory Authority: Section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act, 16 
U.S.C. 803.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2818 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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