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Additional Information About the
Request for Extention of Approval of a
Collection of Information
Agency address: Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Title of information collection:
Requirements for Electrically Operated
Toys or Other Electrically Operated
Articles Intended for Use by Children,
16 CFR Part 1505.
Type of request: Extension of approval
without change.
General description of respondents:
Manufacturers and importers of
electrically operated toys and children’s
articles.
Estimated number of respondents: 40.
Estimated average number of hours
per respondent: 200 per year.
Estimated number of hours for all
respondents: 8,000 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all
respondents: $343,000.
Comments: Comments on this request
for extension of approval of information
collection requirements should be
submitted by July 24, 2006 to (1) the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
CPSC, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503;
telephone: (202) 395–7340, and (2) the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 by
e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or by mail
or by facsimile at (301) 504–0127.
Copies of this request for extension of
the information collection requirements
and supporting documentation are
available from Linda Glatz, management
and program analyst, Office of Planning
and Evaluation, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504–7671.
Dated: June 19, 2006.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request—Safety Standard
for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of
March 28, 2006 (71 FR 15388), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
CPSC, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington DC 20503;
telephone: (202) 395–7340, and (2) the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, by
e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or by mail
or by facsimile at (301) 504–0127.
Copies of this request for extension of
the information collection requirements
and supporting documentation are
available from Linda Glatz, management
and program analyst, Office of Planning
and Evaluation, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504–7671.
published a notice in accordance with
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to
announce the agency’s intention to seek
extension of approval of the collection
of information required in the Safety
Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn
Mowers (16 CFR part 1205). No
comments were received in response to
this notice. By publication of this
notice, the Commission announces that
it has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for extension of approval of that
collection of information without
change for a period of three years from
the date of approval by OMB.
The Safety Standard for Walk-Behind
Power Lawn Mowers establishes
performance and labeling requirements
for mowers to reduce unreasonable risks
of injury resulting from accidental
contact with the moving blades of
mowers. Certification regulations
implementing the standard require
manufacturers, importers and private
labelers of mowers subject to the
standard to test mowers for compliance
with the standard, and to maintain
records of that testing.
The records of testing and other
information required by the certification
regulations allow the Commission to
determine that walk-behind power
mowers subject to the standard comply
with its requirements. This information
also enables the Commission to obtain
corrective actions if mowers fail to
comply with the standard in a manner
that creates a substantial risk of injury
to the public.
Dated: June 19, 2006.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. E6–9885 Filed 6–21–06; 8:45 am]
Additional Information About the
Request for Extension of Approval of a
Collection of Information
Agency address: Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Title of information collection: Safety
Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn
Mowers, 16 CFR Part 1205.
Type of request: Extension of approval
without change.
General description of respondents:
Manufacturers, importers, and private
labelers of walk-behind power lawn
mowers.
Estimated number of respondents: 20.
Estimated average number of hours
per respondent: 390 per year.
Estimated number of hours for all
respondents: 7,800 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all
respondents: $334,000.
Comments: Comments on this request
for extension of approval of information
collection requirements should be
submitted by July 24, 2006 to (1) the
Office of Information and Regulatory
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 and extension 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 30, 2006 (71 FR 16132–
16133) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by July 28, 2006.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[IC06–500–001, FERC 500]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
June 16, 2006.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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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–34, 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, and
original and 14 copies of such
comments should be submitted to the
Secretary of the Commission, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
and should refer to Docket No. IC06–
500–001.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable
Document Format, or ASCII format. To
file the document, access the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an EFiling,’’ 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 acknowledgement 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 this e-mail
address.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For user assistance, contact
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
Form 500 ‘‘Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with More
than 5MW Capacity’’.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902–0058.
The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve and extend the
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expiration date for an additional three
years with no changes to the existing
collection. The information filed with
the Commission is mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of
Information: Submission of the
information is necessary for the
Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
Statutory provisions consists of the
filing requirements as defined 18 CFR
4.32, 4.38, 4.40–41, 4.50–51, 4.61, 4.71,
4.93, 4.107–108, 4.201-.202, 16.1, 16.10,
16.20, 292.203 and 292.208. The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–500 is used by
the Commission to determine the broad
impact of a hydropower license
application. In deciding whether to
issue a license, the Commission gives
equal consideration to full range of
licensing purposes related to the
potential value of a stream or river.
Among these purposes are:
hydroelectric development; energy
conservation; fish and wildlife
resources; including their spawning
grounds and habitat; visual resources;
cultural resources; recreational
opportunities; other aspects of
environmental quality; irrigation; flood
control and water supply.
Submission of the information is
necessary to fulfill the requirements of
the Federal Power Act in order for the
Commission to make the required
finding that the proposal is
economically sound is best adapted to a
comprehensive plan for improving/
developing a waterway or waterways.
Under Part I of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.), the
Commission has the authority to issue
licenses for hydroelectric projects on the
waters over which Congress has
jurisdiction. The Electric Consumers
Protection Act (Pub. L. 99–495, 100 Stat.
1243) provides the Commission with the
responsibility of issuing licenses for
nonfederal hydroelectric plants. ECPA
also amended the language of the FPA
concerning environmental issues to
ensure environmental quality.
In Order No. 2002 (68 FR 51070,
August 25, 2003; FERC Statutes and
Regulations ¶31,150 at p. 30,688) the
Commission revised its regulations to
create a new licensing process in which
a potential license applicant’s pre-filing
consultation and the Commission’s
scoping process pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321) are conducted concurrently
rather than sequentially. The
Commission estimated that if an
applicant chooses to use the new
licensing process, this could result in a
reduction of 30% from the traditional
licensing process. The reporting burden
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related to Order No. 2002 would be on
average 32,200 hours as opposed to
46,000 hours per respondent in the
traditional licensing process or 39,000
hours for the alternative licensing
process. It has been nearly three years
since Order No. 2002 was issued and
applicants have experienced the
opportunity to gain the benefits from the
revised licensing process. In particular,
applicants have benefited from (a)
increased public participation in prefiling consultation; (b) increased
assistance from Commission staff to the
potential applicant and stakeholders
during the development of a license
application; (c) development by the
potential applicant of a Commissionapproved study plan; (d) elimination of
the need for post-application study
requests; (e) issuance of public
schedules and enforcement of
deadlines; (f) better coordination
between the Commission’s processes,
including the NEPA document
preparation, and those of Federal and
state agencies and Indian tribes with
authority to require conditions for
Commission-issued licenses. It is for
these reasons, that the Commission will
use the estimates projected in the table
below.
The information collected is needed
to evaluate license application pursuant
to the comprehensive development
standard of FPA sections 4(e) and
10(a)(1), to consider the comprehensive
development analysis of certain factors
with respect to the new license set forth
in section 15, and to comply with
NEPA, Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470
et seq.)
Commission staff conducts a
systematic review of the prepared
application with supplemental
documentation provided by the
solicitation of comments from other
agencies and the public.
5. Respondent Description: The
respondent universe currently
comprises 13 respondents (on average)
subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 463,060 total
hours, 13 respondents (average), 1
response per respondent, and 35,620
hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to
Respondents: Estimated cost burden to
respondents is $62,430,000. ($7,800,000
(traditional process) + $17,600,000
(alternative process) + $37,030,000
(integrated process). These costs were
determined by the percentage of
applicants that would be using each of
these processes. Annualized costs per
project $2,600,000 (traditional);
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$2,200,000 (alternative licensing) and
$1,610,000 (integrated licensing).
Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions
of Submission of the information is necessary
for the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
Statutory provisions consists of the filing
requirements as defined 18 CFR 4.32, 4.38,
4.40–41, 4.50–51, 4.61, 4.71, 4.93, 4.107–108,
4.201–.202, 16.1, 16.10, 16.20, 292.203 and
292.208.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[IC06–505–001, FERC 505]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
June 16, 2006.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and extension 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 28, 2006 (71 FR 15399–
15401) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by July 28, 2006.
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–34, Attention: Michael
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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, and
original and 14 copies of such
comments should be submitted to the
Secretary of the Commission, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
and should refer to Docket No. IC06–
505–001.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable
Document Format, or ASCII format. To
file the document, access the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an EFiling,’’ 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 acknowledgement 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 this e-mail
address.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For user assistance, contact
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
Form 505 ‘‘Application for License for
Water Projects with less than 5MW
Capacity’’.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902–0115.
The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve and extend the
expiration date for an additional three
years with no changes to the existing
collection. The information filed with
the Commission is mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of
Information: Submission of the
information is necessary for the
Commission to carry out its
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responsibilities in implementing the
statutory provisions of Part I of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
791a et seq. & 3301–3432, as amended
by the Electric Consumers Protections
Act (ECPA) (Pub. L. 99–495, 100 Stat.
1234 (1986). The FPA as amended by
ECPA provides the Commission with
the responsibility of issuing licenses for
nonfederal hydroelectric power plants,
plus requiring the Commission in its
licensing activities to give equal
consideration to preserving
environmental quality. ECPA also
amended sections 10(a) and 10(j) of the
FPA to specify the conditions on which
hydropower licenses are issued, to
direct that the project be adopted in
accordance with a comprehensive plan
that improves waterways for interstate/
foreign commerce and for the
protection, enhancement and mitigation
of damages to fish and wildlife.
Submission of the information is
necessary to fulfill the requirements of
Sections 9 and 10(a) of the Act in order
for the Commission to make the
required finding that the proposal is
economically, technically, and
environmentally sound, and is best
adapted to the comprehensive plan of
development of the water resources of
the region. Under section 405(c) of the
Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act
of 1978, the Commission may in its
discretion (by rule or order) grant an
exemption in whole or in part from the
requirements of Part I of the FPA to
small hydroelectric power projects
having a proposed installed capacity of
5,000 kilowatts or less. The information
collected under designation FERC–505
is in the form of a written application
for a license and is used by Commission
staff to determine the broad impact of
the license application.
In Order No. 2002 (68 FR 51070,
August 25, 2003; FERC Statutes and
Regulations ¶ 31,150 at p. 30,688) the
Commission revised its regulations to
create a new licensing process in which
a potential license applicant’s pre-filing
consultation and the Commission’s
scoping pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are
conducted concurrently rather than
sequentially. The Commission estimated
that if an applicant chooses to use the
new licensing process, this could result
in a reduction of 30% from the
traditional licensing process. The
reporting burden related to Order No.
2002 would on average be 7,000 hours
per respondent as opposed to 10,000
hours per respondent in the traditional
licensing process and 8,600 hours in the
alternative licensing process. It has been
nearly three years since Order No. 2002
was issued and applicants have
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC06-500-001, FERC 500]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
June 16, 2006.
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 and extension 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 30, 2006 (71 FR 16132-16133) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by July 28,
2006.
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
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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-34, 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,
and original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the
Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No.
IC06-500-001.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable Document Format, 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
acknowledgement 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 this e-mail address.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For user assistance, contact
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 Form 500 ``Application for
License/Relicense for Water Projects with More than 5MW Capacity''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0058.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and extend the
expiration date for an additional three years with no changes to the
existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is
mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary for the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the Statutory provisions consists of
the filing requirements as defined 18 CFR 4.32, 4.38, 4.40-41, 4.50-51,
4.61, 4.71, 4.93, 4.107-108, 4.201-.202, 16.1, 16.10, 16.20, 292.203
and 292.208. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
500 is used by the Commission to determine the broad impact of a
hydropower license application. In deciding whether to issue a license,
the Commission gives equal consideration to full range of licensing
purposes related to the potential value of a stream or river. Among
these purposes are: hydroelectric development; energy conservation;
fish and wildlife resources; including their spawning grounds and
habitat; visual resources; cultural resources; recreational
opportunities; other aspects of environmental quality; irrigation;
flood control and water supply.
Submission of the information is necessary to fulfill the
requirements of the Federal Power Act in order for the Commission to
make the required finding that the proposal is economically sound is
best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving/developing a
waterway or waterways. Under Part I of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 791a et seq.), the Commission has the authority to issue
licenses for hydroelectric projects on the waters over which Congress
has jurisdiction. The Electric Consumers Protection Act (Pub. L. 99-
495, 100 Stat. 1243) provides the Commission with the responsibility of
issuing licenses for nonfederal hydroelectric plants. ECPA also amended
the language of the FPA concerning environmental issues to ensure
environmental quality.
In Order No. 2002 (68 FR 51070, August 25, 2003; FERC Statutes and
Regulations ]31,150 at p. 30,688) the Commission revised its
regulations to create a new licensing process in which a potential
license applicant's pre-filing consultation and the Commission's
scoping process pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321) are conducted concurrently rather than sequentially. The
Commission estimated that if an applicant chooses to use the new
licensing process, this could result in a reduction of 30% from the
traditional licensing process. The reporting burden related to Order
No. 2002 would be on average 32,200 hours as opposed to 46,000 hours
per respondent in the traditional licensing process or 39,000 hours for
the alternative licensing process. It has been nearly three years since
Order No. 2002 was issued and applicants have experienced the
opportunity to gain the benefits from the revised licensing process. In
particular, applicants have benefited from (a) increased public
participation in pre-filing consultation; (b) increased assistance from
Commission staff to the potential applicant and stakeholders during the
development of a license application; (c) development by the potential
applicant of a Commission-approved study plan; (d) elimination of the
need for post-application study requests; (e) issuance of public
schedules and enforcement of deadlines; (f) better coordination between
the Commission's processes, including the NEPA document preparation,
and those of Federal and state agencies and Indian tribes with
authority to require conditions for Commission-issued licenses. It is
for these reasons, that the Commission will use the estimates projected
in the table below.
The information collected is needed to evaluate license application
pursuant to the comprehensive development standard of FPA sections 4(e)
and 10(a)(1), to consider the comprehensive development analysis of
certain factors with respect to the new license set forth in section
15, and to comply with NEPA, Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et
seq.)
Commission staff conducts a systematic review of the prepared
application with supplemental documentation provided by the
solicitation of comments from other agencies and the public.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 13 respondents (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 463,060 total hours, 13 respondents (average),
1 response per respondent, and 35,620 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: Estimated cost burden to
respondents is $62,430,000. ($7,800,000 (traditional process) +
$17,600,000 (alternative process) + $37,030,000 (integrated process).
These costs were determined by the percentage of applicants that would
be using each of these processes. Annualized costs per project
$2,600,000 (traditional);
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$2,200,000 (alternative licensing) and $1,610,000 (integrated
licensing).
Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of Submission of the
information is necessary for the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the Statutory provisions consists
of the filing requirements as defined 18 CFR 4.32, 4.38, 4.40-41,
4.50-51, 4.61, 4.71, 4.93, 4.107-108, 4.201-.202, 16.1, 16.10,
16.20, 292.203 and 292.208.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-9891 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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