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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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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
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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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 postapplication 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 the license application
pursuant to the comprehensive
development standard of FPA sections
4(e) and 10(a)(1), to consider the
comprehensive development analysis
certain factors with respect to the new
license as 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. The
Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 4.61;
4.71; 4.93; 4.107; 4.108; 4.201; 4.202,
292.203 and 292.208.
5. Respondent Description: The
respondent universe currently
comprises 5 respondents (on average)
subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 34,795 total
hours, 5 respondents (average), 1
response per respondent, and 6,959
hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to
Respondents: Estimated cost burden to
respondents is $8,675,000. ($1,500,000
(traditional process) + $2,975,000
(alternative process) + $4,200,000
(integrated process). These costs were
determined by the percentage of
applicants that would be using each of
these processes. Annualized costs per
project $500,000 (traditional); $425,000
(alternative licensing), and $350,000
(integrated licensing).
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Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions
of Part I of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 791a et seq. and 3301–3432, as
amended by the Electric Consumers
Protections Act (ECPA) (Pub. L. 99–495, 100
Stat. 1234 (1986). The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18
CFR 4.61; 4.71; 4.93; 4.107; 4.108; 4.201;
4.202, 292.203 and 292.208.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–9892 Filed 6–21–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP06–365–000; Docket Nos.
CP06–366–000; CP06–376–000; CP06–377–
000]
Bradwood Landing LLC; NorthernStar
Energy LLC; Notice of Application
June 15, 2006.
Take notice that on June 5, 2006,
Bradwood Landing LLC (Bradwood
Landing) 905 Commercial Street,
Astoria, Oregon 97103, filed with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission), in Docket No. CP06–365–
000, an application under section 3 of
the Natural Gas Act and part 153 of the
Commission’s regulations for a
certificate of public convenience and
necessity seeking authorization to site,
construct and operate a liquefied natural
gas (LNG) terminal located in
Bradwood, Clatsop County, Oregon, for
the purpose of importing LNG into the
United States. Bradwood Landing also
requests approval of the Terminal as the
place of entry for imported LNG
supplies.
Also, take notice that on June 5, 2006,
NorthernStar Energy LLC
(NorthernStar), also located at 905
Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon
97103, filed in Docket Nos. CP06–366–
000, CP06–376–000, and CP06–377–000
an application under section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act and parts 157 and 284
of the Commission’s regulations for: (1)
A certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing the construction,
installation, ownership, and operation
of the Bradwood Landing Pipeline and
other facilities, (2) a blanket certificate
to construct, operate, and/or abandon
certain eligible facilities, and services
related thereto; and (3) a blanket
certificate to provide open-access firm
transportation services. NorthernStar
also requests authorization of the initial
rates for transportation service and
terms and conditions of service
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proposed in the pro forma tariff. The
proposed Bradwood Landing Pipeline is
an approximately 34-mile long pipeline
which will transport natural gas from
the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal to
the Northwest Pipeline Corporation, an
interstate natural gas pipeline in
Cowlitz County, Washington.
The application is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. This filing is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room 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, please contact FERC Online
Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Gary
R. Coppedge, Bradwood Landing LLC
and NorthernStar Energy LLC, 905
Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon
97103, phone (503) 325–3335 or fax
(503) 325–9697.
On March 18, 2005, the Commission
staff granted Bradwood Landing’s and
NorthernStar’s request to utilize the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Pre-Filing Process and assigned
Docket No. PF05–10–000 to staff
activities involving the Bradwood
Landing LNG Terminal. Now, as of the
filing of this application on June 5,
2006, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for
this project has ended. From this time
forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket Nos. CP06–365–
000, CP06–366–000, CP06–376–000,
and CP06–377–000 as noted in the
caption of this Notice.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
listed below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
14 copies of this filing and all
subsequent filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy of all
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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.
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 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 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 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 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
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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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 the license
application pursuant to the comprehensive development standard of FPA
sections 4(e) and 10(a)(1), to consider the comprehensive development
analysis certain factors with respect to the new license as 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. The
Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 4.61; 4.71; 4.93; 4.107; 4.108; 4.201;
4.202, 292.203 and 292.208.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 5 respondents (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 34,795 total hours, 5 respondents (average), 1
response per respondent, and 6,959 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: Estimated cost burden to
respondents is $8,675,000. ($1,500,000 (traditional process) +
$2,975,000 (alternative process) + $4,200,000 (integrated process).
These costs were determined by the percentage of applicants that would
be using each of these processes. Annualized costs per project $500,000
(traditional); $425,000 (alternative licensing), and $350,000
(integrated licensing).
Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of Part I of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq. and 3301-3432, as
amended by the Electric Consumers Protections Act (ECPA) (Pub. L.
99-495, 100 Stat. 1234 (1986). The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under
18 CFR 4.61; 4.71; 4.93; 4.107; 4.108; 4.201; 4.202, 292.203 and
292.208.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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