Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension, 35879-35880 [E6-9892]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 120 / Thursday, June 22, 2006 / Notices $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] 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. wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:08 Jun 21, 2006 Jkt 208001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 35879 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 E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1 wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES 35880 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 120 / Thursday, June 22, 2006 / Notices 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). VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:08 Jun 21, 2006 Jkt 208001 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] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 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 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35879-35880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9892]


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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.
 [FR Doc. E6-9892 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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