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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC07–582–000; FERC–582]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
February 22, 2007.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due May 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of
the proposed collection of information
can be obtained from the Commission’s
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docsfilings/elibrary.asp) or from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn:
Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED–34, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either in paper format or
electronically. Those parties filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. For paper filing, the
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 refer to Docket No. IC07–582–000.
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.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
eLibrary link. 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: The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–582 ‘‘Electric
Fees and Annual Charges’’ (OMB
Control No. 1902–0132) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of the Independent Offices
Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31
U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the
Commission to establish fees for its
services. In addition, the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
(OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the
Commission ‘‘to assess and collect fees
and annual charges in any fiscal year in
amounts equal to all the costs incurred
by the Commission in that fiscal year.’’
In calculating annual charges, the
Commission first determines the total
costs of its electric regulatory program
and then subtracts all electric regulatory
program filing fee collections to
determine the total collectible electric
regulatory program costs. It then uses
the data submitted under FERC
information collection requirement
FERC–582 to determine the total
megawatt-hours of transmission of
electric energy in interstate commerce.
This is measured by the sum of the
megawatt-hours of all unbundled
transmission (including MWh delivered
in wheeling transactions and MWh
delivered in exchange transactions) and
the megawatt-hours of all bundled
wholesale power sales (to the extent
these later megawatt-hours were not
separately reported as unbundled
transmission). This information must be
reported to three (3) decimal places.
Public utilities and power marketers
subject to these annual charges must
submit FERC–582 to the Secretary of the
Commission by April 30 of each year.
The Commission issues bills for annual
charges, and public utilities and power
marketers then must pay the charges
within 45 days of the Commission’s
issuance of the bill.
The Commission’s staff uses
companies’ financial information filed
under waiver provisions to evaluate
requests for a waiver or exemption of
the obligation to pay a fee for an annual
charge. The Commission implements
these filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
part 381, sections 381.108, and 381.302
and part 382, section 382.201(c).
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of responses
per respondent
Average burden hours
per response
Total annual burden hours
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
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Number of respondents annually
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4
500
Estimated cost burden to respondents
is 500 hours/2080 work hours per year
× $122,137 annual average salary per
employee = $29,360. The estimated
annual cost per respondent is $235.
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;
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(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;
(7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing
the information; and (8) requesting e.g.
waiver or clarification of requirements.
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
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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
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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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–3485 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP06–446–002]
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP;
Notice of Amended Application
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February 22, 2007.
Take notice that on February 20, 2007,
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf
South), 20 East Greenway Plaza,
Houston, Texas 77046, filed in Docket
No. CP06–446–002, an amendment to its
pending application pursuant to
sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA) in which it seeks
authorization to site, construct, and
operate facilities, and to abandon by
lease to Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
(Texas Gas), 62,180 Dth/day of capacity
on the facilities proposed in Docket No.
CP06–446–000 filed September 1, 2006.
In the amended application, Gulf South
proposes to increase in pipeline wall
thickness and internal pipe coating for
71.1 miles of pipeline, all as more fully
set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to
public inspection. The Commission staff
will determine if this amendment will
have an effect on the schedule for the
environmental review of this project. If
necessary, a revised Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review will be
issued within 90 days of this Notice.
The instant filing may be also viewed on
the web 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, call (866)
208–3676 or TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application may be directed to J. Kyle
Stephens, Director of Certificates, 20
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East Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas
77046 or by telephone at 713–544–7309
or telecopy to 713–544–3540.
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 below listed
comment date, 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 filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party in
the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commenters
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
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to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
Motions to intervene, protests and
comments may be filed electronically
via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings.
Comment Date: March 5, 2007.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER07–407–000]
High Prairie Wind Farm II, LLC; Notice
of Issuance of Order
February 22, 2007.
High Prairie Wind Farm, LLC (High
Prairie) filed an application for marketbased rate authority, with an
accompanying rate schedule. The
proposed market-based rate schedule
provides for the sale of energy and
capacity at market-based rates. High
Prairie also requested waivers of various
Commission regulations. In particular,
High Prairie requested that the
Commission grant blanket approval
under 18 CFR part 34 of all future
issuances of securities and assumptions
of liability by High Prairie
On February 20, 2007, pursuant to
delegated authority, the Director,
Division of Tariffs and Market
Development—West, granted the
requests for blanket approval under part
34. The Director’s order also stated that
the Commission would publish a
separate notice in the Federal Register
establishing a period of time for the
filing of protests. Accordingly, any
person desiring to be heard or to protest
the blanket approvals of issuances of
securities or assumptions of liability by
High Prairie should file a motion to
intervene or protest with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214
(2004).
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing motions to intervene
or protest is March 26, 2007.
Absent a request to be heard in
opposition by the deadline above, High
Prairie is authorized to issue securities
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC07-582-000; FERC-582]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
February 22, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described
below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due May 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained from the Commission's Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or from the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED-34, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments
may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those parties
filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper
filing, the 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 refer to
Docket No. IC07-582-000.
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.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the eLibrary link. 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: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-582 ``Electric Fees and Annual Charges'' (OMB
Control No. 1902-0132) is used by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of
1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the Commission to
establish fees for its services. In addition, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the
Commission ``to assess and collect fees and annual charges in any
fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual charges, the
Commission first determines the total costs of its electric regulatory
program and then subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee
collections to determine the total collectible electric regulatory
program costs. It then uses the data submitted under FERC information
collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the total megawatt-hours
of transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. This is
measured by the sum of the megawatt-hours of all unbundled transmission
(including MWh delivered in wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale
power sales (to the extent these later megawatt-hours were not
separately reported as unbundled transmission). This information must
be reported to three (3) decimal places. Public utilities and power
marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to the
Secretary of the Commission by April 30 of each year. The Commission
issues bills for annual charges, and public utilities and power
marketers then must pay the charges within 45 days of the Commission's
issuance of the bill.
The Commission's staff uses companies' financial information filed
under waiver provisions to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption
of the obligation to pay a fee for an annual charge. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 381, sections 381.108, and 381.302 and part
382, section 382.201(c).
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Number of Average burden
respondents responses per hours per Total annual
annually respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
==================
125 1 4 500
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is 500 hours/2080 work hours
per year x $122,137 annual average salary per employee = $29,360. The
estimated annual cost per respondent is $235.
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; (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information;
and (8) requesting e.g. waiver or clarification of requirements.
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
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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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-3485 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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