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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Coyote Business Park Project
Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision
(ROD).
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
March 13, 2007.
This notice announces the
availability of the ROD to implement
BPA’s portion of the Proposed Action
identified in the United States
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Coyote Business
Park Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS–0371,
September 2006). BPA will remove and
replace some existing wood
transmission line structures with taller
steel poles on BPA’s portion of its
Roundup-LaGrande 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line that crosses the
proposed Coyote Business Park on the
Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS
may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line, 1–800–622–
4520. The ROD and EIS Summary are
also available on our Web site, https://
www.efw.bpa.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene Lynard, Bonneville Power
Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621,
Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free
telephone number 1–800–282–3713; fax
number 503–230–5699; or e-mail
gplynard@bpa.gov.
BPA owns
and operates the 230-kV RoundupLaGrande transmission line that crosses
the proposed Coyote Business Park site.
The portion of the transmission line that
crosses the business park site is
supported by 12 wooden ‘‘H-frame’’
structures, each about 60 feet tall. The
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has
requested that BPA remove these
structures and replace them with single
steel poles about 110 feet tall. Taller
steel poles will increase the clearance
between the ground and the conductors
and reduce the footprint of the line, thus
expanding CTUIR’s options for future
parking and transportation needs. BPA
has decided to remove and replace these
structures.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 5,
2007.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 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 22, 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/docsfiling/eforms.asp#549b) 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. IC07–549B–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
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The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–549B ‘‘Gas
Pipeline Rates: Capacity Information’’
(OMB Control No. 1902–0169) includes
both the Index of Customers Report
under 18 CFR 284.13(c) and capacity
reporting requirements under 18 CFR
284.13(b) and 284.13(d). This
information is used by the Commission
to implement the statutory provisions of
sections 4, 5, and 16 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717c0717o, Pub. L.
75–688, 52 Stat. 822 and 830 and Title
III of the NGPA, 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432,
Pub. L. 95–621.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Docket No. IC07–549B–000; FERC–549B]
AGENCY:
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telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Capacity Reports
On April 4, 1992 in Order No. 636,
the Commission established a capacity
release mechanism under which
shippers could release firm
transportation and storage capacity on
either a short or long term basis to other
shippers wanting to obtain capacity.
Pipelines posted available firm and
interruptible capacity information on
their electronic bulletin boards (EBBs)
to inform potential shippers. On
September 11, 1992, in Order No. 636A,
the Commission determined, through
staff audits, that the efficiency of the
capacity release mechanism could be
enhanced by standardizing the content
and format of capacity release
information and the methods by which
shippers access this information, posted
to EBBs.
On April 4, 1995 through Order No.
577 (RM95–5–000), the Commission
amended § 284.243(h) of its regulations
to allow shippers the ability to release
capacity without having to comply with
the Commission’s advance posting and
bidding requirements.
To create greater substitution between
different forms of capacity and to
enhance competition across the pipeline
grid, on February 25, 2000 in Order No.
637, the Commission revised its
capacity release regulations regarding
scheduling, segmentation and flexible
receipt point rights, penalties, and
reporting requirements. This resulted in
more reliable capacity information and
price data being available that shippers
needed to make informed decisions in a
competitive market as well as to
improve shipper’s and the
Commission’s availability to monitor
marketplace behavior.
Index of Customers
In Order No. 581 issued September
28, 1995 the Commission established
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the Index of Customers (IOC)
information requirement. The Index of
Customers had two functions, first, for
annualizing capacity held on pipelines
and second, for providing capacity
information to the market. The Index of
Customers information aids the capacity
release system by enabling shippers to
identify and locate those holding
capacity rights that shippers may want
to acquire. The information was
required to be posted on the pipeline’s
EBB and filed on electronic media with
the Commission. The first Index
contained, for all firm customers under
contract as of the first day of the
calendar quarter, the full legal name of
the shipper, the rate schedule number
for which service is contracted, the
contract effective and expiration dates,
and contract quantities.
In Order No. 637, the Commission
required the following additional
information: the receipt and delivery
points held under contract as of the first
day of the calendar quarter, the full legal
name of the shipper, the rate schedule
for which the capacity is held; the
common transaction point codes; the
contract number; a shipper
identification number, such as DUNS;
an indication whether the contract
includes negotiated rates; the names of
any agents or asset managers that
control capacity in a pipeline rate zone;
and any affiliate relationship between
the pipeline and the holder of capacity.
The Index is now provided through a
quarterly filing on electronic media to
the Commission and is posted on
pipelines’ Internet Web sites.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of responses per
respondent
(2)
Number of respondents annually
(1)
Average burden hours per
response
(3)
6
4
291
3
179,838
1,236
........................
........................
181,704
Capacity Reports &.
IOC: 103 ......................................................................................................................................
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Estimated cost burden to respondents
is as follows:
Capacity Reports: 179,838 hours/2080
work hours per year × $122,137 =
$10,560,038;
Index of Customers (IOC): 1,236 hours/
2080 work hours per year × $122,137
= $72,578;
Total Costs = $102,632,616.
The estimated annual cost per
respondent is:
Capacity Reports = $ 102,525;
Index of Customers = $ 705.
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
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information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities, which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
e.g. permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP07–23–001]
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Compliance Filing
March 13, 2007.
Take notice that on March 6, 2007,
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
(Algonquin) submitted a compliance
filing pursuant to the Commission’s
order issued February 27, 2007, in
Docket No. CP07–23–000.
Algonquin states that copies of the
filing have been served upon all affected
customers of Algonquin and interested
state commissions and all parties on the
official service list in the abovecaptioned proceeding.
Any person desiring to protest this
filing must file in accordance with Rule
211 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.211). Protests to this filing will be
considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but will not serve to make
Protestants parties to the proceeding.
Such protests must be filed on or before
the date as indicated below. Anyone
filing a protest must serve a copy of that
document on all the parties to the
proceeding.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests in lieu
of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at
https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to
file electronically should submit an
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC07-549B-000; FERC-549B]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
March 13, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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. 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 22, 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-filing/eforms.asp#549b) 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. IC07-549B-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-549B ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Capacity Information''
(OMB Control No. 1902-0169) includes both the Index of Customers Report
under 18 CFR 284.13(c) and capacity reporting requirements under 18 CFR
284.13(b) and 284.13(d). This information is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of sections 4, 5, and 16 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717c0717o, Pub. L. 75-688, 52 Stat.
822 and 830 and Title III of the NGPA, 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432, Pub. L. 95-
621.
Capacity Reports
On April 4, 1992 in Order No. 636, the Commission established a
capacity release mechanism under which shippers could release firm
transportation and storage capacity on either a short or long term
basis to other shippers wanting to obtain capacity. Pipelines posted
available firm and interruptible capacity information on their
electronic bulletin boards (EBBs) to inform potential shippers. On
September 11, 1992, in Order No. 636A, the Commission determined,
through staff audits, that the efficiency of the capacity release
mechanism could be enhanced by standardizing the content and format of
capacity release information and the methods by which shippers access
this information, posted to EBBs.
On April 4, 1995 through Order No. 577 (RM95-5-000), the Commission
amended Sec. 284.243(h) of its regulations to allow shippers the
ability to release capacity without having to comply with the
Commission's advance posting and bidding requirements.
To create greater substitution between different forms of capacity
and to enhance competition across the pipeline grid, on February 25,
2000 in Order No. 637, the Commission revised its capacity release
regulations regarding scheduling, segmentation and flexible receipt
point rights, penalties, and reporting requirements. This resulted in
more reliable capacity information and price data being available that
shippers needed to make informed decisions in a competitive market as
well as to improve shipper's and the Commission's availability to
monitor marketplace behavior.
Index of Customers
In Order No. 581 issued September 28, 1995 the Commission
established
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the Index of Customers (IOC) information requirement. The Index of
Customers had two functions, first, for annualizing capacity held on
pipelines and second, for providing capacity information to the market.
The Index of Customers information aids the capacity release system by
enabling shippers to identify and locate those holding capacity rights
that shippers may want to acquire. The information was required to be
posted on the pipeline's EBB and filed on electronic media with the
Commission. The first Index contained, for all firm customers under
contract as of the first day of the calendar quarter, the full legal
name of the shipper, the rate schedule number for which service is
contracted, the contract effective and expiration dates, and contract
quantities.
In Order No. 637, the Commission required the following additional
information: the receipt and delivery points held under contract as of
the first day of the calendar quarter, the full legal name of the
shipper, the rate schedule for which the capacity is held; the common
transaction point codes; the contract number; a shipper identification
number, such as DUNS; an indication whether the contract includes
negotiated rates; the names of any agents or asset managers that
control capacity in a pipeline rate zone; and any affiliate
relationship between the pipeline and the holder of capacity. The Index
is now provided through a quarterly filing on electronic media to the
Commission and is posted on pipelines' Internet Web sites.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of
responses per Average burden Total annual
Number of respondents annually (1) respondent hours per burden hours
(2) response (3)
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Capacity Reports &..............................................
IOC: 103........................................................ 6 291 179,838
4 3 1,236
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Total....................................................... .............. .............. 181,704
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is as follows:
Capacity Reports: 179,838 hours/2080 work hours per year x $122,137 =
$10,560,038;
Index of Customers (IOC): 1,236 hours/2080 work hours per year x
$122,137 = $72,578;
Total Costs = $102,632,616.
The estimated annual cost per respondent is:
Capacity Reports = $ 102,525;
Index of Customers = $ 705.
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 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.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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