Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension, 39611-39612 [E7-13973]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 138 / Thursday, July 19, 2007 / Notices of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: July 12, 2007. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Office of the Chief Financial Officer Type of Review: New. Title: Budget Information and NonConstruction Programs, ED–524 Budget Form and Instructions. Frequency: New Awards. Affected Public: Individuals or household; Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 17,000. Burden Hours: 297,500. Abstract: The ED–524 Budget Information Non-Construction Programs Form and Instructions were previously part of another collection, OMB control number 1890–0004. The 1890–0004 collection currently includes three distinct information collection instruments, the ED 524 Budget Form, the ED 524B Grant Performance Report and the administrative requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). As part of the renewal of these instruments, we are requesting that each of the instruments be approved under separate OMB control numbers. Separating these instruments into three information collections will make it easier to make additional deletions, revisions or other needed changes to each instrument throughout the approval period and eliminate any potential confusion when changes are made to only one of the instruments. We are requesting a new OMB control number for the ED 524, Budget Form and a three-year approval. Please note that the ED 524B, Grant Performance Report will retain the 1890–0004 number. The ED 524 form and instructions are included in U.S. Department of Education (ED) discretionary grant application packages and are needed in order for applicants to submit summary-level budget data by budget category, as well as a detailed budget narrative, to request and justify their proposed grant budgets which are part of their grant applications. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:31 Jul 18, 2007 Jkt 211001 accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and by clicking on link number 3372. When you access the information collection, click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 245–6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 800–877–8339. [FR Doc. E7–13989 Filed 7–18–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Department of Energy. Notice of open meeting and AGENCY: ACTION: retreat. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register. DATES: Saturday, August 11, 2007; 8 a.m. ADDRESSES: Rothchild Catering, 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Halsey, Federal Coordinator, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 576–4025; Fax (865) 576–5333 or e-mail: halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web site at https://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ ssab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. Tentative Agenda: The planning retreat, which will be held from 8 a.m. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39611 to 4 p.m., will focus on establishing the work of the Board for Fiscal Year 2008. Election of officers for Fiscal Year 2008 will be the order of business during the regular monthly meeting, which will begin at 4 p.m. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to the agenda item should contact Pat Halsey at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the Department of Energy’s Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling her at (865) 576–4025. Issued at Washington, DC, on July 16, 2007. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7–13992 Filed 7–18–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [IC07–582–001, FERC–582] Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension July 12, 2007. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice. 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 E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 39612 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 138 / Thursday, July 19, 2007 / Notices 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 comments from an entity in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of April 14, 2007 (72 FR 19829–30) and has provided responses to the commenter in its submission to OMB. Copies of the submission were also submitted to the commenter. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 21, 2007. 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 an 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. IC07– 582–001. 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:31 Jul 18, 2007 Jkt 211001 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 582 ‘‘Electric Fees and Annual Charges.’’ 2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 3. Control No. 1902–0132. 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 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. PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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). 5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises 125 companies (on average) subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. 6. Estimated Burden: 500 total hours, 125 respondents (average), 1 response per respondent, and 4 hours per response (rounded off and average time). 7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 500 hours/2080 hours per years × $122,137 per year = $ 29,360. The cost per respondent is equal to $235. Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 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.’’ Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–13973 Filed 7–18–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER07–903–000] Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order July 12, 2007. Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC (Bethlehem) filed an application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate schedule. The proposed market-based rate schedule provides for the sale of energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates. Bethlehem also requested waivers of various Commission regulations. In particular, Bethlehem requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13973]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC07-582-001, FERC-582]


Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request; Extension

July 12, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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

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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 comments 
from an entity in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of 
April 14, 2007 (72 FR 19829-30) and has provided responses to the 
commenter in its submission to OMB. Copies of the submission were also 
submitted to the commenter.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 21, 
2007.

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 an 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. IC07-582-001.
    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 582 ``Electric Fees and Annual 
Charges.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No. 1902-0132.
    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 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).
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 125 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 500 total hours, 125 respondents (average), 1 
response per respondent, and 4 hours per response (rounded off and 
average time).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 500 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $122,137 per year = $ 29,360. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $235.

    Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 
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.''

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-13973 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am]
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