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interconnection agreement for
transmission providers to use in
interconnecting with Small Generators.
With the incorporation of these
documents in their OATTs, there is no
longer a need for transmitting utilities to
file case-by-case interconnection
agreements and procedures with the
Commission. However, on occasion,
circumstances warrant non-conforming
agreements or a situation-specific set of
procedures. These non-conforming
documents must be filed in their
entirety with the Commission for review
and action.
The information collected is in
response to a mandatory requirement.
The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
Part 35, § 35.28(f).
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 respondents annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
1
1
1
25
238
1,000
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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238 (maintenance of documents) ................................................................................................
40 (filing of conforming agreements) ...........................................................................................
........................
........................
1,238
There was a one-time start-up cost to
comply with Order No. 2006
requirements that was included when
the Commission first sought
authorization for this information in
2005. The estimated burden of the
continued requirement to maintain the
procedures and agreement documents in
transmission providers’ OATTs is
reflected herein as is the filing of nonconforming interconnection procedures
and agreements that occur on occasion.
The estimated total cost to
respondents is $75,222.78. [1,238 hours
divided by 2080 hours 2 per year, times
$126,384 3 equals $75,222.78]. The
average cost per respondent is $316.06.
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;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
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
2 Number
of hours an employee works each year.
3 Average annual salary per employee.
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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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC08–600–000; FERC–600]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
January 22, 2008.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 March 31, 2008.
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. IC08–600–000.
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, choose the Documents &
Filings tab, click on eFiling, then follow
the instructions given. 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
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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.
The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–600 ‘‘Rules of
Practice and Procedure: Complaint
Procedures’’ (OMB No. 1902–0180) is
used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r;
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C.
717–717w; the Natural Gas Policy Act
(NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432, the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978 (PURPA), 16 U.S.C. 2601–2645;
the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.
App. § 1, et seq., the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301–1356
and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, (Pub.
L. 109–58) 119 Stat. 594.
With respect to the natural gas
industry, section 14(a) of the NGA
provides: The Commission may permit
any person to file with it a statement in
writing, under oath or otherwise, as it
shall determine, as to any or all facts
and circumstances concerning a matter
which may be the subject of an
investigation.
For public utilities, section 205(e) of
the FPA provides: Whenever any such
new schedule is filed, the Commission
shall have the authority, either upon
complaint or upon its own initiative
without complaint at once, and, if it so
orders, without answer or formal
pleading by the public utility, but upon
reasonable notice to enter upon hearing
concerning the lawfulness of such rate,
charge, classification, or service; and
pending such hearing and decision of
the Commission. * * *
Section 215(d)(5) of the FPA provides:
The Commission, upon its own motion
or upon complaint, may order the
Electric Reliability Organization to
submit to the Commission a proposed
reliability standard or a modification to
a reliability standard that addresses a
specific matter if the Commission
considers such a new or modified
reliability standard appropriate to carry
out this section. * * *
Concerning hydropower projects,
section 19 of the FPA provides: * * *
it is agreed as a condition of such
license that jurisdiction is hereby
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
conferred upon the Commission, upon
complaint of any person aggrieved or
upon its own initiative, to exercise such
regulation and control until such time
as the State shall have provided a
commission or other authority for such
regulation and control. * * *
For qualifying facilities, section
210(h)(2)(B) of PURPA provides: Any
electric utility, qualifying cogenerator,
or qualifying small power producer may
petition the Commission to enforce the
requirements of subsection (f) as
provided in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
Likewise for oil pipelines, Part 1 of
the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA),
sections 1, 6 and 15 (recodified by Pub.
L. 95–473 and found as an appendix to
Title 49 U.S.C.) the Commission is
authorized to investigate the rates
charged by oil pipeline companies
subject to its jurisdiction. If a proposed
oil rate has been filed and allowed by
the Commission to go into effect
without suspension and hearing, the
Commission can investigate the
effective rate on its own motion or by
complaint filed with the Commission.
Section 13 of the ICA provided that:
Any person, firm, corporation, company
or association, or any mercantile,
agricultural, or manufacturing society or
other organization, or any common
carrier subject to the provisions of this
chapter in contravention of the
provisions thereof, may apply to the
Commission by petition which shall
briefly state the facts: whereupon a
statement of the complaint thus made
shall be forwarded by the Commission
to such common carrier, who shall be
called upon to satisfy the complaint, or
to answer the same in writing, within a
reasonable time, to be specified by the
Commission. * * *
In Order No. 602, 64 FR 17087 (April
8, 1999), the Commission revised its
regulations governing complaints filed
with the Commission under the above
statutes. Order No. 602 was designed to
encourage and support consensual
resolution of complaints, and to
organize the complaint procedures so
that all complaints are handled in a
timely and fair manner. In order to
achieve the latter, the Commission
revised Rule 206 of its Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.206) to
require that a complaint satisfy certain
informational requirements, that
answers be filed in a shorter, 20-day
time frame, and that parties may employ
various types of alternative dispute
resolution procedures to resolve
complaints.
In Order No. 647, 69FR 32436 (June
10, 2004), the Commission revised its
regulations to simplify the formats it
requires for various types of notices.
These revisions provide for a more
uniform formatting and make it easier
for the Commission to update the form
of notice formatting without the
necessity of initiating a rulemaking for
every change. A new subsection 18 CFR
385.203(d) replaced the former format
requirements. Among the provisions
that were affected by these revisions
was 18 CFR 385.206(b)(10).
On September 9, 2005, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the reporting requirements
contained in FERC–600 for a term of
three years, the maximum period
permissible under the Paperwork
Reduction Act 1 before an information
collection must be resubmitted for
approval. As noted above this notice
seeks public comments in order for the
Commission to submit a justification to
OMB to approve and extend the current
expiration date of the FERC–600
reporting requirements. The data in
complaints filed by interested/affected
parties regarding oil and natural gas
pipeline operations, electric and
hydropower facilities in their
applications for rate changes, service,
licensing or reliability are used by the
Commission in establishing a basis for
various investigations and to make an
initial determination regarding the
merits of the complaint.
Investigations may range from
whether there is undue discrimination
in rates or service to questions regarding
market power of regulated entities to
environmental concerns. In order to
make a better determination, it is
important to know the specifics of any
oil, gas, electric, and hydropower
complaint ‘‘upfront’’ in a timely manner
and in sufficient detail to allow the
Commission to act swiftly. In addition,
such complaint data will help the
Commission and interested parties to
monitor the market for exercises of
market power or undue discrimination.
The information is voluntary but
submitted with prescribed information.
The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
Part 385, §§ 385.206, 385.203 and
385.213.
The Commission is requesting a
three-year extension of the current
expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection of data.
ACTION:
1 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. 104–13,
October 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
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Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of respondents annually
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total annual burden hours
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
81*#
1
14
1,134
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* Represents three year averages (2005–2007) #Rounded off.
Estimated cost burden to respondents
is $68,904. (1,134 hours/2080 hours per
year times $126,384 per year average per
employee = $68,904). The cost per
respondent is $861. There is a
significant decrease in the number of
respondents and number of filings since
the last renewal request. However, the
cost per respondent has increased to
reflect adjustments due to inflationary
costs.
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;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
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
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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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–1594 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible online at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on February 4, 2008.
[Docket No. ER07–1199–002]
Airtricity Munnsville Wind Farm LLC;
Notice of Filing
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–1628 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
January 24, 2008.
Take notice that on January 17, 2008,
Airtricity Munnsville Wind Farm, LLC
tendered for filing its notice of nonmaterial change in status related to a
change in its upstream ownership.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests 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. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant and
all the parties in this proceeding.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13030–000]
Aberdeen Hydro, LLC; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
January 24, 2008.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are
available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Preliminary
Permit.
b. Project No.: P–13030–000.
c. Date Filed: September 20, 2007.
d. Applicant: Aberdeen Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of the Project: Aberdeen Lock
and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project would be
located on the Tombigbee River in
Monroe County, Mississippi. The
Aberdeen Lock and Dam is owned and
maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC08-600-000; FERC-600]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
January 22, 2008.
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. 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 March 31,
2008.
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. IC08-600-000.
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, choose the Documents & Filings tab, click on eFiling,
then follow the instructions given. 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
[[Page 5530]]
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-600 ``Rules of Practice and Procedure: Complaint
Procedures'' (OMB No. 1902-0180) is used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
791a-825r; the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717-717w; the Natural
Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432, the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), 16 U.S.C. 2601-2645; the
Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. App. Sec. 1, et seq., the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301-1356 and the Energy Policy
Act of 2005, (Pub. L. 109-58) 119 Stat. 594.
With respect to the natural gas industry, section 14(a) of the NGA
provides: The Commission may permit any person to file with it a
statement in writing, under oath or otherwise, as it shall determine,
as to any or all facts and circumstances concerning a matter which may
be the subject of an investigation.
For public utilities, section 205(e) of the FPA provides: Whenever
any such new schedule is filed, the Commission shall have the
authority, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without
complaint at once, and, if it so orders, without answer or formal
pleading by the public utility, but upon reasonable notice to enter
upon hearing concerning the lawfulness of such rate, charge,
classification, or service; and pending such hearing and decision of
the Commission. * * *
Section 215(d)(5) of the FPA provides: The Commission, upon its own
motion or upon complaint, may order the Electric Reliability
Organization to submit to the Commission a proposed reliability
standard or a modification to a reliability standard that addresses a
specific matter if the Commission considers such a new or modified
reliability standard appropriate to carry out this section. * * *
Concerning hydropower projects, section 19 of the FPA provides: * *
* it is agreed as a condition of such license that jurisdiction is
hereby conferred upon the Commission, upon complaint of any person
aggrieved or upon its own initiative, to exercise such regulation and
control until such time as the State shall have provided a commission
or other authority for such regulation and control. * * *
For qualifying facilities, section 210(h)(2)(B) of PURPA provides:
Any electric utility, qualifying cogenerator, or qualifying small power
producer may petition the Commission to enforce the requirements of
subsection (f) as provided in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
Likewise for oil pipelines, Part 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act
(ICA), sections 1, 6 and 15 (recodified by Pub. L. 95-473 and found as
an appendix to Title 49 U.S.C.) the Commission is authorized to
investigate the rates charged by oil pipeline companies subject to its
jurisdiction. If a proposed oil rate has been filed and allowed by the
Commission to go into effect without suspension and hearing, the
Commission can investigate the effective rate on its own motion or by
complaint filed with the Commission. Section 13 of the ICA provided
that: Any person, firm, corporation, company or association, or any
mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society or other
organization, or any common carrier subject to the provisions of this
chapter in contravention of the provisions thereof, may apply to the
Commission by petition which shall briefly state the facts: whereupon a
statement of the complaint thus made shall be forwarded by the
Commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy
the complaint, or to answer the same in writing, within a reasonable
time, to be specified by the Commission. * * *
In Order No. 602, 64 FR 17087 (April 8, 1999), the Commission
revised its regulations governing complaints filed with the Commission
under the above statutes. Order No. 602 was designed to encourage and
support consensual resolution of complaints, and to organize the
complaint procedures so that all complaints are handled in a timely and
fair manner. In order to achieve the latter, the Commission revised
Rule 206 of its Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.206) to
require that a complaint satisfy certain informational requirements,
that answers be filed in a shorter, 20-day time frame, and that parties
may employ various types of alternative dispute resolution procedures
to resolve complaints.
In Order No. 647, 69FR 32436 (June 10, 2004), the Commission
revised its regulations to simplify the formats it requires for various
types of notices. These revisions provide for a more uniform formatting
and make it easier for the Commission to update the form of notice
formatting without the necessity of initiating a rulemaking for every
change. A new subsection 18 CFR 385.203(d) replaced the former format
requirements. Among the provisions that were affected by these
revisions was 18 CFR 385.206(b)(10).
On September 9, 2005, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the reporting requirements contained in FERC-600 for a term of
three years, the maximum period permissible under the Paperwork
Reduction Act \1\ before an information collection must be resubmitted
for approval. As noted above this notice seeks public comments in order
for the Commission to submit a justification to OMB to approve and
extend the current expiration date of the FERC-600 reporting
requirements. The data in complaints filed by interested/affected
parties regarding oil and natural gas pipeline operations, electric and
hydropower facilities in their applications for rate changes, service,
licensing or reliability are used by the Commission in establishing a
basis for various investigations and to make an initial determination
regarding the merits of the complaint.
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\1\ Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. 104-13, October 1,
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
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Investigations may range from whether there is undue discrimination
in rates or service to questions regarding market power of regulated
entities to environmental concerns. In order to make a better
determination, it is important to know the specifics of any oil, gas,
electric, and hydropower complaint ``upfront'' in a timely manner and
in sufficient detail to allow the Commission to act swiftly. In
addition, such complaint data will help the Commission and interested
parties to monitor the market for exercises of market power or undue
discrimination. The information is voluntary but submitted with
prescribed information. The Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part
385, Sec. Sec. 385.206, 385.203 and 385.213.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
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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)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
81* 1 14 1,134
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* Represents three year averages (2005-2007) #Rounded off.
Estimated cost burden to respondents is $68,904. (1,134 hours/2080
hours per year times $126,384 per year average per employee = $68,904).
The cost per respondent is $861. There is a significant decrease in the
number of respondents and number of filings since the last renewal
request. However, the cost per respondent has increased to reflect
adjustments due to inflationary costs.
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; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information.
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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-1594 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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