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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC08–521–001, FERC–521]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submitted For
OMB Review
May 6, 2008.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 of this information collection
requirement. Any interested person may
file comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
received no comments in response to an
earlier Federal Register notice of
February 19, 2008 (73 FR 9108–09) and
has made this notation in its submission
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by June 9, 2008.
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, such
comments should be submitted to the
Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and
should refer to Docket No. IC08–521–
001.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in the
acceptable filing format and in
compliance with the Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission’s submission
guidelines. Complete filing instructions
and acceptable filing formats are
available at (https://www.ferc.gov/help/
submission-guide/electronic-media.asp).
To file the document electronically,
access the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp), 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:
Description
The information collection submitted
for OMB review contains the following:
1. Collection of Information: FERC–
521 ‘‘Payments for Benefits from
Headwater Improvements’’.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902–0087.
The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve with a three-year
extension of the expiration date, with no
changes to the existing collection. The
information filed with the Commission
is mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of
Information: The information is used by
the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of section 10(f) of
the Federal Power Act (FPA). The FPA
authorizes the Commission to determine
headwater benefits received by
downstream hydropower project
owners. Headwater benefits are the
additional energy production possible at
a downstream hydropower project
resulting from the regulation of river
flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
When the Commission completes a
study of a river basin, it determines
headwater benefits charges that will be
apportioned among the various
downstream beneficiaries. A headwater
benefits charge, and the cost incurred by
the Commission to complete an
evaluation are paid by downstream
hydropower project owners. In essence,
the owners of non-federal hydropower
power projects that directly benefit from
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a headwater(s) improvement must pay
an equitable portion of the annual
charges for interest, maintenance, and
depreciation of the headwater project to
the U.S. Treasury. The regulations
provide for the apportionment of these
costs between the headwater project and
downstream projects based on a
downstream energy gains and propose
equitable apportionment methodology
that can be applied to all river basins in
which headwater improvements are
built. The data the Commission requires
owners of non-federal hydropower
projects to file for determining annual
charges is specified in 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 11.
5. Respondent Description: The
Commission estimates that it will
receive annually on average 3 filings per
year.
6. Estimated Burden: 120 total hours,
3 respondents (average per year), 1
response per respondent, and .40 hours
per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to
respondents: The estimated total cost to
respondents is $7,291. (120 hours ÷
2080 × $126,384.)
Statutory Authority: Section 10(f) of the
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 803.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
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[Docket No. CP06–466–001; Docket No.
CP06–467–001]
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.;
Somerset Gas Gathering of
Pennsylvania, LLC; Notice of
Application
May 6, 2008.
Take notice that on March 31, 2008,
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
(Columbia) and Somerset Gas Gathering
of Pennsylvania, LLC (Somerset), filed
in Docket Nos. CP06–466–001 and
CP06–467–001, to amend the pending
applications filed in Docket Nos. CP06–
466–000 and CP06–467–000 to modify
Somerset’s plan for future operations of
the facilities to be acquired and to
provide additional technical and factual
details regarding the 1818/1862 System.
Specifically, Somerset clarifies that it
plans to cut and cap certain portions of
1818/1862 System in order to better
facilitate the functionalization of the
facilities as gathering lines while
ensuring the limited nature of the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC08-521-001, FERC-521]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted For OMB Review
May 6, 2008.
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 of this information collection requirement. Any interested
person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of
those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission
received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice
of February 19, 2008 (73 FR 9108-09) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by June 9,
2008.
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, such comments should be submitted to the Office of the
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC08-521-001.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in
the acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing formats are available at (https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/electronic-media.asp). To file the
document electronically, access the Commission's Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 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:
Description
The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the
following:
1. Collection of Information: FERC-521 ``Payments for Benefits from
Headwater Improvements''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0087.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve with a three-year
extension of the expiration date, with no changes to the existing
collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: The information is
used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of section
10(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The FPA authorizes the Commission
to determine headwater benefits received by downstream hydropower
project owners. Headwater benefits are the additional energy production
possible at a downstream hydropower project resulting from the
regulation of river flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
When the Commission completes a study of a river basin, it
determines headwater benefits charges that will be apportioned among
the various downstream beneficiaries. A headwater benefits charge, and
the cost incurred by the Commission to complete an evaluation are paid
by downstream hydropower project owners. In essence, the owners of non-
federal hydropower power projects that directly benefit from a
headwater(s) improvement must pay an equitable portion of the annual
charges for interest, maintenance, and depreciation of the headwater
project to the U.S. Treasury. The regulations provide for the
apportionment of these costs between the headwater project and
downstream projects based on a downstream energy gains and propose
equitable apportionment methodology that can be applied to all river
basins in which headwater improvements are built. The data the
Commission requires owners of non-federal hydropower projects to file
for determining annual charges is specified in 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 11.
5. Respondent Description: The Commission estimates that it will
receive annually on average 3 filings per year.
6. Estimated Burden: 120 total hours, 3 respondents (average per
year), 1 response per respondent, and .40 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: The estimated total cost
to respondents is $7,291. (120 hours / 2080 x $126,384.)
Statutory Authority: Section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. 803.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-10611 Filed 5-12-08; 8:45 am]
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