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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC08–512–001, FERC–512]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submitted for OMB
Review
June 10, 2008.
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 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 March
13, 2008 (73 FR 13536–13537), and has
made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by July 10, 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
oiralsubmission@omb.eop.gov and
include the OMB Control No. (1902–
0073) as a point of reference. The Desk
Officer may be reached by telephone at
202–395–7345. 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
Secretary of the Commission, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
and should refer to Docket No. IC08–
512–001. Documents filed electronically
via the Internet must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in
compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission 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 and
click on Documents & Filing, E-Filing
(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 fercolinesupport@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:
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–512,
‘‘Application for Preliminary Permit’’
(OMB No. 1902–0073) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of sections 4(f), 5 and 7 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
sections 797, 798 & 800. The purpose of
obtaining a preliminary permit is to
maintain priority of the application for
a license for a hydropower facility while
the applicant conducts surveys to
prepare maps, plans, specifications and
estimates; conducts engineering,
economic and environmental feasibility
studies; and making financial
arrangements. The conditions under
which the priority will be maintained
are set forth in each permit. During the
term of the permit, no other application
for a preliminary permit or application
for a license submitted by another party
can be accepted. The term of the permit
is three years. The information collected
under the designation FERC–512 is in
the form of a written application for a
preliminary permit which is used by
Commission staff to determine an
applicant’s qualifications to hold a
preliminary permit, review the
proposed hydro development for
feasibility and to issue a notice of the
application in order to solicit public and
agency comments. The Commission
implements these mandatory filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 4.31–
33, 4.81–.83.
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:
Annual
responses per
respondent
Average burden hours
per response
Total annual burden hours
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Estimated cost burden to respondents
is $508,000; (i.e., 7 hours @$200 an hour
(legal) + 30 hours @$39 an hour
(technical) × 200) per year equals
$514,000).
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
or 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 anyone 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2266–096]
Nevada Irrigation District; Notice of
Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document,
Commencement of Licensing
Proceeding and Scoping; Request for
Comments on the Pad and Scoping
Document, and Identification of Issues
and Associated Study Requests
June 10, 2008.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application for a New
License and Commencing Licensing
Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 2266–096.
c. Dated Filed: April 11, 2008.
d. Submitted By: Nevada Irrigation
District.
e. Name of Project: Yuba-Bear Project.
f. Location: The Yuba-Bear Project is
located on the west slope of the Sierra
Nevada on the Middle Yuba River,
Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek
and Bear River, in Nevada, Placer and
Sierra counties, California. A large
portion of the project is located on the
Tahoe National Forest. Some of the
project is located on federally-owned
land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management as part of the Sierra
Resource Management Area.
The project consists of four
developments—Bowman, Dutch Flat,
Chicago Park, and Rollins—which, in
total, include: 13 main dams with a
combined gross storage capacity of
207,865 acre-feet of water; four water
conduits; five diversion dams; four
powerhouses with a combined installed
capacity of 79.32 megawatts; one 9.0mile-long, 60-kilovolt transmission line;
and appurtenant facilities and
structures, including recreation
facilities.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of
the Commission’s Regulations.
h. Applicant Contact: Ron Nelson,
General Manager, Nevada Irrigation
District, 1036 West Main Street, Grass
Valley, CA 95945, (530) 271–6824 or email nelson@nid.dst.ca.us.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at 202–
502–8902 or e-mail
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. We are asking federal, state, local,
and tribal agencies with jurisdiction
and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in paragraph o
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below. Cooperating agencies should
note the Commission’s policy that
agencies that cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by
section 106, National Historical
Preservation Act, and the implementing
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
Nevada Irrigation District as the
Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Nevada Irrigation District filed a
Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and
schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
Commission’s regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (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, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting
comments on the PAD and Scoping
Document 1 (SD1), as well as study
requests. All comments on the PAD and
SD1, and study requests should be sent
to the address above in paragraph h. In
addition, all comments on the PAD and
SD1, study requests, requests for
cooperating agency status, and all
communications to and from
Commission staff related to the merits of
the potential application (original and
eight copies) must be filed with the
Commission at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC08-512-001, FERC-512]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
June 10, 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 March 13, 2008 (73 FR 13536-13537), and has made this notation in
its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by July 10,
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. (1902-0073) as a
point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at
202-395-7345. 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 Secretary of
the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC08-512-001.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission 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 and click on
Documents & Filing, E-Filing (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 fercolinesupport@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:
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
512, ``Application for Preliminary Permit'' (OMB No. 1902-0073) is used
by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of sections
4(f), 5 and 7 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. sections 797,
798 & 800. The purpose of obtaining a preliminary permit is to maintain
priority of the application for a license for a hydropower facility
while the applicant conducts surveys to prepare maps, plans,
specifications and estimates; conducts engineering, economic and
environmental feasibility studies; and making financial arrangements.
The conditions under which the priority will be maintained are set
forth in each permit. During the term of the permit, no other
application for a preliminary permit or application for a license
submitted by another party can be accepted. The term of the permit is
three years. The information collected under the designation FERC-512
is in the form of a written application for a preliminary permit which
is used by Commission staff to determine an applicant's qualifications
to hold a preliminary permit, review the proposed hydro development for
feasibility and to issue a notice of the application in order to
solicit public and agency comments. The Commission implements these
mandatory filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
under 18 CFR 4.31-33, 4.81-.83.
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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Annual responses per Average burden hours per
No. of respondents respondent response Total annual burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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200 1 37 7,400
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is $508,000; (i.e., 7 hours
@$200 an hour (legal) + 30 hours @$39 an hour (technical) x 200) per
year equals $514,000).
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, or 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
anyone 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. E8-13533 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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