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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 16,
2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9–1559 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Gtherm, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Grant
Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant
exclusive patent license.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given with
an intent to grant to Gtherm, Inc. of
Weston, Connecticut, an exclusive
license to practice the inventions
described in U.S. Patent No. 6,251,179,
entitled ‘‘Thermally Conductive
Cementitious Grout for Geothermal Heat
Pump Systems.’’ The inventions are
owned by the United States of America,
as represented by the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
DATE: Written comments or
nonexclusive license applications are to
be received at the address listed below
no later than February 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant
General Counsel for Technology
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annette R. Reimers, Office of the
Assistant General Counsel for
Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property, U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 6F–067, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586–3815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.
209 provides federal agencies with
authority to grant exclusive licenses in
federally-owned inventions, if, among
other things, the agency finds that the
public will be served by the granting of
the license. The statute requires that no
exclusive license may be granted unless
public notice of the intent to grant the
license has been provided, and the
agency has considered all comments
received in response to that public
notice before the end of the comment
period.
Gtherm, Inc. of Weston, Connecticut
has applied for an exclusive license to
practice the inventions embodied in
U.S. Patent No. 6,251,179 and has plans
for commercialization of the inventions.
The exclusive license will be subject to
a license and other rights retained by
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the U.S. Government and other terms
and conditions to be negotiated. DOE
intends to negotiate to grant the license,
unless, within 15 days of this notice, the
Assistant General Counsel for
Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property, Department of Energy,
Washington, DC 20585, receives in
writing any of the following, together
with supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person
setting forth reason why it would not be
in the best interests of the United States
to grant the proposed license; or
(ii) An application for a nonexclusive
license to the invention in which
applicant states that it already has
brought the invention to practical
application or is likely to bring the
invention to practical application
expeditiously.
The Department will review all timely
written responses to this notice and will
proceed with negotiating the license if,
after consideration of written responses
to this notice, a finding is made that the
license is in the public interest.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 12,
2009.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology
Transfer and Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. E9–1561 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Questions Concerning Technology
Transfer Practices at Department of
Energy (DOE) Laboratories
Department of Energy.
Notice of extension of comment
AGENCY:
ACTION:
period.
SUMMARY: The DOE published on
November 26, 2008, in the Federal
Register, a notice of inquiry concerning
technology practices at DOE
laboratories. The DOE invited comments
to published questions concerning
technology transfer practices at DOE
laboratories. The comment period was
to continue for 60 days from the date of
the publication of the Federal Register
notice (till January 26, 2009). This
Federal Register notice extends the
comment period till March 26, 2009, to
allow additional time for the public to
respond to the questions raised in the
Notice of Inquiry.
DATES: The comment period has been
extended to March 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically at: GC62@hq.doe.gov; or by mail at: Office of
the Assistant General Counsel for
Technology Transfer and Intellectual
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Property, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. ATTN:
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
QUESTIONS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
A. Gottlieb, Assistant General Counsel
for Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property, U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 6F–067, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586–3439.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 16,
2009.
Devon Streit,
Office of Science.
[FR Doc. E9–1562 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. IC09–65–001, IC09–65A–001,
IC09–65B–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Submitted for OMB Review
January 15, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
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
collections described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of these information
collection requirements. 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
earlier Federal Register notices 1 and
has made this notation in its
submissions to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due by February 19,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
1 Notices for: FERC–65 (in Docket No. IC09–65),
October 16, 2008, 73 FR 61414; FERC–65A (in
Docket No. IC09–65A), October 15, 2008, 73 FR
61103; and FERC–65B (in Docket No. IC09–65B),
October 16, 2008, 73 FR 61415.
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Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include the appropriate OMB Control
Number(s) (1902–0218 for FERC–65,
1902–0216 for FERC–65A, and 1902–
0217 for FERC–65B) 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 and should refer to Docket
Nos. IC09–65–001, IC09–65A–001, and
IC09–65B–001. Comments may be filed
either electronically or in paper format.
Those persons filing electronically do
not need to make a paper filing.
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.
For paper filings, an original and 2
copies of the comments should be
submitted to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, and should refer
to Docket Nos. IC09–65–001, IC09–65A–
001, and IC09–65B–001.
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:
FERC–65. The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–65
‘‘Notification of Holding Company
Status’’ (OMB No. 1902–0218) is used
by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA
2005). Among other things, PUHCA
2005 was intended to give the
Commission access to books and records
relevant to costs incurred by a public
utility or natural gas company which are
necessary or appropriate for the
protection of utility customers with
respect to jurisdictional rates. For the
Commission to carry out its rate
regulation responsibilities, it must know
who the entities are that are holding
companies of jurisdictional public
utilities and natural gas companies. The
Commission obtains this information
through the FERC–65 filings.
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing set out in the
Commission’s regulations (18 CFR
366.4) that must be submitted within 30
days of becoming a holding company.
The information is required in no
specific format and consists of the
identities of: the holding company, the
public utilities and natural gas
companies in the holding company
system, the service companies,
including special-purpose subsidiaries
providing non-power goods and
services, and all affiliates and
subsidiaries and their corporate
relationship to each other. Filings may
be submitted in hardcopy or
electronically through the Commission’s
eFiling system.
FERC–65A. The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–65A
‘‘Exemption Notification of Holding
Company Status’’ (OMB No. 1902–0216)
is also used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
PUHCA 2005. The Commission has
allowed for an exemption if the books,
accounts, memoranda, and other records
of any person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company; or if any class of
transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company. Commission
regulations in 18 CFR 366.3 describe the
criteria in more specificity, and 18 CFR
366.4 designates the use of FERC–65A
for exemption requests. Filings may be
submitted in hardcopy or electronically
through the Commission’s Web site.
FERC–65B. The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–65B
‘‘Waiver Notification’’ (OMB No. 1902–
0217) is also used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
PUHCA 2005. (This intention was made
clear in Section 1264 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 16452.)
However, in 18 CFR 366.3(c), the
Commission has allowed for waivers
from related requirements for any
holding company with respect to one or
more of the following: (1) Single-state
holding company systems; (2) holding
companies that own generating facilities
that total 100 MW or less in size, and
are used fundamentally for their own
load or for sales to affiliated end-users;
or (3) investors in independent
transmission-only companies.
Entities meeting these criteria may file
a FERC–65B pursuant to the notification
procedures contained in 18 CFR 366.4
to obtain a waiver. Filings may be made
in hardcopy or electronically through
the Commission’s Web site.
Action: The Commission is requesting
three-year extensions of the current
expiration dates, with no changes to the
existing collections of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for these collections are
estimated as:
Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
FERC Data collection
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
FERC–65 (Notification) ..................................................................
FERC–65A (Exemption) ................................................................
FERC–65B (Waiver) ......................................................................
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Estimated costs to respondents are:
1. For FERC–65, $5,468. [90 hours
divided by 2080 hours 2 per year, times
$126,384 3 equals $5,468.54]. The
average cost per respondent is $182.28.
2. For FERC–65A, $607.62. [10 hours
divided by 2080 hours 2 per year, times
$126,384 3 equals $607.62]. The average
cost per respondent is $60.76.
3. For FERC–65B, $607.62. [10 hours
divided by 2080 hours 2 per year, times
$126,384 3 equals $607.62]. The average
cost per respondent is $60.76.
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 collections of information
are 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
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collections 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
collections 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
2 Number
3 Average
of hours an employee works each year.
annual salary per employee.
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information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–1470 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3701–089]
Tieton Hydropower, LLC; Notice of
Application for Amendment of License
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
January 15, 2009.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Amendment
of license to delete certain nonjurisdictional transmission facilities
from license.
b. Project No: 3701–089.
c. Date Filed: November 17, 2008.
d. Applicant: Tieton Hydropower,
LLC.
e. Name of Project: Tieton
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located at
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Tieton
Dam and Reservoir on the Tieton River
in Yakima County, Washington.
g. Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Chad Ross,
Tieton Hydropower, LLC, 925 N
Fairgrounds Road, Goldendale,
Washington 98206. Tel: (509) 773–4900.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on
this notice should be addressed to Ms.
Kelly Houff at (202) 502–6393, or e-mail
address: Kelly.Houff@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments and or
motions: February 17, 2009.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comments, protests, and interventions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and instructions on
the Commission’s Web site under the
‘‘e-filing’’ link. The Commission
strongly encourages electronic filings.
Please include the project number P–
3701–089 on any comments or motions
filed.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
filing documents with the Commission
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to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervener files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served
upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular
application.
k. Description of Request: Tieton
Hydropower, LLC proposes to delete
from the license, a 21-mile-long 115–kV
transmission line extending from the
Tieton Project to the PacifiCorp Tieton
Substation, and the substation originally
included in the Tieton Project
description. According to the licensee,
the line and substation will no longer be
primary transmission facilities
transmitting power solely for the Tieton
Project, but will be used for the
transmission of non-Tieton Project
power.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street, NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
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. You may also register online
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3372 or
e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,
for TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all
protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, IC09-65B-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Submitted for OMB Review
January 15, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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
collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of these information collection requirements. 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 earlier Federal
Register notices \1\ and has made this notation in its submissions to
OMB.
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\1\ Notices for: FERC-65 (in Docket No. IC09-65), October 16,
2008, 73 FR 61414; FERC-65A (in Docket No. IC09-65A), October 15,
2008, 73 FR 61103; and FERC-65B (in Docket No. IC09-65B), October
16, 2008, 73 FR 61415.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by February
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19, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collections of information to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed
electronically, c/o oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and include the
appropriate OMB Control Number(s) (1902-0218 for FERC-65, 1902-0216 for
FERC-65A, and 1902-0217 for FERC-65B) 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 and should refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001,
IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001. Comments may be filed either
electronically or in paper format. Those persons filing electronically
do not need to make a paper filing. 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.
For paper filings, an original and 2 copies of the comments should
be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should
refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001.
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:
FERC-65. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65 ``Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB No. 1902-0218) is
used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005). Among other
things, PUHCA 2005 was intended to give the Commission access to books
and records relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural
gas company which are necessary or appropriate for the protection of
utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates. For the
Commission to carry out its rate regulation responsibilities, it must
know who the entities are that are holding companies of jurisdictional
public utilities and natural gas companies. The Commission obtains this
information through the FERC-65 filings.
The FERC-65 is a one-time informational filing set out in the
Commission's regulations (18 CFR 366.4) that must be submitted within
30 days of becoming a holding company. The information is required in
no specific format and consists of the identities of: the holding
company, the public utilities and natural gas companies in the holding
company system, the service companies, including special-purpose
subsidiaries providing non-power goods and services, and all affiliates
and subsidiaries and their corporate relationship to each other.
Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission's eFiling system.
FERC-65A. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65A ``Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB No. 1902-
0216) is also used by the Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of PUHCA 2005. The Commission has allowed for an exemption
if the books, accounts, memoranda, and other records of any person are
not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural
gas company; or if any class of transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company.
Commission regulations in 18 CFR 366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity, and 18 CFR 366.4 designates the use of FERC-65A for
exemption requests. Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or
electronically through the Commission's Web site.
FERC-65B. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65B ``Waiver Notification'' (OMB No. 1902-0217) is also used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of PUHCA 2005. (This
intention was made clear in Section 1264 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005, 42 U.S.C. 16452.) However, in 18 CFR 366.3(c), the Commission has
allowed for waivers from related requirements for any holding company
with respect to one or more of the following: (1) Single-state holding
company systems; (2) holding companies that own generating facilities
that total 100 MW or less in size, and are used fundamentally for their
own load or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3) investors in
independent transmission-only companies.
Entities meeting these criteria may file a FERC-65B pursuant to the
notification procedures contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a waiver.
Filings may be made in hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission's Web site.
Action: The Commission is requesting three-year extensions of the
current expiration dates, with no changes to the existing collections
of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for these collections are
estimated as:
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Number of Number of Average burden
FERC Data collection respondents responses per hours per Total annual
annually respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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FERC-65 (Notification)................. 30 1 3 90
FERC-65A (Exemption)................... 10 1 1 10
FERC-65B (Waiver)...................... 10 1 1 10
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Estimated costs to respondents are:
1. For FERC-65, $5,468. [90 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $5,468.54]. The average cost per
respondent is $182.28.
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\3\ Average annual salary per employee.
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2. For FERC-65A, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per
respondent is $60.76.
3. For FERC-65B, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per
respondent is $60.76.
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 collections of
information are 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 estimates of the
burden of the proposed collections 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 collections 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. E9-1470 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]
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