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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–598–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
January 26, 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
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the 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
the Federal Register notice (73FR70339,
11/20/2008) and has made this notation
in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by February 24,
2009.
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 OMB Control Number 1902–
0166 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
No. IC09–598–001. 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://
ADDRESSES:
PO 00000
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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 No. IC09–598–001.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,
contact 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 FERC–598
‘‘Self Certification for Entities Seeking
Exempt Wholesale Generator or Foreign
Utility Company Status’’ (OMB Control
No. 1902–0166) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of Title XII, subchapter F of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).1
EPAct 2005 repealed the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, including
section 32, which provided for the
Commission to exempt wholesale
generators from PUHCA 1935 on a caseby-case basis, upon application.
Following the repeal of PUHCA 1935
and the enactment of PUHCA 2005, in
Order No. 667 2 the Commission
amended its regulations to add
procedures for self-certification by
entities seeking exempt wholesale
generator (EWG) and foreign utility
company (FUCO) status. This selfcertification is similar to the process
available to entities that seek qualifying
facility status.
An EWG is a ‘‘person engaged directly
or indirectly through one or more
affiliates, and exclusively in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law No. 109–
58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005) (codified at 42 U.S.C.
16451, et seq.).
2 Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR. 75,592
(2005), FERC Statutes and Regulations ¶ 31,197
(2005) Order on reh’g, 71 FR 28,446 (2006), FERC
Statutes and Regulations ¶ 31,213 (2006), order on
reh’g, 71 FR 42,750 (2006), FERC Statutes and
Regulations ¶ 31,224 (2006), order on reh’g, FERC
¶ 61,133 (2007).
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business of owning or operating, or both
owning and operating, all or part of one
or more eligible facilities and selling
electric energy at wholesale.’’ 3 A FUCO
is a company that ‘‘owns or operates
facilities that are not located in any state
and that are used for the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electric
energy for sale or the distribution at
retail of natural or manufactured gas for
heat, light, or power, if such company:
(1) Derives no part of its income,
directly or indirectly, from the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
neither the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States’’.4
An exempt EWG or FUCO or its
representative may file with the
Commission a notice of self certification
demonstrating that it satisfies the
definition of exempt wholesale
generator or foreign utility company. In
the case of EWGs, the person filing a
notice of self certification must also file
a copy of the notice of self certification
with the state regulatory authority of the
state in which the facility is located and
that person must also represent to the
Commission in its submission that it has
filed a copy of the notice with the
appropriate state regulatory authority.5
A submission of the information is
necessary for the Commission to carry
out its responsibilities under EPAct
2005.6 The Commission implements its
responsibilities through the Code of
Federal Regulations, 18 CFR Part 366.
These filing requirements are
mandatory.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date, with no change to the
existing collection of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of
respondents
annually
(1)
Number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
Average
burden hours
per response
(3)
Total annual
burden
hours
(1)×(2)×(3)
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FERC data collection
199
1
6
1,194
Estimated cost to respondents is
$72,549.27 [1,194 hours divided by
2080 hours 7 per year, times $126,384 8
equals $72,549.27]. The average cost per
respondent is $364.57.
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.
3 18
CFR 366.1.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP09–44–000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of
Application
January 26, 2009.
Take notice that on January 8, 2009,
Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI), 120
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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.
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Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia,
filed in the above referenced docket an
application pursuant to section 7(c) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157
of the Commission’s regulations, for an
order granting a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authorizing
DTI to construct, install, own, operate,
and maintain certain facilities located in
Kanawha and Clay Counties, West
Virginia, all as more fully set forth in
the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may 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. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Specifically, DTI proposes to replace
approximately 27.71 miles of its H–162
line with new 20-inch diameter
pipeline. Once completed, DTI will
convert the new line from gathering to
transmission. Concurrently, DTI
requests authority to refunctionalize
line TL–272, which runs parallel to line
H–162, from gathering to transmission.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Brad A.
Knisley, Regulatory and Certificates
Analyst II, Dominion Transmission,
Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond,
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[FR Doc No: E9-2154]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC09-598-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-598); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
January 26, 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
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review of the 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 the Federal Register notice
(73FR70339, 11/20/2008) and has made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by February
24, 2009.
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 OMB Control Number 1902-0166 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 No. IC09-598-001.
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 No. IC09-598-001.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. For user
assistance, contact 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 FERC-598
``Self Certification for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator or
Foreign Utility Company Status'' (OMB Control No. 1902-0166) is used by
the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Title XII,
subchapter F of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).\1\
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\1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law No. 109-58, 119 Stat.
594 (2005) (codified at 42 U.S.C. 16451, et seq.).
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EPAct 2005 repealed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, including section 32, which provided for
the Commission to exempt wholesale generators from PUHCA 1935 on a
case-by-case basis, upon application. Following the repeal of PUHCA
1935 and the enactment of PUHCA 2005, in Order No. 667 \2\ the
Commission amended its regulations to add procedures for self-
certification by entities seeking exempt wholesale generator (EWG) and
foreign utility company (FUCO) status. This self-certification is
similar to the process available to entities that seek qualifying
facility status.
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\2\ Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and
Enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR.
75,592 (2005), FERC Statutes and Regulations ] 31,197 (2005) Order
on reh'g, 71 FR 28,446 (2006), FERC Statutes and Regulations ]
31,213 (2006), order on reh'g, 71 FR 42,750 (2006), FERC Statutes
and Regulations ] 31,224 (2006), order on reh'g, FERC ] 61,133
(2007).
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An EWG is a ``person engaged directly or indirectly through one or
more affiliates, and exclusively in the
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business of owning or operating, or both owning and operating, all or
part of one or more eligible facilities and selling electric energy at
wholesale.'' \3\ A FUCO is a company that ``owns or operates facilities
that are not located in any state and that are used for the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light,
or power, if such company: (1) Derives no part of its income, directly
or indirectly, from the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electric energy for sale or the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or power, within the United States;
and (2) neither the company nor any of its subsidiary companies is a
public-utility company operating in the United States''.\4\
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\3\ 18 CFR 366.1.
\4\ Ibid.
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An exempt EWG or FUCO or its representative may file with the
Commission a notice of self certification demonstrating that it
satisfies the definition of exempt wholesale generator or foreign
utility company. In the case of EWGs, the person filing a notice of
self certification must also file a copy of the notice of self
certification with the state regulatory authority of the state in which
the facility is located and that person must also represent to the
Commission in its submission that it has filed a copy of the notice
with the appropriate state regulatory authority.\5\
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\5\ 18 CFR 366.7.
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A submission of the information is necessary for the Commission to
carry out its responsibilities under EPAct 2005.\6\ The Commission
implements its responsibilities through the Code of Federal
Regulations, 18 CFR Part 366. These filing requirements are mandatory.
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\6\ 42 U.S.C. 16451 et seq.
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Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no change to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Number of Average burden Total annual
FERC data collection respondents responses per hours per burden hours
annually (1) respondent (2) response (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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Estimated cost to respondents is $72,549.27 [1,194 hours divided by
2080 hours \7\ per year, times $126,384 \8\ equals $72,549.27]. The
average cost per respondent is $364.57.
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\7\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
\8\ Average annual salary per employee.
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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.
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