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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–716–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–716); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
January 28, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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
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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 (73FR70988,
11/24/2008) and has made this notation
in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 11, 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 No. 1902–0170 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. IC09–716–001. 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 website 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. IC09–716–001.
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: The FERC
is combining the requirements from
both FERC–716 (‘‘Good Faith Request
for Transmission Service and Response
by Transmitting Utility Under Sections
211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power
Act’’ (OMB No. 1902–0170)) and FERC–
716A (‘‘Application for Transmission
Services Under Section 211 of the
Federal Power Act’’ (OMB No. 1902–
0168)) for publication purposes into a
single notice. In addition, the
requirements will be labeled FERC–716
and consolidated into a single OMB
control no. (OMB No. 1902–0170).
The information collected under the
requirements of FERC–716 ‘‘Good Faith
Request for Transmission Service and
Response by Transmitting Utility Under
Sections 211(a) and 213 (a) of the
Federal Power Act’’ (existing/current
OMB No. 1902–0170) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of sections 211 and 213 of
the Federal Power Act (FPA) as
amended and added by the Energy
Policy Act 1992. For the initial process,
the information is not filed with the
Commission, however, the request and
response may be analyzed as a part of
a section 211 proceeding. This
collection of information covers the
information that must be contained in
the request and in the response. Should
the parties be unable to resolve
outstanding issues, an application may
be submitted to the FERC. The
Commission may order transmission
services under the authority of FPA 211.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992
amended section 211 of the FPA and
expanded the Commission’s authority to
order transmission service. Under the
revised section 211, the Commission
may order transmission services if it
finds that such action would be in the
public interest, would not unreasonably
impair the continued reliability of
electric systems affected by the order,
and would meet the requirements of
amended section 211 of the FPA.
The Commission’s policy statement
under Public Law 93–3, Policy
Statement Regarding Good Faith
Requests for Transmission Services and
Responses by Transmitting Utilities
Under Section 211(a) and 213(a) of the
Federal Power Act, as Amended,
implemented a data exchange between a
transmission requester and a
transmitting utility prior to the
submission of a section 211 request with
the Commission. Components of the
data exchange are identified in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), 18 CFR
2.20. The general policy sets forth
standards by which the Commission
determines whether and when a valid
good faith request for transmission has
been made under section 211 of the
FPA. In developing the standards, the
Commission sought to encourage an
open exchange of information with a
reasonable degree of specificity and
completeness between the party
requesting transmission services and the
transmitting utility. As a result, 18 CFR
2.20 identifies twelve components of a
good faith estimate and five components
of a reply to a good faith request.
Information in the data exchange is
not filed as noted above with the
Commission, unless negotiations
between the transmission requestor and
the transmitting utility have not been
successful and the transmission
requestor files a section 211 request
(formerly FERC–716A, OMB No. 1902–
0168, and incorporated herein) with the
Commission.
When negotiations are unsuccessful,
the information collected for the
‘‘Application for Transmission Services
Under Section 211 of the Federal Power
Act’’ is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 211 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) 16 U.S.C. (824) as amended by the
Energy Policy Act 1992 (Pub. L. 102–
486) 106 Stat. 2776. Under section 211,
the Commission may order transmission
services if it finds that such action
would be in the public interest and
would not unreasonably impair the
continued reliability of systems affected
by the order. The requirements are
detailed in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 36.
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
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours 1
(1)
FERC Data collection—FERC–716
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
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Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours 1
(1)
FERC Data collection—FERC–716
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
Application submitted to FERC if parties’ negotiations are unsuccessful .....
3
1
2.5
8
TOTAL 1 ..................................................................................................
3
2
..........................
308
For the information exchange, the
estimated cost burden 1 to respondents
is $18,228 (300 hours/2080 2 hours per
year times $126,384 3 per year average
per employee = $18,228). The cost per
respondent is $6,076. For the
application to FERC, the estimated cost
burden 1 to respondents is $486 (8
hours/2080 hours per year times
$126,384 per year average per employee
= $486). The cost per respondent is
$162.
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 estimates of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
1 The
figures may not be exact, due to rounding.
of hours an employee works each year.
3 Average annual salary per employee.
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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
Combined Notice of Filings
January 16, 2009.
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP09–128–001.
Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission,
LLC.
Description: Texas Gas Transmission,
LLC submits Third Revised Sheet 1801
et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised
Volume 1.
Filed Date: 01/14/2009.
Accession Number: 20090116–0108.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, January 26, 2009.
Docket Numbers: RP09–214–000.
Applicants: Gas Transmission
Northwest Corporation.
Description: Gas Transmission
Northwest Corp submits a refund report
reflecting interruptible transportation
revenue credits on their Coyote Springs
Later for the period of 11/1/07–10/31/
08.
Filed Date: 01/14/2009.
Accession Number: 20090116–0107.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, January 26, 2009.
Docket Numbers: CP06–459–002.
Applicants: Transwestern Pipeline
Company, LLC.
Description: Application of
Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC to
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amend initial incremental
transportation rates for the Phoenix
Expansion Project.
Filed Date: 01/07/2009.
Accession Number: 20090108–5014.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date. It
is not necessary to separately intervene
again in a subdocket related to a
compliance filing if you have previously
intervened in the same docket. 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.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. In reference
to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on
or before the comment deadline need
not be served on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St., NE. Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above proceedings
are accessible in the Commission’s
eLibrary system by clicking on the
appropriate link in the above list. They
are also 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC09-716-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-716); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
January 28, 2009.
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 the information collection requirements. Any interested
person may file comments directly with OMB
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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 (73FR70988, 11/24/2008) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 11,
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 No. 1902-0170 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. IC09-716-001.
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 website 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. IC09-716-001.
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: The FERC is combining the requirements from
both FERC-716 (``Good Faith Request for Transmission Service and
Response by Transmitting Utility Under Sections 211(a) and 213(a) of
the Federal Power Act'' (OMB No. 1902-0170)) and FERC-716A
(``Application for Transmission Services Under Section 211 of the
Federal Power Act'' (OMB No. 1902-0168)) for publication purposes into
a single notice. In addition, the requirements will be labeled FERC-716
and consolidated into a single OMB control no. (OMB No. 1902-0170).
The information collected under the requirements of FERC-716 ``Good
Faith Request for Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting
Utility Under Sections 211(a) and 213 (a) of the Federal Power Act''
(existing/current OMB No. 1902-0170) is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of sections 211 and 213 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act
1992. For the initial process, the information is not filed with the
Commission, however, the request and response may be analyzed as a part
of a section 211 proceeding. This collection of information covers the
information that must be contained in the request and in the response.
Should the parties be unable to resolve outstanding issues, an
application may be submitted to the FERC. The Commission may order
transmission services under the authority of FPA 211.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended section 211 of the FPA and
expanded the Commission's authority to order transmission service.
Under the revised section 211, the Commission may order transmission
services if it finds that such action would be in the public interest,
would not unreasonably impair the continued reliability of electric
systems affected by the order, and would meet the requirements of
amended section 211 of the FPA.
The Commission's policy statement under Public Law 93-3, Policy
Statement Regarding Good Faith Requests for Transmission Services and
Responses by Transmitting Utilities Under Section 211(a) and 213(a) of
the Federal Power Act, as Amended, implemented a data exchange between
a transmission requester and a transmitting utility prior to the
submission of a section 211 request with the Commission. Components of
the data exchange are identified in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), 18 CFR 2.20. The general policy sets forth standards by which
the Commission determines whether and when a valid good faith request
for transmission has been made under section 211 of the FPA. In
developing the standards, the Commission sought to encourage an open
exchange of information with a reasonable degree of specificity and
completeness between the party requesting transmission services and the
transmitting utility. As a result, 18 CFR 2.20 identifies twelve
components of a good faith estimate and five components of a reply to a
good faith request.
Information in the data exchange is not filed as noted above with
the Commission, unless negotiations between the transmission requestor
and the transmitting utility have not been successful and the
transmission requestor files a section 211 request (formerly FERC-716A,
OMB No. 1902-0168, and incorporated herein) with the Commission.
When negotiations are unsuccessful, the information collected for
the ``Application for Transmission Services Under Section 211 of the
Federal Power Act'' is used by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of section 211 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) 16
U.S.C. (824) as amended by the Energy Policy Act 1992 (Pub. L. 102-486)
106 Stat. 2776. Under section 211, the Commission may order
transmission services if it finds that such action would be in the
public interest and would not unreasonably impair the continued
reliability of systems affected by the order. The requirements are
detailed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 36.
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--FERC-716 respondents responses per hours per burden hours
annually respondent response \1\
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x
(3)
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Information exchange between parties........... 3 1 100 300
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Application submitted to FERC if parties' 3 1 2.5 8
negotiations are unsuccessful.................
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TOTAL \1\.................................. 3 2 ............... 308
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For the information exchange, the estimated cost burden \1\ to
respondents is $18,228 (300 hours/2080 \2\ hours per year times
$126,384 \3\ per year average per employee = $18,228). The cost per
respondent is $6,076. For the application to FERC, the estimated cost
burden \1\ to respondents is $486 (8 hours/2080 hours per year times
$126,384 per year average per employee = $486). The cost per respondent
is $162.
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\1\ The figures may not be exact, due to rounding.
\2\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
\3\ 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 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 estimates 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. E9-2287 Filed 2-3-09; 8:45 am]
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