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retain, for a period of five years, all data
and information upon which they bill
the prices charged for ‘‘electric energy
or electric energy products it sold
pursuant to Seller’s market-based rate
tariff, and the prices it reported for use
in price indices.’’
The record retention period of five
years is necessary due to the importance
of records related to any investigation of
possible wrongdoing and related to
assuring compliance with the codes of
conduct and the integrity of the market.
The requirement is necessary to ensure
consistency with the rule prohibiting
market manipulation (adopted in Order
No. 670) and the generally applicable
five-year statute of limitations where the
Commission seeks civil penalties for
violations of the anti-manipulation rules
or other rules, regulations, or orders to
which the price data may be relevant.
Action: FERC is requesting a threeyear extension of the current expiration
date for the FERC–915,1 with no
changes to the requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
at:
Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
FERC requirements
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
1,150
1
1
1,150
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FERC–915 ........................................................................................................
The estimated total annual cost to
respondents includes hours for labor
(1,150 hrs. at $17 per hour, for a labor
cost of $19,550) and storage costs (using
an estimated 65,000 cu. ft of records in
off-site storage, for a total storage cost of
$419,858). The total annual cost (labor
plus off-site storage) is $439,408; the
total annual cost per respondent is $382.
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 estimate of the burden of
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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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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–916–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–916); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
June 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
USC 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) 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
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received no comments in response to
the Federal Register notice (74FR
15471, 4/6/2009) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by July 10, 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–
0224 as a point of reference. The Desk
Officer may be reached by telephone at
202–395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and should refer to Docket
No. IC09–916–001. 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
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Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, and should refer
to Docket No. IC09–916–001.
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:
Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at
ellen.brown@ferc.gov.
The
Commission is requesting comments on
the record retention requirements of
FERC–916,1 ‘‘Record Retention
Requirements for Pipelines Providing
Unbundled Sales Service, and Persons
Holding Blanket Marketing
Certificates,’’ OMB Control No. 1902–
0224. The FERC–916 record retention
requirements are contained in 18 CFR
284.288(b) and 284.403(b).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Commission’s regulations at 18
CFR 284.288 and 284.403 provide that
applicable sellers of natural gas adhere
to a code of conduct when making gas
sales in order to protect the integrity of
the market. The Commission imposes
the FERC–916 record retention
requirement on applicable sellers to
‘‘retain, for a period of five years, all
data and information upon which it
billed the prices it charged for natural
gas it sold pursuant to its market based
sales certificate or the prices it reported
for use in price indices.’’ FERC uses the
FERC–916 records to monitor the
jurisdictional transportation activities
and unbundled sales activities of
interstate natural gas pipelines and
blanket marketing certificate holders.
The record retention period of five
years is necessary due to the importance
of records related to any investigation of
possible wrongdoing and related to
assuring compliance with the codes of
conduct and the integrity of the market.
The requirement is necessary to ensure
consistency with the rule prohibiting
market manipulation (regulations
adopted in Order No. 670,
implementing the EPAct 2005 antimanipulation provisions) 2 and the
generally applicable five-year statute of
limitations where the Commission seeks
civil penalties for violations of the antimanipulation rules or other rules,
regulations, or orders to which the price
data may be relevant.
Failure to have this information
available would mean the Commission
is unable to perform its regulatory
functions and to monitor and evaluate
transactions and operations of interstate
pipelines and blanket marketing
certificate holders.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date for the FERC–916, with
no changes to the requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
at:
Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual burden
hours
(1)
FERC
requirements
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
222
1
1
222
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FERC–916 ........................................................................................
The estimated total annual cost to
respondents includes hours for labor
(222 hrs. at $17 per hour, for a labor cost
of $3,774) and record storage costs
(using an estimated 12,548 cu. ft of
records in off-site storage, for a total
record storage cost of $81,051). The total
annual cost (labor plus off-site record
storage) is $84,825; the total annual cost
per respondent is $382.
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
collection of information on those who
1 FERC–916 was formerly called ‘‘FERC–
916(549),’’ with the intent of consolidating the
FERC–916 into the FERC–549 (OMB Control No.
1902–0086). FERC has decided not to consolidate
the FERC–916 into the FERC–549, so this Notice
deals only with the FERC–916 requirements.
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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
[Docket No. IC09–914–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–914); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
June 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC09-916-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-916); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
June 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) 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 (74FR 15471, 4/6/2009) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by July 10,
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 1902-0224 as a
point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at
202-395-4638.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission and should refer to Docket No. IC09-916-001.
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
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Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should
refer to Docket No. IC09-916-001.
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: Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502-8663, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at
ellen.brown@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is requesting comments on the
record retention requirements of FERC-916,\1\ ``Record Retention
Requirements for Pipelines Providing Unbundled Sales Service, and
Persons Holding Blanket Marketing Certificates,'' OMB Control No. 1902-
0224. The FERC-916 record retention requirements are contained in 18
CFR 284.288(b) and 284.403(b).
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\1\ FERC-916 was formerly called ``FERC-916(549),'' with the
intent of consolidating the FERC-916 into the FERC-549 (OMB Control
No. 1902-0086). FERC has decided not to consolidate the FERC-916
into the FERC-549, so this Notice deals only with the FERC-916
requirements.
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The Commission's regulations at 18 CFR 284.288 and 284.403 provide
that applicable sellers of natural gas adhere to a code of conduct when
making gas sales in order to protect the integrity of the market. The
Commission imposes the FERC-916 record retention requirement on
applicable sellers to ``retain, for a period of five years, all data
and information upon which it billed the prices it charged for natural
gas it sold pursuant to its market based sales certificate or the
prices it reported for use in price indices.'' FERC uses the FERC-916
records to monitor the jurisdictional transportation activities and
unbundled sales activities of interstate natural gas pipelines and
blanket marketing certificate holders.
The record retention period of five years is necessary due to the
importance of records related to any investigation of possible
wrongdoing and related to assuring compliance with the codes of conduct
and the integrity of the market. The requirement is necessary to ensure
consistency with the rule prohibiting market manipulation (regulations
adopted in Order No. 670, implementing the EPAct 2005 anti-manipulation
provisions) \2\ and the generally applicable five-year statute of
limitations where the Commission seeks civil penalties for violations
of the anti-manipulation rules or other rules, regulations, or orders
to which the price data may be relevant.
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\2\ 18 CFR 1c.1 and 1c.2, 71 FR 4,244 (2006).
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Failure to have this information available would mean the
Commission is unable to perform its regulatory functions and to monitor
and evaluate transactions and operations of interstate pipelines and
blanket marketing certificate holders.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date for the FERC-916, with no changes to the
requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated at:
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Number of Number of Average burden
FERC requirements respondents responses per hours per Total annual burden
annually respondent response hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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FERC-916........................... 222 1 1 222
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The estimated total annual cost to respondents includes hours for
labor (222 hrs. at $17 per hour, for a labor cost of $3,774) and record
storage costs (using an estimated 12,548 cu. ft of records in off-site
storage, for a total record storage cost of $81,051). The total annual
cost (labor plus off-site record storage) is $84,825; the total annual
cost per respondent is $382.
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 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. E9-13542 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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