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therefore, already NIMS-compliant
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The potential costs associated with
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Discussion of Costs and Benefits: The
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The benefit of the proposed priorities
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short- and long-term impacts for the
campus and the community, IHEs may
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these hazards, which in turn could
result in significant savings in health
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community. In summary, completing a
comprehensive emergency management
planning effort in advance of an
emergency will allow IHEs to prepare to
respond and recover from any type of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–912–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–912); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
November 25, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
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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
47567, 9/16/2009) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by January 4, 2010.
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–
0237 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. IC09–912–
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/submissionguide.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. IC09–912–001.
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:
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.
FERC–912
(‘‘Cogeneration and Small Power
Production, PURPA Section 210(m)
Regulations for Termination or
Reinstatement of Obligation to Purchase
or Sell,’’ OMB Control No. 1902–0237) 1
covers the reporting requirements in 18
CFR Part 292.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005, Pub. L. No.
109–58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005)) was signed
into law. Section 1253(a) of EPAct 2005
amends section 210 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
(PURPA) by adding subsection (m), that
provides for the termination and
reinstatement of an electric utility’s
obligation to purchase and sell energy
and capacity. The implementing
regulations in 18 CFR Part 292 (18 CFR
292.309–292.313) provide procedures
for:
fi An electric utility to file an
application for the termination of its
obligation to purchase energy from a
Qualifying Facility (QF) (18 CFR
292.310);
fi an affected entity or person to
apply to the Commission for an order
reinstating the electric utility’s
obligation to purchase energy from a QF
(18 CFR 292.311);
fi an electric utility to file an
application for the termination of its
obligation to sell energy and capacity to
QFs (18 CFR 292.312);
fi an affected entity or person to
apply to the Commission for an order
reinstating the electric utility’s
obligation to sell energy and capacity to
QFs (18 CFR 292.313).
ACTION: The Commission is
requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date for the FERC–
912, with no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Burden Statement: The public
reporting burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:
Annual
number
of respondents
obligation to
of obligation
obligation to
of obligation
Total annual burden hours
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
purchase in § 292.310 ..........................................................
to purchase in § 292.311 ......................................................
sell in § 292.312 ....................................................................
to sell in § 292.313 ...............................................................
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
12
13
12
13
48
13
12
13
Totals ..........................................................................................................................
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Termination of
Reinstatement
Termination of
Reinstatement
Average
burden
hours per
response
(1)
FERC–912
Average
number
of
reponses
per respondent
................
................
................
86
1 During its history, ‘‘FERC–912’’ has been known
by various ‘names’ and OMB control numbers.
Originally, FERC had wanted to include FERC–912
requirements in the FERC–556 ‘umbrella’ of
requirements. Because FERC–556 (‘‘Cogeneration
and Small Power Production;’’ OMB Control No.
1902–0075) was pending OMB review of another
rulemaking (in Docket No. RM05–36–000) prior to
the issuance of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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(NOPR) in RM06–10, the Commission used a
temporary identifier of ‘‘FERC–912’’.
‘‘FERC–912’’ was originally assigned the OMB
Control No. 1902–0219 at the NOPR stage.
However, prior to issuance of the final rule in
Docket RM06–10, OMB Control No. 1902–0219 was
eliminated from OMB’s inventory.
FERC–556 (OMB Control No. 1902–0075) was
then approved in RM05–36, so FERC used the
‘‘FERC–912(556)’’ identifier in the Final Rule in
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RM06–10. The Commission planned to transfer the
hours associated with ‘‘FERC–912(556)’’ in RM06–
10 to FERC–556. Page two of the OMB approval
(dated 2/23/2007) for ICR Reference Number
200611–1902–003 listed OMB Control No. 1902–
0237 as FERC–556.
Currently FERC–556 (OMB Control No. 1902–
0075) is pending OMB review, so this collection is
being called ‘‘FERC–912’’ and is being submitted
separately. FERC–556 is not a subject of this Notice.
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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $5,304.58 [(86
hours/2,080 hours 2 per year) ×
$128,297 3 per year].
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.
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2 Number
of hours an employee works each year.
mean annual salary of a lawyer.
3 Estimated
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13509–000]
Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy
Corporation; Notice of Amended
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing, and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
November 25, 2009.
On August 31, 2009, Little Susitna
Construction Company, Inc., filed an
application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the Turnagain Arm Tidal
Electric Generation Project (Turnagain
Arm Project or project), located on the
Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet and
adjacent lands of the Kenai Peninsula
Borough and the Municipality of
Anchorage, Alaska. On September 3,
2009, the Commission issued a Notice of
Acceptance of the August 31, 2009
application and sent an acceptance
letter to Little Susitna Construction
Company, Inc. Subsequently, on
November 17, 2009, Little Susitna
Construction Company, Inc. amended
its preliminary permit application to
change its name to Turnagain Arm Tidal
Energy Corporation.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 4.35, the
September 3, 2009 Notice of
Application and acceptance letter are
rescinded, and the acceptance date for
the application is now November 17,
2009.
The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any land
disturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners’ express permission.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) Proposed 8-mile-long
and 7.5-mile long tidal ‘‘fences’’
containing a total of 220 10-megawatt
(MW) Davis Turbine tidal-to-electrical
energy generating units (total installed
capacity equal to 2,200 MW)—the
8-mile-long tidal fence would extend
from just south of Fire Island to Kenai
Peninsula Borough land at Possession
Point and the 7.5-mile-long tidal fence
would extend from a point about 5–7
miles south of Fire Island to a point
offshore of Anchorage; (2) two proposed
control buildings—one near the
southwest end of the 8-mile-long tidal
fence at Possession Point (Possession
Point control building) and one in
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Anchorage along Raspberry Road
(Anchorage control building)—
containing equipment for controlling
the turbines and the interties of the
transmission lines to existing area
electrical grids; (3) a pair of proposed
44-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission lines extending southwest
from the Possession Point control
building to a Homer Electric substation
near the unincorporated community of
Nikiski; (4) a proposed single, 17-milelong, 230-kV above and below water
transmission line extending from the
Possession Point control building,
across the 8-mile-long tidal fence, and to
the Anchorage control building; (5) a
pair of proposed 10-mile-long, 230-kV
transmission lines extending from the
Anchorage control building to a
Chugach Electric substation in
Anchorage; (6) a proposed 18-mile-long,
230-kV above and below water
transmission line extending from the
Possession Point control building, over
the 7.5-mile-long tidal fence, and to the
Anchorage control building; and
(7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed
project would have an estimated average
annual generation of 11,560,000
megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Dominic S.F. Lee,
P.E., or Tamara L. Smith; Turnagain
Arm Tidal Energy Corporation; 821 N
St., Suite 201, Anchorage, AK 99501;
Ph. (907) 274–7571.
FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack, 202–502–
6073.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Comments, motions to intervene,
notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically
via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under the
‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit
these types of filings, please go to the
Commission’s Web site located at
https://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about
this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s
Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–13509) in the docket number field to
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC09-912-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-912); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
November 25, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the
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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 47567, 9/16/2009) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by January 4,
2010.
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 1902-0237 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. IC09-912-
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.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. IC09-912-001.
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: 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: FERC-912 (``Cogeneration and Small Power
Production, PURPA Section 210(m) Regulations for Termination or
Reinstatement of Obligation to Purchase or Sell,'' OMB Control No.
1902-0237) \1\ covers the reporting requirements in 18 CFR Part 292.
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\1\ During its history, ``FERC-912'' has been known by various
`names' and OMB control numbers. Originally, FERC had wanted to
include FERC-912 requirements in the FERC-556 `umbrella' of
requirements. Because FERC-556 (``Cogeneration and Small Power
Production;'' OMB Control No. 1902-0075) was pending OMB review of
another rulemaking (in Docket No. RM05-36-000) prior to the issuance
of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in RM06-10, the
Commission used a temporary identifier of ``FERC-912''.
``FERC-912'' was originally assigned the OMB Control No. 1902-
0219 at the NOPR stage. However, prior to issuance of the final rule
in Docket RM06-10, OMB Control No. 1902-0219 was eliminated from
OMB's inventory.
FERC-556 (OMB Control No. 1902-0075) was then approved in RM05-
36, so FERC used the ``FERC-912(556)'' identifier in the Final Rule
in RM06-10. The Commission planned to transfer the hours associated
with ``FERC-912(556)'' in RM06-10 to FERC-556. Page two of the OMB
approval (dated 2/23/2007) for ICR Reference Number 200611-1902-003
listed OMB Control No. 1902-0237 as FERC-556.
Currently FERC-556 (OMB Control No. 1902-0075) is pending OMB
review, so this collection is being called ``FERC-912'' and is being
submitted separately. FERC-556 is not a subject of this Notice.
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On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005, Pub.
L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005)) was signed into law. Section
1253(a) of EPAct 2005 amends section 210 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) by adding subsection (m), that
provides for the termination and reinstatement of an electric utility's
obligation to purchase and sell energy and capacity. The implementing
regulations in 18 CFR Part 292 (18 CFR 292.309-292.313) provide
procedures for:
[dec222] An electric utility to file an application for the
termination of its obligation to purchase energy from a Qualifying
Facility (QF) (18 CFR 292.310);
[dec222] an affected entity or person to apply to the Commission
for an order reinstating the electric utility's obligation to purchase
energy from a QF (18 CFR 292.311);
[dec222] an electric utility to file an application for the
termination of its obligation to sell energy and capacity to QFs (18
CFR 292.312);
[dec222] an affected entity or person to apply to the Commission
for an order reinstating the electric utility's obligation to sell
energy and capacity to QFs (18 CFR 292.313).
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date for the FERC-912, with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection
is estimated to be as follows:
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Average
Annual number of Average
FERC-912 number of reponses burden Total annual
respondents per hours per burden hours
respondent response
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(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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Termination of obligation to purchase in Sec. 292.310.. 4 1 12 48
Reinstatement of obligation to purchase in Sec. 292.311 1 1 13 13
Termination of obligation to sell in Sec. 292.312...... 1 1 12 12
Reinstatement of obligation to sell in Sec. 292.313.... 1 1 13 13
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Totals............................................... ........... .......... ......... 86
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $5,304.58
[(86 hours/2,080 hours \2\ per year) x $128,297 \3\ per year].
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\2\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
\3\ Estimated mean annual salary of a lawyer.
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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 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. E9-28919 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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