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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–592–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–592); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
December 3, 2009.
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AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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
issued two Notices related to FERC–592
that were published in the Federal
Register: (a) ‘‘Commission Information
Collection Activities (FERC–592);
Comment Request; Extension’’ (74FR
50176, 9/30/2009), and (b) ‘‘Request for
Comment on and Emergency ShortTerm Clearance Extension of OMB
Approval for FERC–592’’ (74FR58010,
11/10/2009). FERC received no
comments from these notices and has
made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by January 11,
2010.
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–
0157 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. IC09–592–
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 two
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. IC09–592–001.
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.
ADDRESSES:
FERC–592
(‘‘Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Providers; and Marketing
Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines,’’ OMB
No. 1902–0157) includes the reporting,
recordkeeping, and posting
requirements in:
• 18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of
Conduct),
• 18 CFR 250.16, and
• FERC Form No. 592 log/format, that
is posted at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/eforms.asp#592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Hereafter, this Notice will refer to this
group of collections of information as
‘‘FERC–592.’’
Under section 4 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA), the Commission has the
regulatory responsibility to ensure that
pipeline rates and terms and conditions
of service are just and reasonable and
not unduly discriminatory. In order to
ensure just and reasonable rates and
services, the Commission must achieve
two objectives: Prevent undue
discrimination in natural gas markets,
and promote competitive and efficient
markets while mitigating market power.
In short, the Commission’s regulatory
policy must seek to reconcile the
objectives of fostering an efficient
market that provides good alternatives
to as many shippers as possible, while
at the same time creating a regulatory
framework that is fair and protects
captive customers without good
alternatives.
The ‘‘FERC–592’’ information (that is
posted on the Web site, maintained,
and/or provided by the respondents, as
required) is used by the Commission to
monitor the pipeline’s transportation,
sales, and storage activities for its
marketing affiliate, and to deter undue
discrimination by pipeline companies
in favor of their affiliates. The
information is also used by nonaffiliated shippers, customers, and
others (such as state commissions) to
determine whether they have been
harmed by affiliate preference and, in
some cases, to prepare evidence for
proceedings following the filing of a
complaint or that address NGA section
4 rate cases.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the expiration
date for the FERC–592, with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden 1 for this collection is estimated
as follows.
1 The average number of hours an employee
works per year is 2,080. The average employee costs
$128,297 per year.
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Number of
respondents
annually
(1)
Information collection ‘‘FERC–592’’
(OMB No. 1902–0157)
18 CFR Part 358 .......................................................................................
18 CFR 250.16 ..........................................................................................
FERC Form No. 592 log/format .................................................................
Number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
85
Average
burden hours
per response
(3)
1
Total annual
burden hours
(1) × (2) × (3)
116.62
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[Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding.]
The total estimated annual cost
burden 1 to respondents is $611,446.22
[(9,913 hours/2,080 hours per year) ×
$128,297/year]. The average annual cost
per respondent is $7,193.48.
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
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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. ER09–870–001]
Ameren Energy Marketing Company;
Notice of Filing
Take notice that on November 24,
2009, Ameren Energy Marketing
Company filed an amendment to the
compliance filing submitted on June 2,
2009, pursuant to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
Order issued May 11, 2009, Ameren
Energy Marketing Co., 127 FERC
¶ 61,131.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
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. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant and
all the parties in this proceeding.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
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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 notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on December 15, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER09–1142–003]
New York Independent System
Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing
December 3, 2009.
Take notice that on November 30,
2009, the New York Independent
System Operator, Inc., pursuant to Rule
212 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.212
(2009), filed a motion to defer effective
date of previously accepted tariff
revisions that were conditionally
accepted by the Commission’s
November 20, 2009 Order, New York
Independent System Operator, Inc., 129
FERC ¶ 61,164, until January 1, 2010
and request for waivers.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
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. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC09-592-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-592); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
December 3, 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 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 issued two Notices related to FERC-592 that were
published in the Federal Register: (a) ``Commission Information
Collection Activities (FERC-592); Comment Request; Extension'' (74FR
50176, 9/30/2009), and (b) ``Request for Comment on and Emergency
Short-Term Clearance Extension of OMB Approval for FERC-592''
(74FR58010, 11/10/2009). FERC received no comments from these notices
and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by January 11,
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 1902-0157 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. IC09-592-
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 two 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. IC09-592-001.
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-592 (``Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Providers; and Marketing Affiliates of Interstate
Pipelines,'' OMB No. 1902-0157) includes the reporting, recordkeeping,
and posting requirements in:
18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of Conduct),
18 CFR 250.16, and
FERC Form No. 592 log/format, that is posted at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eforms.asp#592.
Hereafter, this Notice will refer to this group of collections of
information as ``FERC-592.''
Under section 4 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), the Commission has
the regulatory responsibility to ensure that pipeline rates and terms
and conditions of service are just and reasonable and not unduly
discriminatory. In order to ensure just and reasonable rates and
services, the Commission must achieve two objectives: Prevent undue
discrimination in natural gas markets, and promote competitive and
efficient markets while mitigating market power. In short, the
Commission's regulatory policy must seek to reconcile the objectives of
fostering an efficient market that provides good alternatives to as
many shippers as possible, while at the same time creating a regulatory
framework that is fair and protects captive customers without good
alternatives.
The ``FERC-592'' information (that is posted on the Web site,
maintained, and/or provided by the respondents, as required) is used by
the Commission to monitor the pipeline's transportation, sales, and
storage activities for its marketing affiliate, and to deter undue
discrimination by pipeline companies in favor of their affiliates. The
information is also used by non-affiliated shippers, customers, and
others (such as state commissions) to determine whether they have been
harmed by affiliate preference and, in some cases, to prepare evidence
for proceedings following the filing of a complaint or that address NGA
section 4 rate cases.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
expiration date for the FERC-592, with no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden \1\ for this collection
is estimated as follows.
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\1\ The average number of hours an employee works per year is
2,080. The average employee costs $128,297 per year.
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Average
Information collection ``FERC-592'' (OMB No. Number of Number of burden hours Total annual
1902-0157) respondents responses per per response burden hours (1)
annually (1) respondent (2) (3) x (2) x (3)
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18 CFR Part 358.............................. .............. .............. .............. .................
18 CFR 250.16................................ .............. .............. .............. .................
FERC Form No. 592 log/format................. 85 1 116.62 9,913
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[Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding.]
The total estimated annual cost burden \1\ to respondents is
$611,446.22 [(9,913 hours/2,080 hours per year) x $128,297/year]. The
average annual cost per respondent is $7,193.48.
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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