Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment Request; Extension, 44781-44782 [2010-18594]
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Dated: July 26, 2010.
James H. Lecky,
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
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[Release No. 34–62552; File No. 265–26]
Joint CFTC–SEC Advisory Committee
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AGENCY:
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Regulatory Issues will hold a public
meeting on August 11, 2010, from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m., at the CFTC’s Washington, DC
headquarters. At the meeting, the
committee will continue its examination
of the market events of May 6, 2010.
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August 11, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Members of the public who wish to
submit written statements in connection
with the meeting should submit them by
August 10, 2010.
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rule-comments@sec.gov. If e-mailing
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Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F St., NE.,
Washington, DC 20549. Comments
mailed to this address should be
submitted in triplicate and should
refer to File No. 265–26.
Fax: (202) 418–5521.
Any statements submitted in connection
with the committee meeting will be
made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin White, Committee Management
Officer, at (202) 418–5129, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20581; Ronesha Butler,
Special Counsel, at (202) 551–5629,
Division of Trading and Markets,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F St., NE., Washington, DC 20549;
or Elizabeth M. Murphy, Committee
Management Officer, at (202) 551–5400,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F St., NE., Washington, DC 20549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agenda for the meeting will include (1)
committee organizational matters and
(2) hearing two industry panels
presenting views and information
regarding the market events of May 6,
2010.
The meeting will be webcast on the
CFTC’s Web site, www.cftc.gov.
Members of the public also can listen to
the meeting by telephone. The public
access call-in numbers will be
announced at a later date.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(a)(2).
Dated: July 23, 2010.
By the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
Martin White,
Committee Management Officer.
By the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC10–582–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–582); Comment
Request; Extension
July 22, 2010.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice of proposed information
collection and request for comments.
ACTION:
In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006), (Pub. L.
104–13), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is
soliciting public comment on the
proposed information collection
described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of
the collection of information are due 60
days after publication of this Notice in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed
either electronically (eFiled) or in paper
format, and should refer to Docket No.
IC10–582–000. Documents must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with Commission
submission guidelines at https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling instructions are
available at: https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp. First time users must
follow eRegister instructions at: https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
eregistration.asp, to establish a user
name and password before eFiling. The
Commission will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of eFiled
comments. Commenters making an
eFiling should not make a paper filing.
Commenters that are not able to file
electronically must send an original and
two (2) paper copies of their comments
to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket may do so through eSubscription
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp. In addition, all
comments and FERC issuances may be
viewed, printed or downloaded
remotely through FERC’s eLibrary at:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket No.
IC10–582. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by e-mail at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by: e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information required by FERC–582,
(‘‘Electric Fees; Annual Charges;
Waivers; and Exemptions;’’ OMB
Control No. 1902–0132) covers the filing
SUMMARY:
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requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under Title 18, part
381 1 and part 382.2
FERC–582 is used by the Commission
to implement the statutory provisions of
the Independent Offices Appropriation
Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701)
which authorizes the Commission to
establish fees for its services.3 In
addition, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42
U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission
‘‘to assess and collect fees and annual
charges in any fiscal year in amounts
equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.’’
In calculating electric fees and annual
charges, the Commission first
determines the total costs of its electric
regulatory program and then subtracts
all electric regulatory program filing fee
collections to determine the total
collectible electric regulatory program
costs. It then uses the data submitted
under FERC–582 4 to determine the total
megawatt-hours of transmission of
electric energy in interstate commerce.
This is measured by the sum of the
megawatt-hours (MWh) of all
unbundled transmission (including
MWh delivered in wheeling
transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the
megawatt-hours of all bundled
wholesale power sales (to the extent
these later megawatt-hours were not
separately reported as unbundled
transmission).
Public utilities and power marketers
subject to these annual charges must
submit FERC–582 data to the
Commission by April 30 of each year
(18 CFR 382.201). The Commission
issues bills for annual charges, and
public utilities and power marketers
then must pay the charges within 45
days of the Commission’s issuance of
the bill.
Requests for waivers and exemptions
of fees and charges (required by 18 CFR
Parts 381 and 382) are filed, based on
need. The Commission’s staff uses the
filer’s financial information to evaluate
the request for a waiver or exemption of
the obligation to pay a fee or an annual
charge.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the FERC–582
reporting requirements, with no
changes.
Burden Statement: The estimated
annual burden figures and costs follow.
Number of
respondents
Average
number of
reponses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
(1)
Information collection
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
FERC–582 1 2 (except 381.302, below) ...........................................................
Exemption/waiver of fee for declaratory order (under 381.302) .....................
73
6
1
1
3
2
219
12
Total ..........................................................................................................
79
1
........................
231
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $15,312 (231
hours/2080 hours 5 per year, times
$137,874 6).
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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;
1 Title 18 CFR 381.105, 381.106, 381.108,
381.302, and 381.305.
2 Title 18 CFR 382.102, 382.103, 382.105,
382.106, and 382.201.
3 The most recent ‘‘Annual Update of Filing Fees’’
was issued on 1/20/2010 and is posted at https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?file
ID=12249237. Other reporting requirements,
associated with the estimation of annual charges or
filing fees, are separate from the FERC–582 and not
a subject of Docket Number IC10–582 or the FERC–
582 clearance request. They are approved separately
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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
by OMB and include: (a) FERC–583 (‘‘Annual
Kilowatt Generating Report (Annual Charges),’’
OMB Control Number 1902–0136) for hydropower
generation facilities; (b) FERC Form No. 2 (Major
Natural Gas Pipeline Annual Report, OMB Control
Number 1902–0028), FERC Form No. 2A (NonMajor Natural Gas Pipeline Annual Report, OMB
Control Number 1902–0030), and FERC Form No.
6 (Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies, OMB
Control Number 1902–0022) for estimating charges
for natural gas and oil pipelines; and (c) FERC–587
(Land Description: Public Land States/Non-Public
Land States (Rectangular or Non Rectangular
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the agency’s estimate 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.
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Survey System Lands in Public Land States); OMB
Control Number 1902–0145) for estimating fees
associated with the use of Federal lands.
4 FERC–582 Annual Charges Reports are available
in FERC’s eLibrary system (at https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/elibrary.asp), by searching under the
document class and type of ‘‘Report/Form/Annual
Charges Report.’’
5 An employee works an estimated 2,080 hours
per year.
6 The estimated average annual cost per employee
is $137,874.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC10-582-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment
Request; Extension
July 22, 2010.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006),
(Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the proposed information
collection described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due 60 days after publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed either electronically (eFiled) or in
paper format, and should refer to Docket No. IC10-582-000. Documents
must be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with
Commission submission guidelines at https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling instructions are available at: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. First time users must follow
eRegister instructions at: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregistration.asp, to establish a user name and password before
eFiling. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the
sender's e-mail address upon receipt of eFiled comments. Commenters
making an eFiling should not make a paper filing. Commenters that are
not able to file electronically must send an original and two (2) paper
copies of their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in
this docket may do so through eSubscription at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. In addition, all comments and FERC
issuances may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely through FERC's
eLibrary at: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp, by searching
on Docket No. IC10-582. For user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by e-mail at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at (866)
208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by: e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information required by FERC-582,
(``Electric Fees; Annual Charges; Waivers; and Exemptions;'' OMB
Control No. 1902-0132) covers the filing
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requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under Title 18,
part 381 \1\ and part 382.\2\
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\1\ Title 18 CFR 381.105, 381.106, 381.108, 381.302, and
381.305.
\2\ Title 18 CFR 382.102, 382.103, 382.105, 382.106, and
382.201.
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FERC-582 is used by the Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA)
(31 U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for
its services.\3\ In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1986 (OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission ``to assess and
collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to
all the costs incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.''
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\3\ The most recent ``Annual Update of Filing Fees'' was issued
on 1/20/2010 and is posted at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=12249237. Other reporting requirements,
associated with the estimation of annual charges or filing fees, are
separate from the FERC-582 and not a subject of Docket Number IC10-
582 or the FERC-582 clearance request. They are approved separately
by OMB and include: (a) FERC-583 (``Annual Kilowatt Generating
Report (Annual Charges),'' OMB Control Number 1902-0136) for
hydropower generation facilities; (b) FERC Form No. 2 (Major Natural
Gas Pipeline Annual Report, OMB Control Number 1902-0028), FERC Form
No. 2A (Non-Major Natural Gas Pipeline Annual Report, OMB Control
Number 1902-0030), and FERC Form No. 6 (Annual Report of Oil
Pipeline Companies, OMB Control Number 1902-0022) for estimating
charges for natural gas and oil pipelines; and (c) FERC-587 (Land
Description: Public Land States/Non-Public Land States (Rectangular
or Non Rectangular Survey System Lands in Public Land States); OMB
Control Number 1902-0145) for estimating fees associated with the
use of Federal lands.
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In calculating electric fees and annual charges, the Commission
first determines the total costs of its electric regulatory program and
then subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee collections
to determine the total collectible electric regulatory program costs.
It then uses the data submitted under FERC-582 \4\ to determine the
total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy in interstate
commerce. This is measured by the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh) of
all unbundled transmission (including MWh delivered in wheeling
transactions and MWh delivered in exchange transactions) and the
megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale power sales (to the extent
these later megawatt-hours were not separately reported as unbundled
transmission).
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\4\ FERC-582 Annual Charges Reports are available in FERC's
eLibrary system (at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp),
by searching under the document class and type of ``Report/Form/
Annual Charges Report.''
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Public utilities and power marketers subject to these annual
charges must submit FERC-582 data to the Commission by April 30 of each
year (18 CFR 382.201). The Commission issues bills for annual charges,
and public utilities and power marketers then must pay the charges
within 45 days of the Commission's issuance of the bill.
Requests for waivers and exemptions of fees and charges (required
by 18 CFR Parts 381 and 382) are filed, based on need. The Commission's
staff uses the filer's financial information to evaluate the request
for a waiver or exemption of the obligation to pay a fee or an annual
charge.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
FERC-582 reporting requirements, with no changes.
Burden Statement: The estimated annual burden figures and costs
follow.
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Average
Number of number of Average Total burden
Information collection respondents reponses per burden hours hours
respondent per response
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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FERC-582 \1\ \2\ (except 381.302, below)........ 73 1 3 219
Exemption/waiver of fee for declaratory order 6 1 2 12
(under 381.302)................................
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Total....................................... 79 1 .............. 231
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $15,312
(231 hours/2080 hours \5\ per year, times $137,874 \6\).
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\5\ An employee works an estimated 2,080 hours per year.
\6\ The estimated average annual cost per employee is $137,874.
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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 estimate 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.
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