Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-519); Comment Request; Extension, 35871-35872 [2011-15255]
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disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
filing instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to this
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The cost estimate 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.
Dated: June 14, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC11–519–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–519); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection and request for comments.
AGENCY:
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
activities described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of
the collection of information are due
August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed
either electronically (eFiled) or in paper
format, and should refer to Docket No.
IC11–519–000. 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 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. 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. IC11–519. For user
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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:
Description
The FERC–519, ‘‘Application under
Federal Power Act section 203,’’ OMB
Control No. 1902–0082, is necessary to
enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
statutory provisions of section 203 of
the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824b. Section 203 authorizes the
Commission to grant approval of
transactions in which a public utility
disposes of jurisdictional facilities,
merges such facilities with the facilities
owned by another person or acquires
the securities of another public utility.
Under this statute, the Commission
must find that the proposed transaction
will be consistent with the public
interest.
Under section 203 of the FPA, FERC
must review proposed mergers,
acquisitions and dispositions of
jurisdictional facilities by public
utilities, if the value of the facilities
exceeds $10 million, and must approve
these transactions if they are consistent
with the public interest. One of FERC’s
overarching goals is to promote
competition in wholesale power
markets, having determined that
effective competition, as opposed to
traditional forms of price regulation, can
best protect the interests of ratepayers.
Market power, however, can be
exercised to the detriment of effective
competition and customers, making it
necessary for FERC to review and
approve or disapprove all jurisdictional
mergers, dispositions and acquisitions.
The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
part 33.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
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Number of responses annually
1
395
44,240
The estimated total cost to
respondents is $3,028,143 [44,240
hours/2,080 hours 1 per year, times
$142,372 2 equals $3,028,143]. The cost
per respondent annually is $27,037.
This is a decrease from 134 to currently
an average of 112 filings annually. The
Commission considers this a normal
fluctuation due to market activities and
filing times chosen. Utilities file
periodically; therefore the number of
filings is expected to continue to
fluctuate from year-to-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,
using 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
filing instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to this
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The cost estimate 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
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2 Average
of hours an employee works each year.
annual salary per employee (including
overhead).
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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.
Dated: June 14, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC11–603–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–603); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 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 a Notice in the Federal Register
(76 FR 18743, 4/5/2011) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–603 and has
made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by July 20, 2011.
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
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electronically, c/o
oira__submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0197 for 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. IC11–603–001. 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, 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. IC11–603–
001.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in
FERC Docket Number IC11–603 may do
so through eSubscription at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp. 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 e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collected under the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC11-519-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-519); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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 activities described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed either electronically (eFiled) or in
paper format, and should refer to Docket No. IC11-519-000. 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 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. 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. IC11-519. 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:
Description
The FERC-519, ``Application under Federal Power Act section 203,''
OMB Control No. 1902-0082, is necessary to enable the Commission to
carry out its responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions
of section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824b. Section
203 authorizes the Commission to grant approval of transactions in
which a public utility disposes of jurisdictional facilities, merges
such facilities with the facilities owned by another person or acquires
the securities of another public utility. Under this statute, the
Commission must find that the proposed transaction will be consistent
with the public interest.
Under section 203 of the FPA, FERC must review proposed mergers,
acquisitions and dispositions of jurisdictional facilities by public
utilities, if the value of the facilities exceeds $10 million, and must
approve these transactions if they are consistent with the public
interest. One of FERC's overarching goals is to promote competition in
wholesale power markets, having determined that effective competition,
as opposed to traditional forms of price regulation, can best protect
the interests of ratepayers. Market power, however, can be exercised to
the detriment of effective competition and customers, making it
necessary for FERC to review and approve or disapprove all
jurisdictional mergers, dispositions and acquisitions. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 33.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Average burden
Number of responses annually responses per hours per Total annual
respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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112.................................................... 1 395 44,240
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The estimated total cost to respondents is $3,028,143 [44,240
hours/2,080 hours \1\ per year, times $142,372 \2\ equals $3,028,143].
The cost per respondent annually is $27,037. This is a decrease from
134 to currently an average of 112 filings annually. The Commission
considers this a normal fluctuation due to market activities and filing
times chosen. Utilities file periodically; therefore the number of
filings is expected to continue to fluctuate from year-to-year.
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\1\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
\2\ Average annual salary per employee (including overhead).
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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, using 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 filing instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to this collection of information;
(5) searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection
of information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information.
The cost estimate 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.
Dated: June 14, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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