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‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4696. When
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view. Written requests for information
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to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
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collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s
intent to request OMB to renew
Information Collection Request Title:
OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance
Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 for
an additional four years that DOE is
developing for submission to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
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Issued in Washington, DC on August 4,
2011.
Terri T. Lee,
Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability.
Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before October 11,
2011. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Written comments may be
sent to:
Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of
Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–5860,
or by e-mail at
matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov.; and
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Matthew Grosso at
matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or https://
www.oe.energy.gov/node/11695.
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–5149; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: OE Recovery
Act Financial Assistance Grants; (3)
Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose:
To collect information on the status of
grantee activities, expenditures, and
results, to ensure that program funds are
being used appropriately, effectively
and expeditiously (especially important
for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 138;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 13,248; (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,035,000
for the first year, $552,000 each
subsequent year.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
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of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. IC11–516A–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC 516A); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
SUMMARY: 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)
has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of this information collection
requirement. 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 an
earlier Federal Register notice of May
27, 2011.
(76 FR 30927) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 9,
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
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0203 for reference. The Desk Officer
may be reached by telephone at 202–
395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD,
and should refer to Docket No. IC11–
516A–001. Documents must be prepared
in an acceptable filing format and in
compliance with Commission
submission guidelines at https://
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www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.
asp. eFiling and eSubscription are not
available for Docket No. IC11–516A–
001, due to a system issue.
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, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–516A, ‘‘Small
Generator Interconnection Agreements’’
(OMB No. 1902–0203), is used by the
Commission to enforce the statutory
provisions of sections 205 and 206 of
the Federal Power Act (FPA), as
amended by Title II, section 211 of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. 825d). FPA
sections 205 and 206 require the
Commission to remedy undue
discriminatory practices within
interstate electric utility operations.
The Commission amended its
regulations in 2005 with Order No. 2006
to require public utilities that own,
control, or operate facilities used for the
transmission of electric energy in
interstate commerce to amend their
Open Access Transmission Tariffs
(OATTs) to include a Commissionapproved pro forma interconnection
procedures document and a standard
interconnection agreement for the
interconnection of generating facilities
having a capacity of no more than 20
MW (Small Generators).1
Prior to Order No. 2006, the
Commission’s policy had been to
address interconnection issues on a
case-by-case basis. Although a number
of transmission providers had filed
interconnection procedures as part of
their OATTs, many industry
participants remained dissatisfied with
existing interconnection policies and
procedures. With an increasing number
of interconnection-related disputes, it
became apparent that the case-by-case
approach was an inadequate and
inefficient means to address
interconnection issues. This prompted
the Commission to adopt, in Order No.
2006, a single set of procedures for
jurisdictional transmission providers
and a single uniformly applicable
interconnection agreement for
transmission providers to use in
interconnecting with Small Generators.
With the incorporation of these
documents in their OATTs, there is no
longer a need for transmitting utilities to
file case-by-case interconnection
agreements and procedures with the
Commission. However, on occasion,
circumstances warrant non-conforming
agreements or a situation-specific set of
procedures. These non-conforming
documents must be filed in their
entirety with the Commission for review
and action.
The information collected is in
response to a mandatory requirement.
The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
part 35, 35.28(f).
ACTION: The Commission is
requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes
to the existing collection of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
Average
burden hours
per response
(3)
Total annual
burden hours
(1)×(2)×(3)
238 (maintenance of documents) ....................................................................................
40 (filing of non-conforming agreements) .......................................................................
278 Total Respondents ...................................................................................................
1
1
............................
1
25
............................
238
1,000
............................
Total ..........................................................................................................................
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Number of respondents annually
(1)
............................
............................
1,238
There was a one-time start-up cost to
comply with Order No. 2006
requirements that was included when
the Commission first sought
authorization for this information in
2005 and was removed in the last
submission to OMB under this
collection of information. The estimated
burden of the continued requirement to
maintain the procedures and agreement
documents in transmission providers’
OATTs is reflected herein as is the filing
of non-conforming interconnection
procedures and agreements that occur
on occasion.
The estimated total cost to
respondents is $84,739 (rounded) [1,238
hours divided by 2,080 hours per year,
times $142,372 2 equals $84,739]. The
average cost per respondent is
calculated to be $305 (rounded)
[$84,739 divided by 278].
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
1 Standardization of Small Generator
Interconnection Agreements and Procedures, Order
No. 2006, 70 FR 34189 (May 12, 2005), FERC Stats.
& Regs. ¶ 31,180 (2005).
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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 estimates 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
2 Average
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More information about this project 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–3107) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
call toll-free 1–866–208–3372.
Dated: August 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Dated: August 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3107–004]
[Project No. 13160–002]
Newfound Hydroelectric Company,
KTZ Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application
for Transfer of License, and Soliciting
Comments and Motions To Intervene
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burden of the collections 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.
Red River Hydro LLC; Notice of
Application Tendered For Filing With
the Commission and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
On July 25, 2011, Newfound
Hydroelectric Company (transferor) and
KTZ Hydro, LLC (transferee) filed an
application for transfer of license for the
Newfound Hydroelectric Project, No.
3107, located on the Newfound River in
Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Applicants seek Commission approval
to transfer the license for the Newfound
Hydroelectric Project from transferor to
transferee.
Applicants’ Contact: Transferor:
Nathan Wechsler, Newfound
Hydroelectric Company, 31 Bristol
Drive, Boynton Beach, FL 33436, (407)
736–5360. Transferee: Robert King, KTZ
Hydro, LLC, 42 Hurricane Rd., Keene,
NH 03431, (603) 352–3444.
FERC Contact: Jeremy M. Jessup (202)
502–6779, Jeremy.Jessup@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 30 days from the
issuance date of this notice. Comments
and motions to intervene may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original plus
seven copies should be mailed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 13160–002.
c. Date Filed: July 29, 2011.
d. Applicant: Red River Hydro LLC
(Red River), a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Symbiotics LLC.
e. Name of Project: Overton Lock and
Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project would be
located on the Red River in Rapides
Parish, Louisiana at an existing lock and
dam owned and operated by the U.S.
Corps of Engineers (Corps). The project
would occupy 42.5 acres of federal
lands managed by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L.
Smith, Chief Operating Officer,
Symbiotics LLC 371 Upper Terrace,
Suite 2, Bend, OR 97702; Telephone
(541)-330–8779.
i. FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella,
(202) 502–6406 or
Lesley.Kordella@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Project Description: The
project would be located at an existing
lock and dam owned and operated by
the Corps-Vicksburg District. The
existing lock and dam are part of the J.
Bennett Johnston Waterway, which was
authorized by Congress in 1968 to
stabilize river banks, straighten river
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bends, and maintain a 9-foot-deep, 200foot-wide channel for boat traffic. The
waterway consists of five locks and
dams and a number of cutoffs to shorten
the river.
The existing Overton dam is a
concrete gravity structure that is 104
feet in height and 914 feet in length. The
spillway consists of five 60-foot-wide
Tainter gates. The navigation lock is 84
feet wide by 685 feet long. The purpose
of the lock and dam system is
navigation and not storage. The upper
pool above the dam is commonly
referred to as ‘‘Pool 2’’. The Corps
maintains the upper pool at an elevation
of 64 feet. Pool 2 has a surface area of
approximately 3,750 acres and a storage
capacity of approximately 67,500 acrefeet.
The proposed Overton Lock and Dam
Project would consist of: (1) A
powerhouse located on the southwest
bank of the river at the existing dam’s
right abutment; (2) a headrace; (3) a
tailrace; (4) a new switchyard; (5) 3.9
miles of 138-kilovolt (kV) above-ground
transmission line; (6) three turbinegenerator units for a combined installed
capacity of 78 megawatts; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The projected
annual energy generation would be
255.7 gigawatt hours.
The project would operate in a run-ofrelease mode utilizing releases from
Pool 2 as they are dictated by the Corps,
with no proposed change to the Corps’
facility operation. In addition, no
changes to the reservoir pool elevations
or downstream river flows are proposed.
The project would generate power using
flows between 2,700 cfs (cubic feet per
second) and 49,800 cfs. If flows are less
than 2,700 cfs, all flow would go
through the Corps’ gates and the project
would then be offline. When flows are
greater than 49,800 cfs, the excess flow
would be directed through the Corps
gates.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item (h) above.
m. You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC11-516A-001]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC 516A); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
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 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review of this information collection requirement. 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 an earlier Federal Register notice
of May 27, 2011.
(76 FR 30927) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by September
9, 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 OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and include OMB Control Number 1902-0203 for
reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202-395-
4638.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either on paper or on
CD/DVD, and should refer to Docket No. IC11-516A-001. Documents must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with
Commission submission guidelines at https://
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www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling and eSubscription are
not available for Docket No. IC11-516A-001, due to a system issue.
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, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-516A, ``Small Generator Interconnection
Agreements'' (OMB No. 1902-0203), is used by the Commission to enforce
the statutory provisions of sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), as amended by Title II, section 211 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. 825d). FPA sections
205 and 206 require the Commission to remedy undue discriminatory
practices within interstate electric utility operations.
The Commission amended its regulations in 2005 with Order No. 2006
to require public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities
used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce to
amend their Open Access Transmission Tariffs (OATTs) to include a
Commission-approved pro forma interconnection procedures document and a
standard interconnection agreement for the interconnection of
generating facilities having a capacity of no more than 20 MW (Small
Generators).\1\
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\1\ Standardization of Small Generator Interconnection
Agreements and Procedures, Order No. 2006, 70 FR 34189 (May 12,
2005), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,180 (2005).
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Prior to Order No. 2006, the Commission's policy had been to
address interconnection issues on a case-by-case basis. Although a
number of transmission providers had filed interconnection procedures
as part of their OATTs, many industry participants remained
dissatisfied with existing interconnection policies and procedures.
With an increasing number of interconnection-related disputes, it
became apparent that the case-by-case approach was an inadequate and
inefficient means to address interconnection issues. This prompted the
Commission to adopt, in Order No. 2006, a single set of procedures for
jurisdictional transmission providers and a single uniformly applicable
interconnection agreement for transmission providers to use in
interconnecting with Small Generators.
With the incorporation of these documents in their OATTs, there is
no longer a need for transmitting utilities to file case-by-case
interconnection agreements and procedures with the Commission. However,
on occasion, circumstances warrant non-conforming agreements or a
situation-specific set of procedures. These non-conforming documents
must be filed in their entirety with the Commission for review and
action.
The information collected is in response to a mandatory
requirement. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 35, 35.28(f).
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Average burden Total annual
Number of respondents annually (1) responses per hours per burden hours
respondent (2) response (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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238 (maintenance of documents)............................ 1 1 238
40 (filing of non-conforming agreements).................. 1 25 1,000
278 Total Respondents..................................... ................ ................ ................
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Total................................................. ................ ................ 1,238
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There was a one-time start-up cost to comply with Order No. 2006
requirements that was included when the Commission first sought
authorization for this information in 2005 and was removed in the last
submission to OMB under this collection of information. The estimated
burden of the continued requirement to maintain the procedures and
agreement documents in transmission providers' OATTs is reflected
herein as is the filing of non-conforming interconnection procedures
and agreements that occur on occasion.
The estimated total cost to respondents is $84,739 (rounded) [1,238
hours divided by 2,080 hours per year, times $142,372 \2\ equals
$84,739]. The average cost per respondent is calculated to be $305
(rounded) [$84,739 divided by 278].
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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 estimates 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
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burden of the collections 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: August 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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