Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-915); Comment Request; Extension, 28863-28864 [2012-11831]
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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $5,054 [73.25
hours ÷ 2,080 5 hours/year = 0.03521 *
$143,540/year 6 = $5,054].
The estimated annual cost of filing the
FERC–585 per response is $2,527
[$5,054 ÷ 2 responses = $2,527/
response].
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: May 10, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–11830 Filed 5–15–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–13–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–915); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC–915, Public Utility
Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders—Records Retention
Requirement.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC12–13–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Title: FERC–915 and Public Utility
Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders—Records Retention
Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0223.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–915 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission has the
regulatory responsibility under section
205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) to
ensure that wholesale sales of electricity
are just and reasonable and provided in
a non-discriminatory manner. The
Commission uses the information
maintained by the respondents under
FERC–915 to monitor the entities’ sales,
ensure that the prices are just and
reasonable, maintain the integrity of the
wholesale jurisdictional sales markets,
and ensure that the entities comply with
the requirements of the FPA (i.e., the
Commission’s regulations) and any
orders authorizing market-based rate
sales.
Type of Respondents: Public Utility
Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
FERC–915 (IC12–13–000)—PUBLIC UTILITY MARKET-BASED RATE AUTHORIZATION HOLDERS—RECORDS RETENTION
REQUIREMENT
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
(A)
(B)
(A) × (B) = (C)
(D)
(C) × (D)
2 1,730
1
1,730
1
1,730
Electric Utilities with Market-Based Rate Authority .............
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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $386,073
[$32,870 (labor costs) + $315,792 (record
retention/storage cost) + $37,411
(electronic record-keeping cost) =
$386,073].
• Labor costs: 1,730 hours * $19/
hours 3 = $32,870.
• Record retention/storage cost (using
an estimate of 48,891 cubic feet):
$315,792.4
5 2,080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1
year).
6 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.
1 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
2 Electric utilities with approved market-based
rate authority—https://www.ferc.gov/industries/
electric/gen-info/mbr/list.asp as of 4/30/2012.
3 2012 average hourly wage of filing clerk working
within an electric utility.
4 The Commission bases this figure on industry
archival storage costs.
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• Electronic record retention/storage
cost: $37,411.25 [1,730 hours ÷ 2 = 865
hours * $28/hour 5 = $24,220; 6
electronic record storage cost: 865 *
$15.25/year 7 = $13,191; total electronic
record storage cost: $37,411].
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: May 10, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP12–11–001]
Elba Express Company, L.L.C.; Notice
of Amendment to Petition To Amend
Order Issuing Certificate
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Take notice that on May 3, 2012, Elba
Express Company, L.L.C. (Elba Express),
located at 569 Brookwood Village, Suite
501, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, filed
an Amendment to its Petition To
Amend Order Issuing Certificate
(Amendment to Petition To Amend) in
the above referenced docket pursuant to
section 385.207 and 385.2001 of the
Commission’s regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) to amend their
certificate issued in Docket No. CP06–
471–000. Elba Express filed a Petition
To Amend Order Issuing Certificate on
October 31, 2011 (Petition To Amend)
in Docket No. CP12–11–000, requesting
authorization to change the location of
the Phase B Compression from Jenkins
County, Georgia to Elbert County,
Georgia. As noticed herein, this
amendment requests the Commission
5 The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on
a FERC staff study that included estimating public
utility recordkeeping costs.
6 Only 50% of records are retained in electronic
formats.
7 Per entity; the Commission bases this figure on
the estimated cost to service and to store 1 GB of
data (based on the aggregated cost of an IBM
advanced data protection server).
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consider a site in Hart County, Georgia,
as the preferred site for the Phase B
Compression. Elba Express notes that
the horsepower and incremental
capacity will remain the same as that
requested in the Petition To Amend, all
as more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. The
filing is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may be viewed on the
Commission’s Web site Web 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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Pamela
R. Donaldson, Principal Regulatory
Analyst, Elba Express Company, L.L.C.,
569 Brookwood Village, Suite 501,
Birmingham, Alabama 35209, by
telephone at (205) 325–3739 or by email
at pam.donaldson@elpaso.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA
(18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining
party status will be placed on the
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service list maintained by the Secretary
of the Commission and will receive
copies of all documents filed by the
applicant and by all other parties. A
party must submit 7 copies of filings
made in the proceeding with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party.
Only parties to the proceeding can ask
for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, 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 seven 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
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
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[FR Doc No: 2012-11831]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC12-13-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-915); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
currently approved information collection, FERC-915, Public Utility
Market-Based Rate Authorization Holders--Records Retention Requirement.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC12-13-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web Site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-915 and Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders--Records Retention Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0223.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-915 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The Commission has the regulatory responsibility under
section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) to ensure that wholesale
sales of electricity are just and reasonable and provided in a non-
discriminatory manner. The Commission uses the information maintained
by the respondents under FERC-915 to monitor the entities' sales,
ensure that the prices are just and reasonable, maintain the integrity
of the wholesale jurisdictional sales markets, and ensure that the
entities comply with the requirements of the FPA (i.e., the
Commission's regulations) and any orders authorizing market-based rate
sales.
Type of Respondents: Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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\1\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\2\ Electric utilities with approved market-based rate
authority--https://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/gen-info/mbr/list.asp as of 4/30/2012.
FERC-915 (IC12-13-000)--Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization Holders--Records Retention Requirement
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Number of Average burden
Number of responses per Total number of hours per Estimated total
respondents respondent responses response annual burden
(A) (B) (A) x (B) = (C) (D) (C) x (D)
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Electric Utilities with Market-Based Rate Authority................ \2\ 1,730 1 1,730 1 1,730
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $386,073
[$32,870 (labor costs) + $315,792 (record retention/storage cost) +
$37,411 (electronic record-keeping cost) = $386,073].
Labor costs: 1,730 hours * $19/hours \3\ = $32,870.
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\3\ 2012 average hourly wage of filing clerk working within an
electric utility.
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Record retention/storage cost (using an estimate of 48,891
cubic feet): $315,792.\4\
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\4\ The Commission bases this figure on industry archival
storage costs.
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Electronic record retention/storage cost: $37,411.25
[1,730 hours / 2 = 865 hours * $28/hour \5\ = $24,220; \6\ electronic
record storage cost: 865 * $15.25/year \7\ = $13,191; total electronic
record storage cost: $37,411].
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\5\ The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on a FERC staff
study that included estimating public utility recordkeeping costs.
\6\ Only 50% of records are retained in electronic formats.
\7\ Per entity; the Commission bases this figure on the
estimated cost to service and to store 1 GB of data (based on the
aggregated cost of an IBM advanced data protection server).
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 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 and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: May 10, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11831 Filed 5-15-12; 8:45 am]
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