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On January 31, 2012, the U.S.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4,
2013.
Patricia A. Hoffman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–03021 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP13–58–000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;
Prior Notice of Activity Under Blanket
Certificate
On January 24, 2013, National Fuel
Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel)
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) an
application under section 7 of the
Natural Gas Act and Sections 157.205
and 157.216 of the Commission’s
regulations for authorization to abandon
facilities at its Boone Mountain Storage
Field located in Elk County,
Pennsylvania. National Fuel seeks
authority to plug and abandon Well
4940 and to abandon the associated well
line F–W4940. Well 4940 has not
contributed to storage field
deliverability since 2005, so the
abandonment will not affect overall
storage field performance.
Questions regarding this application
may be directed to David W. Reitz,
Deputy General Counsel, National Fuel
Gas Supply Corporation, 6363 Main
Street, Williamsville, New York 14221,
or by calling 716–857–7949.
Any person or the Commission’s staff
may, within 60 days after issuance of
the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and pursuant to Section
157.205 of the regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
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authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for filing a protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the allowed time
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of
the NGA.
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 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, on
or before the comment date. It is not
necessary to serve motions to intervene
or protests on persons other than the
Applicant.
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 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.
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Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on April 2, 2013.
Dated: February 1, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–02933 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC13–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–60, FERC–61, &
FERC–555A); Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
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Comment request.
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting the information
collections [FERC–60 (Annual Report of
Centralized Service Companies), FERC–
61 (Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies and
Service Companies Subject to
PUHCA 1)] 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
(70 FR 70996, 11/28/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–60, FERC–61, &
FERC–555A and is making this notation
in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 13, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0215, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, identified by the Docket
No. IC13–3–000, 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
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SUMMARY:
1 Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005
Books and Records Access Provision
3 Non-Power Goods and Services Provision
2 Federal
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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, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–60 (Annual Report of
Centralized Service Companies), FERC–
61 (Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies and
Service Companies Subject to PUHCA.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0215.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–60, FERC–61, & FERC–
555A information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, was signed
into law, repealing the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA
1935) and enacting the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA
2005). Section 1264 2 and Section 1275 3
of PUHCA 2005 supplemented FERC’s
existing ratemaking authority under the
Federal Power Act (FPA) to protect
customers against improper crosssubsidization or encumbrances of public
utility assets, and similarly, FERC’s
ratemaking authority under the Natural
Gas Act (NGA). These provisions of
PUHCA 2005 supplemented the FERC’s
broad authority under FPA Section 301
and NGA section 8 to obtain the books
and records of regulated companies and
any person that controls or is under the
influence of such companies if relevant
to jurisdictional activities.
FERC Form 60
Form No. 60 is an annual reporting
requirement under 18 CFR 366.23 for
centralized service companies. The
report’s function is to collect financial
information (including balance sheet,
assets, liabilities, billing and charges for
associated and non-associated
companies) from centralized service
companies subject to the jurisdiction of
the FERC. Unless Commission rule
exempts or grants a waiver pursuant to
18 CFR 366.3 and 366.4 to the holding
company system, every centralized
service company in a holding company
system must prepare and file
electronically with the FERC the Form
4 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
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No. 60, pursuant to the General
Instructions in the form.
FERC–61
FERC–61 is a filing requirement for
service companies in holding company
systems (including special purpose
companies) that are currently exempt or
granted a waiver of FERC’s regulations
and would not have to file FERC Form
60. Instead, those service companies are
required to file, on an annual basis, a
narrative description of the service
company’s functions during the prior
calendar year (FERC–61). In complying,
a holding company may make a single
filing on behalf of all of its service
company subsidiaries.
FERC–555A
FERC prescribed a mandated
preservation of records requirements for
holding companies and service
companies (unless otherwise exempted
by FERC). This requires them to
maintain and make available to FERC,
their books and records. The
preservation of records requirement
provides for uniform records retention
by holding companies and centralized
service companies subject to PUHCA
2005.
Data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A provide a level of
transparency that: (1) Helps protect
ratepayers from pass-through of
improper service company costs, (2)
enables FERC to review and determine
cost allocations (among holding
company members) for certain nonpower goods and services, (3) aids FERC
in meeting its oversight and market
monitoring obligations, and (4) benefits
the public, both as ratepayers and
investors. In addition, the FERC’s audit
staff used these records during
compliance reviews and special
analyses.
If data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A were not available,
FERC would not be able to meet its
statutory responsibilities, under EPAct
1992, EPAct of 2005, and PUHCA 2005,
and FERC would not have all of the
regulatory mechanisms necessary to
ensure customer protection.
Type of Respondents: Electric
transmission facilities
Estimate of Annual Burden 4: The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
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FERC–60 (ANNUAL REPORT OF CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES), FERC–61 (NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
COMPANY FUNCTIONS), & FERC–555A (PRESERVATION OF RECORDS COMPANIES AND SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO PUHCA)
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)
FERC–60 .............................................................................
FERC–61 .............................................................................
FERC–555A .........................................................................
34
82
100
1
1
1
34
82
100
75
0.5
1,080
2,550
41
108,000
Total ..............................................................................
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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $4,735,093.16
[$306,000 (FERC Form 60) + $2,829.41
(FERC–61) + $4,426,263.75 (FERC–
555A) = $4,735,093.16]
FERC Form 60: 2,550 hours * $120/
hour = $306,000
FERC–61: 41 hours * $69.01/hour =
$2,829.41
FERC–555A 5:
• Labor costs for paper storage:
108,000 hours * $19/hours 6 =
$2,052,000
• Record Retention/storage cost for
paper storage (using an estimate of 6,000
ft 3): $38,763.75
• Electronic record retention/storage
cost: $2,335,500 [108,000 hours ÷ 2 =
54,000 * $28/hour 7 = $1,512,000;
electronic record storage cost: 54,000
hours * $15.25/year 8 = $823,500; total
electronic record storage: $2,335,500]
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.
5 Internal analysis assumes 50% electronic and
50% paper storage
6 2012 average hourly wage of filing clerk working
within an electric utility
7 The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on
a FERC staff study that included estimating public
utility recordkeeping costs.
8 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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Dated: February 5, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–03009 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP13–59–000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of
Application
Take notice that on January 25, 2013,
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(Dominion), 120 Tredegar Street,
Richmond, VA 23219, filed an
application in Docket No. CP13–59–000
pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the
Commission’s regulations, requesting
authorization to abandon by sale Line
No. TL–404 to Dominion Natrium
Holdings, Inc. and ultimately, Blue
Racer Midstream, LLC, all as more fully
set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to
public inspection.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Machelle
F. Grim, Director, Gas Regulation,
Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 701
E. Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219, by
telephone at (804) 771–3805, by
facsimile at (804) 771–4804, or by email
at Machelle.F.Grim@dom.com or
Margaret H. Peters, Assistant General
Counsel, Dominion Resources Services,
Inc., 701 E. Cary Street, Richmond, VA
23219, by telephone at (804) 771–3992,
by facsimile at (804) 771–3940, or by
email at Margaret.H.Peters@dom.com.
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
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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 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
an original and 7 copies of filings made
with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other
party in the proceeding. 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.
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 7 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC13-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-60, FERC-61, &
FERC-555A); Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information
collections [FERC-60 (Annual Report of Centralized Service Companies),
FERC-61 (Narrative Description of Service Company Functions), and FERC-
555A (Preservation of Records Companies and Service Companies Subject
to PUHCA \1\)] 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 (70 FR 70996, 11/28/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-60, FERC-61, &
FERC-555A and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
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\1\ Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 13,
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2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0215, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be
reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. IC13-3-000, 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, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-60 (Annual Report of Centralized Service Companies),
FERC-61 (Narrative Description of Service Company Functions), and FERC-
555A (Preservation of Records Companies and Service Companies Subject
to PUHCA.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0215.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-60, FERC-61, &
FERC-555A information collection requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, was
signed into law, repealing the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 (PUHCA 1935) and enacting the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 2005 (PUHCA 2005). Section 1264 \2\ and Section 1275 \3\ of PUHCA
2005 supplemented FERC's existing ratemaking authority under the
Federal Power Act (FPA) to protect customers against improper cross-
subsidization or encumbrances of public utility assets, and similarly,
FERC's ratemaking authority under the Natural Gas Act (NGA). These
provisions of PUHCA 2005 supplemented the FERC's broad authority under
FPA Section 301 and NGA section 8 to obtain the books and records of
regulated companies and any person that controls or is under the
influence of such companies if relevant to jurisdictional activities.
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FERC Form 60
Form No. 60 is an annual reporting requirement under 18 CFR 366.23
for centralized service companies. The report's function is to collect
financial information (including balance sheet, assets, liabilities,
billing and charges for associated and non-associated companies) from
centralized service companies subject to the jurisdiction of the FERC.
Unless Commission rule exempts or grants a waiver pursuant to 18 CFR
366.3 and 366.4 to the holding company system, every centralized
service company in a holding company system must prepare and file
electronically with the FERC the Form No. 60, pursuant to the General
Instructions in the form.
FERC-61
FERC-61 is a filing requirement for service companies in holding
company systems (including special purpose companies) that are
currently exempt or granted a waiver of FERC's regulations and would
not have to file FERC Form 60. Instead, those service companies are
required to file, on an annual basis, a narrative description of the
service company's functions during the prior calendar year (FERC-61).
In complying, a holding company may make a single filing on behalf of
all of its service company subsidiaries.
FERC-555A
FERC prescribed a mandated preservation of records requirements for
holding companies and service companies (unless otherwise exempted by
FERC). This requires them to maintain and make available to FERC, their
books and records. The preservation of records requirement provides for
uniform records retention by holding companies and centralized service
companies subject to PUHCA 2005.
Data from the FERC Form 60, FERC-61, and FERC-555A provide a level
of transparency that: (1) Helps protect ratepayers from pass-through of
improper service company costs, (2) enables FERC to review and
determine cost allocations (among holding company members) for certain
non-power goods and services, (3) aids FERC in meeting its oversight
and market monitoring obligations, and (4) benefits the public, both as
ratepayers and investors. In addition, the FERC's audit staff used
these records during compliance reviews and special analyses.
If data from the FERC Form 60, FERC-61, and FERC-555A were not
available, FERC would not be able to meet its statutory
responsibilities, under EPAct 1992, EPAct of 2005, and PUHCA 2005, and
FERC would not have all of the regulatory mechanisms necessary to
ensure customer protection.
Type of Respondents: Electric transmission facilities
Estimate of Annual Burden \4\: The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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\4\ 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.
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FERC-60 (Annual Report of Centralized Service Companies), FERC-61 (Narrative Description of Service Company
Functions), & FERC-555A (Preservation of Records Companies and Service Companies Subject to PUHCA)
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Number of Average Estimated
Number of responses per Total number burden hours total annual
respondents respondent of responses per response burden
(A) (B) (A)x(B)=(C) (D) (C)x(D)
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FERC-60......................... 34 1 34 75 2,550
FERC-61......................... 82 1 82 0.5 41
FERC-555A....................... 100 1 100 1,080 108,000
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 110,591
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is
$4,735,093.16 [$306,000 (FERC Form 60) + $2,829.41 (FERC-61) +
$4,426,263.75 (FERC-555A) = $4,735,093.16]
FERC Form 60: 2,550 hours * $120/hour = $306,000
FERC-61: 41 hours * $69.01/hour = $2,829.41
FERC-555A \5\:
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\5\ Internal analysis assumes 50% electronic and 50% paper
storage
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Labor costs for paper storage: 108,000 hours * $19/hours
\6\ = $2,052,000
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\6\ 2012 average hourly wage of filing clerk working within an
electric utility
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Record Retention/storage cost for paper storage (using an
estimate of 6,000 ft \3\): $38,763.75
Electronic record retention/storage cost: $2,335,500
[108,000 hours / 2 = 54,000 * $28/hour \7\ = $1,512,000; electronic
record storage cost: 54,000 hours * $15.25/year \8\ = $823,500; total
electronic record storage: $2,335,500]
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\7\ The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on a FERC staff
study that included estimating public utility recordkeeping costs.
\8\ 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: February 5, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03009 Filed 2-8-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
