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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. IC13–6–000, 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, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–606: Notification of
Request for Federal Authorization and
Requests for Further Information.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0241.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–606 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–606 information
collection requires agencies (Federal
agency or officer, or State agency or
officer acting pursuant to delegated
Federal authority, responsible for a
Federal authorization) responsible for
issuing, conditioning, or denying
requests for Federal authorizations for a
proposed natural gas project to report
regarding the status of an authorization
request. This reporting requirement is
intended to allow agencies to assist the
Commission to make better informed
decisions in establishing due dates for
agencies’ decisions. The Commission
authorizes the construction and
operation of proposed natural gas
projects under NGA Sections 3 and 7.
However, the Commission does not
have jurisdiction over every aspect of
each natural gas project. For a natural
gas project to progress the Commission
must approve and several different
agencies must typically reach favorable
findings regarding other aspects of the
project. To coordinate better the
activities of the separate agencies with
varying responsibilities over proposed
natural gas projects, the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) modified
FERC’s role. Section 313 of EPAct 2005 1
directs FERC to establish a schedule for
agencies to review requests for federal
authorizations required for a project.
Type of Respondents: Government
agencies responsible for issuing
authorizations for proposed natural gas
projects.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
FERC–606: NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION AND REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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)
1
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Number of respondents
1
1
4
4
1 Amended
15 U.S.C. 717n (Section 15).
is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
2 Burden
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Dated: March 11, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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
collection FERC Form No. 556,
‘‘Certification of Qualifying Facility
(QF) Status for a Small Power
Production or Cogeneration Facility’’
(Form No. 556), 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
(77 FR 77067, 12/31/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–556 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by April 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
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.
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $276 [4 hours
÷ 2,080 hours/year 3 * $143,540/year 4 =
$276].
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.
3 2,080 hours = 52 weeks * 40 hours per week
(i.e., 1 year of full-time employment).
4 Average salary plus benefits per full-time
equivalent employee.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC13–08–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–556); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
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1902–0075, 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. IC13–8–000, 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, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC Form No. 556,
Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF)
Status for a Small Power Production or
Cogeneration Facility.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0075.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the Form No. 556 information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires
the Form No. 556 to implement the
statutory provisions in Sections 201 and
210 of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).1 FERC is
authorized to encourage cogeneration
and small power production and to
prescribe such rules as necessary in
order to carry out the statutory
directives.
A primary statutory objective is the
conservation of energy through efficient
use of energy resources and facilities by
electric utilities. One means of
achieving this goal is to encourage
production of electric power by
cogeneration facilities which make use
of reject heat associated with
commercial or industrial processes, and
by small power production facilities
which use other wastes and renewable
resources. PURPA, encourages the
development of small power production
facilities and cogeneration facilities
which meet certain technical and
corporate criteria through establishment
of various regulatory benefits. Facilities
that meet these criteria are called
Qualifying Facilities or QFs.
FERC’s regulations 2 specify:
• the certification procedures which
must be followed by owners or
operators of small power production
and cogeneration facilities;
• the criteria which must be met;
• the information which must be
submitted to FERC in order to obtain
qualifying status;
• the PURPA benefits which are
available to QFs to encourage small
power production and cogeneration;
and
• the requirements pertaining to
PURPA implementation plans regarding
the transaction obligations that electric
utilities have with respect to QFs.
Among PURPA provisions in Part 292
are requirements for electric utilities to:
• purchase energy and capacity from
QFs favorably priced on the basis of the
avoided cost of the power that is
displaced by the QF power (i.e. the
incremental cost to the purchasing
utility if it had generated the displaced
power or purchased it from another
source);
• sell backup, maintenance and other
power services to QFs at rates based on
the cost of rendering the services;
• provide certain interconnection and
transmission services priced on a
nondiscriminatory basis;
• operate in ‘‘parallel’’ with other
interconnected QFs so that they may be
electrically synchronized with electric
utility grids; and
• make available to the public
avoided cost information and system
capacity needs.
18 CFR part 292 exempts QFs from
certain corporate, accounting, reporting
and rate regulation requirements,
certain state laws and in certain
instances, regulation under the Federal
Power Act 3 and the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005.4
Type of Respondents: Respondents to
the Form No. 556 are cogeneration
facilities and small power producers
with a generating capacity greater than
1Megawatt (MW) who are self-certifying
their status as a cogenerator facility or
small power producer facility or who
are submitting an application for FERC
certification of their status as a
cogenerator facility.
Estimate of Annual Burden 5: The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
FORM NO. 556 (IC13–8–000): CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING FACILITY (QF) STATUS FOR A SMALL POWER PRODUCTION
OR COGENERATION FACILITY
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cogeneration
cogeneration
small power
MW.
small power
MW.
Filing type
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
(B)
(C)
(A) × (B) × (C)
facility > 1MW .............
facility > 1MW .............
production facility > 1
self-certification ................................
application for FERC certification ....
self-certification ................................
53
2
690
2
2
2
8
50
3
848
200
4,140
production facility > 1
application for FERC certification ....
0
0
6
0
1 Public Law 95–617, November 9, 1978, 92 Stat.
3117. Codified at 16 U.S.C. 46,2601–45.
2 18 CFR part 292.
3 16 U.S.C. 791, et seq.
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(A)
Facility type
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4 42
U.S.C. 16, 451–63.
Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
5 The
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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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FORM NO. 556 (IC13–8–000): CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING FACILITY (QF) STATUS FOR A SMALL POWER PRODUCTION
OR COGENERATION FACILITY—Continued
Number of
respondents
Filing type
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
(A)
Facility type
(B)
(C)
(A) × (B) × (C)
cogeneration and small power production facility ≤ 1MW (not required to file).
self-certification ................................
192
2
3
1,152
Totals .........................................
...........................................................
937
........................
........................
6,340
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $374,757.40
[6,340 * $59.11].6
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: March 7, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2210–207]
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Appalachian Power Company; Notice
of Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Revised filing of
updated shoreline management plan as
a result of settlement proceedings.
b. Project No: 2210–207.
6 The cost figures are derived by multiplying the
total hours to prepare a response (hours) by an
hourly wage estimate of $59.11 (a composite
estimate that includes legal, engineering and
support staff wages and benefits obtained from the
Bureau of Labor Statistic data at https://bls.gov/oes/
current/naics3_221000.htm and https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm rates.
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c. Date Filed: February 28, 2013.
d. Applicant: Appalachian Power
Company.
e. Name of Project: Smith Mountain
Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: Headwaters of the
Roanoke River, in Bedford, Campbell,
Franklin, and Pittsylvania Counties,
Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Frank Simms,
American Electric Power Service
Corporation, 40 Franklin Rd. SW.,
Roanoke, VA 24011, (540) 985–2875,
fmsimms@aep.com.
i. FERC Contact: Mark Carter, (678)
245–3083, mark.carter@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests: April
8, 2013.
All documents may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See, 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s web
site at 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. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an
original and seven copies to: Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426. Please include the project
number (p–2210–207) on any comments
or motions filed.
k. Description of Application:
Appalachian Power Company (licensee)
filed on January 3, 2011, and
supplemented on February 18, 2011, an
updated shoreline management plan
(updated SMP) for Smith Mountain
Lake and Leesville Lake, the two project
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reservoirs. In response to the
Commission’s March 17, 2011 public
notice of the updated SMP, two parties
filed motions to intervene in opposition
and several parties filed comments in
opposition to the updated SMP.
Between December 9, 2011, and
February 6, 2013, the licensee,
intervening parties, and non-decisional
Commission staff participated in
settlement proceedings to resolve
disputed issues with the updated SMP.
On February 28, 2013, the licensee filed
a Revised SMP Update that is the result
of the settlement proceedings, and
proposes several minor changes and the
following major changes to the January
3, 2011 SMP filing: (1) Replacing the
‘‘50% Rebuild Rule’’ with three new
provisions for permitting, maintaining,
and replacing existing structures; (2)
revising the process for obtaining a
variance from SMP procedures; (3)
adding language to clarify the
expectation that replacement vegetative
cover would flourish; and (4) clarifying
the actions the licensee may take if
shoreline uses or occupancies are not
constructed according to a permit.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also 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 (P–2210) to
access the document. You may also
register online at https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be
notified via email of new filings and
issuances related to this or other
pending projects. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC13-08-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-556); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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
collection FERC Form No. 556, ``Certification of Qualifying Facility
(QF) Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility''
(Form No. 556), 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 (77 FR 77067, 12/31/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-556 and is
making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by April 15,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
[[Page 16488]]
1902-0075, 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. IC13-8-000, 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 Form No. 556, Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF)
Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0075.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the Form No. 556
information collection requirements with no changes to the current
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires the Form No. 556 to implement the
statutory provisions in Sections 201 and 210 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).\1\ FERC is authorized to
encourage cogeneration and small power production and to prescribe such
rules as necessary in order to carry out the statutory directives.
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\1\ Public Law 95-617, November 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3117. Codified
at 16 U.S.C. 46,2601-45.
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A primary statutory objective is the conservation of energy through
efficient use of energy resources and facilities by electric utilities.
One means of achieving this goal is to encourage production of electric
power by cogeneration facilities which make use of reject heat
associated with commercial or industrial processes, and by small power
production facilities which use other wastes and renewable resources.
PURPA, encourages the development of small power production facilities
and cogeneration facilities which meet certain technical and corporate
criteria through establishment of various regulatory benefits.
Facilities that meet these criteria are called Qualifying Facilities or
QFs.
FERC's regulations \2\ specify:
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\2\ 18 CFR part 292.
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the certification procedures which must be followed by
owners or operators of small power production and cogeneration
facilities;
the criteria which must be met;
the information which must be submitted to FERC in order
to obtain qualifying status;
the PURPA benefits which are available to QFs to encourage
small power production and cogeneration; and
the requirements pertaining to PURPA implementation plans
regarding the transaction obligations that electric utilities have with
respect to QFs.
Among PURPA provisions in Part 292 are requirements for electric
utilities to:
purchase energy and capacity from QFs favorably priced on
the basis of the avoided cost of the power that is displaced by the QF
power (i.e. the incremental cost to the purchasing utility if it had
generated the displaced power or purchased it from another source);
sell backup, maintenance and other power services to QFs
at rates based on the cost of rendering the services;
provide certain interconnection and transmission services
priced on a nondiscriminatory basis;
operate in ``parallel'' with other interconnected QFs so
that they may be electrically synchronized with electric utility grids;
and
make available to the public avoided cost information and
system capacity needs.
18 CFR part 292 exempts QFs from certain corporate, accounting,
reporting and rate regulation requirements, certain state laws and in
certain instances, regulation under the Federal Power Act \3\ and the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.\4\
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\3\ 16 U.S.C. 791, et seq.
\4\ 42 U.S.C. 16, 451-63.
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Type of Respondents: Respondents to the Form No. 556 are
cogeneration facilities and small power producers with a generating
capacity greater than 1Megawatt (MW) who are self-certifying their
status as a cogenerator facility or small power producer facility or
who are submitting an application for FERC certification of their
status as a cogenerator facility.
Estimate of Annual Burden \5\: The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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\5\ The Commission defines burden 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.
Form No. 556 (IC13-8-000): Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production or
Cogeneration Facility
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Average Estimated
Facility type Filing type Number of Total number burden hours total annual
respondents of responses per response burden hours
(A) (B) (C) (A) x (B) x
(C)
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cogeneration facility > 1MW... self- 53 2 8 848
certification.
cogeneration facility > 1MW... application for 2 2 50 200
FERC
certification.
small power production self- 690 2 3 4,140
facility > 1 MW. certification.
small power production application for 0 0 6 0
facility > 1 MW. FERC
certification.
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cogeneration and small power self- 192 2 3 1,152
production facility <= 1MW certification.
(not required to file).
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Totals.................... ................ 937 .............. .............. 6,340
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is
$374,757.40 [6,340 * $59.11].\6\
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\6\ The cost figures are derived by multiplying the total hours
to prepare a response (hours) by an hourly wage estimate of $59.11
(a composite estimate that includes legal, engineering and support
staff wages and benefits obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistic
data at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm and https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm rates.
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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: March 7, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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