Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form 6-Q); Comment Request, 24187-24188 [2013-09614]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 24, 2013 / Notices
Dated: April 18, 2013.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2013–09565 Filed 4–23–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6360–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC13–10–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form 6–Q); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
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 6–Q (Quarterly
Financial Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person
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U.S.C. Part 1, Section 20, 54 Stat. 916.
is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
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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
(78 FR 8500, 2/6/2013) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC Form 6–Q and
is making this notation in its submittal
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by May 24, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0206, 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. IC13–10–000, 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 6–Q, Quarterly Financial
Report of Oil Pipeline Companies.
OMB Control No.:1902–0206.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC Form 6–Q information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act (ICA) 1, the Commission
is authorized and empowered to make
investigations and to collect and record
data to the extent FERC may consider to
be necessary or useful for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of the
ICA. FERC must ensure just and
reasonable rates for transportation of
crude oil and petroleum products by
pipelines in interstate commerce.
The Commission uses the information
collected by FERC Form 6–Q to carry
out its responsibilities in implementing
the statutory provisions of the ICA to
include the authority to prescribe rules
and regulations concerning accounts,
records, and memoranda, as necessary
or appropriate. Financial accounting
and reporting provides necessary
information concerning a company’s
past performance and its future
prospects. Without reliable financial
statements prepared in accordance with
the Commission’s Uniform System of
Accounts and related regulations, the
Commission would be unable to
accurately determine the costs that
relate to a particular time period,
service, or line of business.
The Commission uses data from the
FERC Form 6–Q to assist in:
1. Implementation of its financial
audits and programs,
2. continuous review of the financial
condition of regulated companies,
3. assessment of energy markets,
4. rate proceedings and economic
analyses, and
5. research for use in litigation.
Financial information reported on the
quarterly FERC Form 6–Q provides
FERC, as well as customers, investors
and others, an important tool to help
identify emerging trends and issues
affecting jurisdictional entities within
the energy industry. It also provides
timely disclosures of the impacts that
new accounting standards, or changes in
existing standards, have on
jurisdictional entities, as well as the
economic effects of significant
transactions, events, and circumstances.
The reporting of this information by
jurisdictional entities assists the
Commission in its analysis of
profitability, efficiency, risk, and in its
overall monitoring.
Type of Respondents: Oil Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
business meeting should contact the
Commission Secretary directly at 609–
883–9500 ext. 203 or through the
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) at 711, to discuss how we can
accommodate your needs.
Updates. Items scheduled for hearing
are occasionally postponed to allow
more time for the Commission to
consider them. Other meeting items also
are subject to change. Please check the
Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net,
closer to the hearing and meeting dates
for changes that may be made after the
deadline for filing this notice.
Additional Information, Contacts.
Draft dockets and resolutions for
hearing items will be posted on the
Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net,
as hyperlinks from this notice,
approximately 10 days prior to the
hearing date. Additional public records
relating to hearing items may be
examined at the Commission’s offices
by appointment by contacting Carol
Adamovic, 609–883–9500, ext. 249. For
other questions concerning dockets,
please contact Victoria Lawson at 609–
883–9500, ext. 216.
SUMMARY:
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FERC FORM 6–Q—QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT OF OIL PIPELINE COMPANIES
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)
155 ...................................................................................................................
3
465
150
69,750
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $4,882,500
[69,750 hours * $70/hour 3 =
$4,882,500].
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.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–09614 Filed 4–23–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–18–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–500 and FERC–505);
Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
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 Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with
Greater than 5 Megawatt Capacity
(FERC–500), and Application for
License/Relicense for Water Projects
with 5 Megawatt or Less Capacity
(FERC–505) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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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
published notices in the Federal
Register (77 FR 56636, 9/13/2012, and
77 FR 73631, 12/11/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–500 and FERC–
505 for either notice and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
The Commission is issuing this 15day public notice due to a change of the
estimated burden figures. Upon further
review, the Commission found that the
previously approved burden estimates
(i.e. the numbers presented here) should
be used.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due by May 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0058 (FERC–500) and/or 1902–
0114 (FERC–505), 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. IC12–18–000, by one 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
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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:
Titles: FERC–500: Application for
License/Relicense for Water Projects
with Greater than 5 Megawatt Capacity;
FERC–505: Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with 5
Megawatt or Less Capacity.
OMB Control Nos.: FERC–500 (1902–
0058); FERC–505 (1902–0114).
Type of Request: 16 U.S.C. 797(e)
authorizes the Commission to issue
licenses to citizens of the United States
for the purpose of constructing,
operating, and maintaining dams,
across, along, from, or within waterways
over which Congress has jurisdiction.
The Electric Consumers Protection Act
amended the Federal Power Act to
provide the Commission with the
responsibility of issuing licenses for
non-federal hydroelectric plants. 16
U.S.C. 797(e) also requires the
Commission to give equal consideration
to preserving energy conservation, the
protection, mitigation of damage to, and
enhancement of, fish and wildlife, the
protection of recreational opportunities,
and the preservation of other aspects of
environmental quality when approving
licenses. Finally, 16 U.S.C. 799
stipulates conditions upon which the
Commission issues hydroelectric
licenses.
The Commission requires all
hydroelectric license applications to
address a variety of environmental
concerns. Many of these concerns
address environmental requirements
developed by other agencies. The
applicants must provide facts in order
for the Commission to understand and
resolve potential environmental
problems associated with the
application in the interests of the United
States public.
Types of Respondents: Non-federal
hydroelectric plants greater than 5
megawatt capacity (FERC–500); nonfederal hydroelectric plants 5 megawatts
or less capacity (FERC–505).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC13-10-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form 6-Q);
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 6-Q (Quarterly Financial Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies) 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 (78 FR 8500, 2/6/2013) requesting public comments.
FERC received no comments on the FERC Form 6-Q and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 24,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0206, 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. IC13-10-000, 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 6-Q, Quarterly Financial
Report of Oil Pipeline Companies.
OMB Control No.:1902-0206.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC Form 6-Q
information collection requirements with no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Abstract: Under the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA) \1\, the
Commission is authorized and empowered to make investigations and to
collect and record data to the extent FERC may consider to be necessary
or useful for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the ICA.
FERC must ensure just and reasonable rates for transportation of crude
oil and petroleum products by pipelines in interstate commerce.
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\1\ 49 U.S.C. Part 1, Section 20, 54 Stat. 916.
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The Commission uses the information collected by FERC Form 6-Q to
carry out its responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions
of the ICA to include the authority to prescribe rules and regulations
concerning accounts, records, and memoranda, as necessary or
appropriate. Financial accounting and reporting provides necessary
information concerning a company's past performance and its future
prospects. Without reliable financial statements prepared in accordance
with the Commission's Uniform System of Accounts and related
regulations, the Commission would be unable to accurately determine the
costs that relate to a particular time period, service, or line of
business.
The Commission uses data from the FERC Form 6-Q to assist in:
1. Implementation of its financial audits and programs,
2. continuous review of the financial condition of regulated
companies,
3. assessment of energy markets,
4. rate proceedings and economic analyses, and
5. research for use in litigation.
Financial information reported on the quarterly FERC Form 6-Q
provides FERC, as well as customers, investors and others, an important
tool to help identify emerging trends and issues affecting
jurisdictional entities within the energy industry. It also provides
timely disclosures of the impacts that new accounting standards, or
changes in existing standards, have on jurisdictional entities, as well
as the economic effects of significant transactions, events, and
circumstances. The reporting of this information by jurisdictional
entities assists the Commission in its analysis of profitability,
efficiency, risk, and in its overall monitoring.
Type of Respondents: Oil Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden \2\ The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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\2\ 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 Form 6-Q--Quarterly Financial Report of Oil Pipeline Companies
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Number of Average burden
Number of respondents responses per Total number of hours per Estimated total
respondent responses response annual burden
(A) (B) (A) x (B) = (C) (D) (C) x (D)
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155......................................... 3 465 150 69,750
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $4,882,500
[69,750 hours * $70/hour \3\ = $4,882,500].
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\3\ FY2013 Estimated Average Hourly Cost per FERC FTE, including
salary + benefits.
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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: April 17, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-09614 Filed 4-23-13; 8:45 am]
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