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information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: U.S. Department of
Education Grant Performance Report
Form (ED 524B).
OMB Control Number: 1894–0003.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,300.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 118,400.
Abstract: The ED 524B form and
instructions are used in order for
grantees to meet Department of
Education (ED) deadline dates for
submission of performance reports for
ED discretionary grant programs.
Recipients of multi-year discretionary
grants must submit an annual
performance report for each year
funding has been approved in order to
receive a continuation award. The
annual performance report should
demonstrate whether substantial
progress has been made toward meeting
the approved goals and objectives of the
project. ED program offices may also
require recipients of ‘‘forward funded’’
grants that are awarded funds for their
entire multi-year project up-front in a
single grant award to submit the ED
524B on an annual basis. In addition,
ED program offices may also require
recipients to use the ED 524B to submit
their final performance reports to
demonstrate project success, impact and
outcomes. In both the annual and final
performance reports, grantees are
required to provide data on established
performance measures for the grant
program (e.g., Government Performance
and Results Act measures) and on
project performance measures that were
included in the grantee’s approved grant
application. The ED 524B also contains
a number of questions related to project
financial data such as Federal and nonFederal expenditures and indirect cost
information. Performance reporting
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requirements are found in 34 CFR 74.51,
75.118, 75.253, 75.590 and 80.40 of the
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations.
Dated: March 4, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–549D); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
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–549D (Quarterly
Transportation and Storage Report for
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw
Pipelines) 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
published notices in the Federal
Register (78 FR 69843, 11/21/2012, and
79 FR 7175, 2/6/2012) requesting public
comments. FERC received no comments
on the FERC–549D 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
burden estimate required adjustment
due to better estimates. Specifically, the
average burden hours per response for
XML filings (implementation burden
only) increased from 104 hours to 196
hours. Note: There are no changes to
information collection or filing
requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due by March 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
SUMMARY:
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1902–0253 (FERC–549D) 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. IC14–3–000, 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
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: Quarterly Transportation and
Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas
and Hinshaw Pipelines.
OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0253.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–549D information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The reporting requirements
under FERC–549D are required to carry
out the Commission’s policies in
accordance with the general authority in
Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) 1 and Sections 311 of the Natural
Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) 2. This
collection promotes transparency by
collecting and making available
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline
transactional information. The
Commission collects the data upon a
standardized form with all requirements
outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
The FERC Form 549D collects the
following information:
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• Full legal name and identification
number of the shipper receiving service;
• Type of service performed for each
transaction;
• The rate charged under each
transaction;
• The primary receipt and delivery
points for the transaction, specifying the
rate schedule/name of service and
docket were approved;
• The quantity of natural gas the
shipper is entitled to transport, store,
and deliver for each transaction;
• The term of the transaction,
specifying the beginning and ending
month and year of current agreement;
• Total volumes transported, stored,
injected or withdrawn for the shipper;
and
• Annual revenues received for each
shipper, excluding revenues from
storage services.
Filers submit the Form-549D on a
quarterly basis.
Access to the FERC–549D Information
Collection Materials: A copy of the
current form and related materials can
be found at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/forms.asp#549d, but will not be
included in the Federal Register. The
Commission will not publish these
materials in the Federal Register.
Types of Respondents: Intrastate
natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for each information
collection as:
FERC FORM 549D: QUARTERLY TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE REPORT FOR INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS AND HINSHAW
PIPELINES
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden hours per
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(A)
Format of pipelines’ filing
(B)
(A)×(B)=(C)
(D)
(C)×(D)
Implementation Burden
PDF filings ............................................................................
XML 4 filings .........................................................................
3
2
1
1
3
2
68
196
204
392
Ongoing Burden
PDF filings ............................................................................
XML filings ...........................................................................
76
33
4
4
304
132
12.5
10
3,800
1,320
TOTAL ..........................................................................
5 109
........................
441
........................
5,716
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $450,764
[5,716 hours $78.86/hour 6 = $450,764].
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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 collections
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information
collections; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collections of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
[Docket No. CP14–86–000]
Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.; Notice of
Application
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Take notice that on February 19, 2014,
Vermont Gas Systems Inc. (VGS) filed
with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission an application under
section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) requesting a service area
determination within which it may
enlarge or expand its natural gas
distribution facilities without further
Commission authorization. VGS also
requests: (i) A finding that VGS qualifies
as a local distribution company (LDC)
for purposes of Section 311 of the
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA);
(ii) a waiver of the Commission’s
accounting and reporting requirements
and other regulatory requirements
ordinarily applicable to natural gas
companies under the NGA and NGPA;
(iii) any other relief as deemed
3 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.
4 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
5 This figure does not include the five
respondents for the ‘‘Implementation Burden’’.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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appropriate; and (iv) expedited
treatment of its Application.
VGS is expanding its distribution
facilities in Vermont and has been asked
to provide natural gas service to
International Paper at its Ticonderoga
Mill in Ticonderoga County, New York.
The total length of pipeline proposed to
be constructed in New York is 1,600 feet
of low pressure distribution line from
the New York/Vermont state line to the
Ticonderoga Mill. VGS’s application is
on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection. This 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 regarding the
application should be directed to Eileen
Simollardes, Vice President, Regulatory
Affairs, Vermont Gas Systems Inc., 85
6 This cost represents the average cost of four
career fields: Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants
($48.58/hour), Management Analyst ($56.27/hour),
and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this
cost also includes benefit costs within the hourly
estimates.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549D); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
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-549D (Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines) 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 published notices in the Federal
Register (78 FR 69843, 11/21/2012, and 79 FR 7175, 2/6/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-549D for either
notice and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
The Commission is issuing this 15-day public notice due to a change
of the estimated burden figures. Upon further review, the Commission
found that the burden estimate required adjustment due to better
estimates. Specifically, the average burden hours per response for XML
filings (implementation burden only) increased from 104 hours to 196
hours. Note: There are no changes to information collection or filing
requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by March 25,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902-0253 (FERC-549D) 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. IC14-3-000, 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/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:
Titles: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate
Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines.
OMB Control Nos.: 1902-0253.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549D information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The reporting requirements under FERC-549D are required
to carry out the Commission's policies in accordance with the general
authority in Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \1\ and
Sections 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) \2\. This
collection promotes transparency by collecting and making available
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline transactional information. The
Commission collects the data upon a standardized form with all
requirements outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 717-817-w.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.
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The FERC Form 549D collects the following information:
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Full legal name and identification number of the shipper
receiving service;
Type of service performed for each transaction;
The rate charged under each transaction;
The primary receipt and delivery points for the
transaction, specifying the rate schedule/name of service and docket
were approved;
The quantity of natural gas the shipper is entitled to
transport, store, and deliver for each transaction;
The term of the transaction, specifying the beginning and
ending month and year of current agreement;
Total volumes transported, stored, injected or withdrawn
for the shipper; and
Annual revenues received for each shipper, excluding
revenues from storage services.
Filers submit the Form-549D on a quarterly basis.
Access to the FERC-549D Information Collection Materials: A copy of
the current form and related materials can be found at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#549d, but will not be included in
the Federal Register. The Commission will not publish these materials
in the Federal Register.
Types of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden \3\: The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for each information collection as:
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\3\ 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.
FERC Form 549D: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines
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Number of Average burden Estimated
Format of pipelines' filing Number of responses per Total number hours per total annual
respondents respondent of responses response burden
(A) (B) (A)x(B)=(C) (D) (C)x(D)
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Implementation Burden
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PDF filings..................... 3 1 3 68 204
XML \4\ filings................. 2 1 2 196 392
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Ongoing Burden
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PDF filings..................... 76 4 304 12.5 3,800
XML filings..................... 33 4 132 10 1,320
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TOTAL....................... \5\ 109 .............. 441 .............. 5,716
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\5\ This figure does not include the five respondents for the
``Implementation Burden''.
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $450,764
[5,716 hours $78.86/hour \6\ = $450,764].
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\6\ This cost represents the average cost of four career fields:
Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants ($48.58/hour), Management Analyst
($56.27/hour), and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this cost
also includes benefit costs within the hourly estimates.
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of
information are 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 collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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