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(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., nor
would an environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment
be required.
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DOE/FE Evaluation
The Application will be reviewed
pursuant to section 3 of the NGA, as
amended, and the authority contained
in DOE Delegation Order No. 00–
002.00L (April 29, 2011) and DOE
Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04F
(July 11, 2013). In reviewing this LNG
export application, DOE will consider
domestic need for the gas, as well as any
other issues determined to be
appropriate, including whether the
arrangement is consistent with DOE’s
policy of promoting competition in the
marketplace by allowing commercial
parties to freely negotiate their own
trade arrangements. Parties that may
oppose this application should
comment in their responses on these
issues.
NEPA requires DOE to give
appropriate consideration to the
environmental effects of its proposed
decisions. No final decision will be
issued in this proceeding until DOE has
met its NEPA responsibilities.
Public Comment Procedures
In response to this notice, any person
may file a protest, comments, or a
motion to intervene or notice of
intervention, as applicable. Any person
wishing to become a party to the
proceeding must file a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention, as
applicable. The filing of comments or a
protest with respect to the Application
will not serve to make the commenter or
protestant a party to the proceeding,
although protests and comments
received from persons who are not
parties will be considered in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken on the Application. All protests,
comments, motions to intervene, or
notices of intervention must meet the
requirements specified by the
regulations in 10 CFR part 590.
Filings may be submitted using one of
the following methods: (1) Emailing the
filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE
Docket No. 14–31–LNG in the title line;
(2) mailing an original and three paper
copies of the filing to the Office of Oil
and Gas Global Security and Supply at
the address listed in ADDRESSES; or (3)
hand delivering an original and three
paper copies of the filing to the Office
of Oil and Gas Global Supply at the
address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings
must include a reference to FE Docket
No. 14–31–LNG.
Please Note: If submitting a filing via
email, please include all related documents
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and attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the
original email correspondence. Please do not
include any active hyperlinks or password
protection in any of the documents or
attachments related to the filing. All
electronic filings submitted to DOE must
follow these guidelines to ensure that all
documents are filed in a timely manner. Any
hardcopy filing submitted greater in length
than 50 pages must also include, at the time
of the filing, a digital copy on disk of the
entire submission.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22,
2014.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulatory
Activities, Office of Oil and Gas Global
Security and Supply, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas.
A decisional record on the
Application will be developed through
responses to this notice by parties,
including the parties’ written comments
and replies thereto. Additional
procedures will be used as necessary to
achieve a complete understanding of the
facts and issues. A party seeking
intervention may request that additional
procedures be provided, such as
additional written comments, an oral
presentation, a conference, or trial-type
hearing. Any request to file additional
written comments should explain why
they are necessary. Any request for an
oral presentation should identify the
substantial question of fact, law, or
policy at issue, show that it is material
and relevant to a decision in the
proceeding, and demonstrate why an
oral presentation is needed. Any request
for a conference should demonstrate
why the conference would materially
advance the proceeding. Any request for
a trial-type hearing must show that there
are factual issues genuinely in dispute
that are relevant and material to a
decision and that a trial-type hearing is
necessary for a full and true disclosure
of the facts.
If an additional procedure is
scheduled, notice will be provided to all
parties. If no party requests additional
procedures, a final Opinion and Order
may be issued based on the official
record, including the Application and
responses filed by parties pursuant to
this notice, in accordance with 10 CFR
590.316.
The Application is available for
inspection and copying in the Division
of Natural Gas Regulatory Activities
docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. The docket
room is open between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
Application and any filed protests,
motions to intervene or notice of
interventions, and comments will also
be available electronically by going to
the following DOE/FE Web address:
https://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/
gasregulation/.
Federal Energy Regulatory
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. IC14–6–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–600); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection FERC–600 (Rules
of Practice and Procedure: Complaint
Procedures) 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
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 7651,
2/10/2014) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments
on the FERC–600.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by May 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0180, 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 Commission, in Docket
No. IC14–6–000, 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.
SUMMARY:
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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–600, Rules of Practice and
Procedure: Complaint Procedures.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0180.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–600 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information is used by
the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C./791a–825r;
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C.
717–717w; the Natural Gas Policy Act
(NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432; the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978 (PURPA), 16 U.S.C. 2601–2645;
the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 49
App. U.S.C. 1 et. seq.; the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C.
1301–1356; and the Energy Policy Act of
2005, (Pub. L. 109–58) 119 Stat. 594.
For the natural gas industry, section
14(a) of the NGA 1 provides that the
Commission may permit any person to
file with it a statement in writing, under
oath or otherwise, as it shall determine,
as to any or all facts and circumstances
concerning a matter which may be the
subject of an investigation.
For public utilities, section 307(a) of
the FPA 2 provides that the Commission
may permit any person to file with it a
statement in writing, under oath or
otherwise, as it shall determine, as to
any or all facts and circumstances
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2 16
U.S.C. 717m; accord 15 U.S.C. 717d.
U.S.C. 825f(a); accord 16 U.S.C. 824e.
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concerning a matter which may be the
subject of an investigation.
Section 215(d)(5) of the FPA 3
provides that the Commission, upon its
own motion or upon complaint, may
order the Electric Reliability
Organization to submit to the
Commission a proposed reliability
standard or a modification to a
reliability standard that addresses a
specific matter if the Commission
considers such a new or modified
reliability standard appropriate to carry
out this section.
For hydropower projects, section 19
of the FPA 4 provides that, as a
condition of a license, jurisdiction is
conferred upon the Commission, upon
complaint of any person aggrieved or
upon its own initiative, to exercise such
regulation and control over services,
rates, and charges until such time as the
State shall have provided a commission
or other authority for such regulation
and control.
For qualifying facilities, section
210(h)(2)(B) of PURPA 5 provides that
any electric utility, qualifying
cogenerator, or qualifying small power
producer may petition the Commission
to enforce the requirements of the
Commission’s PURPA regulations.
For oil pipelines, in Part 1 of the
Interstate Commerce Act, sections 1, 6
and 15 (recodified by Pub. L. 95–473
and found as an appendix to Title 49
U.S.C.),6 the Commission is authorized
to investigate the rates charged by oil
pipeline companies subject to its
jurisdiction. If such rate has been filed
and allowed by the Commission to go
into effect without suspension and
hearing, the Commission can investigate
the effective rate on its own motion or
by complaint filed with the
Commission. Section 13 of the ICA 7
provides that any person can file a
complaint regarding anything done or
omitted to be done by an oil pipeline.
In Order No. 602,8 the Commission
revised its regulations governing
complaints filed with the Commission
under the above statutes. Order No. 602
was designed to encourage and support
consensual resolution of complaints,
3 16
U.S.C. 824o(d)(5).
U.S.C. 812.
5 16 U.S.C. 824a–3(h)(2)(B).
6 49 App. U.S.C. 1 et seq (1988).
7 Id. 13.
8 64 FR 17087 (April 8, 1999)
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and to organize the complaint
procedures so that all complaints are
handled in a timely and fair manner. In
order to achieve this result, the
Commission revised Rule 206 of its
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.206) to require that a complaint
satisfy certain informational
requirements, to require that answers be
filed in a 20-day time frame, and to
provide that parties may employ various
types of alternative dispute resolution
procedures to resolve their disputes.
The data in complaints filed by
interested/affected parties regarding
jurisdictional oil, natural gas, electric
and hydropower operations, facilities,
and services are used by the
Commission in establishing a basis to
make an initial determination regarding
the merits of the complaint and whether
or not to undertake further investigation
or provide relief. Investigations may
range from whether there is undue
discrimination in rates or services to
questions regarding market power of
regulated entities to environmental
concerns. In order to make an informed
determination, it is important to know
the specifics underlying any oil, gas,
electric, and hydropower complaint
‘‘up-front’’ in a timely manner and in
sufficient detail to allow the
Commission to act swiftly. In addition,
such complaint data help the
Commission and interested parties to
monitor, e.g., the market for undue
discrimination or exercises of market
power. The information submitted is
voluntary but submitted pursuant to
prescribed filing requirements. The
Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR parts
343 and 385.206.
Type of Respondents: Interested/
affected parties regarding oil, natural
gas, electric and hydropower operations,
facilities, and services.
Estimate of Annual Burden 9: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
9 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.
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FERC–600, RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average
burden and
cost per
response
Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
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 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 9951–052]
Charter Township of Van Buren,
Michigan and STS Hydropower, Ltd.;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments,
Motions To Intervene, and Protests
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Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
10 As indicated in the 60-day notice, we reevaluated the time and effort involved in preparing
and filing a complaint, in light of the current
complexities of the industries regulated by FERC.
As a result, we think an estimate of 160 hours per
complaint is a more realistic average of the burden
per filing. The reporting requirements have not
been revised.
11 $70.50/hour is the average hourly cost of a
FERC employee (salary plus benefits) for Fiscal
Year 2014. We assume that the respondents to this
collection are similarly situated in terms of salary
plus benefits.
Average cost per response = Average burden
hours per response [160 hours] * $70.50 per hour.
12 Total annual burden hours = Total number of
responses [62] * Average burden hours per response
[160].
13 Total annual cost = Total annual burden hours
[9,920] * hourly cost [$70.50].
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with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: None Project Use
of Project Lands and Waters.
b. Project No: 9951–052.
c. Date Filed: October 17, 2013, as
supplemented on April 15, 2014.
d. Applicant: Charter Township of
Van Buren and STS Hydropower, Ltd.
e. Name of Project: French Landing
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Huron River in Wayne
County, Michigan.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Arthur F.
Mullen, Director-Planning and
Economic Development, Charter
Township of Van Buren, 46425 Tyler
Road, Van Buren Township, Michigan
48111–5217, Telephone: (734) 699–
8913.
i. FERC Contact: Patricia A. Grant at
(312) 596–4435, or email:
patricia.grant@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests: May
21, 2014
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 also 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–9951–052) on any
comments, motions, or
recommendations filed.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all intervenors
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10 160
12 9,920
11 $11,280
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13 $699,360
$11,280
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. Description of Request: The Charter
Township of Van Buren (licensee), with
the concurrence of STS Hydropower,
Ltd. (co-licensee) requests Commission
approval to authorize Bayshore North
Condominium Association (Association)
to replace the existing boardwalk and all
existing docks and boatlifts along the
lakefront marina, located between 48001
and 48475 Bayshore Drive. This would
occur on lakefront licensee-owned
property adjacent to the Association’s
property, within the boundary of the
French Landing Project.
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–9951) 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. For assistance, call
1–866–208–3676 or email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY,
call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above. Agencies may obtain copies of
the application directly from the
applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions To
Intervene: Anyone may submit
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-6-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-600); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information collection FERC-600 (Rules of
Practice and Procedure: Complaint Procedures) 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 previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 7651, 2/10/2014) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments on the FERC-600.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 30,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0180, 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 Commission, in
Docket No. IC14-6-000, 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.
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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-600, Rules of Practice and Procedure: Complaint
Procedures.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0180.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-600 information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information is used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C./
791a-825r; the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717-717w; the Natural
Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432; the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), 16 U.S.C. 2601-2645; the
Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 49 App. U.S.C. 1 et. seq.; the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301-1356; and the Energy Policy
Act of 2005, (Pub. L. 109-58) 119 Stat. 594.
For the natural gas industry, section 14(a) of the NGA \1\ provides
that the Commission may permit any person to file with it a statement
in writing, under oath or otherwise, as it shall determine, as to any
or all facts and circumstances concerning a matter which may be the
subject of an investigation.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 717m; accord 15 U.S.C. 717d.
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For public utilities, section 307(a) of the FPA \2\ provides that
the Commission may permit any person to file with it a statement in
writing, under oath or otherwise, as it shall determine, as to any or
all facts and circumstances concerning a matter which may be the
subject of an investigation.
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\2\ 16 U.S.C. 825f(a); accord 16 U.S.C. 824e.
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Section 215(d)(5) of the FPA \3\ provides that the Commission, upon
its own motion or upon complaint, may order the Electric Reliability
Organization to submit to the Commission a proposed reliability
standard or a modification to a reliability standard that addresses a
specific matter if the Commission considers such a new or modified
reliability standard appropriate to carry out this section.
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\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(d)(5).
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For hydropower projects, section 19 of the FPA \4\ provides that,
as a condition of a license, jurisdiction is conferred upon the
Commission, upon complaint of any person aggrieved or upon its own
initiative, to exercise such regulation and control over services,
rates, and charges until such time as the State shall have provided a
commission or other authority for such regulation and control.
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\4\ 16 U.S.C. 812.
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For qualifying facilities, section 210(h)(2)(B) of PURPA \5\
provides that any electric utility, qualifying cogenerator, or
qualifying small power producer may petition the Commission to enforce
the requirements of the Commission's PURPA regulations.
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\5\ 16 U.S.C. 824a-3(h)(2)(B).
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For oil pipelines, in Part 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act,
sections 1, 6 and 15 (recodified by Pub. L. 95-473 and found as an
appendix to Title 49 U.S.C.),\6\ the Commission is authorized to
investigate the rates charged by oil pipeline companies subject to its
jurisdiction. If such rate has been filed and allowed by the Commission
to go into effect without suspension and hearing, the Commission can
investigate the effective rate on its own motion or by complaint filed
with the Commission. Section 13 of the ICA \7\ provides that any person
can file a complaint regarding anything done or omitted to be done by
an oil pipeline.
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\6\ 49 App. U.S.C. 1 et seq (1988).
\7\ Id. 13.
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In Order No. 602,\8\ the Commission revised its regulations
governing complaints filed with the Commission under the above
statutes. Order No. 602 was designed to encourage and support
consensual resolution of complaints, and to organize the complaint
procedures so that all complaints are handled in a timely and fair
manner. In order to achieve this result, the Commission revised Rule
206 of its Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.206) to require
that a complaint satisfy certain informational requirements, to require
that answers be filed in a 20-day time frame, and to provide that
parties may employ various types of alternative dispute resolution
procedures to resolve their disputes.
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\8\ 64 FR 17087 (April 8, 1999)
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The data in complaints filed by interested/affected parties
regarding jurisdictional oil, natural gas, electric and hydropower
operations, facilities, and services are used by the Commission in
establishing a basis to make an initial determination regarding the
merits of the complaint and whether or not to undertake further
investigation or provide relief. Investigations may range from whether
there is undue discrimination in rates or services to questions
regarding market power of regulated entities to environmental concerns.
In order to make an informed determination, it is important to know the
specifics underlying any oil, gas, electric, and hydropower complaint
``up-front'' in a timely manner and in sufficient detail to allow the
Commission to act swiftly. In addition, such complaint data help the
Commission and interested parties to monitor, e.g., the market for
undue discrimination or exercises of market power. The information
submitted is voluntary but submitted pursuant to prescribed filing
requirements. The Commission implements these filing requirements in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR parts 343 and
385.206.
Type of Respondents: Interested/affected parties regarding oil,
natural gas, electric and hydropower operations, facilities, and
services.
Estimate of Annual Burden \9\: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\9\ 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.
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Annual number Average burden Total annual
Number of respondents of responses Total number of and cost per burden hours and Cost per
per respondent responses response total annual cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1)
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62................................................................ 1 62 \10\ 160 \12\ 9,920 $11,280
\11\ $11,280 \13\ $699,360
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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.
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\10\ As indicated in the 60-day notice, we re-evaluated the time
and effort involved in preparing and filing a complaint, in light of
the current complexities of the industries regulated by FERC. As a
result, we think an estimate of 160 hours per complaint is a more
realistic average of the burden per filing. The reporting
requirements have not been revised.
\11\ $70.50/hour is the average hourly cost of a FERC employee
(salary plus benefits) for Fiscal Year 2014. We assume that the
respondents to this collection are similarly situated in terms of
salary plus benefits.
Average cost per response = Average burden hours per response
[160 hours] * $70.50 per hour.
\12\ Total annual burden hours = Total number of responses [62]
* Average burden hours per response [160].
\13\ Total annual cost = Total annual burden hours [9,920] *
hourly cost [$70.50].
Dated: April 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-09802 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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