Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Office of the Procurement Executive, 26327-26328 [2015-10984]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 88 / Thursday, May 7, 2015 / Notices plants. In actual FY 2014 billing, the highest LNG user fee was paid by Atlanta Gas Light. By paying a fee for each of its four plants, the total Atlanta Gas Light LNG user fee bill exceeded the bill for any LNG import plant. Thirteen other operators with multiple plants each paid a higher LNG user fee bill than any import plant. Billing on the sum of storage capacity for an operator better apportions the costs to larger operators. PHMSA added five new billing tiers to reduce the burden on small operators. These new tiers include an ultra-low storage capacity tier to reduce the burden on operators with storage capacity less than 2,000 barrels. Another tier was added for operators with less than 50,000 barrels of storage. The previous tier structure generated the same fee for all plants over 500,000 barrels of storage, but the highest storage volume in FY 2014 billing was 5 million barrels. We adjusted the boundaries of the top two tiers and added three new tiers for operators with very high storage capacity. For example, in FY 2014, an operator with three small plants was billed a total of $3,750 for its three small plants. If PHMSA had implemented 10-tier billing per operator for FY 2014, Energy North Natural Gas Inc., would have paid 62 percent less. Under the cost per barrel approach suggested by APGA, the decrease would have been 11,670 percent. The APGA approach shifts too much of the financial burden from small operators. In FY 2014, each of the eight operators of an import plant was billed $7,500. If PHMSA had implemented 10tier billing by operator for FY 2014, each of these eight large operators would have paid 79 percent more. Under the cost per barrel approach suggested by APGA, the percent increase would have ranged from 57 to 83 percent. The percent increase for these large plants using the new PHMSA structure is comparable to the percent increase using the APGA proposal. For FY 2015, PHMSA has implemented the 10-tier billing structure below to collect 1.6 percent of gas costs with full collection in FY 2015 billing, not over 3 years as previously proposed: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Barrel range # Operators less than 2,000 ..... 2,001–10,000 ........ 10,001–50,000 ...... 50,001–100,000 .... 100,001–250,000 .. 250,001–300,000 .. 300,001–500,000 .. 500,001–700,000 .. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 May 06, 2015 5 10 5 7 6 11 11 8 Rate $2,394 4,787 7,181 9,575 11,487 16,467 19,150 28,721 Jkt 235001 26327 You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 700,001–2 million 12 34,468 Email: Thomas.olinn@treasury.gov. over 2 million ........ 7 40,212 The subject line should contain the OMB number and title for which you PHMSA continues to exempt mobile are commenting. and temporary LNG plants from user fee Mail: Thomas O’Linn, Office of the billing. Procurement Executive, Department of PHMSA believes that an increase to the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. 1.6 percent of gas costs accurately NW., Metropolitan Square, Suite 6B113, reflects the allocation of PHMSA Washington DC 20220. resources to LNG operators. By All responses to this notice will be implementing the 10-tier approach and included in the request for OMB’s billing by operator instead of by plant, approval. All comments will also PHMSA has established a rate plan that become a matter of public record. is fair and equitable to both small and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: large operators. Since PHMSA has Requests for additional information or a determined that 1.6 percent of gas costs copy of the information collection can accurately reflect LNG regulatory costs, be directed to the addresses provided the increase has been implemented in above. FY 2015 user fee billing. PHMSA has SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: placed a document in the docket that OMB Number: 1505–0081. compares the actual FY 2014 bill and Type of Review: Extension without the actual FY 2015 bill for each change of a currently approved operator. The largest LNG operator is being billed $40,212.00 and the smallest collection. Title: Solicitation of Proposal is being billed $2,394.00. In the future, Information for Award of Public PHMSA will ensure that LNG user fee Contracts. rates continue to remain in proper Abstract: Information being requested alignment with program costs. is used by the Government’s contracting Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 60301 and officer and other acquisition personnel, 601. including technical and legal staffs, to Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2015, evaluate offers and quotations submitted under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. in response to a solicitation. Evaluation may include determining the adequacy Jeffrey D. Wiese, of the offeror’s proposed technical and Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. management approach, experience, [FR Doc. 2015–10614 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am] responsibility, responsiveness, expertise BILLING CODE 4910–60–P of the firms submitting offers. Each acquisition is a stand-alone action that is based upon unique project requirements. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits. Proposed Collection; Comment Estimated Number of Respondents: Request; Office of the Procurement 22,577. Executive Estimated Number of Responses per AGENCY: Department of Treasury, Respondent: 1. Departmental Offices. Estimated Hours per Response: 9. ACTION: Notice and request for Estimated Total Annual Burden comments. Hours: 203,193. Request for Comments: Comments SUMMARY: The Department of the submitted in response to this notice will Treasury invites the general public and be summarized and included in the other Federal agencies to comment on request for OMB approval. All an extension of an existing information comments will become a matter of collection, as required by the Paperwork public record. Comments are invited on: Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– (a) Whether the collection of 13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The information is necessary for the proper Department of the Treasury, Office of performance of the functions of the the Procurement Executive, is soliciting agency, including whether the comments concerning the Solicitation of information has practical utility; (b) the Proposal Information for Award of accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the Public Contracts, which is scheduled to burden of the collection of information, expire August 31, 2015. including the validity of the DATES: Written comments must be methodology and assumptions used; (c) received on or before July 6, 2015 to be ways to enhance the quality, utility, and assured of consideration. clarity of the information to be PO 00000 Barrel range Frm 00112 # Operators Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Rate ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\07MYN1.SGM 07MYN1 26328 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 88 / Thursday, May 7, 2015 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 May 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 technology, and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26327-26328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10984]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Office of the Procurement 
Executive

AGENCY: Department of Treasury, Departmental Offices.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury invites the general public and 
other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an existing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The Department of 
the Treasury, Office of the Procurement Executive, is soliciting 
comments concerning the Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award 
of Public Contracts, which is scheduled to expire August 31, 2015.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 6, 2015 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Email: Thomas.olinn@treasury.gov. The subject line should contain 
the OMB number and title for which you are commenting.
    Mail: Thomas O'Linn, Office of the Procurement Executive, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Metropolitan 
Square, Suite 6B113, Washington DC 20220.
    All responses to this notice will be included in the request for 
OMB's approval. All comments will also become a matter of public 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
a copy of the information collection can be directed to the addresses 
provided above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Number: 1505-0081.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of Public 
Contracts.
    Abstract: Information being requested is used by the Government's 
contracting officer and other acquisition personnel, including 
technical and legal staffs, to evaluate offers and quotations submitted 
in response to a solicitation. Evaluation may include determining the 
adequacy of the offeror's proposed technical and management approach, 
experience, responsibility, responsiveness, expertise of the firms 
submitting offers. Each acquisition is a stand-alone action that is 
based upon unique project requirements.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,577.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 203,193.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be

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collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: May 4, 2015.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-10984 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am]
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