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industry data, projections and related
information that detail the level of
investment. FERC–730 information
regarding projected investments as well
as information about completed projects
allows the Commission to monitor the
success of the transmission pricing
reforms and to determine the status of
critical projects and reasons for delay.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities
that have been granted incentives based
rate treatment for specific transmission
projects under the provisions of 18 CFR
35.35(h) must file the FERC–730.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–730 (REPORT OF TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT ACTIVITY)
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 3
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
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Dated: March 21, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; (FERC–556, FERC–606, and
FERC–607); 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 its information
collections FERC–556 (Certification of
Qualifying Facility Status for a Small
Power Production or Cogeneration
Facility), FERC–606 (Notification of
Request for Federal Authorization and
Requests for Further Information), and
FERC–607 (Report on Decision or
Action on Request for Federal
Authorization) 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 (80 FR 74101, 11/27/
2015) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–556, FERC–606, or FERC–607
and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
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Comments on the collections of
information are due by April 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0075 (FERC–556) and 1902–0241
(FERC–606 and FERC–607) 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–
0710.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC16–3–000, 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/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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
DATES:
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$2,160
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
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
estimates 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.
FERC–556, Certification of Qualifying
Facility Status for a Small Power
Production or Cogeneration Facility
OMB Control No.: 1902–0075.
Abstract: Form No. 556 is required to
implement sections 201 and 210 of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978 1 (PURPA). FERC is authorized,
under those sections, 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
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 that
meet certain technical and corporate
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U.S.C. 796, 824a–3.
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criteria through establishment of various
regulatory benefits. Facilities that meet
these criteria are called Qualifying
Facilities (QFs).
FERC’s regulations in 18 CFR part
292, as relevant here, specify: (a) The
certification procedures which must be
followed by owners or operators of
small power production and
cogeneration facilities; (b) the criteria
which must be met; (c) the information
which must be submitted to FERC in
order to obtain qualifying status; and (d)
the PURPA benefits which are available
to QFs to encourage small power
production and cogeneration.
18 CFR part 292 also exempts QFs
from certain corporate, accounting,
reporting, and rate regulation
requirements of the Federal Power Act,2
certain state laws and the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005.3
Type of Respondent: Facilities that are
self-certifying their status as a
cogenerator or small power producer or
that are submitting an application for
FERC certification of their status as a
cogenerator or small power producer.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–556—CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING FACILITY STATUS FOR A SMALL POWER PRODUCTION OR COGENERATION
FACILITY
Number of
respondents
Average
burden hours
and cost
per response 4
Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Filing type
Cogeneration Facility >1 MW 5
Cogeneration Facility >1 MW
Total number
of responses
(1)
Facility type
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Self-certification ......
Application for
FERC certification.
Self-certification ......
Small Power Production Facility >1 MW.
Small Power Production Facility >1 MW.
Cogeneration and Small
Power Production Facility ≤1
MW (Self-Certification) 6.
Total .................................
54
1
1.25
1.25
67.5
1.25
1.5 hrs; $108 ...........
50 hrs; $3,600 .........
101.25 hrs; $7,290 ....
62.5 hrs; $4,500 ........
$135
4,500
1,787
1.25
2,234
1.5 hrs; $108 ...........
3,351hrs; $241,272 ...
135
Application for
FERC certification.
Self-certification ......
0
1.25
0
50 hrs; $3,600 .........
0 hrs; $0 ....................
0
312
1.25
390
1.5 hrs; $108 7 ........
585 hrs; $42,120 .......
135
.................................
2,154
........................
2,693
.................................
4,100 hrs; $295,182 ..
....................
FERC–606, Notification of Request for
Federal Authorization and Requests for
Further Information; FERC–607, Report
on Decision or Action on Request for
Federal Authorization
OMB Control No.: 1902–0241.
Abstract: FERC–606 requires agencies
and officials responsible for issuing,
conditioning, or denying requests for
federal authorizations necessary for a
proposed natural gas project to report to
the Commission 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.
FERC–607 requires agencies or
officials to submit to the Commission a
copy of a decision or action on a request
for federal authorization and an
accompanying index to the documents
and materials relied on in reaching a
conclusion.
The information collections can
neither be discontinued nor collected
less frequently because of statutory
requirements. The consequences of not
collecting this information are that the
Commission would be unable to fulfill
its statutory mandate under the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to:
• Establish a schedule for agencies to
review requests for federal
authorizations required for a project,
and
• Compile a record of each agency’s
decision, together with the record of the
Commission’s decision, to serve as a
consolidated record for the purpose of
appeal or review, including judicial
review.
Type of Respondent: Agencies with
federal authorization responsibilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 8 (rounded)
for the information collection as
follows:
FERC–606—(NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION AND REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION),
AND FERC–607 (REPORT ON DECISION OR ACTION ON REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
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)
4 hrs; $288 ..
24 hrs; $1,728 ..
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6
U.S.C. 791, et seq.
U.S.C. 16, 451–63.
4 The burden costs are based on an FERC’s 2015
average annual wage (and benefits) figure for a fulltime employee of $149,489 ($72/hour). The
Commission staff believes that industry is similarly
situated in terms of staff costs and skill sets.
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5 MW
6
= megawatt.
required to file.
7 The ‘‘Cost per Response’’ for the Cogeneration
and Small Power Production Facility ≤ 1MW (SelfCertification) respondent category was incorrectly
presented as $3,600 in the 60-day notice for the
FERC–556 information collection (Docket No. IC16–
6 Not
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$288
3; 80 FR 74101, 11/27/2015). The figure is corrected
to $108 in this notice.
8 The cost is based on FERC’s average cost (salary
plus benefits) of $72/hour for 2015. The
Commission staff believes that the level and skill
set (as a reporting agency official, e.g.,
Environmental Program Manager or Reviewer) is
comparable to FERC staff.
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FERC–606—(NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION AND REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION),
AND FERC–607 (REPORT ON DECISION OR ACTION ON REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION)—Continued
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
and cost per
response
Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
FERC–607 ...............................................
1
1
1
1 hr.; $72 .....
1 hr.; $72 ..........
72
Total .................................................
7
........................
........................
.....................
25 hrs; $1,800 ..
........................
Dated: March 21, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER16–13–002.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance Filing in ER16–13—
Revisions to Att AE re Annual ARR
Allocation to be effective 1/28/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5085.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–628–001.
Applicants: Florida Power & Light
Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Florida Power & Light Response to
Deficiency Letter to be effective 5/21/
2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5150.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1234–000.
Applicants: New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Cancellation of Services Agreement
with FirstEnergy Service Company to be
effective 3/19/2016.
Filed Date: 3/18/16.
Accession Number: 20160318–5154.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/8/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1235–000.
Applicants: UNS Electric, Inc.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Parker-Bagdad Interconnection
Agreement to be effective 3/17/2016.
Filed Date: 3/18/16.
Accession Number: 20160318–5157.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/8/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1236–000.
Applicants: Northern States Power
Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
20160318_Cancellation to be effective 3/
31/2016.
Filed Date: 3/18/16.
Accession Number: 20160318–5159.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/8/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1237–000.
Applicants: Birdsboro Power LLC.
Description: Petition of Birdsboro
Power LLC for Limited Waiver of PJM
Open Access Transmission Tariff
Competitive Entry Exemption Deadline
and Request for Expedited Action.
Filed Date: 3/18/16.
Accession Number: 20160318–5175.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1238–000.
Applicants: Avangrid Arizona
Renewables, LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Avangrid Name change normal
filing to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5068.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1239–000.
Applicants: Avangrid Renewables,
LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Avangrid Renewables Name
change normal to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5069.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1240–000.
Applicants: Alabama Electric
Marketing, LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5105.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1241–000.
Applicants: California Electric
Marketing, LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
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Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5106.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1242–000.
Applicants: Kiowa Power Partners,
LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5108.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1243–000.
Applicants: New Mexico Electric
Marketing, LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5110.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1244–000.
Applicants: Tenaska Frontier
Partners, Ltd.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1245–000.
Applicants: Tenaska Gateway
Partners, Ltd.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5113.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1246–000.
Applicants: Tenaska Power
Management, LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
Filed Date: 3/21/16.
Accession Number: 20160321–5115.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1247–000.
Applicants: Texas Electric Marketing,
LLC.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate
Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/22/2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC16-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities; (FERC-556, FERC-
606, and FERC-607); 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 its information
collections FERC-556 (Certification of Qualifying Facility Status for a
Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility), FERC-606
(Notification of Request for Federal Authorization and Requests for
Further Information), and FERC-607 (Report on Decision or Action on
Request for Federal Authorization) 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 (80
FR 74101, 11/27/2015) requesting public comments. The Commission
received no comments on the FERC-556, FERC-606, or FERC-607 and is
making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by April 25,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902-0075 (FERC-556) and 1902-0241 (FERC-606 and FERC-607) 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 202-395-0710.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC16-3-000, 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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the information collection
requirements for all collections described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please note that each collection is
distinct from the next.
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 estimates 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.
FERC-556, Certification of Qualifying Facility Status for a Small Power
Production or Cogeneration Facility
OMB Control No.: 1902-0075.
Abstract: Form No. 556 is required to implement sections 201 and
210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 \1\ (PURPA).
FERC is authorized, under those sections, 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\ 16 U.S.C. 796, 824a-3.
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A primary statutory objective is 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 that meet
certain technical and corporate
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criteria through establishment of various regulatory benefits.
Facilities that meet these criteria are called Qualifying Facilities
(QFs).
FERC's regulations in 18 CFR part 292, as relevant here, specify:
(a) The certification procedures which must be followed by owners or
operators of small power production and cogeneration facilities; (b)
the criteria which must be met; (c) the information which must be
submitted to FERC in order to obtain qualifying status; and (d) the
PURPA benefits which are available to QFs to encourage small power
production and cogeneration.
18 CFR part 292 also exempts QFs from certain corporate,
accounting, reporting, and rate regulation requirements of the Federal
Power Act,\2\ certain state laws and the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 2005.\3\
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\2\ 16 U.S.C. 791, et seq.
\3\ 42 U.S.C. 16, 451-63.
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Type of Respondent: Facilities that are self-certifying their
status as a cogenerator or small power producer or that are submitting
an application for FERC certification of their status as a cogenerator
or small power producer.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
FERC-556--Certification of Qualifying Facility Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden hours Total annual burden Cost per
respondents per of and cost per hours and total respondent
respondent responses response \4\ annual cost ($)
Facility type Filing type (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4).................. (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
(3)
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Cogeneration Facility >1 MW Self- 54 1.25 67.5 1.5 hrs; $108........ 101.25 hrs; $7,290..... $135
\5\. certification.
Cogeneration Facility >1 MW.. Application for 1 1.25 1.25 50 hrs; $3,600....... 62.5 hrs; $4,500....... 4,500
FERC
certification.
Small Power Production Self- 1,787 1.25 2,234 1.5 hrs; $108........ 3,351hrs; $241,272..... 135
Facility >1 MW. certification.
Small Power Production Application for 0 1.25 0 50 hrs; $3,600....... 0 hrs; $0.............. 0
Facility >1 MW. FERC
certification.
Cogeneration and Small Power Self- 312 1.25 390 1.5 hrs; $108 \7\.... 585 hrs; $42,120....... 135
Production Facility <=1 MW certification.
(Self-Certification) \6\.
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Total.................... ................ 2,154 .............. 2,693 ..................... 4,100 hrs; $295,182.... ...........
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FERC-606, Notification of Request for Federal Authorization and
Requests for Further Information; FERC-607, Report on Decision or
Action on Request for Federal Authorization
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\4\ The burden costs are based on an FERC's 2015 average annual
wage (and benefits) figure for a full-time employee of $149,489
($72/hour). The Commission staff believes that industry is similarly
situated in terms of staff costs and skill sets.
\5\ MW = megawatt.
\6\ Not required to file.
\7\ The ``Cost per Response'' for the Cogeneration and Small
Power Production Facility <= 1MW (Self-Certification) respondent
category was incorrectly presented as $3,600 in the 60-day notice
for the FERC-556 information collection (Docket No. IC16-3; 80 FR
74101, 11/27/2015). The figure is corrected to $108 in this notice.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0241.
Abstract: FERC-606 requires agencies and officials responsible for
issuing, conditioning, or denying requests for federal authorizations
necessary for a proposed natural gas project to report to the
Commission 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.
FERC-607 requires agencies or officials to submit to the Commission
a copy of a decision or action on a request for federal authorization
and an accompanying index to the documents and materials relied on in
reaching a conclusion.
The information collections can neither be discontinued nor
collected less frequently because of statutory requirements. The
consequences of not collecting this information are that the Commission
would be unable to fulfill its statutory mandate under the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to:
Establish a schedule for agencies to review requests for
federal authorizations required for a project, and
Compile a record of each agency's decision, together with
the record of the Commission's decision, to serve as a consolidated
record for the purpose of appeal or review, including judicial review.
Type of Respondent: Agencies with federal authorization
responsibilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \8\ (rounded) for the information
collection as follows:
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\8\ The cost is based on FERC's average cost (salary plus
benefits) of $72/hour for 2015. The Commission staff believes that
the level and skill set (as a reporting agency official, e.g.,
Environmental Program Manager or Reviewer) is comparable to FERC
staff.
FERC-606--(Notification of Request for Federal Authorization and Requests for Further Information), and FERC-607 (Report on Decision or Action on
Request for Federal Authorization)
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden hours Total annual burden hours Cost per
respondents per respondent of responses and cost per response and total annual cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4).................... (3) * (4) = (5)........... (5) / (1)
(3)
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FERC-606........................... 6 1 6 4 hrs; $288............ 24 hrs; $1,728............ $288
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FERC-607........................... 1 1 1 1 hr.; $72............. 1 hr.; $72................ 72
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Total.......................... 7 .............. .............. ....................... 25 hrs; $1,800............ ..............
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Dated: March 21, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-06776 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
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