Billing Procedures for Annual Charges for the Costs of Other Federal Agencies for Administering Part I of the Federal Power Act; Notice Reporting Costs for Other Federal Agencies' Administrative Annual Charges for Fiscal Year 2016, 34306-34308 [2017-15431]
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Deliverability Service to be effective
9/1/2017.
Filed Date: 07/14/2017.
Accession Number: 20170714–5005.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
Docket Numbers: RP17–901–000.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
Description: Equitrans, L.P. submits
tariff filing per 154.204: 10–1–2016
Formula-Based Negotiated Rates to be
effective 10/1/2016.
Filed Date: 07/14/2017.
Accession Number: 20170714–5007.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
Docket Numbers: RP17–902–000.
Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Description: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
submits tariff filing per 154.204: Fuel
Gas Imbalance Management to be
effective 9/1/2017.
Filed Date: 07/14/2017.
Accession Number: 20170714–5076.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
§ 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: July 17, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER16–1914–001.
Applicants: Patua Acquisition
Company, LLC.
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Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of Patua Acquisition
Company, LLC.
Filed Date: 7/17/17.
Accession Number: 20170717–5130.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/7/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–1636–003.
Applicants: Great River Hydro, LLC.
Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of Great River Hydro,
LLC.
Filed Date: 7/17/17.
Accession Number: 20170717–5124.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/7/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2101–000.
Applicants: Deseret Generation &
Transmission Co-operative, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
OATT Attachment 7/8 Sec. 17.3 Amend.
to be effective 9/15/2017.
Filed Date: 7/17/17.
Accession Number: 20170717–5041.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/7/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2102–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
Union Electric Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2017–07–17_SA 3032 Ameren-City of
Hannibal Construction Agreement to be
effective 6/29/2017.
Filed Date: 7/17/17.
Accession Number: 20170717–5051.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/7/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2103–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
MidAmerican Energy Company, ITC
Midwest LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2017–07–17_SA 3031_MEC–ITCM HillsMontezuma FCA to be effective 9/16/
2017.
Filed Date: 7/17/17.
Accession Number: 20170717–5077.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/7/17.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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Dated: July 18, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD17–1–000]
Billing Procedures for Annual Charges
for the Costs of Other Federal
Agencies for Administering Part I of
the Federal Power Act; Notice
Reporting Costs for Other Federal
Agencies’ Administrative Annual
Charges for Fiscal Year 2016
1. The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) is required
to determine the reasonableness of costs
incurred by other Federal agencies
(OFAs) 1 in connection with their
participation in the Commission’s
proceedings under the Federal Power
Act (FPA) Part I 2 when those agencies
seek to include such costs in the
administrative charges licensees must
pay to reimburse the United States for
the cost of administering Part I.3 The
Commission’s Order on Remand and
Acting on Appeals of Annual Charge
Bills 4 determined which costs are
eligible to be included in the
administrative annual charges and it
established a process for Commission
review of future OFA cost submittals.
This order established a process
whereby the Commission would
annually request each OFA to submit
cost data, using a form 5 specifically
designed for this purpose. In addition,
the order established requirements for
detailed cost accounting reports and
other documented analyses, which
explain the cost assumptions contained
in the OFAs’ submissions.
2. The Commission has completed its
review of the forms and supporting
documentation submitted by the U.S.
1 The OFAs include: the U.S. Department of the
Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land
Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of
the Solicitor, Office of Environmental Policy &
Compliance, Office of Hearings and Appeals and
Office of Policy Analysis); the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service); the U.S.
Department of Commerce (National Marine
Fisheries Service); and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
2 16 U.S.C. 794–823d (2012).
3 See id. 803(e)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 7178.
4 107 FERC ¶ 61,277, order on reh’g, 109 FERC
¶ 61,040 (2004).
5 Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form,
available at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
forms.asp#ofa.
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Scope of Eligible Costs
3. The basis for eligible costs that
should be included in the OFAs’
administrative annual charges is
prescribed by the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A–25—
User Charges and the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s
Statement of Federal Financial
Accounting Standards (SFFAS) Number
4—Managerial Cost Accounting
Concepts and Standards for the Federal
Government. Circular A–25 establishes
Federal policy regarding fees assessed
for government services and provides
specific information on the scope and
type of activities subject to user charges.
SFFAS Number 4 provides a conceptual
framework for federal agencies to
determine the full costs of government
goods and services.
4. Circular A–25 provides for user
charges to be assessed against recipients
of special benefits derived from Federal
activities beyond those received by the
general public.6 With regard to
9. Figure 1 summarizes the total
reported costs incurred by Interior,
Agriculture, and Commerce with respect
to their participation in administering
Part I of the FPA. Additionally, Figure
1 summarizes the reported costs that the
Commission determined were clearly
documented and accepted for inclusion
6 OMB
Circular A–25 6.
Circular A–25 6.a.2.
8 SFFAS Number 4 ¶ 7.
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Commission Review of OFA Cost
Submittals
5. The Commission received cost
forms and other supporting
documentation from the Departments of
the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce. The Commission completed
a review of each OFA’s cost submission
forms and supporting reports. In its
examination of the OFAs’ cost data, the
in its FY 2017 administrative annual
charges.
Summary Findings of Commission’s
Costs Review
10. As presented in Figure 1, the
Commission determined that $6,683,928
of the $7,146,046 in total reported costs
9 To avoid the possibility of confusion that has
occurred in prior years as to whether costs were
being entered twice as Other Direct Costs and
Overhead, the form excluded Other Direct Costs.
7 OMB
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licensees, the special benefit derived
from federal activities is the license to
operate a hydropower project. The
guidance provides for the assessment of
sufficient user charges to recover the full
costs of services associated with these
special benefits.7 SFFAS Number 4
defines full costs as the costs of
resources consumed by a specific
governmental unit that contribute
directly or indirectly to a provided
service.8 Thus, pursuant to OMB
requirements and authoritative
accounting guidance, the Commission
must base its OFA administrative
annual charge on all direct and indirect
costs incurred by agencies in
administering Part I of the FPA. The
special form the Commission designed
for this purpose, the Other Federal
Agency Cost Submission Form, captures
the full range of costs recoverable under
the FPA and the referenced accounting
guidance.9
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Commission considered each agency’s
ability to demonstrate a system or
process which effectively captured,
isolated, and reported FPA Part I costs
as required by the Other Federal Agency
Cost Submission Form.
6. The Commission held a Technical
Conference on April 6, 2017 to report its
initial findings to licensees and OFAs.
Representatives for several licensees
and most of the OFAs attended the
conference. Following the technical
conference, a transcript was posted, and
licensees had the opportunity to submit
comments to the Commission regarding
its initial review.
7. Idaho Falls Group (Idaho Falls)
filed written comments,10 stating its
general support of the Commission’s
analysis but raising questions regarding
certain various individual cost
submissions. These issues are addressed
in the Appendix to this notice.
8. After additional review, full
consideration of the comments
presented, and in accordance with the
previously cited guidance, the
Commission accepted as reasonable any
costs reported via the cost submission
forms that were clearly documented in
the OFAs’ accompanying reports and/or
analyses. These documented costs will
be included in the administrative
annual charges for FY 2017.
were reasonable and clearly
documented in the OFAs’
accompanying reports and/or analyses.
Based on this finding, 6% of the total
reported cost was determined to be
unreasonable. The Commission noted
the most significant issue with the
documentation provided by the OFAs
10 See Letter from Charles R. Sensiba, Van Ness
Feldman, to the Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, FERC,
Docket No. AD17–1–000 (filed May 15, 2017).
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Department of the Interior (Interior), the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Agriculture), and the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) for fiscal year
(FY) 2016. This notice reports the costs
the Commission included in its
administrative annual charges for FY
2017.
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was the lack of supporting
documentation to substantiate costs
reported on the ‘‘Other Federal Agency
Cost Submission Form.’’
11. The cost reports that the
Commission determined were clearly
documented and supported could be
traced to detailed cost-accounting
reports, which reconciled to data
provided from agency financial systems
or other pertinent source
documentation. A further breakdown of
these costs is included in the Appendix
to this notice, along with an explanation
of how the Commission determined
their reasonableness.
Points of Contact
12. If you have any questions
regarding this notice, please contact
Norman Richardson at (202) 502–6219
or Raven Rodriquez at (202) 502–6276.
Dated: July 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Dated: July 13, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.
Deputy Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP17–896–000.
Applicants: Northern Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Northern Natural Gas
Company submits tariff filing per
154.204: 20170711 Remove Ft. Buford to
be effective 8/11/2017.
Filed Date: 07/11/2017.
Accession Number: 20170711–5099.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Monday, July 24, 2017.
Docket Numbers: RP17–897–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing
per 154.204: Negotiated Rate and NonConforming—Narragansett—510985 to
be effective 7/17/2017.
Filed Date: 07/12/2017.
Accession Number: 20170712–5196.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Monday, July 24, 2017.
Docket Numbers: RP17–899–000.
Applicants: OXY USA Inc.,
Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc., Hess
Corporation.
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Description: Joint Petition for
Temporary Waiver of Capacity Release
of OXY USA Inc., et al.
Filed Date: 07/12/2017.
Accession Number: 20170712–5203.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3511–023]
Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC ; Notice of
Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document,
and Approving Use of the Traditional
Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 3511–023.
c. Date Filed: May 31, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Lower Saranac
Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Groveville
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Fishkill Creek near the
city of Beacon, New York. No federal
lands are occupied by the project works
or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr.
Kevin M. Webb, Hydro Licensing
Manager, Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC,
100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300,
Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935–6039;
email:kevin.webb@enel.com.
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i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at
(202) 502–8256; or email at
christopher.millard@ferc.gov.
j. Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC filed a
request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process on May 31, 2017 and provided
public notice of the request on June 7,
2017. In a letter dated July 18, 2017, the
Director of the Division of Hydropower
Licensing approved Lower Saranac
Hydro, LLC’s request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries
under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are
also initiating consultation with the
New York State Historic Preservation
Officer, as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC as the
Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and section 106
of the National Historic Preservation
Act.
m. Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC filed a
Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and
schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
Commission’s regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (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 Online
Support at FERCONlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in
paragraph h.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
new license for Project No. 3511–023.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and
16.10, each application for a new
license and any competing license
applications must be filed with the
Commission at least 24 months prior to
the expiration of the existing license.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD17-1-000]
Billing Procedures for Annual Charges for the Costs of Other
Federal Agencies for Administering Part I of the Federal Power Act;
Notice Reporting Costs for Other Federal Agencies' Administrative
Annual Charges for Fiscal Year 2016
1. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
required to determine the reasonableness of costs incurred by other
Federal agencies (OFAs) \1\ in connection with their participation in
the Commission's proceedings under the Federal Power Act (FPA) Part I
\2\ when those agencies seek to include such costs in the
administrative charges licensees must pay to reimburse the United
States for the cost of administering Part I.\3\ The Commission's Order
on Remand and Acting on Appeals of Annual Charge Bills \4\ determined
which costs are eligible to be included in the administrative annual
charges and it established a process for Commission review of future
OFA cost submittals. This order established a process whereby the
Commission would annually request each OFA to submit cost data, using a
form \5\ specifically designed for this purpose. In addition, the order
established requirements for detailed cost accounting reports and other
documented analyses, which explain the cost assumptions contained in
the OFAs' submissions.
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\1\ The OFAs include: the U.S. Department of the Interior
(Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Office of the Solicitor, Office of Environmental Policy &
Compliance, Office of Hearings and Appeals and Office of Policy
Analysis); the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service);
the U.S. Department of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries Service);
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
\2\ 16 U.S.C. 794-823d (2012).
\3\ See id. 803(e)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 7178.
\4\ 107 FERC ] 61,277, order on reh'g, 109 FERC ] 61,040 (2004).
\5\ Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form, available at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#ofa.
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2. The Commission has completed its review of the forms and
supporting documentation submitted by the U.S.
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Department of the Interior (Interior), the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (Agriculture), and the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This notice reports the costs the
Commission included in its administrative annual charges for FY 2017.
Scope of Eligible Costs
3. The basis for eligible costs that should be included in the
OFAs' administrative annual charges is prescribed by the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Circular A-25--User Charges and the
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's Statement of Federal
Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) Number 4--Managerial Cost
Accounting Concepts and Standards for the Federal Government. Circular
A-25 establishes Federal policy regarding fees assessed for government
services and provides specific information on the scope and type of
activities subject to user charges. SFFAS Number 4 provides a
conceptual framework for federal agencies to determine the full costs
of government goods and services.
4. Circular A-25 provides for user charges to be assessed against
recipients of special benefits derived from Federal activities beyond
those received by the general public.\6\ With regard to licensees, the
special benefit derived from federal activities is the license to
operate a hydropower project. The guidance provides for the assessment
of sufficient user charges to recover the full costs of services
associated with these special benefits.\7\ SFFAS Number 4 defines full
costs as the costs of resources consumed by a specific governmental
unit that contribute directly or indirectly to a provided service.\8\
Thus, pursuant to OMB requirements and authoritative accounting
guidance, the Commission must base its OFA administrative annual charge
on all direct and indirect costs incurred by agencies in administering
Part I of the FPA. The special form the Commission designed for this
purpose, the Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form, captures the
full range of costs recoverable under the FPA and the referenced
accounting guidance.\9\
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\6\ OMB Circular A-25 6.
\7\ OMB Circular A-25 6.a.2.
\8\ SFFAS Number 4 ] 7.
\9\ To avoid the possibility of confusion that has occurred in
prior years as to whether costs were being entered twice as Other
Direct Costs and Overhead, the form excluded Other Direct Costs.
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Commission Review of OFA Cost Submittals
5. The Commission received cost forms and other supporting
documentation from the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce. The Commission completed a review of each OFA's cost
submission forms and supporting reports. In its examination of the
OFAs' cost data, the Commission considered each agency's ability to
demonstrate a system or process which effectively captured, isolated,
and reported FPA Part I costs as required by the Other Federal Agency
Cost Submission Form.
6. The Commission held a Technical Conference on April 6, 2017 to
report its initial findings to licensees and OFAs. Representatives for
several licensees and most of the OFAs attended the conference.
Following the technical conference, a transcript was posted, and
licensees had the opportunity to submit comments to the Commission
regarding its initial review.
7. Idaho Falls Group (Idaho Falls) filed written comments,\10\
stating its general support of the Commission's analysis but raising
questions regarding certain various individual cost submissions. These
issues are addressed in the Appendix to this notice.
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\10\ See Letter from Charles R. Sensiba, Van Ness Feldman, to
the Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, FERC, Docket No. AD17-1-000 (filed
May 15, 2017).
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8. After additional review, full consideration of the comments
presented, and in accordance with the previously cited guidance, the
Commission accepted as reasonable any costs reported via the cost
submission forms that were clearly documented in the OFAs' accompanying
reports and/or analyses. These documented costs will be included in the
administrative annual charges for FY 2017.
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9. Figure 1 summarizes the total reported costs incurred by
Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce with respect to their participation
in administering Part I of the FPA. Additionally, Figure 1 summarizes
the reported costs that the Commission determined were clearly
documented and accepted for inclusion in its FY 2017 administrative
annual charges.
Summary Findings of Commission's Costs Review
10. As presented in Figure 1, the Commission determined that
$6,683,928 of the $7,146,046 in total reported costs were reasonable
and clearly documented in the OFAs' accompanying reports and/or
analyses. Based on this finding, 6% of the total reported cost was
determined to be unreasonable. The Commission noted the most
significant issue with the documentation provided by the OFAs
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was the lack of supporting documentation to substantiate costs reported
on the ``Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form.''
11. The cost reports that the Commission determined were clearly
documented and supported could be traced to detailed cost-accounting
reports, which reconciled to data provided from agency financial
systems or other pertinent source documentation. A further breakdown of
these costs is included in the Appendix to this notice, along with an
explanation of how the Commission determined their reasonableness.
Points of Contact
12. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact
Norman Richardson at (202) 502-6219 or Raven Rodriquez at (202) 502-
6276.
Dated: July 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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