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Dated: July 26, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Federal Energy Regulatory
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Medallion Pipeline Company, LLC;
Notice of Petition For Declaratory
Order
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[Docket No. OR17–18–000]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Take notice that on July 21, 2017,
pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2016),
Medallion Pipeline Company, LLC
(Medallion), filed a petition for a
declaratory order seeking approval of
the overall tariff and rate structure, and
open-season procedures for Medallion’s
proposed Wolfcamp Connector
expansion and Howard Lateral
expansion to transport crude oil from
Midland Basin in West Texas to
Colorado City Hub, as more fully
explained in the petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
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appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
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appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
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electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC17–11–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–549b); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
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–549B (Gas
Pipeline Rates: Capacity Reports and
Index of Customers)] 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 (82 FR 18635, 4/20/
2017) requesting public comments. The
Commission received one comment on
the FERC–549B and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB. The
sole comment, however, does not
pertain to this information collection
and is immaterial to the renewal effort
for the FERC–549B.1
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by August 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
SUMMARY:
1 The comment can be found here: https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?
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1902–0169, 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. IC17–11–000, 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/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–549B (Gas Pipeline Rates:
Capacity Reports and Index of
Customers).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0169.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–549B information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–549B
includes both the Index of Customers
(IOC) report under Commission
regulations at 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 284.13(c) and three
capacity reporting requirements. One of
these is in Commission regulations at 18
CFR 284.13(b) and requires reports on
firm and interruptible services. The
second is at 18 CFR 284.13(d)(1) and
requires pipelines make information on
capacity and flow information available
on their Internet Web sites. The third is
at 18 CFR 284.13(d)(2) and requires an
annual filing of peak day capacity.
Capacity Reports Under 284.13(b) and
284.13(d)(1)
On April 4, 1992, in Order No. 636
(RM91–11–000), the Commission
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established a capacity release
mechanism under which shippers could
release firm transportation and storage
capacity on either a short- or long-term
basis to other shippers wanting to obtain
capacity. Pipelines posted available firm
and interruptible capacity information
on their electronic bulletin boards
(EBBs) to inform potential shippers.
On August 3, 1992, in Order No. 636–
A (RM91–11–002), the Commission
determined through staff audits, that the
efficiency of the capacity release
mechanism could be enhanced by
standardizing the content and format of
capacity release information and the
methods by which shippers accessed
this information, which pipelines
posted to their EBBs.
On March 29, 1995, through Order
577 (RM95–5–000), the Commission
amended § 284.243(h) of its regulations
to allow shippers the ability to release
capacity without having to comply with
the Commission’s advance posting and
bidding requirements. On February 9,
2000, in Order No. 637 (RM98–10–000),
to create greater substitution between
different forms of capacity and to
enhance competition across the pipeline
grid, the Commission revised its
capacity release regulations regarding
scheduling, segmentation and flexible
point rights, penalties, and reporting
requirements. This resulted in more
reliable capacity information
availability and price data that shippers
needed to make informed decisions in a
competitive market as well as to
improve shipper’s and the
Commission’s ability to monitor the
market for potential abuses.
Peak Day Annual Capacity Report
Under 284.13(d)(2)
18 CFR 284.13(d)(2) requires an
annual peak day capacity report of all
interstate pipelines, including natural
gas storage only companies. This report
is generally a short report showing the
peak day design capacity or the actual
peak day capacity achieved, with a short
explanation, if needed. The regulation
states:
An interstate pipeline must make an
annual filing by March 1 of each year
showing the estimated peak day
capacity of the pipeline’s system, and
the estimated storage capacity and
maximum daily delivery capability of
storage facilities under reasonably
representative operating assumptions
and the respective assignments of that
capacity to the various firm services
provided by the pipeline.
This annual report/filing is publicly
available, while other more specific
interstate pipeline and storage capacity
details are filed as CEII, such as the
Annual System Flow Diagram (FERC–
567) which are not publicly available.
Index of Customers Under 284.13(c)
In Order 581, issued September 28,
1995 (Docket No. RM95–4–000), the
Commission established the IOC
quarterly information requirement. This
Order required the reporting of five data
elements in the IOC filing: The customer
name, the rate schedule under which
service is rendered, the contract
effective date, the contract termination
date, and the maximum daily contract
quantity, for either transportation or
storage service, as appropriate.
In a notice issued separate from Order
581 in Docket No. RM95–4–000, issued
February 29, 1996, the Commission,
through technical conferences with
industry, determined that the IOC data
reported should be in tab delimited
format on diskette and in a form as
proscribed in Appendix A of the
rulemaking. In a departure from past
practice, a three-digit code, instead of a
six-digit code, was established to
identify the respondent.
In Order 637, issued February 9, 2000
(Docket Nos. RM98–10–000 and RM98–
12–000), the Commission required the
filing of: The receipt and delivery points
held under contract and the zones or
segments in which the capacity is held,
the common transaction point codes,
the contract number, the shipper
identification number, an indication
whether the contract includes
negotiated rates, the names of any
agents or asset managers that control
capacity in a pipeline rate zone, and any
affiliate relationship between the
pipeline and the holder of capacity. It
was stated in the Order that the changes
to the Commission’s reporting
requirements would enhance the
reliability of information about capacity
availability and price that shippers need
to make informed decisions in a
competitive market as well as improve
shippers’ and the Commission’s ability
to monitor marketplace behavior to
detect, and remedy anti-competitive
behavior. Order 637 required a pipeline
post the information quarterly on its
Internet Web sites instead of on the
outdated EBBs.
Type of Respondents: Respondents for
this data collection are interstate
pipelines subject to FERC regulation
under the Natural Gas Act and those
entities defined as Hinshaw Pipelines
under the Natural Gas Policy Act.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–549B (GAS PIPELINE RATES: CAPACITY REPORTS AND INDEX OF CUSTOMERS)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
esponses per
espondent
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)
185
6
1,110
$145
11,093
$160,950
12,313,230
$66,558
93049344Peak Day Annual Capacity Report under 284.13(d)(2) ........................
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Capacity Reports under 284.13(b) &
284.13(d)(1) ..........................................
185
1
185
185
4
740
1,850
141,525
2,220
170,200
765
Index of Customers under 284.13(c) .......
10
765
3
230
2 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
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information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
3 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: 2017 Average Burden
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Hours per Response * $76.50 per Hour = Average
Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure of $76.50
is the average FERC employee wage plus benefits.
We assume that respondents earn at a similar rate.
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FERC–549B (GAS PIPELINE RATES: CAPACITY REPORTS AND INDEX OF CUSTOMERS)—Continued
Number of
respondents
Total number
of responses
Average
burden & cost
per response
($) 3
Total
annual
burden
hours & total
annual cost ($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Total ..................................................
Annual
number of
esponses per
espondent
(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: July 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–16076 Filed 7–31–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14808–000]
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Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 19, 2016, Merchant
Hydro Developers, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
feasibility of the Panther Pumped
Storage Hydroelectric Project to be
located near the town of Simpson in
Lackawanna and Wayne Counties,
Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant
the permit holder priority to file a
license application during the permit
term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform
any land-disturbing activities or
otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners’
express permission.
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The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) A new upper reservoir
with a surface area of 175 acres and a
storage capacity of 2,625 acre-feet at a
surface elevation of approximately 1,960
feet above mean sea level (msl) created
through construction of new rollercompacted concrete or rock-filled dams
and/or dikes; (2) excavating a new lower
reservoir with a surface area of 180 acres
and a total storage capacity of 4,500
acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,325
feet msl; (3) a new 6,045-foot-long, 48inch-diameter penstock connecting the
upper and lower reservoirs; (5) a new
150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse
containing two turbine-generator units
with a total rated capacity of 172
megawatts; (6) a new transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby
electric grid interconnection point with
options to evaluate multiple grid
interconnection locations; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. Possible initial
fill water and make-up water would
come from the Lackawanna River. The
proposed project would have an annual
generation of 502,717 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle,
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710
Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902;
phone: (267) 254–6107.
FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone:
(202) 502–6096.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.1
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system 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/
1 The Commission is issuing a second notice for
this project because some municipalities may not
have been notified by the first notice issued on
March 28, 2017.
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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, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14808–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14808) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: July 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–16078 Filed 7–31–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC17-11-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549b); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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-549B (Gas Pipeline
Rates: Capacity Reports and Index of Customers)] 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 (82 FR 18635, 4/20/2017) requesting public comments.
The Commission received one comment on the FERC-549B and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB. The sole comment, however, does not
pertain to this information collection and is immaterial to the renewal
effort for the FERC-549B.\1\
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\1\ The comment can be found here: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=14615693.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 31,
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2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0169, 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. IC17-11-000, 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:
Title: FERC-549B (Gas Pipeline Rates: Capacity Reports and Index of
Customers).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0169.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549B information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
549B includes both the Index of Customers (IOC) report under Commission
regulations at 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 284.13(c) and three
capacity reporting requirements. One of these is in Commission
regulations at 18 CFR 284.13(b) and requires reports on firm and
interruptible services. The second is at 18 CFR 284.13(d)(1) and
requires pipelines make information on capacity and flow information
available on their Internet Web sites. The third is at 18 CFR
284.13(d)(2) and requires an annual filing of peak day capacity.
Capacity Reports Under 284.13(b) and 284.13(d)(1)
On April 4, 1992, in Order No. 636 (RM91-11-000), the Commission
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established a capacity release mechanism under which shippers could
release firm transportation and storage capacity on either a short- or
long-term basis to other shippers wanting to obtain capacity. Pipelines
posted available firm and interruptible capacity information on their
electronic bulletin boards (EBBs) to inform potential shippers.
On August 3, 1992, in Order No. 636-A (RM91-11-002), the Commission
determined through staff audits, that the efficiency of the capacity
release mechanism could be enhanced by standardizing the content and
format of capacity release information and the methods by which
shippers accessed this information, which pipelines posted to their
EBBs.
On March 29, 1995, through Order 577 (RM95-5-000), the Commission
amended Sec. 284.243(h) of its regulations to allow shippers the
ability to release capacity without having to comply with the
Commission's advance posting and bidding requirements. On February 9,
2000, in Order No. 637 (RM98-10-000), to create greater substitution
between different forms of capacity and to enhance competition across
the pipeline grid, the Commission revised its capacity release
regulations regarding scheduling, segmentation and flexible point
rights, penalties, and reporting requirements. This resulted in more
reliable capacity information availability and price data that shippers
needed to make informed decisions in a competitive market as well as to
improve shipper's and the Commission's ability to monitor the market
for potential abuses.
Peak Day Annual Capacity Report Under 284.13(d)(2)
18 CFR 284.13(d)(2) requires an annual peak day capacity report of
all interstate pipelines, including natural gas storage only companies.
This report is generally a short report showing the peak day design
capacity or the actual peak day capacity achieved, with a short
explanation, if needed. The regulation states:
An interstate pipeline must make an annual filing by March 1 of
each year showing the estimated peak day capacity of the pipeline's
system, and the estimated storage capacity and maximum daily delivery
capability of storage facilities under reasonably representative
operating assumptions and the respective assignments of that capacity
to the various firm services provided by the pipeline.
This annual report/filing is publicly available, while other more
specific interstate pipeline and storage capacity details are filed as
CEII, such as the Annual System Flow Diagram (FERC-567) which are not
publicly available.
Index of Customers Under 284.13(c)
In Order 581, issued September 28, 1995 (Docket No. RM95-4-000),
the Commission established the IOC quarterly information requirement.
This Order required the reporting of five data elements in the IOC
filing: The customer name, the rate schedule under which service is
rendered, the contract effective date, the contract termination date,
and the maximum daily contract quantity, for either transportation or
storage service, as appropriate.
In a notice issued separate from Order 581 in Docket No. RM95-4-
000, issued February 29, 1996, the Commission, through technical
conferences with industry, determined that the IOC data reported should
be in tab delimited format on diskette and in a form as proscribed in
Appendix A of the rulemaking. In a departure from past practice, a
three-digit code, instead of a six-digit code, was established to
identify the respondent.
In Order 637, issued February 9, 2000 (Docket Nos. RM98-10-000 and
RM98-12-000), the Commission required the filing of: The receipt and
delivery points held under contract and the zones or segments in which
the capacity is held, the common transaction point codes, the contract
number, the shipper identification number, an indication whether the
contract includes negotiated rates, the names of any agents or asset
managers that control capacity in a pipeline rate zone, and any
affiliate relationship between the pipeline and the holder of capacity.
It was stated in the Order that the changes to the Commission's
reporting requirements would enhance the reliability of information
about capacity availability and price that shippers need to make
informed decisions in a competitive market as well as improve shippers'
and the Commission's ability to monitor marketplace behavior to detect,
and remedy anti-competitive behavior. Order 637 required a pipeline
post the information quarterly on its Internet Web sites instead of on
the outdated EBBs.
Type of Respondents: Respondents for this data collection are
interstate pipelines subject to FERC regulation under the Natural Gas
Act and those entities defined as Hinshaw Pipelines under the Natural
Gas Policy Act.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \2\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\2\ 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.
\3\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: 2017 Average Burden Hours per Response * $76.50
per Hour = Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure of
$76.50 is the average FERC employee wage plus benefits. We assume
that respondents earn at a similar rate.
FERC-549B (Gas Pipeline Rates: Capacity Reports and Index of Customers)
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Total annual
Annual number Average burden hours
Number of of responses Total number burden & cost & total Cost per
respondents per of responses per response annual cost respondent ($)
respondent ($) \3\ ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4) (3) * (4) = (5) / (1)
(3) (5)
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Capacity Reports under 284.13(b) & 284.13(d)(1)......... 185 6 1,110 $145 $160,950 $66,558
11,093 12,313,230
93049344Peak Day Annual Capacity Report under 185 1 185 10 1,850 765
284.13(d)(2)........................................... 765 141,525
Index of Customers under 284.13(c)...................... 185 4 740 3 2,220 920
230 170,200
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Total............................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,035 165,020 68,243
12,624,955
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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.
Dated: July 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16076 Filed 7-31-17; 8:45 am]
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