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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–8–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities Consolidated Comment
Request; Extension (FERC–606 and
FERC–607)
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection 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) and submitting
the information collections to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. On February 8, 2019,
the Commission published a Notice in
the Federal Register in Docket No.
IC19–8–000 requesting public
comments. The Commission received no
public comments and is noting that in
the related submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due May 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0241, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–8–000, by either of the
following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
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, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 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.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of these 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 other.
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:
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• 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: 1 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 2 (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 & cost per
response
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) × (2)
FERC–606 .............................
FERC–607 .............................
6
1
1
1
6
1
4 hrs.; $316 ......
1 hr.; $79 ..........
24 hrs.; $1,896
1 hr.; $79 ..........
Total ................................
7
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7
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25 hrs.; $1,975
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
SmartestEnergy US LLC’s application
for market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is April 29,
2019.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
1 Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
2 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the formula: Average Burden Hours per
Response * 79.00 per hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary plus benefits of $164,820 per
year (or $79.00/hour). These estimates were
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.
Dated: April 9, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 9, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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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:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP19–1109–000.
Applicants: GenOn Wholesale
Generation, LP, Entergy Mississippi,
LLC.
Description: Joint Petition for Limited
Waivers of Capacity Release Regulations
and Policies, et al. of GenOn Wholesale
Generation, LP, et al. under RP19–1109.
Filed Date: 4/3/19.
Accession Number: 20190403–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/15/19.
updated in May 2018. This figure is being used
because the staff thinks industry is similarly
situated in terms of average hourly cost.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-8-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities Consolidated Comment
Request; Extension (FERC-606 and FERC-607)
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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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 soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection 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) and
submitting the information collections to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments
directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the
Commission as explained below. On February 8, 2019, the Commission
published a Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC19-8-000
requesting public comments. The Commission received no public comments
and is noting that in the related submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due May 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by OMB Control No. 1902-
0241, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC19-8-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: 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 [email protected], 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
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 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.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of these 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 other.
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:
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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: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \2\ (rounded) for the information
collection as follows:
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\1\ Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
\2\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * 79.00 per hour =
Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary plus benefits of $164,820 per year (or $79.00/
hour). These estimates were updated in May 2018. This figure is
being used because the staff thinks industry is similarly situated
in terms of average hourly cost.
FERC-606 (Notification of Request for Federal Authorization and Requests for Further Information), and FERC-607 (Report on Decision or Action on Request
for Federal Authorization)
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Annual number Total annual burden
Number of of responses Total number of Average burden hours & hours & total annual Cost per
respondents per respondent responses cost per response cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4).................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1) x (2)
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FERC-606........................ 6 1 6 4 hrs.; $316........... 24 hrs.; $1,896........ $316
FERC-607........................ 1 1 1 1 hr.; $79............. 1 hr.; $79............. 79
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Total....................... 7 ............... 7 ....................... 25 hrs.; $1,975........ ...............
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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.
Dated: April 9, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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