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Dated: May 1, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14966–000]
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Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing
Applications; Grid Balance
Hydropower, LLC
On February 25, 2019, Grid Balance
Hydropower, 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 Packer-Banks Pumped Storage
Project to be located in Carbon County,
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.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) A new 9,500-foot-long,
80- to 120-foot-high roller-compacted
concrete and/or rock-filled dam or dike
forming an upper reservoir having a
surface area of 120 acres and a total
storage capacity of approximately 9,300
acre-feet at a normal maximum water
surface elevation between
approximately 1,960 and 1,860 feet
above mean sea level (msl); (2) a lower
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reservoir with three different options:
Option A (site 1) or B (site 2) would
include a new 9,500-foot-long, 85- to 95foot-high roller-compacted concrete
and/or rock-filled dam or dike forming
a lower reservoir having a surface area
of 120 acres and a total storage capacity
of approximately 9,300 acre-feet at a
normal maximum water surface
elevation between approximately 1,250
and 1,350 feet msl. Option C (site 3)
would include a below grade mine pit
with a surface area of 200 acres and a
total storage capacity of approximately
10,000 acre-feet at a normal maximum
water surface elevation between
approximately 1,250 and 1,350 feet msl;
(3) a 5,500-foot-long tunnel and/or
penstock connecting the upper and
lower reservoirs; (4) a powerhouse
containing four turbine-generator units
with a total rated capacity of 400
megawatts; (5) a transmission line
connecting to an existing 230-kilovolt
transmission line traversing the site; and
(6) appurtenant facilities. Initial fill and
make-up water for the project would
come from a nearby abandoned mine
drainage source. The proposed project
would have an annual generation of
1,680,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Paul A. DiRenzo,
Jr., Grid Balance Hydropower, LLC, 214
Norwegian Woods Drive, Pottsville, PA
17901; phone: 570–617–7810.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury;
phone: (202) 502–6736.
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.
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/
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–14966–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
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be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14966) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: May 1, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–09294 Filed 5–6–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–22–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; (FERC Form Nos. 1, 1–F,
and 3–Q); Comment Request;
Extensions
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collections, FERC
Form Nos. 1 (Annual Report of Major
Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others), 1–F (Annual Report for
Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees), and 3–Q (Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due July 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–22–000)
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/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
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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:
Type of Request: Three-year
extensions of the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1–
F, and 3–Q with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.1
FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others
OMB Control No.: 1902–0021.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1 is a
comprehensive financial and operating
report submitted annually for electric
rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by Major
electric utilities, licensees and others.
Major is defined as having in each of the
last three consecutive calendar years,
sales or transmission services that
exceed one of the following: (1) One
million megawatt-hours of total sales;
(2) 100 megawatt-hours of sales for
resale; (3) 500 megawatt-hours of power
exchanges delivered; or (4) 500
megawatt-hours of wheeling for others
(deliveries plus losses).2
The FERC Form No.1 is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. The FERC Form No.1 includes a
basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Income,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statements of Accumulated
Comprehensive Income,
• Comprehensive Income, and
Hedging Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
outlines of corporate structure and
governance,
• Information on formula rates, and
• Description of important changes
during the year.
Other schedules provide:
• Information on revenues and the
related quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
Type of Respondent: Major electric
utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The
Commission estimates the annual
burden and cost 4 for FERC Form No. 1
as follows:
FERC FORM NO. 1
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden hours and
average 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) = (6)
1,168 hrs.; $92,272 .................
241,776 hrs.; $19,100,304 ......
207 .................
1
207
FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual Report for
Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees
OMB Control No.: 1902–0029.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1–F is
a financial and operating report
submitted annually for electric rate
regulation, market oversight analysis,
and financial audits by Nonmajor
electric utilities and licensees.
Nonmajor is defined as utilities and
licensees that are not classified as
Major, and having total sales in each of
the last three consecutive years of
10,000 megawatt-hours or more.5
The FERC Form No.1–F is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. The FERC Form No.1–F includes
a basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive
Income and Hedging Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
include revenues and the related
$92,272
quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data; and
• Other statistical information.
Type of Respondent: Nonmajor
electric utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used
for the FERC Form No. 1–F is $79 (for
wages plus benefits) and is described
above, under the FERC Form No. 1.):
FERC FORM NO. 1–F
Number of
respondents
Annual number
of responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden hours and
cost per response
Total annual burden hours
and total annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
122 hrs.; $9,638 ......................
610 hrs.; $48,190 ....................
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1
5
1 FERC Form Nos. 1, 1–F, and 3–Q (electric and
natural gas) are part of the ‘‘Forms Refresh’’ effort,
which is a separate activity and not addressed here.
See Revisions to the Filing Process for Commission
Forms, 166 FERC ¶ 61,027 (2019) (started in Docket
No. AD15–11 and ongoing in Docket No. RM19–12).
(OMB issued its decisions on the proposed changes
in the Forms Refresh Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in Docket No. RM19–12 on March 14,
2019.)
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2 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.1.
3 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 Title 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
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$9,638
4 The Commission staff believes the FERC FTE
(full-time equivalent) average cost for wages plus
benefits is representative of the corresponding cost
for the industry respondents. The FERC 2018
average salary plus benefits for one FERC FTE is
$164,820/year (or $79.00/hour).
5 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.2.
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FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies
OMB Control No.: 1902–0205.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 3–Q is
a quarterly financial and operating
report for rate regulation, market
oversight analysis, and financial audits
which supplements the (a) FERC Form
Nos. 1 and 1–F, for the electric industry,
or the (b) FERC Form No. 2 (Annual
Report for Major Natural Gas
Companies; OMB Control No. 1902–
0028) and FERC Form No. 2–A (Annual
Report for Nonmajor Natural Gas
Companies; OMB Control No. 1902–
0030), for the natural gas industry. The
FERC Form No. 3–Q is submitted for all
Major and Nonmajor electric utilities,
licensees, and natural gas companies.6
FERC Form No. 3–Q includes a basic
set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Income and Statement
of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive
Income and Hedging Activities, and
• Supporting schedules containing
supplementary information.
Electric respondents report:
• Revenues and the related quantities
of electric sales and electricity
transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data; and
• Other statistical information.
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Natural gas respondents include:
• Monthly and quarterly quantities of
gas transported and associated revenues,
• Storage, terminaling and processing
services,
• Natural gas customer accounts and
details of service, and
• Operational expenses, depreciation,
depletion and amortization of gas plant.
Type of Respondent: Major and
nonmajor electric utilities, licensees,
and natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly
cost used for the FERC Form No. 3–Q
is $79 (for wages plus benefits) and is
described above, under the FERC Form
No. 1.):
FERC FORM NO. 3–Q
Number of
respondents
Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent
Total
number
of
responses
Average burden
hours and cost
per response
Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
Annual
cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
FERC 3–Q (electric) ........
FERC 3–Q (natural gas)
Total for FERC 3–Q
212
165
3
3
636
495
168 hrs.; $13,272 ......................
167 hrs.; $13,193 ......................
106,848 hrs.; $8,440,992 ...............
82,665 hrs.; $6,530,535 .................
$39,816
$39,579
....................
........................
1,131
...................................................
189,513 hrs.; $14,971,527. ............
........................
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 30, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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6 18 CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas
companies as defined by the Natural Gas Act, Major
pertains to a company whose combined gas
transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2018–D–1774]
Requests for Feedback and Meetings
for Medical Device Submissions: The
Q-Submission Program; Guidance for
Industry and Food and Drug
Administration Staff; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
device exemption (HDE) applications,
evaluation of automatic class III
designations (De Novo requests),
premarket notification (510(k))
submissions, Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Waiver by Applications, Dual 510(k)
and CLIA Waiver by Application
Submissions, Accessory Classification
Requests, and certain investigational
new drug (IND) applications and
biologics license applications (BLAs).
The announcement of the
guidance is published in the Federal
Register on May 7, 2019.
DATES:
You may submit either
electronic or written comments on
Agency guidances at any time as
follows:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of a final
guidance entitled ‘‘Requests for
Feedback and Meetings for Medical
Device Submissions: The Q-Submission
Program.’’ This guidance document
provides an overview of the
mechanisms available to applicants
through which they can request
feedback from or a meeting with FDA
regarding potential or planned medical
device investigational device exemption
(IDE) applications, premarket approval
applications (PMAs), humanitarian
ADDRESSES:
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR
260.2(b) states that for natural gas companies as
defined by the Natural Gas Act, Non-Major pertains
to a company not meeting the filing threshold for
FERC Form No. 2, but having total gas sales or
volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Dth in each
of the three previous calendar years.
SUMMARY:
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Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-22-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities; (FERC Form Nos. 1,
1-F, and 3-Q); Comment Request; Extensions
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collections and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently
approved information collections, FERC Form Nos. 1 (Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Others), 1-F (Annual Report
for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees), and 3-Q (Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas
Companies).
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due July 8,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC19-22-
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
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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:
Type of Request: Three-year extensions of the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-
F, and 3-Q with no changes to the current reporting requirements.\1\
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\1\ FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric and natural gas)
are part of the ``Forms Refresh'' effort, which is a separate
activity and not addressed here. See Revisions to the Filing Process
for Commission Forms, 166 FERC ] 61,027 (2019) (started in Docket
No. AD15-11 and ongoing in Docket No. RM19-12). (OMB issued its
decisions on the proposed changes in the Forms Refresh Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in Docket No. RM19-12 on March 14, 2019.)
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FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees,
and Others
OMB Control No.: 1902-0021.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1 is a comprehensive financial and
operating report submitted annually for electric rate regulation,
market oversight analysis, and financial audits by Major electric
utilities, licensees and others. Major is defined as having in each of
the last three consecutive calendar years, sales or transmission
services that exceed one of the following: (1) One million megawatt-
hours of total sales; (2) 100 megawatt-hours of sales for resale; (3)
500 megawatt-hours of power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt-
hours of wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).\2\
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\2\ As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of Accounts
Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the
Provision of the Federal Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR
141.1.
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The FERC Form No.1 is designed to collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the public. The FERC Form No.1
includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income,
Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statements of Accumulated Comprehensive Income,
Comprehensive Income, and Hedging Activities, and
Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
Supplementary information and outlines of corporate
structure and governance,
Information on formula rates, and
Description of important changes during the year.
Other schedules provide:
Information on revenues and the related quantities of
electric sales and electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data, and
Other statistical information.
Type of Respondent: Major electric utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The Commission estimates
the annual burden and cost \4\ for FERC Form No. 1 as follows:
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\3\ 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 Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
\4\ The Commission staff believes the FERC FTE (full-time
equivalent) average cost for wages plus benefits is representative
of the corresponding cost for the industry respondents. The FERC
2018 average salary plus benefits for one FERC FTE is $164,820/year
(or $79.00/hour).
FERC Form No. 1
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Number of Cost per
Number of respondents responses per Total number Average burden hours and average cost Total annual burden hours and total respondent
respondent of responses per response ($) annual cost ($) ($)
(1) (2) (1) x (2) = (4).................................... (3) x (4) = (5)........................ (5) / (1) =
(3) (6)
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207................... 1 207 1,168 hrs.; $92,272.................... 241,776 hrs.; $19,100,304.............. $92,272
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FERC Form No. 1-F, Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees
OMB Control No.: 1902-0029.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1-F is a financial and operating report
submitted annually for electric rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by Nonmajor electric utilities and
licensees. Nonmajor is defined as utilities and licensees that are not
classified as Major, and having total sales in each of the last three
consecutive years of 10,000 megawatt-hours or more.\5\
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\5\ As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of Accounts
Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the
Provision of the Federal Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR
141.2.
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The FERC Form No.1-F is designed to collect financial and
operational information and is made available to the public. The FERC
Form No.1-F includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statement of Comprehensive Income and Hedging Activities,
and
Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
Supplementary information and include revenues and the
related quantities of electric sales and electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data; and
Other statistical information.
Type of Respondent: Nonmajor electric utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used for the FERC Form No. 1-F is
$79 (for wages plus benefits) and is described above, under the FERC
Form No. 1.):
FERC Form No. 1-F
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Annual number
of responses Total number Average burden hours and cost per Total annual burden hours and total Cost per
Number of respondents per of responses response annual cost ($) respondent
respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4).................................... (3) * (4) = (5)........................ (5) / (1)
(3)
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5..................... 1 5 122 hrs.; $9,638....................... 610 hrs.; $48,190...................... $9,638
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FERC Form No. 3-Q, Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies
OMB Control No.: 1902-0205.
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 3-Q is a quarterly financial and
operating report for rate regulation, market oversight analysis, and
financial audits which supplements the (a) FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1-F,
for the electric industry, or the (b) FERC Form No. 2 (Annual Report
for Major Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0028) and FERC
Form No. 2-A (Annual Report for Nonmajor Natural Gas Companies; OMB
Control No. 1902-0030), for the natural gas industry. The FERC Form No.
3-Q is submitted for all Major and Nonmajor electric utilities,
licensees, and natural gas companies.\6\
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\6\ 18 CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas companies as
defined by the Natural Gas Act, Major pertains to a company whose
combined gas transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR 260.2(b) states
that for natural gas companies as defined by the Natural Gas Act,
Non-Major pertains to a company not meeting the filing threshold for
FERC Form No. 2, but having total gas sales or volume transactions
exceeding 200,000 Dth in each of the three previous calendar years.
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FERC Form No. 3-Q includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income and Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statement of Comprehensive Income and Hedging Activities,
and
Supporting schedules containing supplementary information.
Electric respondents report:
Revenues and the related quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data; and
Other statistical information.
Natural gas respondents include:
Monthly and quarterly quantities of gas transported and
associated revenues,
Storage, terminaling and processing services,
Natural gas customer accounts and details of service, and
Operational expenses, depreciation, depletion and
amortization of gas plant.
Type of Respondent: Major and nonmajor electric utilities,
licensees, and natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly cost used for the FERC Form No.
3-Q is $79 (for wages plus benefits) and is described above, under the
FERC Form No. 1.):
FERC Form No. 3-Q
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden hours and cost per Total annual burden hours and total annual Annual cost
respondents per of responses response cost per
respondent respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)........................................ (3) * (4) = (5).............................. (5) / (1)
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FERC 3-Q (electric)................... 212 3 636 168 hrs.; $13,272.......................... 106,848 hrs.; $8,440,992..................... $39,816
FERC 3-Q (natural gas)................ 165 3 495 167 hrs.; $13,193.......................... 82,665 hrs.; $6,530,535...................... $39,579
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Total for FERC 3-Q................ ........... .............. 1,131 ........................................... 189,513 hrs.; $14,971,527.................... ..............
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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 30, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09297 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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