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FERC FORM 580 (INTERROGATORY ON FUEL AND ENERGY PURCHASE PRACTICES)—Continued
Total ..........................................................
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden & cost
($) per
response
Total annual burden
hours & total
annual cost
($)
Annual
cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
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1,611.5 hrs.; $128,920 ...
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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
estimates 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: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–27015 Filed 12–13–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–46–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–604); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
AGENCY:
Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
ACTION:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comments on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
604 (Cash Management Agreements)
and submitting the information
collection 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.
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SUMMARY:
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Comments on the collection of
information are due January 15, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0267, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Office.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–46–000, 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
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–604 (Cash Management
Agreements).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0267.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–604 with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: On September 6, 2019 (84
FR 46949), the Commission published a
Notice in the Federal Register in Docket
No. IC19–46–000 requesting public
comments. The Commission received no
comments and is noting that in the
related submittal to OMB. Cash
management or ‘‘money pool’’ programs
typically concentrate affiliates’ cash
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assets in joint accounts for the purpose
of providing financial flexibility and
lowering the cost of borrowing. In a
2001 investigation, FERC staff found
that balances in cash management
programs affecting FERC-regulated
entities totaled approximately $16
billion. Additionally, other
investigations revealed large transfers of
funds amounting to more than $1 billion
between regulated pipeline affiliates
and non-regulated parents whose
financial conditions were precarious.
The Commission found that these and
other fund transfers and the enormous
(mostly unregulated) pools of money in
cash management programs could
detrimentally affect regulated rates.
To protect customers and promote
transparency, the Commission issued
Order No. 634–A (2003) requiring
entities to formalize in writing and file
with the Commission their cash
management agreements. At that time,
the Commission obtained OMB
clearance for the new reporting
requirement under the FERC–555
information collection (OMB Control
No. 1902–0098). The Commission
includes these reporting requirements
for cash management agreements under
the FERC–604 information collection
(OMB Control No. 1902–0267). The
Commission implemented these
reporting requirements in 18 CFR
141.500, 260.400, and 357.5.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities,
natural gas companies, and oil pipeline
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden.1 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 2 for the
information collection as:
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. See 5 CFR
1320 for additional information on the definition of
information collection burden.
2 The Commission staff estimates that industry is
similarly situated in terms of hourly cost (for wages
plus benefits). Based on the Commission’s FY
(Fiscal Year) 2019 average cost of $167,091 (for
wages plus benefits), $80.00/hour is used.
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FERC—604—CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours &
average cost per
response
($)
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
35
1
35
1.5 hours; $120.00 .........
52.5 hours; $4,200.00 ....
$120.00
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection 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
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: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–27011 Filed 12–13–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[Docket No. NJ20–5–000]
[FR Doc. 2019–27017 Filed 12–13–19; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Filing; City of Anaheim,
California
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Take notice that on December 9, 2019,
the City of Anaheim, California
submitted its tariff filing: City of
Anaheim 2020 Transmission Revenue
Balancing Account Adjustment to be
effective January 1, 2020.
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).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
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serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
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.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on December 30, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2816–050]
North Hartland, LLC; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing with
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Relicensing and a Deadline For
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: P–2816–050.
c. Date filed: November 26, 2019.
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d. Applicant: North Hartland, LLC
(North Hartland).
e. Name of Project: North Hartland
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ottauquechee
River in the town of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vermont. The project occupies
20.8 acres of land managed by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J.
Locke, President, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street,
Boston, MA 02108; Phone at (617) 367–
0032, or email at alocke@
essexhydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202)
502–8587, or william.connelly@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: January 25, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-46-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-604); Comment
Request; Extension
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 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comments on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-604 (Cash Management Agreements) and
submitting the information collection 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.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 15,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0267, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Office.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC19-46-000, 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-604 (Cash Management Agreements).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0267.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-604 with no
changes to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: On September 6, 2019 (84 FR 46949), the Commission
published a Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC19-46-000
requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments and is
noting that in the related submittal to OMB. Cash management or ``money
pool'' programs typically concentrate affiliates' cash assets in joint
accounts for the purpose of providing financial flexibility and
lowering the cost of borrowing. In a 2001 investigation, FERC staff
found that balances in cash management programs affecting FERC-
regulated entities totaled approximately $16 billion. Additionally,
other investigations revealed large transfers of funds amounting to
more than $1 billion between regulated pipeline affiliates and non-
regulated parents whose financial conditions were precarious. The
Commission found that these and other fund transfers and the enormous
(mostly unregulated) pools of money in cash management programs could
detrimentally affect regulated rates.
To protect customers and promote transparency, the Commission
issued Order No. 634-A (2003) requiring entities to formalize in
writing and file with the Commission their cash management agreements.
At that time, the Commission obtained OMB clearance for the new
reporting requirement under the FERC-555 information collection (OMB
Control No. 1902-0098). The Commission includes these reporting
requirements for cash management agreements under the FERC-604
information collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0267). The Commission
implemented these reporting requirements in 18 CFR 141.500, 260.400,
and 357.5.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities, natural gas companies, and
oil pipeline companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden.\1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \2\ for the information collection as:
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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. See 5
CFR 1320 for additional information on the definition of information
collection burden.
\2\ The Commission staff estimates that industry is similarly
situated in terms of hourly cost (for wages plus benefits). Based on
the Commission's FY (Fiscal Year) 2019 average cost of $167,091 (for
wages plus benefits), $80.00/hour is used.
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Number of
Number of responses per Total number of Average burden hours & average cost Total annual burden hours & total Cost per
respondents respondent responses per response ($) annual cost ($) respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)................................... (3) * (4) = (5)....................... (5) / (1) = (6)
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35 1 35 1.5 hours; $120.00.................... 52.5 hours; $4,200.00................. $120.00
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection 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 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: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27011 Filed 12-13-19; 8:45 am]
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