Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-574) Comment Request; Extension, 65758-65759 [2022-23662]
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of all documents filed by the applicant
and by all other parties.
ACTION:
Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracking the Proceeding
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–
574 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw
Exemption).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due Januaru 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments (identified by Docket No.
IC22–31–000) by one of the following
methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) delivery:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission,12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
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.
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–574 (Gas Pipeline
Certificates: Hinshaw Exemption).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0116.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–574 with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–574 to
implement the statutory provisions of
Sections 1(c), 4, and 7 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA). Natural gas pipeline
companies file applications with the
Commission furnishing information in
order to facilitate a determination of an
applicant’s qualification for an
exemption under the provisions of the
section 1(c). If the Commission grants an
exemption, the natural gas pipeline
company is not required to file
certificate applications, rate schedules,
or any other applications or forms
prescribed by the Commission.
The exemption applies to companies
engaged in the transportation, sale, or
resale of natural gas in interstate
commerce if: (a) they receive gas at or
within the boundaries of the state from
another person at or within the
boundaries of that state; (b) such gas is
ultimately consumed in such state; (c)
the rates, service and facilities of such
company are subject to regulation by a
State Commission; and (d) that such
State Commission is exercising that
jurisdiction. 18 CFR part 152 specifies
the data required to be filed by pipeline
companies for an exemption.
Type of Respondents: Pipeline
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 2 for the
information collection as:
Throughout the proceeding,
additional information about the project
will be available from the Commission’s
Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208–
FERC, or on the FERC website at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
as described above. The eLibrary link
also provides access to the texts of all
formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices,
and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription which
allows you to keep track of all formal
issuances and submittals in specific
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
time you spend researching proceedings
by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. For more information and to
register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp.
Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on November 16, 2022.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC22–31–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–574) Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
FERC–574—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: HINSHAW EXEMPTION
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)
60 hours; $5,460 ..................
120 hours; $10,920 ..............
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$5,460
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
1 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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 Commission staff estimates that the industry’s
skill set and cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC–
574 are approximately the same as the
Commission’s average cost. The FERC 2022 average
salary plus benefits for one FERC full-time
equivalent (FTE) is $188,922/year (or $91.00/hour).
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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: October 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for The Proposed Virginia
Reliability Project and Commonwealth
Energy Connector Project, Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues,
and Schedule for Environmental
Review
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
that will discuss the environmental
impacts of the Virginia Reliability
Project and Commonwealth Energy
Connector Project involving
construction and operation of facilities
by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia) and Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco),
respectively. Columbia’s project would
involve construction and operation of
certain natural gas pipeline facilities in
Greensville, Prince George, Sussex,
Surry, Southampton, and Isle of Wight
Counties, Virginia and in the cities of
Suffolk and Chesapeake, Virginia.
Transco’s project would also involve
construction and operation of natural
gas pipeline facilities in Mecklenburg,
Brunswick, and Greensville Counties,
Virginia. The Commission will use this
EIS in its decision-making process to
determine whether the projects are in
the public convenience and necessity.
The schedule for preparation of the EIS
is discussed in the Schedule for
Environmental Review section of this
notice.
As part of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) review process, the
Commission takes into account
concerns the public may have about
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proposals and the environmental
impacts that could result whenever it
considers the issuance of a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity. This
gathering of public input is referred to
as ‘‘scoping.’’ By notice issued on
February 22, 2022, in Docket Nos.
PF22–3–000 and PF22–4–000, the
Commission opened a scoping period
during Columbia’s and Transco’s
planning processes for the projects and
prior to filing formal applications with
the Commission, a process referred to as
‘‘pre-filing.’’ By supplemental notice
issued on March 7, 2022, the
Commission extended the scoping
period due to inadvertent mailing
issues. Columbia and Transco have now
filed respective applications with the
Commission, and staff intends to
prepare an EIS that will address the
concerns raised during the pre-filing
scoping process and comments received
in response to this notice.
By this notice, the Commission
requests public comments on the scope
of issues to address in the
environmental document, including
comments on potential alternatives and
impacts, and any relevant information,
studies, or analyses of any kind
concerning impacts affecting the quality
of the human environment. To ensure
that your comments are timely and
properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission
receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
November 25, 2022. Comments may be
submitted in written form. Further
details on how to submit comments are
provided in the Public Participation
section of this notice.
As mentioned above, during the prefiling process, the Commission opened
a scoping period which expired on
April 6, 2022; however, Commission
staff continued to accept comments
during the entire pre-filing process. Staff
also held two virtual scoping sessions to
take oral scoping comments on March
15 and 30, 2022. All substantive written
and oral comments provided during prefiling will be addressed in the EIS.
Therefore, if you submitted comments
on these projects to the Commission
during the pre-filing process in Docket
Nos. PF22–3–000 and PF22–4–000 you
do not need to file those comments
again. Likewise, if you submitted
comments in response to the Notice of
Applications issued by the Commission
on September 8, 2022, you do not need
to file those comments again.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
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proposed facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
easement agreement. You are not
required to enter into an agreement.
However, if the Commission approves
the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys
the right of eminent domain to the
company. Therefore, if you and the
company do not reach an easement
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings in
court. In such instances, compensation
would be determined by a judge in
accordance with state law. The
Commission does not grant, exercise, or
oversee the exercise of eminent domain
authority. The courts have exclusive
authority to handle eminent domain
cases; the Commission has no
jurisdiction over these matters.
Columbia and Transco provided
landowners with a fact sheet prepared
by the FERC entitled ‘‘An Interstate
Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What
Do I Need To Know? ’’ which addresses
typically asked questions, including the
use of eminent domain and how to
participate in the Commission’s
proceedings. This fact sheet along with
other landowner topics of interest are
available for viewing on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov) under the
Natural Gas Questions or Landowner
Topics link.
Public Participation
There are three methods you can use
to submit your comments to the
Commission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has staff available to
assist you at (866) 208–3676 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
carefully follow these instructions so
that your comments are properly
recorded.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)
under the link to FERC Online. Using
eComment is an easy method for
submitting brief, text-only comments on
a project;
(2) You can file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)
under the link to FERC Online. With
eFiling, you can provide comments in a
variety of formats by attaching them as
a file with your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You
will be asked to select the type of filing
you are making; a comment on a
particular project is considered a
‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or
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[FR Doc No: 2022-23662]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC22-31-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-574) Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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-574 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw
Exemption).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due Januaru 2,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by Docket No. IC22-
31-000) by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture
format.
For those unable to file electronically, comments may be
filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery:
[cir] Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
[cir] Hand (including courier) delivery: Addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission,12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone at (866) 208-3676 (toll-free).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-574 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw Exemption).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0116.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-574 with no
changes to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the information collected under the
requirements of FERC-574 to implement the statutory provisions of
Sections 1(c), 4, and 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Natural gas
pipeline companies file applications with the Commission furnishing
information in order to facilitate a determination of an applicant's
qualification for an exemption under the provisions of the section
1(c). If the Commission grants an exemption, the natural gas pipeline
company is not required to file certificate applications, rate
schedules, or any other applications or forms prescribed by the
Commission.
The exemption applies to companies engaged in the transportation,
sale, or resale of natural gas in interstate commerce if: (a) they
receive gas at or within the boundaries of the state from another
person at or within the boundaries of that state; (b) such gas is
ultimately consumed in such state; (c) the rates, service and
facilities of such company are subject to regulation by a State
Commission; and (d) that such State Commission is exercising that
jurisdiction. 18 CFR part 152 specifies the data required to be filed
by pipeline companies for an exemption.
Type of Respondents: 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 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\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set and
cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC-574 are approximately the
same as the Commission's average cost. The FERC 2022 average salary
plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $188,922/
year (or $91.00/hour).
FERC-574--Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw Exemption
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Average burden Total annual
Number of Total number hours & average burden hours & Cost ($) per
Number of respondents responses per of responses cost ($) per total annual respondent
respondent response cost ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)............. (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1) =
(3) (6)
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2............................ 1 2 60 hours; $5,460 120 hours; $5,460
$10,920.
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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 estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of
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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: October 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23662 Filed 10-31-22; 8:45 am]
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