Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-73) Comment Request; Extension, 3400-3401 [2023-00952]
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listed in FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by email to
hydroelectricincentives@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: :
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Madden Sciubba,
madden.sciubba@hq.doe.gov, (240)
798–1195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No.: ‘‘New’’; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Hydroelectric Incentive Programs; (3)
Type of Request: New; (4) Purpose: GDO
proposes to collect, annually
applications and required supporting
documents from applicants as required
to receive payments for hydroelectric
incentive programs (‘‘Section 242’’
Hydroelectric Production Incentives,
under 42 U.S.C. 15881; ‘‘Section 243’’
Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement
Incentives, under 42 U.S.C. 15882; and
‘‘Section 247’’ Maintaining and
Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives,
under 42 U.S.C. 15883); (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 200;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 200; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 8 hours for
each applicant, (1,600 total hours); (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $512 per
applicant, annually ($102,400 in total);
(9) Respondents/affected entities:
businesses and other for-profits; not-forprofits; State, Local or Tribal
Governments; Federal Government.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15881–
15883
Signing Authority
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2023.
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Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC23–4–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–73) Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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
Form No. 73, (Oil Pipeline Service Life
Data).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments (identified by Docket No.
IC23–4–000) 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.
SUMMARY:
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Æ Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC Form No. 73, Oil Pipeline
Service Life Data.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0019.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC Form No. 73 information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission collects
FERC Form No. 73 information as part
of its authority under the Interstate
Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. 60501, et al.
FERC Form No. 73 contains necessary
information for the review of oil
pipeline companies’ proposed
depreciation rates, as regulated entities
are required to provide service life data
illustrating the remaining physical life
of an oil pipeline’s properties. This is
used to calculate the company’s cost of
service and its transportation rates to
access customers. The Commission
implements these filing reviews under
the purview of 18 CFR part 357.3, FERC
Form No. 73, Oil Pipeline Data for
Depreciation Analysis, and 18 CFR part
347.
Parts 357.3 and 347 require an oil
pipeline company to submit information
under FERC Form No. 73 when: (1)
requesting approval for new or changed
depreciation rates of an oil pipeline; or
(2) being directed by the Commission to
file the service life data during an
investigation of its book depreciation
rates.
Type of Respondent: Oil pipeline
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the annual public
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. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
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reporting burden for the information
collection as below:
FERC FORM NO. 73, OIL PIPELINE SERVICE LIFE DATA
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 2
Total annual
burden & total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Oil Pipelines Undergoing Investigation or
Review.
22
1
22
40 hrs.; $3,640
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.
close of business, February 13, 2023.
But, if the Commission is closed on this
day, then the permit remains in effect
until the close of business on the next
day in which the Commission is open.2
New applications for this site may not
be submitted until after the permit
surrender is effective.
Dated: January 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–00956 Filed 1–18–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: January 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[Project No. 2587–066]
[FR Doc. 2023–00952 Filed 1–18–23; 8:45 am]
Northern States Power Company;
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14971–001]
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Hydro Friends Fund XVIII,
LLC; Notice of Surrender of
Preliminary Permit
Take notice that Lock+TM Hydro
Friends Fund XVIII, LLC, permittee for
the proposed Union City Dam
Hydropower Project, has requested that
its preliminary permit be terminated.
The permit was issued on January 13,
2020 and would have expired on
December 31, 2023.1 The project would
have been located at the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Union City
Dam on French Creek in Erie County,
Pennsylvania.
The preliminary permit for Project
No. 14971 will remain in effect until the
2 ‘‘The Commission staff estimates the average
cost in salary and benefits for the average
respondent based on the Commission’s 2022
average cost for salary plus benefits at $91/hour.
1 170 FERC ¶ 62,017 (2020).
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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.: 2587–066.
c. Date Filed: December 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Northern States Power
Company.
e. Name of Project: Superior Falls
Hydroelectric Project (Superior Falls
Project).
f. Location: The Superior Falls Project
is located on the Montreal River in Iron
County, Wisconsin and Gogebic County,
Michigan.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matt Miller,
Hydro License Consultant, Northern
States Power Company, 1414 West
Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau
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880 hrs.;
$80,080.
$3,640
Claire, Wisconsin 54702–0008, (715)
737–1353 or email at matthew.i.miller@
xcelenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202)
502–8379 or email at lee.emery@
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: February 28, 2023.
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://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
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, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC23-4-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-73) 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 Form No. 73, (Oil Pipeline Service Life
Data).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due March 20,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by Docket No. IC23-
4-000) 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: Deliver to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 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 Form No. 73, Oil Pipeline Service Life Data.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0019.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC Form No. 73
information collection requirements with no changes to the current
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission collects FERC Form No. 73 information as
part of its authority under the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.
60501, et al. FERC Form No. 73 contains necessary information for the
review of oil pipeline companies' proposed depreciation rates, as
regulated entities are required to provide service life data
illustrating the remaining physical life of an oil pipeline's
properties. This is used to calculate the company's cost of service and
its transportation rates to access customers. The Commission implements
these filing reviews under the purview of 18 CFR part 357.3, FERC Form
No. 73, Oil Pipeline Data for Depreciation Analysis, and 18 CFR part
347.
Parts 357.3 and 347 require an oil pipeline company to submit
information under FERC Form No. 73 when: (1) requesting approval for
new or changed depreciation rates of an oil pipeline; or (2) being
directed by the Commission to file the service life data during an
investigation of its book depreciation rates.
Type of Respondent: Oil pipeline companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public
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reporting burden for the information collection as below:
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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. For further
explanation of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
FERC Form No. 73, Oil Pipeline Service Life Data
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number of Average burden & cost Total annual burden & Cost per
respondents per respondent responses per response \2\ total annual cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4).................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
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Oil Pipelines Undergoing 22 1 22 40 hrs.; $3,640........ 880 hrs.; $80,080...... $3,640
Investigation or Review.
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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.
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\2\ ``The Commission staff estimates the average cost in salary
and benefits for the average respondent based on the Commission's
2022 average cost for salary plus benefits at $91/hour.
Dated: January 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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