[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30928-30929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13154]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC11-588-000]
Commision Information Collection Activities (FERC-588), Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due July 26, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed either electronically (eFiled) or in
paper format, and should refer to Docket No. IC11-588-000. Documents
must be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with
Commission submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling instructions are available at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. First time users must follow
eRegister instructions at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregistration.asp, to establish a username and password before eFiling.
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The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the sender's
e-mail address upon receipt of eFiled comments. Commenters making an
eFiling should not make a paper filing. Commenters that are not able to
file electronically must send an original of their comments to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in
this docket may do so through eSubscription at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. In addition, all comments and FERC
issuances may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely through FERC's
eLibrary at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp, by searching
on Docket No. IC11-588. For user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by e-mail at [email protected], or by phone at: (866)
208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-588, ``Emergency Natural Gas Transportation, Sale
and Exchange Transactions'' (OMB No. 1902-0144), is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Sections 7(c) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (Pub. L. 75-688) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w) and
provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.
3301-3432. Under the NGA, a natural gas company must obtain Commission
approval to engage in the transportation, sale or exchange of natural
gas in interstate commerce. However, section 7(c) exempts from
certificate requirements ``temporary acts or operations for which the
issuance of a certificate will not be required in the public
interest.'' The NGPA also provides for non-certificated interstate
transactions involving intrastate pipelines and local distribution
companies.
A temporary operation, or emergency, is defined as any situation in
which an actual or expected shortage of gas supply would require an
interstate pipeline company, intrastate pipeline, or local distribution
company, or Hinshaw pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or provide
less than the projected level of service to the customer. The natural
gas companies which provide the temporary assistance to the companies
which are having the ``emergency'' must file the necessary information
described in Part 284, Subpart I of the Commission's Regulations with
the Commission so that it may determine if their assisting transaction/
operation qualifies for exemption. The assisting company may or may not
be under the Commission's jurisdiction and if their assisting actions
qualify for the exemption, they will not become subject to the
Commission's jurisdiction for such actions.
A report within forty-eight hours of the commencement of the
transportation, sale or exchange, a request to extend the sixty-day
term of the emergency transportation, if needed, and a termination
report are required. The data required to be filed for the forty-eight
hour report is specified by 18 CFR 284.270.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year approval of the
collection of data with no changes to the collection requirements.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as follows:
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Number of Number of Average burden
Data collection respondents responses per hours per Total annual
annually respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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FERC-583.................................... 8 1 10 80
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The estimated total cost to respondents is $5,476 (80 hours divided
by 2,080 hours per employee per year times $142,372 per year average
salary per employee = $5,476 (rounded)). The estimated annual cost per
respondent is $685 (rounded).
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information.
The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any one particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: May 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13154 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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