[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28820-28825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11641]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC13-14-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form 80);
Comment Request; Revision
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of revised information collection and request for
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\1\ This notice supersedes the notice issued on 4/18/2013 in
this same docket, which was subsequently published in the Federal
Register on 4/25/2013 (78 FR 24402).
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
currently approved information collection FERC Form 80, Licensed
Hydropower Development Recreation Report.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC13-14-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://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: http://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 http://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 Form 80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation
Report.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0106.
Type of Request: Minor revisions to the FERC Form 80 information
collection. requirements with no change to the current reporting
burden.
Abstract: FERC uses the information on the FERC Form 80 to
implement the statutory provisions of sections 4(a), 10(a), 301(a), 304
and 309 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. sections 797, 803,
825c & 8254. FERC's authority to collect this information comes from
section 10(a) of the FPA which requires the Commission to be
responsible for ensuring that hydro projects subject to FERC
jurisdiction are consistent with the comprehensive development of the
nation's waterway for recreation and other beneficial public uses. In
the interest of fulfilling these objectives, FERC expects licensees
subject to its jurisdiction to recognize the resources that are
affected by their activities and to play a role in protecting such
resources.
FERC Form 80 is a report on the use and development of recreational
facilities at hydropower projects licensed by the Commission.
Applications for licenses, amendments to licenses, and/or changes in
land rights frequently involve changes in resources available for
recreation. FERC utilizes the FERC Form 80 data when analyzing the
adequacy of existing public recreational facilities and when processing
and reviewing proposed
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amendments to help determine the impact of such changes. In addition,
the FERC regional office staff uses the FERC Form 80 data when
conducting inspections of licensed projects. FERC inspectors use the
data in evaluating compliance with various license conditions and in
identifying recreational facilities at hydropower projects.
The FERC Form 80 requires data specified by Title 18 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under Sec. Sec. 8.11 and 141.14 (and
discussed at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#80).
FERC collects the FERC Form 80 once every six years. The last
collection was due on April 1, 2009, for data compiled during the 2008
calendar year. The next collection of the FERC Form 80 is due on April
1, 2015, with subsequent collections due every sixth year, for data
compiled during the previous calendar year.
The Commission made minor revisions throughout the form.
Specifically, FERC clarified and simplified instructions, removed
redundancy in certain questions, clarified questions and terms, and
generally improved the readability of the form.
FERC has attached the revised form to this notice.
Type of Respondents: Hydropower project licensees.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \2\ For each reporting period, FERC
estimates the total Public Reporting Burden for this information
collection as: (a) 1,000 respondents, (b) 0.167 response/respondent,
and (c) 3 hours per response, giving a total of 501 burden hours. The
Commission has increased its total number of respondents to reflect the
actual numbers we received during the last two reporting periods. In
addition, FERC spreads the burden hours and costs over the six-year
collection cycle in the table below to reflect how the information is
collected. The average burden hours per response remains unchanged.
These are the figures FERC will submit to OMB.
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\2\ FERC defines burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
FERC-80--Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report
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Number of Average burden
Number of respondents responses per Total number of hours per Estimated total
respondent \3\ responses response annual burden
(A) (B) (A) x (B) = (C) (D) (C) x (D)
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1,000....................................... 0.167 167 3 501
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\3\ FERC divides the responses per respondent by six because
this collection occurs once every six years.
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $35,070
[501 hours * $70/hour \4\ = $35,070].
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\4\ FY2013 Estimated Average Hourly Cost per FTE, including
salary + benefits.
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Comments: The Commission invites comments 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.
Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Revised Form Attached.
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