[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69843-69844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27956]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-Ferc-549d);
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, 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-549D (Quarterly
Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and
Hinshaw Pipelines).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 21,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC14-3-
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: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate
Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0253
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549D information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The reporting requirements under FERC-549D are required
to carry out the Commission's policies in accordance with the general
authority in Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \1\ and
Sections 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).\2\ This
collection promotes transparency by collecting and making available
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline transactional information. The
Commission collects the data upon a standardized form with all
requirements outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 717-817-w.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.
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The FERC Form 549D collects the following information:
Full legal name and identification number of the shipper
receiving service;
Type of service performed for each transaction;
The rate charged under each transaction;
The primary receipt and delivery points for the
transaction, specifying the rate schedule/name of service and docket
were approved;
The quantity of natural gas the shipper is entitled to
transport, store, and deliver for each transaction;
The term of the transaction, specifying the beginning and
ending month and year of current agreement;
Total volumes transported, stored, injected or withdrawn
for the shipper; and
Annual revenues received for each shipper, excluding
revenues from storage services.
Filers submit the Form-549D on a quarterly basis.
Access to the FERC-549D Information Collection Materials: A copy of
the current form and related materials can be found at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#549d, but will not be included in
the Federal Register. The Commission will not publish these materials
in the Federal Register.
Type of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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\3\ The Commission 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.
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FERC-549D--Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines
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Number of Average burden Estimated
Format of pipelines' filing Number of responses per Total number hours per total annual
respondents respondent of responses response burden
(A) (B) (A) x (B) = (D) (C) x (D)
(C)
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Implementation Burden
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PDF filings..................... 3 1 3 68 204
XML filings..................... 2 1 2 104 208
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Ongoing Burden
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PDF filings..................... 76 4 304 12.5 3,800
XML filings..................... 33 4 132 10 1,320
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TOTAL....................... \4\ 109 .............. 109 .............. 5,532
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\4\ This figure does not include the five respondents for the
``Implementation Burden''.
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $436,254
[5,532 hours $78.86/hour \5\ = $436,254].
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\5\ This cost represents the average cost of four career fields:
Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants ($48.58/hour), Management Analyst
($56.27/hour), and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this cost
also includes benefit costs within the hourly estimates.
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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.
Dated: November 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-27956 Filed 11-20-13; 8:45 am]
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