[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13287-13288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05122]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549D); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information
collection FERC-549D (Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB
and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission published notices in the Federal
Register (78 FR 69843, 11/21/2012, and 79 FR 7175, 2/6/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-549D for either
notice and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
The Commission is issuing this 15-day public notice due to a change
of the estimated burden figures. Upon further review, the Commission
found that the burden estimate required adjustment due to better
estimates. Specifically, the average burden hours per response for XML
filings (implementation burden only) increased from 104 hours to 196
hours. Note: There are no changes to information collection or filing
requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by March 25,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902-0253 (FERC-549D) should be sent via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs: [email protected],
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. IC14-3-000, by one
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], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate
Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines.
OMB Control Nos.: 1902-0253.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549D information
collection requirements with no changes to the 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:
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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.
Types of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden \3\: The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for each 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.
FERC Form 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)=(C) (D) (C)x(D)
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Implementation Burden
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PDF filings..................... 3 1 3 68 204
XML \4\ filings................. 2 1 2 196 392
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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....................... \5\ 109 .............. 441 .............. 5,716
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\4\ \\ Extensible Markup Language (XML)
\5\ 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 $450,764
[5,716 hours $78.86/hour \6\ = $450,764].
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\6\ 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 collections of
information are 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 collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-05122 Filed 3-7-14; 8:45 am]
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