[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14893-14894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7635]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-519-000; FERC-519]
Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments
March 23, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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. No. 104-13), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public
comments on the specific aspects of the information collection
described below.
DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before
May 28, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and written comments may be submitted to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, CI-1, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425 and by e-mail at
mike. [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
519 (OMB No. 1902-0082) ``Application for Sale, Lease or Other Docket
No. IC99-519-000 Disposition, Merger or Consolidation of Facilities, or
for Purchase or Acquisition of Securities of a Public Utility'' is used
by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Sections 203
and 318 of Part II of the Federal Power Act. Section 203 provides that
the Commission's approval is required for transactions in which a
public utility disposes of
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jurisdictional facilities, merges such facilities with jurisdictional
facilities owned by another person, or acquires the securities of
another public utility. Under the statute, the Commission must find
that a proposed transaction will be consistent with the public interest
before it may approve such transaction. Section 318 exempts certain
persons from the requirements of Section 203 that would otherwise
concurrently apply under the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935. The
Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 33.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of
Number of respondents annually (1) responses per Average burden hours per Total annual burden hours
respondent (2) response (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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125.................................... 1 80 hours.................. 10,000 hours.
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The Commission anticipates a minor increase in the burden hours to
be reported for FERC-519. This is a result of an increase in the Docket
No. IC99-519-000 number of mergers and the disposition of electric
utility generation and transmission facilities as a result of
restructuring of the electric industry.
Estimated total cost burden to respondents: 10,000 hours/2,080
hours per year x $109,889 per year = $528,313. The cost per
respondent is equal to $4,227.
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, or 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 respondent 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, such as administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are cost incurred by
an organization in support of Docket No. IC99-519-000 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7635 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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