[Federal Register: May 1, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 84)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC00-580-001, FERC Form 580]
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for
Comments
April 25, 2001.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of submission of review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has
submitted the information collection listed in this notice to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under the provisions
of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13). Any interested person may file comments on the collection of
information directly with OMB and should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission, as explained below. The Commission received
comments from two entities in response to an earlier Federal Register
notice of June 21, 2000 (65 FR 38529) and has replied to these comments
in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best
assured of having their full effect if received on or before May 31,
2001.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail to
mike.miller@ferc.fed.us
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review
contains:
1. Collection of Information: FERC Form No. 580, ``Interrogatory on
Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices, Docket No. IN79-6''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0137.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three year
extension of these mandatory information collection requirements.
4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of the
Federal Power Act (FPA). The FPA was amended by the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act (Pub. L. 95-617) to require the Commission to
review ``not less frequently than every two (2) years * * * of
practices * * * to ensure efficient use of resources (including
economical purchase and use of fuel and electric energy) * * *''. The
information is used to:
(1) Review as mandated by statute, fuel purchase and cost recovery
practices to insure efficient use of resources, including economical
purchase and use of fuel and electric energy, under fuel adjustment
clauses on file with the Commission; (2) evaluate fuel costs in
individual rate filings; (3) to supplement periodic utility audits; and
(4) to monitor changes and trends in the electric wholesale market. The
information has also been used by the Energy Information Administration
under a Congressional mandate to study various aspects of coal, oil,
and gas transportation rates. Electric market participants and the
public are using the information to assess the marketplace during its
transition to a fully competitive regime.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises approximately 119 respondents.
6. Estimated Burden: 3,808 total burden hours, 119 respondents,
59.5 responses annually (119 responses every two years), 64 hours per
response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondent: 3,808 hours 2,080
hours per year x $117,041 = $214,275.
Statutory Authority: Sections 205(f) of the Federal Power Act,
as amended by Section 208 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act. (49 Stat. 851; 16 U.S.C. 824d).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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