[Federal Register: August 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC02-598-000, FERC-598]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
August 16, 2002.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described
below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 18,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained from Michael Miller, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
CI-1, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed
either in paper format or electronically. Those filing electronically
do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filings, the original and
14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the Office of the
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC02-598-000.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable Document Format, or ASCII format. To
file the document, access the Commission's Web site at www.ferc.gov and
click on ``Make An E-filing,'' and then follow the instructions for
each screen. First time users will have to establish a user name and
password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgment to the
sender's E-mail address upon receipt of comments. User assistance for
electronic filings is available at 202-208-0258 or by e-mail to
efiling@ferc.fed.us. Comments should not be submitted to the e-mail
address.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the FERRIS link. User assistance
for FERRIS is available at 202-502-8222, or by e-mail to
contentmaster@ferc.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502-8415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-598 ``Determination for Entities Seeking Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status'' (OMB No. 1902-0166) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Section 32 of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA), as amended by
Section 711 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 16 U.S.C. 824d. Section
32(a) of PUHCA defines an Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG) as an
individual determined by the Commission to be engaged directly or
indirectly through one or more affiliates, and exclusively in the
business of owning and/or operating all or part of eligible facilities
and selling electric energy at wholesale. An eligible facility may
include interconnecting transmission facilities necessary to effect
wholesale power sales. Persons granted EWG status will be exempt from
regulation under PUHCA. The Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part
365.
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 Average burden
respondents Number of responses per respondent hours per Total annual
annually response burden hours
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(1) (2)............................................... (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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112 1................................................. 6 672
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Estimated total cost burden to respondents is $37,813 (672 hours/
2,080 hours per year x $117,041 per year). The cost per respondent is
equal to $338.
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, 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 respondents 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 technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-21386 Filed 8-21-02; 8:45 am]
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