[Federal Register: October 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

October 19, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for 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 energy information collection listed in this notice to 
the

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of 
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 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 
no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of June 
23, 1999 (64 FR 33473) and has made this notation 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 November 
24, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office of Management and Budget, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, 
DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to 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 at 
mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description

    The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review 
contains:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-598 ``Determination for Entities 
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0166. The Commission is now requesting 
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date, 
with no changes to the existing collection. There is a change to the 
reporting burden as a result of a decline in the number of applications 
submitted to the Commission. These are mandatory 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 provisions of Section 32 of the 
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) as added and 
redesignated by Section 711 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 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 the wholesale. An eligible facility may 
include interconnecting transmission facilities necessary to effect 
wholesale power sales. Persons granted EWG status to be exempt from 
regulation under PUHCA. The Commission implements these filing 
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 
365.
    Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises 
on average, 112 respondents.
    6. Estimated Burden: 672 total burden hours, 112 respondents, 1 
response annually, 6 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 672 hours <divide> 2,088 
hours per year  x  $109,889 per year = $35,503, average cost per 
respondent = $317.00.

    Statutory Authority: Sections 32(a), of the Public Utility 
Holding Company Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 79z-5a.
David P. Boegers,
Secretary.
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