[Federal Register: February 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 39)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC07-582-000; FERC-582]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
February 22, 2007.
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 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), 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 May 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained from the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp
) or from the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED-34, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments
may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those parties
filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper
filing, the original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted
to the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to
Docket No. IC07-582-000.
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 http://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
acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of
comments.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the eLibrary link. For user
assistance, contact FERConlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866)
208-3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502-8415, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-582 ``Electric Fees and Annual Charges'' (OMB
Control No. 1902-0132) is used by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of
1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the Commission to
establish fees for its services. In addition, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the
Commission ``to assess and collect fees and annual charges in any
fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual charges, the
Commission first determines the total costs of its electric regulatory
program and then subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee
collections to determine the total collectible electric regulatory
program costs. It then uses the data submitted under FERC information
collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the total megawatt-hours
of transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. This is
measured by the sum of the megawatt-hours of all unbundled transmission
(including MWh delivered in wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale
power sales (to the extent these later megawatt-hours were not
separately reported as unbundled transmission). This information must
be reported to three (3) decimal places. Public utilities and power
marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to the
Secretary of the Commission by April 30 of each year. The Commission
issues bills for annual charges, and public utilities and power
marketers then must pay the charges within 45 days of the Commission's
issuance of the bill.
The Commission's staff uses companies' financial information filed
under waiver provisions to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption
of the obligation to pay a fee for an annual charge. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 381, sections 381.108, and 381.302 and part
382, section 382.201(c).
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Number of Average burden
respondents responses per hours per Total annual
annually respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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125 1 4 500
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is 500 hours/2080 work hours
per year x $122,137 annual average salary per employee = $29,360. The
estimated annual cost per respondent is $235.
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; (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information;
and (8) requesting e.g. waiver or clarification of requirements.
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
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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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-3485 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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