[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC07-542-001, FERC 542]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
September 14, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and extension of this information collection requirement.
Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should
address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.
The Commission did not receive any comments in response to an earlier
Federal Register notice of June 1, 2007 (72 FR 30574-30575) and has
made this notification in its submission to OMB. Copies of the
submission were also submitted to the commenters.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 19,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and include the OMB Control No. as a point of
reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202-395-
7345. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, ED-34,
Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comments may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those
persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For
paper filings an
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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 should refer to Docket No.
IC07-542-001.
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. User assistance for electronic filings is available at 202-
502-8258 or by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should not be
submitted to this e-mail address.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For user assistance, contact
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676 or 202-502-
6652 (e-mail at FERCOnlineSupport@FERC.gov), or the Public Reference
Room at 202-502-8371, TTY 202-502-8659 (e-mail at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov).
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:
Description
The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the
following:
1. Collection of Information: FERC 542 ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate
Tracking''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0070.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and extend the
expiration date for an additional three years with no changes to the
existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is
mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary for the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of the
sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w).
These statutes empower the Commission to collect natural gas
transmission cost information from interstate natural gas transporters
for the purpose of verifying that these costs, which are passed on to
pipeline customers, are just and reasonable.
Interstate natural gas pipeline companies are required by the
Commission to track their transportation associated costs to allow for
the Commission's review and where appropriate, approval of the pass-
through of these costs to pipeline customers. Most of these FERC-542
tracking filings are monthly accountings of the cost of fuel or
electric power necessary to operate compressor stations. Others track
the costs of (1) annual charges of various types and (2) other types of
rate adjustments.
Tracking filings may be submitted at any time or on a regularly
scheduled basis in accordance with the pipeline company's tariff.
Filings may be either: (1) Accepted; (2) suspended and set for hearing;
(3) suspended, but not set for hearing; or (4) suspended for further
review, such as technical conference or another type of Commission
action.
The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 154, Sec. Sec. 154.4,
154.7, 154.101, 154.201, 154.207-.209, 154.307 and 154.401-.403.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 95 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 13,300 total hours, 95 respondents (average),
3.5 responses per respondent, and 40 hours per response (rounded off
and average time).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 13,300 hours/2080 hours
per year x $122,137 per year = $ 780,972. The cost per respondent is
equal to $8,221.
Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 4, 5 and
16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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