[Federal Register: April 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 65)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC07-2-001, FERC FORM 2]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
March 30, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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 received comments from one entity in response to an
earlier Federal Register notice of January 8, 2007 (72 FR 764-765) and
has provided a response to the commenter in its submission to OMB.
Copies of the submission were also submitted to the commenter.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by April May
4, 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-
4650. 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 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. IC07-2-001.
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-
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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:
Description
The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the
following:
1. Collection of Information: FERC Form 2 ``Annual Report for Major
Natural Gas Companies''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0028.
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
Natural Gas Act (NGA) 15 U.S.C. 717. The FERC Form 2 is a financial and
operating report for natural gas rate regulation for major pipeline
owners. ``Major'' is defined as companies having combined gas sold for
resale and gas transported or stored for a fee that exceeds 50 million
Dth in each of the three previous calendar years. Under the Form 2, the
Commission investigates, collects and records data and prescribes rules
and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary
to administer the NGA. The Commission is empowered to prescribe a
system of accounts for jurisdictional gas pipelines and after notice
and opportunity for hearing, may determine the accounts in which
particular outlays the receipts will be entered, charged or credited.
The Commission's staff uses the data in the continuous review of
the financial condition of jurisdictional companies, in various rate
proceedings and in the Commission's audit program. FERC Form 2 data are
also used to compute annual charges which are necessary to recover the
Commission's annual costs. The annual charges are required by section
3401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986.
The NGA mandates the collection of information needed by the
Commission to perform its regulatory responsibilities in the setting of
just and reasonable rates. The Commission could be held in violation of
the NGA if the information was not collected.
The annual financial information filed with the Commission is a
mandatory requirement submitted in a prescribed format which is filed
electronically. The Commission implements these filing requirements in
18 CFR parts 158, 201, 260.1 and 385.2011.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 71 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 111,470 total hours, 71 respondents (average),
1 response per respondent, and 1,570 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 111,470 hours/2080 hours
per years x $122,137 per year = $6,545,486. The cost per respondent is
equal to $92,190.
Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 205(a) and
(e) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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