[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC00-716A-001, FERC-716A]

 
Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

December 1, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review to the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has 
submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 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 has indicated in this submission that 
it received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register 
notice of July 29, 1999 (64 FR 441098-41099).


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DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office of Management and Budget, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
Commission Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. A 
copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415 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-716A, ``Application for 
Transmission Services under Section 211 of the Federal Power Act''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0168. The Commission is now requesting that 
OMB approve a three year extension of these mandatory information 
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 the Federal Power 
Act (FPA) as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The 
Commission uses the information collected to ensure that the 
requirements set forth in section 211(a) of the FPA have been met i.e. 
that a request for transmission service has been made by the applicant 
to the transmitting utility at least 60 days prior to filing the 
application with the Commission and that all affected parties have been 
notified. Specifically, Section 211(a) as provided for by the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992, authorizes the Commission to issue an order 
directing transmission services only after a person applying for the 
order has requested the transmission service from the transmitting 
utility at least 60 days prior to applying to the Commission.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 10 electric utilities, Federal power marketing 
agencies or any other person generating electric energy for sale or 
resale to apply for an order requiring a transmitting utility to 
provide transmission services to the applicant.
    6. Estimated Burden: 25 total burden hours, 10 respondents, 1 
response annually, 2.5 hours per response (average).

    Statutory Authority: Section 211(a), 212, 213(a), of the Federal 
Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824j-1, and Sections 721-723 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992. (P.L. 102-486).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31580 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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