[Federal Register: April 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 69)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC06-716-001, FERC-716]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
April 5, 2006.
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 no comments in response to an earlier Federal
Register notice of January 19, 2005 (71 FR 3064-3065) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 18,
2006.
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
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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,
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 should refer to Docket No.
IC06-716-001.
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 website 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 (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-716 ``Good Faith Request for
Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting Utility under
sections 211(a) & 213(a) of the FPA'' .
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0170.
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 is not filed with the Commission
but is used in conjunction with FERC-716A which 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 sections
211 and 213 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as amended and added by the
Energy Policy Act of 1992. The information is not filed with the
Commission, however, the request and response may be analyzed as a part
of a section 211 proceeding. This collection of information covers the
information that must be contained in the request and in the response.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended section 211 of the FPA and
expanded the Commission's authority to order transmission service.
Under the revised section 211, the Commission may order transmission
services if it finds that such action would be in the public interest,
would not unreasonably impair the continued reliability of electric
systems affected by the order, and would, meet the requirements of
amended section 211 of the FPA.
The Commission's policy statement in Public Law 93-3, Policy
Statement Regarding Good Faith Requests for Transmission Services and
Responses by Transmitting Utilities under sections 211(a) and 213(a) of
the Federal Power Act, as amended, implemented a data exchange between
a transmission requester and a transmitting utility prior to the
submission of a section 211 request with the Commission. Components of
the data exchange are identified in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), 18 CFR 2.20. The general policy sets forth standards by which
the Commission determines whether and when a valid good faith request
for transmission has been made under section 211 of the FPA. In
developing the standards, the Commission sought to encourage an open
exchange of information with a reasonable degree of specificity and
completeness between the party requesting transmission services and the
transmitting utility. As a result, twelve components of a good faith
estimate are identified under 18 CFR 2.20.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 8 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 800 total hours, 8 respondents (average), 1
response per respondent, and 100 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 800 hours/2080 hours per
years x $112,767 per year = $43,372. The cost per respondent is equal
to $5,421.
Statutory Authority: Sections 211 and 213 of the Federal Power
Act as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act 1992.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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