[Federal Register: August 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 166)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC02-510-001, FERC-510]
Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Submitted for OMB Review
August 20, 2002.
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 the current expiration date. 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 May 31, 2002 (67 FR 38086) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by September
22, 2002.
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,
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, CI-1, 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, such comments
should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and
should refer to Docket No. IC02-510-001.
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 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 acknowledgment to the
sender's E-mail address upon receipt of comments. User assistance for
electronic filings is available at 202-208-0258 or by e-mail to
efiling@ferc.fed.us. Comments should not be submitted to the e-mail
address.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the FERRIS link. User assistance
for FERRIS is available at 202-502-8222, or by e-mail to
contentmaster@ferc.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202)502-8415, by fax at (202)208-2425, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The information collected submitted for OMB review contains:
1. Collection of Information: FERC-510 Application for Surrender of
a Hydropower License''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0068.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year
extension of the current expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection. There is an adjustment only to the reporting
burden. These are mandatory information collection requirements and the
Commission does not consider the information to be confidential.
4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of part 1,
sections 4(e), 6 and 13 of te Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 797(e), 799
and 806. Section 4(e) gives the Commission the authority to issue
licenses for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining
dams, water conduits, reservoirs, powerhouses, transmission lines or
other project works necessary or convenient for developing and
improving navigation, transmission and utilization of power over which
Congress has jurisdiction. Section 6 gives the Commission the authority
to prescribe the conditions of the licenses including the revocation
and/or surrender of the license. Section 13 defines the Commission's
authority to delegate time periods for when a license must be
terminated if project construction has not begun. Surrender of a
license may be desired by a licensee when a licensed project is retired
or not constructed. The information is collected by FERC in the form of
a written application for surrender of a hydropower license, which is
then used by Commission staff to determine the broad impact of such a
surrender. FERC carefully reviews the prepared application, solicits
public and agency comments through the issuance of a public notice, and
prepares the Surrender of License Order. The order is the result of an
analysis of the information produced, i.e., economic, environmental,
etc. which is then examined to determine if the application is
warranted. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR sections 6.1 through
6.4.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 8 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 80 total hours, 8 respondents, 1 response per
respondent, 10 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 80 hours / 2080 hours per
years x $117,041 per year = $4,502. The cost per respondent is equal to
$563.00.
Statutory Authority : Sections 4(e), 6 and 13 of te Federal
Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 797(e), 799 and 806.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-21720 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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