[Federal Register: October 1, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 190)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC01-1F-000, FERC Form 1-F]
Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments
September 25, 2001.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described
below.
DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted within 60 days
of the publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained from and written comments may be submitted to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, CI-1, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202)208-1415, by fax at (202)208-2425, and by e-mail at
mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC Form 1-F ``Annual Report for Nonmajor Electric
Utilities and Licensees'' (OMB No. 1902-0029) is used by the Commission
to implement the statutory provisions of the Federal Power Act (FPA) 16
U.S.C. 791a-825r. The Commission is authorized and empowered to make
investigations, collect and record data, prescribe rules and
regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary or
appropriate for administering the FPA. The Commission may prescribe a
system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and, after notice and
opportunity for hearing, may determine the accounts in which particular
outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited. The FERC
Form No. 1-F is a financial and operating report for electric rate
regulation. ``Nonmajor'' is defined as having total sales in each of
the last three consecutive years of 10,000 megawatt-hours or less.
FERC staff uses the data in the continuous review of the financial
condition of regulated companies, in various rate proceedings and
supply programs and in the Commission's audit program. The annual
financial information filed with the Commission is a mandatory
requirement submitted in a prescribed format which is filed
electronically via the Internet. The Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
Parts 41, 101, 141.2.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with certain changes to the existing
collection of data. Based on a review of the FERC's requirements for
Form 1-F data and requests from respondents for reductions in the
collection, the Commission recommends the elimination of the Form 1-F
schedules listed below:
Data on Security Holders and Voting Powers (Parts X and
XI, P. 18)
Nonutility Property (221, P. 110)
Capital Stock Sub, Cap Stock Liability for Con, Prem. Cap
Stock, & Inst Received (252, P. 112)
Discount on Capital Stock (254, P. 112)
Particulars Concerning Certain Income Deduction and
Interest Charges (340, P. 117)
Electric Distribution Meters and Line Transformers (429,
lines 63 & 65, P. 206)
Number of Electric Department Employees (323, page 323)
Construction Overheads--electric (217, p. 8 Allowance for
Funds used During Construction)
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection has
been reduced by the elimination of several schedules and the paper
filing format requirement. The burden is estimated as:
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Number of Average burden
Number of respondents annually responses per hours per Total annual
respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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Estimated cost burden to respondents: 476 hours/2,080 hours per
year x $117,041 per year = $26,784. The cost per respondent is equal to
$ 1,576.
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including:
(1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, installing,
and utilizing technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, disclosing and
providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions and requirements; (4) training
personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5) searching data
sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information.
The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any one particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-24443 Filed 9-28-01; 8:45 am]
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