[Federal Register: May 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 102)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC03-583-001, FERC-583]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
May 20, 2003.
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 November 18, 2002 (67 FR 69514-15) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by June 23,
2003.
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. The Desk Officer may be
reached by telephone at 202-395-7856. A copy of the comments should
also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Executive Director, ED-30, 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. IC03-583-001.
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
acknowledgment 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 the
e-mail address.
All comments are available for review at the Commission or may be
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov , using the
``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 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-583 ``Annual Kilowatt Generating
Report''
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
3. Control No.: 1902-0136.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year
extension of the expiration date, 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 to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of section
10(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), and section 3401 of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA), 42 U.S.C. 7178. Section 10(e)
authorizes the Commission to collect annual charges from hydroelectric
licenses for among other things, the cost of administering part I of
the FPA and for administering the costs of administering United States
dams. Section 3401 of OBRA authorizes the Commission to ``assess and
collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to
all the costs incurred . . . in that fiscal year''. The annual charges
must be computed based on methods that the Commission has determined to
be fair equitable. The annual charges do not enable the Commission to
collect amounts in excess of expenses, but merely serve as a vehicle to
reimburse the United States Treasury for the Commission's expenses. (42
U.S.C. 7178(f))
The Commission's staff use the information to determine the amounts
of annual charges to be assessed licensees for reimbursable government
administrative costs and for the use of government dams. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 11.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 660 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 1,320 total hours, 660 respondents(average), 1
response per respondent, 2 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 1,320 hours/2080 hours per
years x $117,041 per year = $74,276. The cost per respondent is equal
to $113.00.
Statutory Authority: Section 10 of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. 803(3) and section 3401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.7178.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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