[Federal Register: December 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 231)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC04-515-001, FERC-515]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
November 23, 2004.
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 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 September 27, 2004 (69 FR 57678-79) and has made this notification
in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by December
30, 2004.
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 OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
Pamela_L._Beverly@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-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. IC04-515-001.
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
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
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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-515 ``Declaration of
Intention''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0079.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and reinstate
with a three-year extension of the expiration date, with no changes to
the existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is
mandatory.
3. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of this
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of part I,
Sections 23(b) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). Section 23(b) authorizes
the Commission to make a determination as to whether it has
jurisdiction over a proposed hydroelectric project. Section 23(b) also
requires that any person intending to construct project works on
navigable commerce clause waters must file a declaration of their
intention to do so with the Commission. If the Commission finds the
proposed project will have an impact on ``interstate or foreign
commerce'', then the person(s) intending to construct the project must
obtain a Commission license or exemption before construction. Such
sites are generally on streams defined as U.S. navigation waters, and
over which the Commission has jurisdiction under its authority to
regulate foreign and interstate commerce. The information is collected
in the form of a written application, declaring the applicant's intent
and used by Commission staff to research the jurisdictional aspects of
the project. A finding of non-jurisdictional by the Commission
eliminates a substantial paperwork burden for the applicant who might
otherwise have to file for a license or an exemption application.
The information filed with the Commission is a mandatory
requirement. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 24.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises 10 respondents (average) subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 800 total hours, 10 respondent (average per
year), 1 response per respondent, and 80 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 800 hours/2080 hours per
years x $108,588 per year = $41,764.
Statutory Authority: Sections 23(b) of the Federal Power Act (16
U.S.C. 816).
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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