[Federal Register: April 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 77)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC05-561-001; FERC-561]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
April 15, 2005.
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 an extension of the expiration date for 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 31, 2005 (70
FR 4831-32) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 20,
2005.
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
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-33,
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. IC05-561-001.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in
MS Word, Portable Document Format, Word Perfect 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
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-561 ``Annual Report of
Interlocking Positions''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: 1902-0099.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve this information
collection with 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 implement the
statutory provisions of Title II, section 211 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. 825d) which amended
part III section 305(c) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). Submission of
the list is necessary to fulfill the requirements of section 211--
Interlocking Directorates, which defines monitoring and regulatory
operations concerning interlocking directorate positions held by
utility personnel and possible conflicts of interest. The information
is collected by the Commission to identify persons holding interlocking
position between public utilities and possible conflicts of interest.
Through this process, the Commission is able to review and exercise
oversight of interlocking directorates of public utilities and their
related activities. Specifically, the Commission must determine that
individuals in utility operations holding two positions at the same
time would not adversely affect the public interest. The Commission can
employ enforcement proceedings when violations and omissions of the
Act's provisions occur. The reporting requirements are found at 18 CFR
46.6 and 131.31.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe is comprised of
public utilities and from those entities the Commission received
reports from 1,649 persons serving as officers or directors of those
concerns.
6. Estimated Burden: 412 total hours, 1649 respondents, 1 response
per respondent, and .25 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: $21,503. (412 hours
divided by 2,080 hours per year per employee times $108,558 per year
average per employee). The cost per respondent is $13.
Statutory Authority: Section 305(c) of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. 825d.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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