[Federal Register: June 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 108)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC05-11-000; FERC Form 11]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
April 28, 2005.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DoE.
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. 104-13), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained from the Commission's website (Http://http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp
) or to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive Director Officer, ED-33,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed
either in paper format or electronically. Those parties filing
electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filing,
the original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the
Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to Docket No. IC05-
11-000.
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
acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of
comments.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the eLibrary link. For user
assistance, contact FERCOlineSupport@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: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC Form 11 ``Natural Gas Monthly Quarterly Statement
of Monthly Data'' (OMB No. 1902-0032) is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of Sections 10(a) and 16 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) 15 U.S.C. 717-717w and the Natural Gas Policy Act
of 1978 (NGPA) (15 U.S.C. 3301-3432). The NGA and NGPA authorize the
Commission to prescribe rules and regulations requiring natural gas
pipeline companies whose gas was transported or stored for a fee, which
exceeded 50 million dekatherms in each of the three previous calendar
years to submit FERC Form 11. The Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
260.3 and 385.2011.
Although the submission of the form is quarterly, the information
is reported on a monthly basis. This permits the Commission to follow
developing trends on a pipeline's system. Gas revenues and quantities
of gas by rate schedule, transition cost from upstream pipelines, and
reservation charges are reported. This information is used by the
Commission to assess the reasonableness of the various revenues and
cost of service items claimed in rate filings. It also provides the
Commission with a view of the status pipeline activities, allows
revenue comparisons between pipelines, and provides the financial
status of the regulated pipelines.
Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Average burden Total annual
Number of respondents annually (1) responses per hours per burden hours
respondent (2) response (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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63........................................................... 4 3 756
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is $39,457. (756 hours/2080
hours per year times $108,558 per year average per employee = $
39,457.). The cost per respondent is $626.30.
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, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
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other forms of information technology e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2880 Filed 6-6-05; 8:45 am]
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