[Federal Register: February 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 28)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC08-566-000; FERC-566]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
February 1, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
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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: Comments on the collection of information are due April 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed information
collection can be obtained from the Commission's
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Documents & Filing Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp
) or by contacting the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive Director, ED-
34, 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
Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to Docket No. IC08-
566-000.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in
the acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing formats are available at (http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/electronic-media.asp
). To file the
document electronically, access the Commission's Web site and click on
Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp
), 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 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: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-566 ``Annual Report of a Utility's Twenty Largest
Purchasers'' (OMB No. 1902-0114) is used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of section 305 of the Federal Power Act (FPA),
(16 U.S.C. 825d), as amended by Title II, section 211 of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). FPA section 305--
Officials Dealing in Securities; Interlocking Directorates--requires
that each public utility annually ``publish'' a list, pursuant to rules
prescribed by the Commission, of the purchasers of the 20 largest
annual amounts of electric energy sold by such public utility during
any one of three previous calendar years. The required filers, the
filing deadline, the specific information to be filed, and the
requirement to publicly provide the information are all specifically
mandated by the FPA. The Commission is not empowered to amend or waive
these statutory requirements. Requirements the Commission has the
authority to amend, such as the filing format and method, are found in
the Commission's regulations in 18 CFR 46.3.
The FPA requires public utilities to publish and file with the
Commission a list of their largest customers and the identification of
public utility board members who are also board members of the
utility's largest customers.\1\ This data on interlocking directorates
allows the Commission to inquire into and determine whether public or
private interests will be adversely affected by the holding of such
positions.
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\1\ Annual Report of Interlocking Positions, FERC Form 561, OMB
No. 1902-0099, collects the interlocking directorate information.
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Under the current OMB authorization, the Commission requires the
filing of FERC-566 in hardcopy. However, the Commission has directed
under RM07-16-000 \2\ to allow for the voluntary electronic submittal
of many required filings, including the FERC-566, which is expected by
early 2008. The implementation of eFiling 7.0 would eliminate the
current burden of mailing or hand-delivering these filings in hardcopy.
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\2\ Filing Via the Internet, RM07-16-000, 72 FR 65659 (2007),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,259.
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Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date and proposes to make the filing of the FERC-566
more efficient by the end of 2007 under RM07-16-000.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of
responses Average Total annual
Number of respondents annually per burden hours burden hours
respondent per response
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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242........................... 1 6 1,452
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The estimated total cost to respondents is $85,261, [1,452 hours
divided by 2,080 hours \3\ (times $126,384 \4\ equals $88,226, rounded
off). The cost of filing FERC-566 per respondent is $365 (rounded off)
2.
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\3\ Number of hours an employee works.
\4\ Average annual salary per employee.
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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 using technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable filing 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 cost estimate 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) The accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate of the proposed information collection, including the validity
of the methodology and assumptions used to calculate the reporting
burden; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (3) the proposal to
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provide the option to collect FERC-566 electronically during 2008, as
indicated under RM07-16-000 000 and any reduction in burden that option
might allow filers.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-2407 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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