[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17413-17414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7280]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM09-2-001]
Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate Natural Gas
Companies; Notice of Technical Workshop on Form No. 549D
On March 9, 2011, the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) approved
Form No. 549D.\1\ Take notice that on April 12, 2011, a technical
workshop will be convened to acquaint and assist filers in using the
fillable Form No. 549D PDF and XML to file data \2\ pursuant to Order
Nos. 735 and 735-A.\3\
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The technical workshop will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at
the headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ET). The workshop
will be open to the public. Although there is no registration to
attend, staff is requesting some information from potential attendees
to help prepare for the workshop.
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\1\ Form No. 549D was assigned OMB : 1902-0253. The OMB
clearance expires on 03/31/2014.
\2\ Unless changed by the Commission, the first reporting
deadline is June 1, 2011, covering transactions in the first quarter
of calendar year 2011.
\3\ Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate Natural Gas
Companies, Order No. 735, 75 FR 29,404, 131 FERC ] 61,150 (2010),
order on reh'g, Order No. 735-A, 75 FR 80,685, 133 FERC ] 61,216
(2010).
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The workshop will focus only on technical issues related to
completing and filing the Form No. 549D, ``Quarterly Transportation and
Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines'' using
either a fillable Form PDF (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms/form-549d/form-549d.pdf) or XML (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms/form-549d/form-549d-schema.xsd) file. This workshop is not intended to lead
to any type of further order in the proceeding. In addition, the
workshop will not address any aspect of the Notice of Inquiry under
Docket No. RM11-4-000. Any future clarifications regarding the use of
the fillable Form, XML, and further instructions that result from
discussions at the workshop will be communicated via the FERC Web site
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#549d.
Attendees and their staff who will use the fillable Form No. 549D
PDF or XML are requested to download and familiarize themselves with
the following:
(1) Blank fillable Form 549D, at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms/form-549d/form-549d.pdf
(2) Data dictionary and instructions in the Appendix of Order 735-A
(3) XML Schema (Form549D--XSD.xsd file),\4\ at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms/form-549d/form-549d-schema.xsd
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(4) eFiling Procedures that pertain to the fillable Form and XML
files.
Examples of a completed fillable Form 549D and XML file will also
be posted on the FERC Web site at a later date.
Commission staff is requesting that potential filers send an e-mail
to [email protected] by March 31, 2011, informing the Commission staff
of their preferences for using either the PDF or XML version of Form
No. 549D as a method to eFile quarterly data and whether they intend on
attending the workshop. This information will assist Staff in preparing
for the Technical Workshop, but will not bind filers to a specific
filing method in the future.
An agenda for the workshop will be issued in a later notice. This
technical workshop will not be webcast and will not be transcribed.
Those that are unable to attend in person may send questions at any
time to [email protected]. Because of ex parte concerns and pursuant to
18 CFR 3c.2 (2010), questions are subject to the same procedures and
restrictions for all informal communications between regulated entities
and Commission Staff.
Commission workshops and meetings are accessible under section 508
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations
please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call toll free 866-
208-3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106
with the required accommodations.
For additional information, please contact James Sarikas at 202-
502-6831 or [email protected] of FERC's Office of Energy Market
Regulation and Thomas Russo at 202-502-8792 or [email protected] of
FERC's Office of Enforcement.
Dated: March 22, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-7280 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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