[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4521-4522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2262]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[FERC-588]
Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments
January 24, 1997.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
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. No. 104-13), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described
below.
DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before
March 13, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained from and written comments may be submitted to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael P. Miller, Information
Services Division, ED-12.4, 888 First Street N.E., Washington, D.C.
20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael P. Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at
mmiller@ferc.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-588 ``Emergency Natural Gas Transportation, Sale
and Exchange Transactions'' (OMB No. 1902-0144) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of
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Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w) and
provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGP), 15 U.S.C. 3301-
3432. Under the NGA, a natural gas company must obtain Commission
approval to engage in the transportation, sale or exchange of natural
gas in interstate commerce. However, Section 7(c) exempts from
certificate requirements ``temporary acts or operations for which the
issuance of a certificate will not be required in the public
interest.'' The NGPA also provides for non-certificated interstate
transactions involving intrastate pipelines and local distribution
companies.
A temporary operation, or emergency, is defined as any situation in
which an actual or expected shortage of gas supply would require an
interstate pipeline company, intrastate pipeline, local distribution
company, or Hinshaw pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or provide
less than the projected level of service to any customer. The natural
gas companies file the necessary information with the Commission so
that it may determine if the transaction/operation qualifies for
exemption. A report within forty-eight hours of the commencement of the
transportation, sale, or exchange, a request to extend the sixty-day
term of the emergency transportation, if needed, and a termination
report are required. The data required to be filed for the forty-eight-
hour report is specified by 18 CFR 284.270 (a) (b), (c). The
termination report is required by 18 CFR 284.270(d).
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:
Number of
Number of responses Average
respondents per burden hours Total annual burden hours
annually respondent per response
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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55.......... 1 10 550 hours.
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The estimated total cost to respondents is $27,500 (550 hours
divided by 2,087 hours per year per employee times $104,350 per year
per average employee = $27,500). The cost per respondent is $500.
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 other forms
of information technology e.g. permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2262 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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