[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7777-7778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3839]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC98-001-000 FERC Form No. 1]
Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments
February 10, 1998.
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 within 60 days
of the publication of the notice.
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 Miller, Information
Services Division, ED-12.4, 888 First Street N.E., Washington, D.C.
20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at
(202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at michael.miller@ferc.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC Form 1 ``Annual Report for Major Electric
Utilities, Licensees and Others'' (OMB No. 1902-0021) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of the Federal Power
Act (FPA) 16 U.S.C 791a-825r. The Commission is authorized and
empowered to make investigations, collect and record data, prescribe
rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as
necessary or appropriate for administering the FPA. The Commission may
prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, may determine the accounts in which
particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited.
Commission staff use the data in the Commission's audit program and
continuous review of the financial condition of regulated companies.
The data is also used in various rate proceedings and supply programs.
Data from certain schedules is used to compute annual charges which are
then assessed against public utilities to recover the Commission's
annual costs. The information filed with the Commission is a mandatory
requirement contained in the format of a written form for providing
annual financial data. This information is also submitted via
electronic media consisting of two duplicate diskettes. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR Parts 41, 101, 141.1 and 385.2011.
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 respondents annually responses per Average burden hours per Total annual burden hours
respondent response
(1) (2) (3)............................. (1) x (2) x (3)
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193............................... 1 1,217 hours..................... 234,881 hours.
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Estimated cost burden to respondents: 234,881 hours/2,088 hours per
year x $109,889 per year = $12,361,513. The cost per respondent is
equal to $64,049.
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
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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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-3839 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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