98-2812. Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5933-5934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2812]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC98-566-000; FERC-566]


Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

January 30, 1998.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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 
April 6, 1998.

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 [phone], by fax at 
[phone], and by e-mail at [e-mail].

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 Title II, Section 211 of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. 825d). Submission of 
the list is necessary to fulfill the requirements of Section 211--
Interlocking Directorates, which defines monitoring and regulatory 
operations concerning interlocking directorate positions held by 
utility personnel and possible conflicts of interest. The information 
is collected by the Commission to identify large purchasers of electric 
energy and possible conflicts of interest. Through this process, the 
Commission is able to review and exercise oversight of interlocking 
directorates of public utilities and their related activities. 
Specifically, the Commission must determine that individuals in utility 
operations holding two positions at the same time would adversely 
affect the public interest. The Commission can employ enforcement 
proceedings when violations and omissions of the Act's provisions 
occur. The compliance with these requirements is mandatory. The 
reporting requirements are found at 18 CFR 46.3.

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    Averge                    
                                 responses    burden      Total annual  
Number of respondents annually      per     hours per   burden hours (1)
              (1)               respondent   response     x (2) x (3)   
                                    (2)        (3)                      
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175...........................           1          6  1,050 hours.     
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    The estimated total cost to respondents is $55,260, (1,050 hours 
divided by 2,087 hours per year per employee times $109,889 per year 
per average employee = $55,260). The cost per respondent is $316.
    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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-2812 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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