[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13173]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-717-001, FERC-717]
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for
Comments
May 19, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission for review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has
submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions
of Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13). Any interested person may file comments on the collection of
information directly with OMB and should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received
comments from one entity in response to an earlier Federal Register
notice of December 7, 1998 (63 FR 67467) and has responded to these
comments in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best
assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Desk Office, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, CI-1,
Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at
mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review
contains:
1. Collection of Information: FERC-717 ``Open Access Same Time
Information Systems''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No. OMB No. 1902-0173.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year
extension on the current expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection. There are no increases to the reporting burden.
This is a mandatory information collection requirements and the
Commission does not consider the information to be confidential.
4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of part 3,
sections 309 and 311 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 825(h), and
825(j). Section 309 gives the Commission the authority to prescribe,
issue, make and amend orders, rules and regulations to implement the
provisions of the Federal Power Act. Section 311 gives the Commission
authority to secure information necessary or appropriate for
recommending legislation or to conduct investigations concerning
generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy
regardless of whether they are jurisdictional or nonjurisdictional
entities within the United States and its possessions. The Commission
is also authorized to keep current information on the ownership,
operation, management and control of all facilities for generation,
transmission, distribution, sale, and capacity and output of these
facilities and the relationship between the two. The information is
also used for determining the cost(s) for generation, distribution,
rates, charges, and contracts with respect to the sale of electric
energy and the service to residential, rural, commercial and industrial
consumers and other purchasers by private and public agencies. The
information collected under FERC-717 is specifically used to monitor
the networks to ensure that potential purchasers of transmission
services obtain the services on a non-discriminatory basis. Failure to
issue these requirements would mean the Commission is not meeting its
statutorty obligations and permitting discrimination in interstate
transmission services provided by public utilities.
The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 37.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises on average 140 companies subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 198,520 total burden hours, 140 respondents, 1
response annually, 1,418 per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: $20,807,535 (140
respondents x $148,625 (cost per respondent).
Statutory Authority: Sections 309 and 311 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825(h), 825(j).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-13173 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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