[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50500-50501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24213]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC99-582-001, FERC-582]
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for
Comments
September 13, 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 in response to an
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earlier Federal Register notice of April 21, 1999 (64 FR 19522) and has
responded in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best
assured of having their full effect if received on or before October
18, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office of Management and Budget, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer, 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,
Attention: Mr. 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) 273-0873, 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-582 ``Oil, Gas and Electric Fees
and Annual Charges''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0132. The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date,
with no changes to the existing collection. There is a change in the
reporting burden due an additional 63 entities who are now required to
file. These are mandatory information collection requirements.
4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the provisions of the Independent
Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) which
authorizes the Commission to establish fees for services. In addition,
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178)
authorizes the Commission ``to assess and collect fees and annual
charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred
by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual charges,
the Commission first determines the total costs of its electric
regulatory program and subtracts all electric regulatory program filing
fee collections to determine total collectible electric regulatory
program costs. It then uses the data submitted under FERC information
collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the total volumes of long-
term firm sales and transmission, and short-term sales and transmission
and exchanges for all public utilities, including power marketers. The
Commission divides those volumes into its collectible program costs to
determine the unit charge per mega-watt hour for each category of
sales. Finally, the Commission multiplies the sales volume in each
category for public utility (including each power marketer) by the
relevant unit charge per mega-watt hour to determine the annual charges
for all public utilities and power marketers. Public utilities and
power marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to
the Commission's Office of the Secretary by April 30 of each year. The
Commission issues bills for annual charges, and public utilities and
power marketers then must pay the charges within 45 days of the date on
which the Commission issues the bill. In addition, Commission staff
uses companies' financial information filed under the waiver provisions
to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption of the obligation to pay
a fee for an annual charge. The Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part
381, sections 381.108 and 381.302 and part 382 section 382.201(b).
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises on average, 242 applicants.
6. Estimated Burden: 968 total burden hours, 242 respondents, 1
response annually, 4 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 968 hours 2,080
hours per year x $109,889 per year = $51,139, average cost per
respondent = $211.32.
Statutory Authority: Section 3401 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986 42 U.S.C. 7178 (1998) and Independent
Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (31 U.S.C. 9701).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24213 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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