Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 28, 2007 / Notices

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 28, 2007 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC07–582–000; FERC–582]

Commission Information Collection

Activities, Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Extension

February 22, 2007.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: Comments on the collection of

information are due May 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of

the proposed collection of information

can be obtained from the Commission’s

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docsfilings/elibrary.asp) or from the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn:

Michael Miller, Office of the Executive

Director, ED–34, 888 First Street NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may

be filed either in paper format or

electronically. Those parties filing

electronically do not need to make a

paper filing. For paper filing, the

original and 14 copies of such

comments should be submitted to the

Secretary of the Commission, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426

and refer to Docket No. IC07–582–000.

Documents filed electronically via the

Internet must be prepared in

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable

Document Format, or ASCII format. To

file the document, access the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an eFiling’’ and then follow the instructions

for each screen. First time users will

have to establish a user name and

password. The Commission will send an

automatic acknowledgement to the

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of

comments.

All comments may be viewed, printed

or downloaded remotely via the Internet

through FERC’s homepage using the

eLibrary link. For user assistance,

contact FERConlinesupport@ferc.gov or

toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–582 ‘‘Electric

Fees and Annual Charges’’ (OMB

Control No. 1902–0132) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of the Independent Offices

Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31

U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the

Commission to establish fees for its

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 then subtracts all electric regulatory

program filing fee collections to

determine the total collectible electric

regulatory program costs. It then uses

the data submitted under FERC

information collection requirement

FERC–582 to determine the total

megawatt-hours of transmission of

electric energy in interstate commerce.

This is measured by the sum of the

megawatt-hours of all unbundled

transmission (including MWh delivered

in wheeling transactions and MWh

delivered in exchange transactions) and

the megawatt-hours of all bundled

wholesale power sales (to the extent

these later megawatt-hours were not

separately reported as unbundled

transmission). This information must be

reported to three (3) decimal places.

Public utilities and power marketers

subject to these annual charges must

submit FERC–582 to the Secretary of the

Commission 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 Commission’s

issuance of the bill.

The Commission’s staff uses

companies’ financial information filed

under 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(c).

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of respondents annually

Number of responses

per respondent

Average burden hours

per response

Total annual burden hours

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)×(2)×(3)

125

1

4

500

Estimated cost burden to respondents

is 500 hours/2080 work hours per year

× $122,137 annual average salary per

employee = $29,360. The estimated

annual cost per respondent is $235.

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;

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(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;

(7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing

the information; and (8) requesting e.g.

waiver or clarification of requirements.

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

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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

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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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–3485 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–446–002]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP;

Notice of Amended Application

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February 22, 2007.

Take notice that on February 20, 2007,

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf

South), 20 East Greenway Plaza,

Houston, Texas 77046, filed in Docket

No. CP06–446–002, an amendment to its

pending application pursuant to

sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas

Act (NGA) in which it seeks

authorization to site, construct, and

operate facilities, and to abandon by

lease to Texas Gas Transmission, LLC

(Texas Gas), 62,180 Dth/day of capacity

on the facilities proposed in Docket No.

CP06–446–000 filed September 1, 2006.

In the amended application, Gulf South

proposes to increase in pipeline wall

thickness and internal pipe coating for

71.1 miles of pipeline, all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection. The Commission staff

will determine if this amendment will

have an effect on the schedule for the

environmental review of this project. If

necessary, a revised Notice of Schedule

for Environmental Review will be

issued within 90 days of this Notice.

The instant filing may be also viewed on

the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket

number excluding the last three digits in

the docket number field to access the

document. For assistance, call (866)

208–3676 or TTY, (202) 502–8659.

Any questions regarding this

application may be directed to J. Kyle

Stephens, Director of Certificates, 20

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East Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas

77046 or by telephone at 713–544–7309

or telecopy to 713–544–3540.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before the below listed

comment date, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

a motion to intervene in accordance

with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the NGA (18

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party

status will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by all other parties. A party must submit

14 copies of filings made with the

Commission and must mail a copy to

the applicant and to every other party in

the proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

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to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

Motions to intervene, protests and

comments may be filed electronically

via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s Web

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The

Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings.

Comment Date: March 5, 2007.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–3486 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER07–407–000]

High Prairie Wind Farm II, LLC; Notice

of Issuance of Order

February 22, 2007.

High Prairie Wind Farm, LLC (High

Prairie) filed an application for marketbased rate authority, with an

accompanying rate schedule. The

proposed market-based rate schedule

provides for the sale of energy and

capacity at market-based rates. High

Prairie also requested waivers of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

High Prairie requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by High Prairie

On February 20, 2007, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Tariffs and Market

Development—West, granted the

requests for blanket approval under part

34. The Director’s order also stated that

the Commission would publish a

separate notice in the Federal Register

establishing a period of time for the

filing of protests. Accordingly, any

person desiring to be heard or to protest

the blanket approvals of issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability by

High Prairie should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214

(2004).

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest is March 26, 2007.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition by the deadline above, High

Prairie is authorized to issue securities

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