Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC06–423–001, FERC 423]

Commission Information Collection

Activities, Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Extension

February 27, 2007.

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AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of section 3507 of the

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U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the information

collection described below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and extension of this

information collection requirement. Any

interested person may file comments

directly with OMB and should address

a copy of those comments to the

Commission as explained below. The

Commission received comments from

four entities in response to an earlier

Federal Register notice of September

22, 2006 (71 FR 55454–55455) and has

provided responses to the commenters

in its submission to OMB. Copies of the

submission were also submitted to the

commenters.

DATES: Comments on the collection of

information are due by April 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the

collection of information to the Office of

Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and

include the OMB Control No. as a point

of reference. The Desk Officer may be

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650.

A copy of the comments should also be

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Office of the Executive

Director, ED–34, Attention: Michael

Miller, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may

be filed either in paper format or

electronically. Those persons filing

electronically do not need to make a

paper filing. For paper filings an

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 should refer to Docket No. IC06–

423–001.

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 acknowledgment to the

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of

comments. User assistance for electronic

filings is available at 202–502–8258 or

by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments

should not be submitted to this e-mail

address.

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All comments may be viewed, printed

or downloaded remotely via the Internet

through FERC’s homepage using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket

number excluding the last three digits in

the docket number field to access the

document. For user assistance, contact

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree 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:

Description

The information collection submitted

for OMB review contains the following:

1. Collection of Information: FERC

423 ‘‘Monthly Report of Cost and

Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants’’.

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902–0024.

The Commission is now requesting

that OMB approve and extend the

expiration date for an additional three

years with no changes to the existing

collection. The information filed with

the Commission is mandatory.

4. Necessity of the Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary for the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing the

statutory provisions of sections 205 (a)

and (e); (2) for use in a broad range of

fuel cost and purchase practice issues

rising from electric utility rate cases; (3)

to detect abnormally high fuel costs in

utility fuel purchases indicative of

affiliate preference at the cost of the

consumer; (4) in conjunction with other

data, to identify potential out-of-merit

plant dispatches carried out by system

operators and (5) in conjunction with

bid data, provides an indication of

market efficiency by providing one of

the key components of electricity

generation cost.

Other Federal and State agencies,

such as the Energy Information

Administration and the Environmental

Protection Agency, as well as private

interest groups, electric utilities and the

public use this timely data: (1) To

compare each fuel type by quality

determinants, in the study of

developments in fuel supply which may

affect the reliability of electric service,

(2) in environmental improvement

programs for the different air quality

control regions in the United States and

(3) for use in analyses of energy and fuel

supply impacts on the cost of electric

power.

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The Commission implements these

filing requirements in the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR

141.61.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises 569 companies (on average)

subject to the Commission’s

jurisdiction.

6. Estimated Burden: 6,828 total

hours, 569 respondents (average), 12

responses per respondent, and 1 hour

per response (average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

respondents: 6,828 hours/2080 hours

per years × $117,321 per year =

$385,129. The cost per respondent is

equal to $677.

Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions

of sections 205 (a) and (e) of the Federal

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–3966 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC07–547–000 FERC–547]

Commission Collection Activities,

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; Extension and Reinstatement

March 1, 2007.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 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 by May 11, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from Michael Miller, Office of

the Executive Director, ED–34, 888 First

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments on the proposed collection of

information may be filed either in paper

format or electronically. Those parties

filing electronically do not need to make

a paper filing. For paper filings, 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 should refer to Docket No. IC07–

547–000.

Documents filed electronically via the

Internet can be prepared in a variety of

formats, including WordPerfect, MS

Word, Portable Document Format, Rich

Text Format or ASCII format. To file the

document, access the Commission’s

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and

click on ‘‘Make an E-filing,’’ 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

acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail

address upon receipt of comments. User

assistance for electronic filings is

available at 202–502–8258 or by E-mail

to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should

not be submitted to this E-mail address.

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–547, ‘‘Gas

Pipeline Rates: Refund Report

Requirements’’ (OMB No. 1902–0084) is

used by the Commission to implement

the statutory refund provisions

governed by sections 4, 5 and 16 of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717–

717w). Sections 4 and 5 authorize the

Commission to order a refund, with

interest, on any portion of a natural gas

company’s increased rate or charge that

is found to be not just or reasonable.

Refunds may also be instituted by a

natural gas company as a stipulation to

a Commission-approved settlement

agreement or provision under the

company’s tariff. Section 16 authorizes

the Commission to prescribe the rules

and regulations necessary to administer

its refund mandates. The Commission’s

refund and reporting requirements are

set forth in 18 CFR 154.501 and 154.502.

The data collected allows the

Commission to monitor the refunds

owed by the natural gas companies and

to ensure the passage of the refunds,

with applicable interest, to the

appropriate natural gas customers.

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 information collection is

estimated as:

No. of responses per

respondent

(2)

No. of respondents annually

(1)

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Estimated cost to respondents: 4,500

hours/2,080 per year × $122,137 =

$264,238. The cost per respondent =

$4,404 (rounded off). The reporting

burden includes the total time, effort, or

financial resources to generate,

maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the

information including: (1) Reviewing

instructions; (2) developing, acquiring,

installing, and utilizing technology and

systems for the purpose of collecting,

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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

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Average burden (No. of

hours per response)

(3)

Total annual

burden (total

No. of hours)

(1) × (2) × (3)

75

4,500

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

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