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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC06–592–000; FERC–592]

Commission Information Collection

Activities, Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Extension

July 18, 2006.

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 September 5, 2006.

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. IC06–592–000.

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–592 ‘‘Marketing

Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines’’ (OMB

No. 1902–0157) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14,

16, and 20 of the Natural Gas Act (NPA)

15 U.S.C. 717–717w and Title II, section

311 and sections 501 and 504 of the

Natural Gas Policy Act (Pub. L. 95–621).

The FERC–592 requirements apply to

‘‘Transmission Providers’’ who are

defined as any interstate natural gas

pipeline that transports gas for others,

subject to the Natural Gas Act (i.e.,

pursuant to subpart A of part 157 or

subparts B or G of part 284). See 18 CFR

358.3(a)(1) and (2). A Transmission

Provider does not include a natural gas

storage provider authorized to charge

market-based rates that is not

interconnected with the jurisdictional

facilities of any affiliated interstate

natural gas pipeline, has no exclusive

franchise area, no captive ratepayers or

no market power, 18 CFR 358.3(a)(3).

Initially, FERC–592 was adopted

when the Commission issued the

Standards of Conduct in Order No. 497,

53 FR 22161, June 14, 1988. The

Commission issued the Standards of

Conduct to prevent Transmission

Providers from discriminating against

non-affiliated shippers or from granting

undue preferences to their marketing

and energy affiliates. In response to

growing competition in the natural gas

marketplace and to further ensure that

it could monitor transactions for the

exercise of market power, the

Commission revised its reporting

requirements in Order No. 637, 65 FR

10219, on February 25, 2000. The

Commission required pipelines to post

more transmission information on their

Internet Web sites to improve

transparency of transmission

information.

With the revisions in Order No. 637,

the Commission also eliminated many

of the requirements of the original

FERC–592s. First the Commission

eliminated the requirement to submit

the FERC–592 information to the

Commission. Second the Commission

eliminated many of the items required

under the FERC–592 requirements and

retained only two requirements: (1) A

pipeline must retain information

pertaining to discounts (affiliated and

non-affiliated) and, (2) if a pipeline

relies on contract information or other

data to allocate capacity, it must

maintain a log of that information for all

shippers (affiliated and non-affiliated).

In November 2003, the Commission

enhanced and expanded the Standards

of Conduct in Order No. 2004 and

subsequently in Order Nos. 2004–A, B,

C, and D. However, Order No. 2004 did

not substantively change the FERC–592

requirements, which applies only to

natural gas Transmission Providers.

While there are many different

requirements under the Standards of

Conduct, the basic requirements are that

a Transmission Provider must: (1)

Function independently from its

Marketing and Energy Affiliates; and (2)

must treat all transmission customers,

affiliated and non-affiliated, on a nondiscriminatory basis and may not

operate its transmission system to

preferentially benefit its Marketing or

Energy Affiliates. See 18 CFR 358.2.

This information is used by the

Commission, market participants and

state commissions to monitor for undue

discrimination by pipeline companies

in favor of their marketing affiliates and

in some cases, this information is used

in formal proceedings following the

filing of a complaint.

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:

Number of respondents annually

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total annual

burden hours

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) × (2) × (3)

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1

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Estimated cost burden to respondents

is $559,136; (9,913 burden hours/2080

work hours per year × $117,321 annual

average salary per employee =

$559,136). The estimated annual cost

per respondent is $6,578.

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;

(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

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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP06–436–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Columbia Gulf

Transmission Company; Crossroads

Pipeline Company; Notice Requesting

Temporary Waiver of Certain Tariff

Provisions and NAESB Standards and

Notice of Expedited Comment Period

July 18, 2006.

Take notice that on July 14, 2006,

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation, Columbia Gulf

Transmission Company and Crossroads

Pipeline Company (together referred to

as the Pipelines) request temporary

waiver of the following because of the

relocation of the NiSource mainframe

computers:

(1) Sections 2.8 (EBB Access

requirements: Operations), 6.2

(Nominations) and 6.3 (Confirmation

and Scheduling by Transporter) of the

Pipelines’ respective FERC Gas Tariffs;

(2) North American Energy Standards

Board (NAESB) Standards 1.3.2, 1.3.3,

1.3.4, 1.3.8, 1.3.21, 1.3.37, 1.3.45

(nomination related standards), 2.3.6,

2.3.21, 2.3.40, 2.3.41, 2.3.42, 2.3.49

(flowing gas related standards), 5.3.31,

5.3.32, 5.3.33, 5.3.44, 5.3.45 (capacity

release related standards); and

(3) Section 284.12 of the

Commission’s regulations (Standards for

Pipeline Business Operations and

Communications, 18 CFR 284.12

(2005)).

The Pipelines state that the relocation

of its mainframe computers will cause

all functions of its Electronic Bulletin

Board (Navigator) to be unavailable for

periods up to 48 hours beginning

around 5 a.m. on the following days:

Saturday, July 22, 2006; Saturday,

August 12, 2006; Saturday, August 19,

2006 and Saturday and Sunday,

September 2–3, 2006.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). Protests will be considered by

the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or

protests must be filed in accordance

with the provisions of section 154.210

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention

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or protest must serve a copy of that

document on the Applicant. Anyone

filing an intervention or protest on or

before the intervention or protest date

need not serve motions to intervene or

protests on persons other than the

Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper using the

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the protest or intervention to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

July 19, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–419–000]

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Application

July 19, 2006.

Take notice that on July 11, 2006,

Dominion Transmission, Inc.

(Dominion), 120 Tredegar Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed in

Docket No. CP06–419–000, an

application pursuant to section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to abandon wells EW–203 and EW–313

located at its Ellisburg Storage Field in

Potter County, Pennsylvania, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection. This 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

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