[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58049-58050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28879]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[FERC-716]


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

November 6, 1996.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review to the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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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 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 is also responding in this submission 
to comments it received to an earlier Federal Register notice of July 
26, 1996 (61 FR 40208-40209).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office of Management and Budget, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
Commission Desk Officer, 726 Jackson Place N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Division of Information Services, Attention: Mr. 
Michael Miller, 888 First Street, N.E. Washington D.C. 20426. Mr. 
Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415 and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Description: The energy information collection submitted to OMB for 
review contains:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-716, ``Good Faith Request for 
Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting Utility under 
Sections 211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power Act''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0170. The Commission is now requesting that 
OMB approve a three year extension of these mandatory 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 Federal Power 
Act (FPA) as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The 
information is not filed with the Commission, however, the request and 
response may be analyzed as part of the Section 211 proceeding. The 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended Section 211 of the FPA and expanded 
the Commission's authority to order transmission service. Under the 
revised Section 211, the Commission may order transmission services if 
it finds that such action would be in the public interest, would not 
unreasonably impair the continued reliability of electric systems 
affected by the order, and would meet the requirements of amended 
Section 21 of the FPA.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 20 electric utilities, Federal power marketing 
agencies or any other person generating electric energy for sale or 
resale to apply for an order requiring a transmitting utility to 
provide transmission services to the applicant.
    6. Estimated Burden: 4,000 total burden hours, 20 respondents, 1 
response annually, 200 hours per response (average).

    Statutory Authority: Section 211(a), 212, 213(a), of the Federal 
Power Act, 16 U.S.C.

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824j-1, and Sections 721-723 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. (Pub. 
L. 102-486).
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28879 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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