[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49102-49103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24513]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC98-550-001 FERC-550]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

September 8, 1998.
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 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 did not 
receive any comments in response to an earlier notice issued June 19, 
1998, and published in the Federal Register on June 25, 1998 (63 FR 
34641).

DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best 
assured of having their full effect if received on or before October 
14, 1998.

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

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Information Officer, Attention: 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 [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

    The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review 
contains:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-550 ``Oil Pipeline rates: Tariff 
Filings''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0089. The Commission is now requesting 
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date, 
with no changes to the existing collection. This is a mandatory 
information collection requirement.
    4. Necessity of Collection of Information: The filing requirement 
provides the basis for analysis of all rates, fares, or charges 
whatsoever demanded, charged or collected by any common carrier or 
carriers in connection with the transportation of crude oil and 
petroleum products and are used by the Commission to establish a basis 
for determining the just and reasonable rates that should be charged by 
the regulated pipeline company. Based on this analysis, a 
recommendation is made to the Commission to take action whether to 
suspend, accept or reject the proposed rate. The data required to be 
filed for pipeline rates and tariff filings is specified by 18 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Chapter I Parts 340-348.
    Jurisdiction over oil pipelines, as it relates to the establishment 
of rates or charges for the transportation of oil by pipeline or the 
establishment or valuations for pipelines, was transferred from the 
Interstate Commerce Commission to the Commission, pursuant to Section 
306 and 402 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (DOE Act), 42 
U.S.C. Sections 7155 and 7172, and Executive Order No. 12009, 42 FR 
12009, 43 FR 46267 (September 15, 1977).
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises on average, 170 respondents subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 5,668 total burden hours, 170 respondents, 
3.06 responses annually, 10.9 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 5,668 hours  2,088 
hours per year  x  $109,889 per year = $298,300, average cost per 
respondent = $1,755.

    Statutory Authority: Part I, Sections 1, 6, and 15, of the 
Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), (Pub. L. No. 337, 34 Stat. 384).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24513 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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