[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65768-65769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31703]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-11-000; FERC Form No. 11]


Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

November 23, 1998.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of Section 
3506(c)(2)(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: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before 
January 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained from and written comments may be submitted to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, CI-1, 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: The information collected under the 
requirements of FERC Form No. 11 ``Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
Quarterly Statement of Monthly Data'' (OMB No. 1902-0032) is used by 
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Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Sections 10(a), 16 
and 21 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, and the 
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432. The NGA and 
NGPA authorize the Commission to prescribe rules and regulations 
requiring natural gas pipeline companies whose gas was either 
transported or stored for a fee and exceeds 50 million Dekatherms in 
each of the three previous calendar years, to submit FERC Form No. 11. 
The form provides monthly data on a quarterly basis on certain revenue 
and expenditure items of major pipelines, and also provides some volume 
data on their operations.
    The filing requirements of the monthly statement for selected 
revenues, income, and refund obligations, as well as details of 
operation and maintenance expenses incurred by natural gas companies in 
connection with transportation, or storage of natural gas are used by 
the Commission to develop analyses and studies in investigating the 
reasonableness of the various revenue and cost of service items claimed 
in Section 4 and 5 of the NGA rate filings. These data also provide an 
indication of the current status of pipeline activities and comparisons 
between pipelines, and are used to measure the financial status of the 
regulated pipelines as a group.
    The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 260.3 and 385.2011.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date.
    Burden Statement: Public Reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

 
   Number of Respondents       Number of Responses per     Average Burden Hours Per
          Annually                    Respondent                   Response            Total Annual Burden Hours
(1)                                             (2)                         (3)             (1) x (2) x (3)
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55.........................                       4                           3                         660
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    Estimated cost burden to respondents: 660 hours divided by 2,080 
hours per year times $109,889 per year equals $34,868. The cost per 
respondent is equal to $634.
    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; 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 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 Commission's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumption 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31703 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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