[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14893-14894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7635]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-519-000; FERC-519]


Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

March 23, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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)(a) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public 
comments on the specific aspects of the information collection 
described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before 
May 28, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained 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 CONTRACT: Michael Miller may be reached by 
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425 and by e-mail at 
mike. [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
519 (OMB No. 1902-0082) ``Application for Sale, Lease or Other Docket 
No. IC99-519-000 Disposition, Merger or Consolidation of Facilities, or 
for Purchase or Acquisition of Securities of a Public Utility'' is used 
by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Sections 203 
and 318 of Part II of the Federal Power Act. Section 203 provides that 
the Commission's approval is required for transactions in which a 
public utility disposes of

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jurisdictional facilities, merges such facilities with jurisdictional 
facilities owned by another person, or acquires the securities of 
another public utility. Under the statute, the Commission must find 
that a proposed transaction will be consistent with the public interest 
before it may approve such transaction. Section 318 exempts certain 
persons from the requirements of Section 203 that would otherwise 
concurrently apply under the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935. The 
Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 33.
    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:

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                                            Number of
   Number of respondents annually (1)     responses per    Average burden hours per    Total annual burden hours
                                          respondent (2)         response (3)               (1) x (2) x (3)
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125....................................               1   80 hours..................  10,000 hours.
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    The Commission anticipates a minor increase in the burden hours to 
be reported for FERC-519. This is a result of an increase in the Docket 
No. IC99-519-000 number of mergers and the disposition of electric 
utility generation and transmission facilities as a result of 
restructuring of the electric industry.
    Estimated total cost burden to respondents: 10,000 hours/2,080 
hours per year  x  $109,889 per year = $528,313. The cost per 
respondent is equal to $4,227.
    The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, or 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 respondent 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, such as administrative costs and the cost for 
information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are cost incurred by 
an organization in support of Docket No. IC99-519-000 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7635 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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