[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50500-50501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24213]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC99-582-001, FERC-582]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

September 13, 1999.
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 energy 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 received 
comments in response to an

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earlier Federal Register notice of April 21, 1999 (64 FR 19522) and has 
responded in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best 
assured of having their full effect if received on or before October 
18, 1999.

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 Information Officer, 
Attention: Mr. 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-582 ``Oil, Gas and Electric Fees 
and Annual Charges''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0132. The Commission is now requesting 
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date, 
with no changes to the existing collection. There is a change in the 
reporting burden due an additional 63 entities who are now required to 
file. These are mandatory information 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 Independent 
Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) which 
authorizes the Commission to establish fees for services. In addition, 
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) 
authorizes the Commission ``to assess and collect fees and annual 
charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred 
by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual charges, 
the Commission first determines the total costs of its electric 
regulatory program and subtracts all electric regulatory program filing 
fee collections to determine total collectible electric regulatory 
program costs. It then uses the data submitted under FERC information 
collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the total volumes of long-
term firm sales and transmission, and short-term sales and transmission 
and exchanges for all public utilities, including power marketers. The 
Commission divides those volumes into its collectible program costs to 
determine the unit charge per mega-watt hour for each category of 
sales. Finally, the Commission multiplies the sales volume in each 
category for public utility (including each power marketer) by the 
relevant unit charge per mega-watt hour to determine the annual charges 
for all public utilities and power marketers. Public utilities and 
power marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to 
the Commission's Office of the Secretary by April 30 of each year. The 
Commission issues bills for annual charges, and public utilities and 
power marketers then must pay the charges within 45 days of the date on 
which the Commission issues the bill. In addition, Commission staff 
uses companies' financial information filed under the waiver provisions 
to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption of the obligation to pay 
a fee for an annual charge. The Commission implements these filing 
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 
381, sections 381.108 and 381.302 and part 382 section 382.201(b).
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises on average, 242 applicants.
    6. Estimated Burden: 968 total burden hours, 242 respondents, 1 
response annually, 4 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 968 hours  2,080 
hours per year  x  $109,889 per year = $51,139, average cost per 
respondent = $211.32.

    Statutory Authority: Section 3401 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1986 42 U.S.C. 7178 (1998) and Independent 
Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (31 U.S.C. 9701).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24213 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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