[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62184-62185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29801]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC00-500-000]


Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

November 9, 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 
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described 
below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before 
January 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the proposed collection of information 
may be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: 
Michael Miller, Office of the Chief Information Officer, CIN-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) 208-2425 and by E-mail at 
mike. [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract: The FERC-500, ``Application for 
License for Water Projects with More than 5 MW Capacity'' (OMB) No. 
1902-0058 consists of the filing requirements as defined in 18 CFR 
Sections 4.32, 4.38, 4.40-41, 4.50-51, 4.61, 4.71, 4.93, 4.107-108, 
4.201-.202, 16.1, 16.10, 16.20, 292.203 and 292.208. The information 
collected under the requirements of FERC-500 is used by the Commission 
to determine the broad impact of a hydropower license application. In 
deciding whether to issue a license, the Commission gives equal 
consideration to full range of licensing purposes related to the 
potential value of a stream of river. Among these purposes are: 
hydroelectric development; energy conservation; fish and wildlife 
resources; including their spawning grounds and habitat; visual 
resources; cultural resources; recreational opportunities; other 
aspects of environmental quality; irrigation; flood control and water 
supply.
    Submission of the information is necessary to fulfill the 
requirements of the Federal Power Act in order for the Commission to 
make the required finding that the proposal is economically sound, is 
best adopted to a comprehensive plan for improving/developing a 
waterway or waterways. Under Part I of the Federal Power Act (FPA), (16 
U.S.C. Sections 791a (et seq,), the Commission has the authority to 
issue licenses for hydroelectric projects on the waters over which 
Congress has jurisdiction. The Electric Consumers Protection Act (P.L. 
99-495, 100 Stat. 1243) provides the Commission with the responsibility 
of issuing licenses for nonfederal hydroelectric plants. ECPA also 
amended the language of the FPA concerning environmental issues to 
ensure environmental quality.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date, with no charge to the existing collection of 
data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                       Average burden
    Number of       Anual responses       hours per       Total annual
   respondents       per respondent       response        burden hours
(1)                            (2)                (3)   (1) x (2) x (3)
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              9                  1                899             8,091
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    Estimated cost burden to respondents is $427,458 (i.e., 8,091 hours 
divided by 2,080 hours per full time employee per year multipiled by 
$109,889 per year equals $427,458). The cost per respondent is $47,495.
    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 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 cost 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. 99-29801 Filed 11-15-99; 8:45 am]
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