[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31579]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC00-716-001, FERC-716]


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

December 1, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review to the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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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 nude provisions 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 has indicated in this submission that it received no 
comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of July 29, 
1994 (64 FR 41099).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or by January 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, 
DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 
20426. Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415 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-716 ``Good Faith Request for 
Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting Utility under 
Sections 211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power Act'' (Policy 
statement).
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0170. The Commission is now requesting that 
OMB approve a three-year extension of this mandatory information 
collection requirement.
    4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to implement the 
statutory provisions of Sections 211 and 213 of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The 
information is not filed with the Commission, however, the request and 
response may be analyzed as part of a Section 211 proceeding. This 
collection of information covers the information that must be contained 
in the request and the response. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended 
Section 211 of the FPA and expanded the Commission's authority to order 
transmission service. Under the revised Section 211, the Commission may 
order transmission services if it finds that such action would be in 
the public interest, would not unreasonably impair the continued 
reliability of electric systems affected by the order, and would meet 
the requirements of amended section 211 of the FPA.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 10 electric utilities, Federal power marketing 
agencies or any other person generating energy for sale or resale.
    6. Estimated Burden: 1,000 total burden hours, 10 respondents, 1 
response annually, 100 hours (20 hours for the transmission requestor 
and 80 hours for the transmitting utility's response) average.

    Statutory Authority: Section 211(a), 212, 213(a) of the Federal 
Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824j-l, and Sections 721-723 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992. (P.L. 102-486).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31579 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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