[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC99-423-001, FERC Form No. 423]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

August 29, 2000.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review of 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 from eighteen entities in response to an earlier Federal 
Register notice of August 20, 1999 (64 FR 45519-20) and has responded 
to those comments in this submission.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection are best assured of having 
their full effect if received on or before October 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address comments of Office of Management and Budget, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
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. 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 Form 423, ``Monthly Report of 
Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0024. The Commission is requesting 
reinstatement, without change, of the previously approved data 
collection for which approval expired July 31, 2000, and a three-year 
approval of the collection of data. This is a mandatory information 
collection requirement.
    4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing provisions of sections 205-206 of the 
Federal Power Act as amended by section 208 of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
    The Commission uses the information to collect basic cost and 
quality of fuels data at electric generating plants on the FERC Form 
423, and has used such data to conduct fuel reviews, rate 
investigations and to track market changes and trends in the electric 
wholesale market. The data is also used by other government agencies to 
track the supply, disposition and prices of fuel, to conduct 
environmental assessments, and by electric market participants and the 
public to assess the competitive market place.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 209 public utilities. FERC Form 423 collects 
from every electric power producer having electric generating plants 
with a rated capacity of 50 megawatts or greater, monthly data on the 
cost and quality of fuel delivered to each generating plant. There are 
approximately 636 generating plants.
    6. Estimated Burden: 11,448 total burden hours, 636 respondents, 12 
responses annually, 1.5 hours per response.

    Authority: Sections 205-206 of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824d and e) 
and section 208, of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 
(PURPA). (16 U.S.C. 2601 et. al.).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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