[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79088-79089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32084]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC00-588-001, FERC-588]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

December 12, 2000.
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 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

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should address a copy of those comments to the commission, as explained 
below. The Commission received no comments in response to an earlier 
Federal Register notice of September 5, 2000 (65 FR 53709) and made 
this notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection are best assured of having 
their full effect if received on or before January 17, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to 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-588, ``Emergency Natural Gas 
Transportation, Sale and Exchange Transactions.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0144. The Commission is requesting 
reinstatement, with 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 and the Commission does not consider the information to be 
confidential.
    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 Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (Pub. L. 75-688) and provisions of the Natural Gas 
Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).
    Under the NGA, a natural gas company must obtain Commission 
approval to engage in the transportation, sale or exchange of natural 
gas in interstate commerce. However, section 7(c) exempts from 
certificate requirements ``temporary acts or operations for which the 
issuance of a certificate will not be required in the public 
interest.'' The NGPA also provides for non-certificated interstate 
transactions involving intrastate pipelines and local distribution 
companies.
    A temporary operation, or emergency, is defined as any situation in 
which an actual or expected shortage of gas supply would require an 
interstate pipeline company, intrastate pipeline, or local distribution 
company, or Hinshaw pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or provide 
less than the projected level of service to the customer. The natural 
gas companies file the necessary information with the Commission so 
that it may determine if the transaction/operation qualifies for 
exemption. A report within forty-eight hours of the commencement of the 
transportation, sale or exchange, or a request to extend the sixty-day 
term of the emergency transportation if needed, and a termination 
report are required. The data required to be filed for the forty-eight 
hour report is specified by 18 CFR 284.270.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 15 natural gas pipeline companies.
    6. Estimated Burden: 150 total burden hours, 15 respondents, 15 
responses annually, 10 hours per response.

    Statutory Authority: Section 7(c) of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717-
717w) and provisions of NGPA (15 U.S.C. 3301-3432).

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32084 Filed 12-15-00; 8:45 am]
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