[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3911]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC00-547-001, FERC-547]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

February 12, 2001.
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 the 
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 did not 
receive comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of 
September 5, 2001 (65 FR 53708-09) and has made a notation in this 
submission.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection are best assured of having 
their full effect if received on or before March 19, 2001.

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, 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, CI-1, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426. Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415, by 
fax at (202) 208-2425, 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-547 ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund 
Report Requirements.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0084. 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 Section 4, 5, and 16 of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Refund Reports are required to carry out the 
refund obligation policy in Section 4(e) of the NGA. Refunds are 
created due to the difference between pipeline rates collected and 
subject to refund and firm rates set by the Commission. The refunds are 
flowed through by the following means: (a) Pursuant to settlement 
agreements, and (b) legal requirements. The Commission uses the data to 
insure the pass-through to gas consumers of refunds that are required 
to correct rates charged by pipelines. The data provided by the 
respondents are used to monitor the progress that is being made to make 
those refunds and to assure that refunds are being made in compliance 
with the Commission's regulatory functions. The Commission is committed 
to insuring that refunds owed by pipelines, to their customers are made 
as expeditiously as possible, in order to hasten their ultimate pass-
through to residential customers and other end-users. The data required 
to be filed for the refund report is specified by 18 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 154.501.
    (5) Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises approximately 75 natural gas pipeline companies.
    6. Estimated Burden: 5,625 total burden hours, 75 respondents, 75 
responses annually, 1 hour per response.

    Authority: Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717-717w).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3911 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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