[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68584-68585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28731]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC02-598-001, FERC-598]


Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review

November 5, 2002.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of Section 3507 of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information 
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and extension of the current expiration date. Any interested 
person may file comments directly with OMB and 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 August 22, 2002 (67 FR 54412) and has noted this fact in its 
submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by December 4, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information 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. The Desk Officer may be 
reached by telephone at 202-395-7856. A copy of the comments should 
also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, CI-1, Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either in paper 
format or electronically. Those persons filing electronically do not 
need to make a paper filing. For paper filings, such comments should be 
submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE. Washington, DC 20426 and refer to 
Docket No. IC02-598-001.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in 
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable Document Format, or ASCII format. To 
file the document, access the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and click on ``Make an E-filing,'' and then follow the 
instructions

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for each screen. First time users will have to establish a user name 
and password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgment to 
the sender's E-mail address upon receipt of comments. User assistance 
for electronic filings is available at 202-208-0258 or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Comments should not be submitted to the e-mail 
address.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the 
Internet through FERC's homepage using the FERRIS link. User assistance 
for FERRIS is available at 202-502-8222, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by 
telephone at (202)502-8415, by fax at (202)208-2425, and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

    The information collected and submitted for OMB review contains:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-598 ``Determination for Entities 
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator Status''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No. 1902-0166.
    The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year 
extension of the current expiration date, with no changes to the 
existing collection. This is a mandatory information collection 
requirement and the Commission does not consider the information to be 
confidential.
    4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of Section 32 
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA), as amended 
by Section 711 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Pub.L. 102-486. 
Section 32(a) of PUHCA defines an Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG) as 
an individual determined by the Commission to be engaged directly or 
indirectly through one or more affiliates, and exclusively in the 
business of owning and/or operating all or part of eligible facilities 
and selling electric energy at wholesale. An eligible facility may 
include interconnecting transmission facilities necessary to effect 
wholesale power sales.
    Persons granted EWG status will be exempt from regulation under 
PUHCA. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 365.
    The information is collected by the Commission in the form of a 
written application for determination of status as an EWG. These 
applications are reviewed by the Commission in order to assess as to 
whether the applicant meets the statutory requirements for EWG status. 
Without this information, the FERC would be unable to meet it statutory 
obligations and make the appropriate determinations.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises (on average) 112 entities subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction
    6. Estimated Burden: 672 total hours, 112 respondents(average), 1 
response per respondent annually, 6 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: $37,813 (112 respondents x 
$117,041 2080). The cost per respondent = $338 (rounded off).

    Statutory Authority: Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act, 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-28731 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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