[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17789-17790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8978]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC03-587-000, FERC Form No. 587]


Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

April 4, 2003.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public 
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described 
below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to comments submitted on or before 
June 4, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained from and written comments may be submitted to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the 
Executive Director, ED-30, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 
Comments on the proposed collection of information may be filed either 
in paper format or electronically. Those parties filing electronically 
do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filings, the original and 
14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC03-587-000.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet can be prepared in 
a variety of formats including WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable Document 
Format, Rich Text Format of 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 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 documents. User assistance for electronic 
filings is available at 202-502-8258 or by E-mail to [email protected]. 
Comments should not be submitted to this E-mail address.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the 
Internet through FERC's homepage using the FERRIS link. For user 
assistance, contact [email protected] or toll free at (866) 
208-3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller at (202) 502-8415, by 
fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at [email protected] or 
Anumzziatta Purchiaroni at (202) 502-6191, by fax (202) 219-2732, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is reinstating its form 
``Land Description'' (FERC Form No.587), which is used to collect 
information required by the statutory provisions of section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), (16 U.S.C.818). Applicants proposing 
hydropower projects, or changes to existing projects located on lands 
owned by the United States are required to provide a description of the 
U.S. lands affected to the Commission and Secretary of Interior. FERC 
Form No. 587 consolidates the information required, and identifies 
hydropower project boundary maps associated with lands of the United 
States. The Commission verifies the accuracy of the information 
supplied and coordinates with the Bureau Land of Management State 
Offices (BLM) so the U.S. lands can be reserved as hydropower sites and 
withdrawn from other uses. FERC Form No. 587 was formerly approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and requires re-
authorization.
    Action: The Commission is requesting reinstatement and a three-year 
approval of the former collection of information. In addition, the 
Commission is revising the format of FERC Form No. 587.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                 Number of respondents annually                    responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                                    respondent       response      burden hours
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(1)                                                                          (2)             (3)     (1)x(2)x(3)
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250.............................................................               1               1             250

    The estimated total cost to respondents is $14,067.00. (Hours 
divided by 2,080 hours per year per employee times $117,041.00 per year 
per average employee = $ 14,067.00.) The cost per respondent is $56.27.
    The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide 
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, 
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the 
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, 
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways 
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5) 
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of 
information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the 
information.
    The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for 
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect 
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to 
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost 
for information technology. Indirect or

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overhead costs are costs incurred by an organization in support of its 
mission. These costs apply to activities which benefit the whole 
organization rather than any one particular function or activity.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology e.g. permitting electronic submission of 
responses.

Magalie R.Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-8978 Filed 4-10-03; 8:45 am]
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