[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44533-44534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19233]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC03-716-001, FERC-716]


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

July 22, 2003.
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 May 16, 2003 (68 FR 26591-92) and has made this notation in its 
submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 21, 
2003.

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. 
The Desk Officer may be reached by contacted by fax: at 202-395-7285 or 
submitting comments electronically to [email protected]. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, 
ED-30, 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 should refer to Docket No. IC03-716-001.
    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 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 202-502-8258 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 and the FERC Web site during normal business hours by 
contacting FERC Online Support by e-mail at [email protected] 
or by telephone at 866-208-3676 (toll free) or TTY at 202-502-8659 or 
the Public Reference at (202)-8371, TTY (202) 502-8659 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)273-0873, and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

    The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the 
following:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-716 ``Good Faith Request for 
Transmission Services and Response by Transmitting Utility Under 
sections 211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power Act.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0170.
    The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year 
extension of the expiration date, with no changes to the existing 
collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory. 
Requests for confidential treatment of the information are provided for 
under section 388.112 of the Commission's regulations.
    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 sections 
211 and 213 of the Federal Power Act(FPA), as amended by the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992, 16 U.S.C. 824j and 824l. Section 211(a) allows any 
electric utility, Federal power marketing agency or any other person 
generating electric energy for sale or resale to apply for an order 
requiring a transmitting utility to provide transmission services to 
the applicant. The Commission may issue an order only if the applicant 
has requested the transmission services from the transmitting utility 
at least 60 days before applying to the Commission. Accordingly, a 
request for transmission services is a condition upon which the 
Commission may order service under section 211. Section 213(a) of the 
FPA requires a response by the transmitting utility to a good faith 
request. Unless the transmitting utility agrees to provide such 
services as rates, charges, terms and conditions acceptable to the 
person making the request, the transmitting utility, within 60 days of 
its receipt of the request, or other mutually agreed upon period, 
provides the person making the request with a detailed written 
explanation with specific reference to the facts and circumstances of 
the request including the basis for the proposed rates, charges, terms 
and conditions for the services as well as any physical constraints 
that would affect performing the services.
    The information is not filed with the Commission, however, the 
request and response may be analyzed as part of a section 211 
proceeding. This collection of information covers the information that 
must be contained in the request and the response.
    Under the revised section 211, the Commission may order 
transmission services if it finds that such action would be in the 
public interest, would not unreasonably impair the continued 
reliability of electric systems affected by the order, and would meet 
the requirements of amended section 211 of the FPA. The Commission 
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 2.20.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 12 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 1,000 total hours, 10 respondents(average), 1 
response per respondent, 100 hours (20 hours for the transmission 
requestor and

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80 hours for the transmitting utility's response) (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 1,000 hours / 2080 hours 
per years x $117,041 per year = $56,270. The cost per respondent is 
equal to $5,627.00.

    Statutory Authority: Sections 211(a), 212, 213(a) of the Federal 
Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824j-l and Sections 721-723 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992. (Pub L. 102-486).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-19233 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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