[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47919-47920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1733]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC04-582-001, FERC-582]


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

July 30, 2004.
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 reinstatement of this information collection 
requirement. 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 April 14, 2004 (69 FR 19829-19830) 
and has made this notification in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 31, 
2004.

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. 
Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o [email protected] and include the OMB Control No. as a point of 
reference. 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 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. IC04-582-001.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in 
MS Word, Portable Document Format, Word Perfect, 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 are available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

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-582 ``Electric Fees and Annual 
Charges.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0132.
    The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve with a three-year 
extension of the expiration date, with no changes to the existing 
collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory.
    4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of this 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) 
which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services. In 
addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 
U.S.C. 71778) authorizes the Commission ``to assess and collect fees 
and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs 
incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual 
charges, the Commission first determines the total costs of its 
electric regulatory program and then subtracts all electric regulatory 
program filing fee collections to determine the total collectible 
electric regulatory program costs. It then uses the data submitted 
under the Commission's information collection requirement FERC-582 to 
determine the total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy 
in interstate commerce. This is measured by the sum of the megawatt-
hours of all unbundled transmission (including MWh delivered in 
wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in exchange transactions) and 
the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale power sales (to the extent 
these later megawatt-hours were not

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separately reported as unbundled transmission). This information must 
be reported to three decimal places. Public utilities and power 
marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to the 
Commission's Office of the Secretary by April 30 of each year. The 
Commission issues bills for annual charges, and then public utilities 
and power marketers must pay the charges within 45 days of the 
Commission's issuance of the bill.
    The Commission's staff uses companies' financial information filed 
under waiver provisions to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption 
of the obligation to pay a fee for an annual charge. The Commission 
implements the filing requirements in the Code of Regulations (CFR) 
under 18 CFR part 381, sections 381.108 and 381.302 and part 382, 
section 382.201(c).
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 192 companies (on average per year) subject to the 
Commission's jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 768 total hours, 192 respondents (average per 
year), 1 response per respondent, and 4 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 768 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $107,185 per year = $39,576. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $206.
    Statutory Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701 and 42 U.S.C. 71778.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1733 Filed 8-5-04; 8:45 am]
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