[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33140-33141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2880]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC05-11-000; FERC Form 11]


Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request; Extension

April 28, 2005.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DoE.

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. 104-13), the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment 
on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained from the Commission's website (Http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive Director Officer, ED-33, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed 
either in paper format or electronically. Those parties filing 
electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filing, 
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 refer to Docket No. IC05-
11-000.
    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 
acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of 
comments.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the 
Internet through FERC's homepage using the eLibrary 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 may be reached by 
telephone at (202) 502-8415, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the 
requirements of FERC Form 11 ``Natural Gas Monthly Quarterly Statement 
of Monthly Data'' (OMB No. 1902-0032) is used by the Commission to 
implement the statutory provisions of Sections 10(a) and 16 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) 15 U.S.C. 717-717w and the Natural Gas Policy Act 
of 1978 (NGPA) (15 U.S.C. 3301-3432). The NGA and NGPA authorize the 
Commission to prescribe rules and regulations requiring natural gas 
pipeline companies whose gas was transported or stored for a fee, which 
exceeded 50 million dekatherms in each of the three previous calendar 
years to submit FERC Form 11. The Commission implements these filing 
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 
260.3 and 385.2011.
    Although the submission of the form is quarterly, the information 
is reported on a monthly basis. This permits the Commission to follow 
developing trends on a pipeline's system. Gas revenues and quantities 
of gas by rate schedule, transition cost from upstream pipelines, and 
reservation charges are reported. This information is used by the 
Commission to assess the reasonableness of the various revenues and 
cost of service items claimed in rate filings. It also provides the 
Commission with a view of the status pipeline activities, allows 
revenue comparisons between pipelines, and provides the financial 
status of the regulated pipelines.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of 
data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden    Total annual
             Number of respondents annually  (1)                responses per      hours per       burden hours
                                                               respondent  (2)   response  (3)     (1)x(2)x(3)
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63...........................................................               4                3              756
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    Estimated cost burden to respondents is $39,457. (756 hours/2080 
hours per year times $108,558 per year average per employee = $ 
39,457.). The cost per respondent is $626.30.
    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 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

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other forms of information technology e.g. permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2880 Filed 6-6-05; 8:45 am]
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