[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33464-33465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2923]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC05-598-000; FERC-598]


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

June 2, 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 August 12, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings 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 filings, the original and 14 copies of such

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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. IC05-598-000.
    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 website 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-598 ``Determination for Entities Seeking Exempt 
Wholesale Generator Status'' (OMB No. 1902-0166) is used by the 
Commission to implement 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, 16 U.S.C. 824d. 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. The Commission complements these filing 
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 
365.
    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          Number of       Average burden
   respondents       responses per        hours per       Total annual
     annually          respondent         response        burden hours
(1)                            (2)                (3)       (1)x(2)x(3)
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            112                  1                  6               672
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    Estimated cost burden to respondents is $35,073. (672 hours/2080 
hours per year times $108,558 per year average per employee = 
$35,073.). The cost per respondent is $393.
    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 other forms 
of information technology e.g. permitting electronic submission of 
responses.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2923 Filed 6-7-05; 8:45 am]
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