[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53644-53645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4930]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC05-510-001, FERC-510]


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

August 31, 2005
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

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 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 June 7, 2005 (70 FR 33141-42) and has made this 
notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by September 
30, 2005.

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-
4650. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, ED-33, 
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. IC05-510-001.
    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 
acknowledgement 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 this e-mail address.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the 
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
field to access the

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document. 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:

Description

    The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the 
following:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-510 ``Application for Surrender 
of Hydropower License''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0068.

The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and extend the 
expiration date for an additional three years with no changes to the 
existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is 
mandatory.
    4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the Statutory provisions of sections 
4(e) and 6 and 13 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 797(e), 799 
and 806. The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and extend 
the expiration date for an additional three years with no changes to 
the existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is 
mandatory.

Section 4(e) gives the Commission authority to issue licenses for the 
purposes of constructing, operating and maintaining dams, water 
conduits, reservoirs, powerhouses, transmission lines or other power 
project works necessary or convenient for developing and improving 
navigation, transmission and utilization of power over which Congress 
has jurisdiction. Section 6 gives the Commission the authority to 
prescribe the conditions of licenses including the revocation or 
surrender of the license. Section 13 defines the Commission's authority 
to delegate time periods for when a license must be terminated if 
project construction has not begun. Surrender of a license may be 
desired by a licensee when a licensed project is retired or not 
constructed or natural catastrophes have damaged or destroyed the 
project facilities. The information collected under the designation 
FERC-510 is in the form of a written application for surrender of a 
hydropower license. The information is used by Commission staff to 
determine the broad impact of such surrender. The Commission will issue 
a notice soliciting comments from the public and other agencies and 
conduct a careful review of the prepared application before issuing an 
order for Surrender of a License. The order is the result of an 
analysis of the information produced, i.e., economic, environmental 
concerns, etc., which are examined to determine if the application for 
surrender is warranted. The order implements the existing regulations 
and is inclusive for surrender of all types of hydropower licenses 
issued by FERC and its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission. The 
Commission implements these mandatory filing requirements in the Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CRF 6.1-6.4.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 8 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 80 total hours, 8 respondents (average), 1 
response per respondent, and 10 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 80 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $108,558 per year = $ 4,175. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $522.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 4(e), 6, and 13 of the Federal 
Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 797(e) 799 and 806.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4930 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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