[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18302-18303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5320]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC06-716-001, FERC-716]


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

April 5, 2006.
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 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 January 19, 2005 (71 FR 3064-3065) and has made this 
notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 18, 
2006.

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

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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-34; 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, 
the original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the 
Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. 
IC06-716-001.
    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 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. 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 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-716 ``Good Faith Request for 
Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting Utility under 
sections 211(a) & 213(a) of the FPA'' .
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0170.
    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 is not filed with the Commission 
but is used in conjunction with FERC-716A which 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 
211 and 213 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as amended and added by the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992. The information is not filed with the 
Commission, however, the request and response may be analyzed as a part 
of a section 211 proceeding. This collection of information covers the 
information that must be contained in the request and in the response.
    The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended section 211 of the FPA and 
expanded the Commission's authority to order transmission service. 
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's policy statement in Public Law 93-3, Policy 
Statement Regarding Good Faith Requests for Transmission Services and 
Responses by Transmitting Utilities under sections 211(a) and 213(a) of 
the Federal Power Act, as amended, implemented a data exchange between 
a transmission requester and a transmitting utility prior to the 
submission of a section 211 request with the Commission. Components of 
the data exchange are identified in the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), 18 CFR 2.20. The general policy sets forth standards by which 
the Commission determines whether and when a valid good faith request 
for transmission has been made under section 211 of the FPA. In 
developing the standards, the Commission sought to encourage an open 
exchange of information with a reasonable degree of specificity and 
completeness between the party requesting transmission services and the 
transmitting utility. As a result, twelve components of a good faith 
estimate are identified under 18 CFR 2.20.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 8 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 800 total hours, 8 respondents (average), 1 
response per respondent, and 100 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 800 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $112,767 per year = $43,372. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $5,421.

    Statutory Authority: Sections 211 and 213 of the Federal Power 
Act as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act 1992.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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