[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 19460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3451]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

18 CFR Part 1310


Administrative Cost Recovery

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

ACTION: Propsed rule.

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SUMMARY: TVA proposed to amend its administrative cost recovery 
regulations by eliminating cost recovery exemptions from the following: 
Conveyances of land pursuant to section 4(k)(d) of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C. 831c(k)(d)); TVA phosphate 
land transactions; and permits and licenses for use of TVA land by 
distributors of TVA power.
    The implementation of this rule amendment would allow TVA to 
recover more of its administrative cost incurred in processing certain 
actions from those who directly benefit from the actions.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 15, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Teresa C. McDonough, Manager, Resource 
Stewardship Process Initiatives, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 11B, 
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include CFR citation in the 
subject of the message.
     Fax: (865) 632-2345. Attention to Teresa C. McDonugh, 
Manager, Resource Stewardship Process Initiatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa C. McDonough, Manager, Resource 
Stewardship Process Initiatives, (865) 632-6512.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to help ensuer that TVA land 
management and permitting activities are self-sustaining to the full 
extend possible, the agency has determined that its administrative cost 
recovery regulations should be amended by eliminating certain mandatory 
cost recovery exemptions. This determinations is consistent with the 
objectives of increasing efficiency and recovery the cost of government 
services from those who most directly benefit from the services.
    TVA now proposed to amend its administrative cost recovery 
regulation by eliminating the following exemptions: Conveyenace of land 
pursuant to section 4(k)(d) of the Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 831c(k)(d)); TVA phosphate land transactions; and 
permits and licenses for use of TVA land by distributors of TVA power.
    This proposed amendment does not impose an information collection 
burden under the provision of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq. This proposed action will not have a significant impact on 
a substantial number of small entities as described in the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. There will be no significant 
economic impact from the amendments include the proposed rule would not 
significantly add to the cost of one who conducts an activity upon or 
acquires TVA property. Any economic impact that would occur as a result 
of the rule amendment would not affect a substantial number of small 
entities because TVA only receives about ten land use applications from 
the currently exempted parties each year. Pursuant to the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., the proposed rule does not 
include any Federal mandates for state, local, and tribal government or 
the private sector. In addition, any expenditures by state, local, and 
tribal government or the private sector in connection with the rule 
would be substantially less than $100 million in any one year.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 1310

    Government property, Hunting.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, TVA proposed to amend 18 
CFR 1310 as follows:

PART 1310--ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY

    1. The authority citation from part 1310 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 831-831dd; 31 U.S.C. 9701.

    2. Revise paragarph (b) of Sec.  1310.2 to read as follows:


Sec.  1310.2  Application.

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    (b) Exemption. An administrative charge shall not be made for the 
following actions:
    (1) Releases of unneeded mineral right options.
    (2) TVA mineral transactions.
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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 831-831dd (2000 & Supp. III 2003).

    Dated: March 30, 2006.
Kathryn J. Jackson,
Executive Vice President, River System Operations & Environment and 
Environment Executive, Tennessee Valley Authority.
[FR Doc. 06-3451 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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