[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16772-16773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6320]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC07-2A-001, FERC FORM 2A]


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

March 30, 2007.
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 one comment from an entity in response to an 
earlier Federal Register notice of January 8, 2007 (72 FR 763-764) and 
has provided a response to the commenter in its submission to OMB. 
Copies of the submission were also submitted to the commenter.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 4, 
2007.

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-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 an 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. IC07-2A-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 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:

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    1. Collection of Information: FERC Form 2A ``Annual Report of 
Nonmajor
    Natural Gas Companies''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    3. Control No.: 1902-0030
    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 the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) 15 U.S.C. 717. The FERC Form 2-A is a financial 
and operating report for natural gas rate regulation for nonmajor 
pipeline owners. A ``nonmajor'' pipeline owner is one that has combined 
gas sales for resale and has gas transported or stored for a fee that 
exceeds 200,000 Dth but which is less than 50 million Dth, in each of 
the three previous calendar years. Under the Form 2-A, the Commission 
investigates, collects and records data, and prescribes rules and 
regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary to 
administer the NGA. The Commission is empowered to prescribe a system 
of accounts for jurisdictional gas pipelines and after notice and 
opportunity for hearing, may determine the accounts in which particular 
outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited.
    FERC staff uses the data in the continuous review of the financial 
condition of jurisdictional companies, in various rate proceedings and 
in the Commission's audit program. FERC Form 2-A data are also used to 
compute annual charges which are assessed against each jurisdictional 
natural gas pipeline and which are necessary to recover the 
Commission's annual costs. The annual charges are required by section 
3401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986.
    The annual financial information filed with the Commission is a 
mandatory requirement submitted in a prescribed format which is filed 
electronically and on paper. The Commission implements these filing 
requirements in 18 CFR Parts 158, 201, 260.2 and 385.2011.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 43 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 4,945 total hours, 43 respondents (average), 1 
response per respondent, and 115 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: 4,945 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $117,321 per year = $290,369. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $6,753.

    Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 205 (a) 
and (e) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-6320 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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