[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 138 (Thursday, July 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39611-39612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13973]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC07-582-001, FERC-582]


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

July 12, 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

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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 comments 
from an entity in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of 
April 14, 2007 (72 FR 19829-30) and has provided responses 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 August 21, 
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. IC07-582-001.
    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:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC 582 ``Electric Fees and Annual 
Charges.''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No. 1902-0132.
    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 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701) 
which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services. In 
addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) (42 
U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission ``to assess and collect fees and 
annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs 
incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' In calculating annual 
charges, the Commission first determines the total costs of its 
electric regulatory program and then subtracts all electric regulatory 
program filing fee collections to determine the total collectible 
electric regulatory program costs. It then uses the data submitted 
under FERC information collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the 
total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy in interstate 
commerce. This is measured by the sum of the megawatt-hours of all 
unbundled transmission (including MWh delivered in wheeling 
transactions and MWh delivered in exchange transactions) and the 
megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale power sales (to the extent 
these later megawatt-hours were not separately reported as unbundled 
transmission). This information must be reported to three (3) decimal 
places. Public utilities and power marketers subject to these annual 
charges must submit FERC-582 to the Secretary of the Commission by 
April 30 of each year. The Commission issues bills for annual charges, 
and public utilities and power marketers then must pay the charges 
within 45 days of the Commission's issuance of the bill.
    The Commission's staff uses companies' financial information filed 
under waiver provisions to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption 
of the obligation to pay a fee for an annual charge. The Commission 
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) under 18 CFR part 381, sections 381.108, and 381.302 and part 
382, section 382.201(c).
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 125 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 500 total hours, 125 respondents (average), 1 
response per respondent, and 4 hours per response (rounded off and 
average time).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 500 hours/2080 hours per 
years x $122,137 per year = $ 29,360. The cost per respondent is equal 
to $235.

    Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 
9701) which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its 
services. In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 
(OBRA) (42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission ``to assess and 
collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal 
to all the costs incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.''

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-13973 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am]
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