[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 183 (Friday, September 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54017-54018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18650]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC07-555-001, FERC 555]


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

September 6, 2007.
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 did not receive any comments in response to an earlier 
Federal Register notice of May 7, 2007

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(72 FR 26086-87) and has made this notification in its submission to 
OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 12, 
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-
7345. 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. IC07-555-001.
    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 555 ``Records Retention 
Requirements''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0098.
    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 records retained by jurisdictional companies 
as directed by the Commission are the result of a mandatory 
requirement.
    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 
sections 301, 304 and 309 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and sections 
8, 10 and 16 of the Natural Gas Act, and section 20 of the Interstate 
Commerce Act.
    The regulations for preservation of records establish retention 
periods, necessary guidelines and requirements to sustain retention of 
applicable records for the regulated public utilities, natural gas and 
oil pipeline companies subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. These 
records are used by the regulated companies as the basis of their 
required rate filings and reports for the Commission. In addition, the 
records will be used by the Commission's audit staff during compliance 
reviews, by enforcement staff during investigations and for special 
analyses as deemed necessary by the Commission. The Commission 
implements these records retention requirements in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Parts 125, 225 and 356.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 515 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 1,237,030 total hours, 515 respondents 
(average), 1 response per respondent, and 2,402 hours per response 
(rounded off and average time).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 1,237,030 hours/2080 hours 
per year x $122,137 per year = $72,638,045. The cost per respondent is 
equal to $141,045.

    Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 8, 10 and 
16 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717-717w); sections 301, 304 and 309 of the 
Federal Power Act; and section 20 of the ICA, 49 U.S.C. 20.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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