[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 183 (Friday, September 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54018-54019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18671]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[IC07-542-001, FERC 542]


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

September 14, 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 June 1, 2007 (72 FR 30574-30575) and has 
made this notification in its submission to OMB. Copies of the 
submission were also submitted to the commenters.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 19, 
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

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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. 
IC07-542-001.
    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 1-866-208-3676 or 202-502-
6652 (e-mail at [email protected]), or the Public Reference 
Room at 202-502-8371, TTY 202-502-8659 (e-mail at 
[email protected]).

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 542 ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate 
Tracking''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0070.
    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 
sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w). 
These statutes empower the Commission to collect natural gas 
transmission cost information from interstate natural gas transporters 
for the purpose of verifying that these costs, which are passed on to 
pipeline customers, are just and reasonable.
    Interstate natural gas pipeline companies are required by the 
Commission to track their transportation associated costs to allow for 
the Commission's review and where appropriate, approval of the pass-
through of these costs to pipeline customers. Most of these FERC-542 
tracking filings are monthly accountings of the cost of fuel or 
electric power necessary to operate compressor stations. Others track 
the costs of (1) annual charges of various types and (2) other types of 
rate adjustments.
    Tracking filings may be submitted at any time or on a regularly 
scheduled basis in accordance with the pipeline company's tariff. 
Filings may be either: (1) Accepted; (2) suspended and set for hearing; 
(3) suspended, but not set for hearing; or (4) suspended for further 
review, such as technical conference or another type of Commission 
action.
    The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 154, Sec. Sec.  154.4, 
154.7, 154.101, 154.201, 154.207-.209, 154.307 and 154.401-.403.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 95 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 13,300 total hours, 95 respondents (average), 
3.5 responses per respondent, and 40 hours per response (rounded off 
and average time).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 13,300 hours/2080 hours 
per year x $122,137 per year = $ 780,972. The cost per respondent is 
equal to $8,221.

    Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections 4, 5 and 
16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w).

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-18671 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]
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