[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7723-7725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2407]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC08-566-000; FERC-566]


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

February 1, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public 
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described 
below.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due April 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed information 
collection can be obtained from the Commission's

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Documents & Filing Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or by contacting the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive Director, ED-
34, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed 
either in paper format or electronically. Those parties filing 
electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filing, 
the 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 refer to Docket No. IC08-
566-000.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in 
the acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's submission guidelines. Complete filing 
instructions and acceptable filing formats are available at (http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/electronic-media.asp). To file the 
document electronically, access the Commission's Web site and click on 
Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 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.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the 
Internet through FERC's homepage using the eLibrary link. 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: The information collected under the 
requirements of FERC-566 ``Annual Report of a Utility's Twenty Largest 
Purchasers'' (OMB No. 1902-0114) is used by the Commission to implement 
the statutory provisions of section 305 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 
(16 U.S.C. 825d), as amended by Title II, section 211 of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). FPA section 305--
Officials Dealing in Securities; Interlocking Directorates--requires 
that each public utility annually ``publish'' a list, pursuant to rules 
prescribed by the Commission, of the purchasers of the 20 largest 
annual amounts of electric energy sold by such public utility during 
any one of three previous calendar years. The required filers, the 
filing deadline, the specific information to be filed, and the 
requirement to publicly provide the information are all specifically 
mandated by the FPA. The Commission is not empowered to amend or waive 
these statutory requirements. Requirements the Commission has the 
authority to amend, such as the filing format and method, are found in 
the Commission's regulations in 18 CFR 46.3.
    The FPA requires public utilities to publish and file with the 
Commission a list of their largest customers and the identification of 
public utility board members who are also board members of the 
utility's largest customers.\1\ This data on interlocking directorates 
allows the Commission to inquire into and determine whether public or 
private interests will be adversely affected by the holding of such 
positions.
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    \1\ Annual Report of Interlocking Positions, FERC Form 561, OMB 
No. 1902-0099, collects the interlocking directorate information.
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    Under the current OMB authorization, the Commission requires the 
filing of FERC-566 in hardcopy. However, the Commission has directed 
under RM07-16-000 \2\ to allow for the voluntary electronic submittal 
of many required filings, including the FERC-566, which is expected by 
early 2008. The implementation of eFiling 7.0 would eliminate the 
current burden of mailing or hand-delivering these filings in hardcopy.
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    \2\ Filing Via the Internet, RM07-16-000, 72 FR 65659 (2007), 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,259.
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    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date and proposes to make the filing of the FERC-566 
more efficient by the end of 2007 under RM07-16-000.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                  Number of
                                  responses      Average    Total annual
Number of respondents annually       per      burden hours  burden hours
                                 respondent   per response
(1)                                     (2)           (3)   (1)x(2)x(3)
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242...........................            1             6         1,452
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The estimated total cost to respondents is $85,261, [1,452 hours 
divided by 2,080 hours \3\ (times $126,384 \4\ equals $88,226, rounded 
off). The cost of filing FERC-566 per respondent is $365 (rounded off) 
2.
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    \3\ Number of hours an employee works.
    \4\ Average annual salary per employee.
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    The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide 
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, 
acquiring, installing, and using technology and systems for the 
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, 
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable filing instructions and 
requirements; (4) training personnel to respond to a collection of 
information; (5) searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing 
the collection of information; and (7) transmitting or otherwise 
disclosing the information.
    The cost estimate for respondents is based upon salaries for 
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect 
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to 
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost 
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs 
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs 
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than 
any one particular function or activity.
    Comments are invited on: (1) The accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate of the proposed information collection, including the validity 
of the methodology and assumptions used to calculate the reporting 
burden; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (3) the proposal to

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provide the option to collect FERC-566 electronically during 2008, as 
indicated under RM07-16-000 000 and any reduction in burden that option 
might allow filers.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-2407 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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