[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21623-21624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8635]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC08-566-001; FERC-566]


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

April 15, 2008.
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., 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 no comments in response to an earlier Federal 
Register notice of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7723-25) and has made this 
notification in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 20, 
2008.

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

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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, such comments should be 
submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should 
refer to Docket No. IC08-566-001.
    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:

Description

    The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the 
following:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-566 ``Annual Report of a 
Utility's Twenty Largest Purchasers''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: 1902-0114.
    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 to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of Section 
305 of the Federal Power Act, as amended by Section 211 of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. Submission of the list is 
necessary to fulfill the requirements of Section 211-Interlocking 
Directorates, which defines monitoring and regulatory operations 
concerning interlocking directorate positions held by utility personnel 
and possible conflicts of interest. The information on facilities, who 
seek qualifying status for their facilities, to file the information is 
collected by the Commission to identify large purchasers of electric 
energy and possible conflicts of interest. Through this process, the 
Commission is able to review and exercise oversight of interlocking 
directorates of public utilities and their related activities. The 
Commission implements these requirements in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 46, Section 46.3.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises 183 respondents (average) subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 1,452 total hours, 242 respondents (average 
per year), 1 response per respondent, and 6 hours per respondent 
(average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 1,452 total hours/2,080 
hours per year x $126,384 per year = $88,226. The cost per respondent 
is $365.

    Statutory Authority: Section 305(c)(2)(D), 16 U.S.C. 825d.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-8635 Filed 4-21-08; 8:45 am]
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