[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57344-57345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23214]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC08-583-001, FERC-583]


Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review

September 26, 2008.
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 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 26, 2008 (FR Vol. 73, No. 38 10235-10236) and has made this 
notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 31, 
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. (1902-0136) 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, 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. IC08-583-001. 
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in an 
acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission 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-Fi ling (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-583 ``Annual Kilowatt Generating Report (Annual 
Charges)'' (OMB No. 1902-0136) is used by the Commission to implement 
the statutory provisions of section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), part I, 16 U.S.C. 803(e) which requires the Commission to 
collect annual charges from hydropower licensees for, among other 
things, the cost of administering part I of the FPA and for the use of 
United States dams. In addition, the

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) authorizes the 
Commission to ``assess and collect fees and annual charges in any 
fiscal year in amounts equal to all of the costs incurred by the 
Commission in that fiscal year.'' The information is collected annually 
and used to determine the amounts of the annual charges to be assessed 
licensees for reimbursable government administrative costs and for the 
use of government dams. The Commission implements theses filing 
requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 
11.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of 
data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                                            Number of        Average burden
            Number of  respondents annually               responses per        hours per         Total annual
                                                            respondent          response         burden hours
(1)                                                                  (2)                (3)     (1) x (2) x (3)
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 599..................................................                 1                  2             1,198 h
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    Estimated cost burden to respondents is $72,792. (1,198 hours/2,080 
hours per year times $126,384 per year average per empl oyee = 
$72,792). The cost per respondent is $122 (rounded off).
    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 utilizing technology and systems for the 
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, 
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways 
to comply with any previously applicable 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 estimate of cost 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) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.

Kimberly Bose,
Secretary.
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