[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61103-61104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24492]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC09-65A-000; FERC-65A]


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

October 8, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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 November 14, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed information 
collection can be obtained from the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or from 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

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Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to Docket No. IC09-
65A-000.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in 
an 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. To file the document, access the Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov, choose the Documents & Filings tab, click 
on eFiling, then follow the instructions given. 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 the Commission'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, 888 First St., NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. He 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-65A ``Exemption Notification of Holding Company 
Status'' (OMB No. 1902-0216) is used by the Commission to implement the 
statutory provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 
(PUHCA 2005). Among other things, PUHCA 2005 was intended to give the 
Commission access to books and records relevant to costs incurred by a 
public utility or natural gas company which are necessary or 
appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to 
jurisdictional rates. The Commission has allowed for an exemption from 
this requirement if the books, accounts, memoranda, and other records 
of any person are not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public 
utility or natural gas company; or if any class of transactions is not 
relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas 
company. Commission regulations in 18 CFR 366.3 describe the criteria 
in more specificity.
    Commission regulations in 18 CFR 366.4 designate the use of FERC-
65A for exemption requests. Filings may be made submitted in hardcopy 
or electronically through the Commission's Web site.

ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated as:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden   Total annual
              Number of  respondents  annually (1)                 responses per     hours per     burden  hours
                                                                  respondent (2)   response (3)     (1)x(2)x(3)
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10..............................................................               1               1              10
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    The estimated total cost to respondents is $607.62. [10 hours 
divided by 2080 hours \1\ per year, times $126,384 \2\ equals $607.62]. 
The average cost per respondent is $60.76.
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    \1\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
    \2\ 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, using 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 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) Whether the information collection is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission; (2) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used to calculate the reporting burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected.

Kimberly Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-24492 Filed 10-14-08; 8:45 am]
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