[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61414-61415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24491]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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


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. 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 Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to 
Docket No. IC09-65-000.
    Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in 
an acceptable filing format and in compliance with the 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 acknowledgment 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-65 ``Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB 
No. 1902-0218) 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. For the Commission to carry out its rate 
regulation responsibilities, it must know who the entities are that are 
holding companies of jurisdictional public utilities and natural gas 
companies. The Commission obtains this information through the FERC-65 
filings.
    The FERC-65 is a one-time informational filing set out in the 
Commission's regulations 18 CFR 366.4 that must be submitted within 30 
days of becoming a holding company. The information is required in no 
specific format and consists of the identity of the holding company and 
of the public utilities and natural gas companies in the holding 
company system and the identity of service companies, including 
special-purpose subsidiaries providing non-power goods and services and 
the identity of all affiliates and subsidiaries and their corporate 
relationship to each other. Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or 
electronically through the Commission's eFiling system.
    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          Number of       Average burden
   respondents       responses per        hours per       Total annual
     annually          respondent         response        burden hours
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(1)                            (2)                (3)   (1) x (2) x (3)
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             30                  1                  3                90
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    The estimated total cost to respondents is $5,468. [90 hours 
divided by 2080 hours \1\ per year, times $126,384 \2\ equals 
$5,468.54]. The average cost per respondent is $182.28.
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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; and 
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected.

Kimberly Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-24491 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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