[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4418-4420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1470]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, IC09-65B-001]


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

January 15, 2009.
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. 3507, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information 
collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review of these information collection requirements. 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 earlier Federal 
Register notices \1\ and has made this notation in its submissions to 
OMB.
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    \1\ Notices for: FERC-65 (in Docket No. IC09-65), October 16, 
2008, 73 FR 61414; FERC-65A (in Docket No. IC09-65A), October 15, 
2008, 73 FR 61103; and FERC-65B (in Docket No. IC09-65B), October 
16, 2008, 73 FR 61415.

DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by February 
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19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collections of information to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

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Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed 
electronically, c/o [email protected] and include the 
appropriate OMB Control Number(s) (1902-0218 for FERC-65, 1902-0216 for 
FERC-65A, and 1902-0217 for FERC-65B) 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 and should refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, 
IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001. Comments may be filed either 
electronically or in paper format. Those persons filing electronically 
do not need to make a paper filing. 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-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.
    For paper filings, an original and 2 copies of the comments should 
be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of 
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should 
refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001.
    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:
    FERC-65. 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 identities of: the holding 
company, the public utilities and natural gas companies in the holding 
company system, the service companies, including special-purpose 
subsidiaries providing non-power goods and services, and 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.
    FERC-65A. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65A ``Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB No. 1902-
0216) is also used by the Commission to implement the statutory 
provisions of PUHCA 2005. The Commission has allowed for an exemption 
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, and 18 CFR 366.4 designates the use of FERC-65A for 
exemption requests. Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or 
electronically through the Commission's Web site.
    FERC-65B. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65B ``Waiver Notification'' (OMB No. 1902-0217) is also used by the 
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of PUHCA 2005. (This 
intention was made clear in Section 1264 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, 42 U.S.C. 16452.) However, in 18 CFR 366.3(c), the Commission has 
allowed for waivers from related requirements for any holding company 
with respect to one or more of the following: (1) Single-state holding 
company systems; (2) holding companies that own generating facilities 
that total 100 MW or less in size, and are used fundamentally for their 
own load or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3) investors in 
independent transmission-only companies.
    Entities meeting these criteria may file a FERC-65B pursuant to the 
notification procedures contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a waiver. 
Filings may be made in hardcopy or electronically through the 
Commission's Web site.
    Action: The Commission is requesting three-year extensions of the 
current expiration dates, with no changes to the existing collections 
of data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for these collections are 
estimated as:

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                                             Number of         Number of      Average burden
          FERC Data collection              respondents      responses per       hours per        Total annual
                                             annually         respondent         response         burden hours
                                                      (1)               (2)               (3)        (1)x(2)x(3)
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FERC-65 (Notification).................                30                 1                 3                 90
FERC-65A (Exemption)...................                10                 1                 1                 10
FERC-65B (Waiver)......................                10                 1                 1                 10
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    Estimated costs to respondents are:
    1. For FERC-65, $5,468. [90 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per 
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $5,468.54]. The average cost per 
respondent is $182.28.
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    2. For FERC-65A, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per 
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per 
respondent is $60.76.
    3. For FERC-65B, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per 
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per 
respondent is $60.76.
    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 collections of 
information are 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 estimates of the 
burden of the proposed collections 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 collections 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 D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-1470 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]
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