[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 67 (Thursday, April 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16198-16199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8046]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC09-587-001]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-587); Comment 
Request; Submitted for OMB Review

April 2, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.

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 the 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 the Federal Register notice (74 FR 
2573, 1/15/2009) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 11, 
2009.

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 OMB Control Number 1902-0145 as a 
point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 
202-395-4638.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission and should refer to Docket No. IC09-587-001. 
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 No. IC09-587-001.
    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: Ellen Brown may be reached by 
telephone at (202) 502-8663, by fax at (202) 273-0873, and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FERC uses the FERC Form No. 587 (``Land

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Description (Public Land States/Non-Public Land States (Rectangular or 
Non-Rectangular Survey System Lands in Public Land States))''; OMB 
Control Number 1902-0145) to collect information required by the 
statutory provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), (16 
U.S.C.818).
    Applicants proposing hydropower projects, or changes to existing 
projects located on lands owned by the United States are required to 
provide a description of the U.S. lands affected, to the Commission and 
Secretary of Interior. FERC Form No. 587 consolidates the information 
required, and identifies hydropower project boundary maps associated 
with lands of the United States. The Commission verifies the accuracy 
of the information supplied and coordinates with the Bureau Land of 
Management State Offices (BLM), so the U.S. lands can be reserved as 
hydropower sites and withdrawn from other uses.
    When the filer submits the FERC-587, the filer is also required to 
submit exhibit drawings (e.g., on aperture cards and/or electronic 
files). The FERC-587 serves as a ``table of contents'' for the Federal 
lands that are shown in the drawings. The reporting requirements and 
burdens related to the preparation and submittal of the actual drawings 
are included, as appropriate, in: FERC-512 (Application for Preliminary 
Permits; OMB Control No.: 1902-0073), FERC-500 (Application for 
License/Relicense for Water Projects with Capacity Greater than 5 MW; 
OMB Control No. 1902-0058), and FERC-505 (Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with Capacity 5 MW or Less; OMB Control 
No. 1902-0115).)
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date, with no change to the existing collection of 
data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
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-587....................................             250                1                1              250
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    The total estimated annual cost is $12,500 (250 hours at $50/hour). 
The estimated annual cost per respondent is $50. [These figures are 
based on the estimated median salary (adjusted for inflation) for a 
civil engineering technician, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Occupational Employment Statistics.]
    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 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 D. Bose,
Secretary.
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