[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19548-19549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9709]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC09-567-001]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-567); Comment 
Request; Submitted for OMB Review

April 22, 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 or FERC) 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 (73 FR 74163, 12/5/2008) and has made this notation in its 
submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by May 28, 
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 No. 1902-0005 as a point 
of reference. The OMB 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. IC09-567-001. 
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 FERC 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. IC09-567-001.
    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.

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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 is requesting comments on the FERC-
567,\1\ Gas Pipeline Certificates: Annual Reports of System Flow 
Diagrams. FERC-567 is an existing data collection (OMB Control No. 
1902-0005) consisting of a set of filing requirements, as contained in 
18 CFR 260.8.
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    \1\ FERC-567 was formerly known as ``Gas Pipeline Certificates: 
Annual Reports of System Flow Diagrams and System Capacity''. The 
capacity reporting requirements under 18 CFR 284.13 had been 
inadvertently included under both the FERC-567 and the FERC-549B 
(``Gas Pipeline Rates: Capacity Information''; OMB Control No. 1902-
0169). To correct the inadvertent `double-counting', the capacity 
reporting requirements under 18 CFR 284.13 are removed from FERC-
567, and remain a part of FERC-549B for the purpose of OMB 
clearance. FERC-549B is not a subject of this Notice.
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    The information from the FERC-567 is used by the Commission staff 
to obtain accurate data on pipeline facilities and to validate the need 
for new facilities proposed by pipelines in certificate applications. 
In modeling a pipeline applicant's system, Commission staff utilizes 
the FERC-567 data to determine configuration and location of installed 
pipeline facilities; verify and determine the receipt and delivery 
points between shippers, producers and pipeline companies; determine 
the location of receipt and delivery points and emergency 
interconnections on a pipeline system; determine the location of 
pipeline segments, laterals and compressor stations on a pipeline 
system; verify pipeline segment lengths and pipeline diameters; justify 
the maximum allowable operating pressures and suction and discharge 
pressures at compressor stations; verify the installed horsepower and 
volumes compressed at each compressor station; determine the existing 
shippers and producers currently using each pipeline company; and 
develop and evaluate alternatives to the proposed facilities as a means 
to mitigate environmental impact of new pipeline construction.
    18 CFR 260.8 requires each major natural gas pipeline with a system 
delivery capacity exceeding 100,000 Mcf per day to file, to submit by 
June 1 of each year, diagrams reflecting operating conditions on the 
pipeline's main transmission system during the previous 12 months ended 
December 31. These data are physical/engineering data which are not 
included as part of any other data collection requirement.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the 
current expiration date, with no change to the existing 
requirements.\1\
    Burden Statement: Annual 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 \2\
                                                (1)                 (2)                 (3)     (1) x (2) x (3)
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FERC-567........................             94 \3\               1.714               81.28            13,095.5
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    The estimated annual cost burden \2\ to respondents is $807,747 
(13,095.5 hours/2080 hours per year times $128,297 per year average per 
employee = $807,747). The estimated cost per respondent is $8,593.
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    \2\ The burden and cost figures may not be exact, due to 
rounding. For these calculations, the number of hours an employee 
works each year is 2,080, and the average annual salary per employee 
is estimated to be $128,297.
    \3\ An estimate of 100 respondents was included in the 60-day 
notice. That estimate has been updated here, based on the number of 
filings submitted in 2008.
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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, 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 estimates 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 D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-9709 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
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