[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39090-39091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16693]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM09-2-001]


Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate Natural Gas 
Companies; Notice of Extension of Time and Notice of Corrections

    In a May 20, 2011, filing in this proceeding, the Texas Pipeline 
Association requests that the Commission extend the deadline by which 
section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 and Hinshaw pipelines 
must comply with the requirements of Order Nos. 735 and 735-A.\1\ 
Specifically, it requests a delay until 90 days after the revised Form 
No. 549D, XML schema format, and Data Dictionary and Instruction have 
been finalized and posted on the FERC Web site. Enogex LLC and Atmos 
Energy filed comments in support.
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    \1\ Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate Natural Gas 
Companies, 133 FERC ] 61,150 (May 20, 2010) (Order No. 735), 133 
FERC ] 61,216 (December 16, 2010) (Order No. 735-A).
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    For good cause shown and because the Office of Management & Budget 
(OMB) has approved the corrected versions of the Form 549D, the Data 
Dictionary and Instructions, notice is hereby given that all section 
311 and Hinshaw pipelines are granted an extension of time. The 
deadline for filing Form 549D for the first quarter of calendar year 
2011 shall be extended until September 9, 2011. However, Respondents 
will not be able to eFile their data until August 15, 2011. The 
deadline for filing Form 549D for the second quarter of calendar year 
2011 shall be extended until September 30, 2011. The third and fourth 
quarter reports are due 60 days after the end of their respective 
quarters.
    Commission Staff has corrected the Data Dictionary and Instructions 
for filing Form 549D. Staff also corrected and completed testing of a 
corrected XML XSD file (XML Schema) and corrected fillable Form 549D 
PDF with assistance of a Form 549D Test Group.\2\ The Test Group was 
formed with the approval by OMB. Staff wishes to acknowledge the 
efforts of the Test Group and thank them for their participation.
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    \2\ The Form 549D Test Group consisted of Humble Gas Pipeline 
Company, Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., Enbridge, Pacific Gas & 
Electric Company, AGL Resources, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 
Spectra Energy Corp., Regency Energy Partners and Kinder Morgan.
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    Staff is publishing the following corrected documents on the FERC 
Web site for use by Respondents and

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software developers who wish to create tools to facilitate compliance 
with the requirements of Order Nos. 735 and 735-A: (1) Fillable Form 
549D PDF, (2) XML XSD file, and (3) Data Dictionary and Instruction for 
completing the Form 549D. Only these documents should be used to eFile 
the Form 549D.
    Staff is also publishing in eLibrary a log of the changes to help 
Respondents understand the changes that were made and a redline/
strikeout copy of the Data Dictionary and Instructions. The log of 
changes and the redline/strikeout copy of the Data Dictionary and 
Instructions will not be published in the Federal Register. Respondents 
should consult the Form 549D web page, especially the filing tips and 
instructions on the FERC Web site for more detailed information. Any 
questions should be sent to the [email protected] mail box.

    Dated: June 24, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-16693 Filed 7-1-11; 8:45 am]
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