[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58365-58366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23221]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC12-20-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-912); Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the 
currently approved information collection, FERC-912, Cogeneration and 
Small Power Production, PURPA Section 210(m) Regulations for 
Termination or Reinstatement of Obligation to Purchase or Sell.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due November 19, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC12-20-
000) by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web Site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support 
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of 
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and 
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-912, Cogeneration and Small Power Production, PURPA 
Section 210(m) Regulations for Termination or Reinstatement of 
Obligation to Purchase or Sell
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0237
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-912 information 
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting 
requirements.
    Abstract: On 8/8/2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) 
\1\ was signed into law. Section 1253(a) of EPAct 2005 amends Section 
210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) by 
adding subsection ``(m)'' that provides for the termination and 
reinstatement of an electric utility's obligation to purchase and sell 
energy and capacity. 18 CFR 292.309-292.313 are the implementing 
regulations that provide procedures for:
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    \1\ Public Law 109-58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005)
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     An electric utility to file an application for the 
termination of its obligation to purchase energy from a Qualifying 
Facility (QF) \2\;
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    \2\ Contained within 18 CFR 292.310.
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     An affected entity or person to apply to the Commission 
for an order reinstating the electric utility's obligation to purchase 
energy from a QF \3\;
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    \3\ Contained within 18 CFR 292.311.
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     An electric utility to file an application for the 
termination of its obligation to sell energy and capacity to QFs \4\; 
and
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    \4\ Contained within 18 CFR 292.312.
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     An affected entity or person to apply to the Commission 
for an order reinstating the electric utility's obligation to sell 
energy and capacity to QFs \5\.
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    \5\ Contained within 18 CFR 292.313.
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    Type of Respondents: FERC-jurisdictional electric utilities.
    Estimate of Annual Burden \6\: The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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    \6\ The Commission defines burden as the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, 
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal 
agency. For further explanation of what is included in the 
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1320.3.

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      FERC-912 (IC12-20-000): Cogeneration and Small Power Production, PURPA Section 210(m) Regulations for
                         Termination or Reinstatement of Obligation to Purchase or Sell
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                                                     Number of                        Average        Estimated
                                     Number of     responses per   Total number    burden hours    total annual
                                    respondents     respondent     of responses    per response       burden
                                             (A)             (B)     (A) x (B) =             (D)       (C) x (D)
                                                                             (C)
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Termination of obligation to                   5               1               5              12              60
 purchase \2\...................
Reinstatement of obligation to                 1               1               1              13              13
 purchase \3\...................
Termination of obligation to                   1               1               1              12              12
 sell \4\.......................
Reinstatement of obligation to                 1               1               1              13              13
 sell \5\.......................
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............              98
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $6762.94 
[98 hours / 2080 \7\ hours per year = 0.047 * 143,540/years \8\ = 
$6762.94]
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    \7\ 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/year.
    \8\ Average annual salary per employee in 2012.
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    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 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 estimate of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: September 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23221 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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