[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71186-71187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28870]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC12-20-000]


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

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information 
collection FERC-912, Cogeneration and Small Power Production, PURPA 
Section 210(m) Regulations for Termination or Reinstatement of 
Obligation to Purchase or Sell, 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 issued a Notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 58365, 
09/20/2012) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments on 
the FERC-912 and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by December 
31, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 
1902-0237, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be 
reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, identified by the 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], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by 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

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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.

      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 plus benefits 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: November 21, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-28870 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am]
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