[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76016-76017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30998]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC13-6-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-606); Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

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-606: Notification of 
Request for Federal Authorization and Requests for Further Information.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due February 25, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC13-6-
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

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at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FERC-606: Notification of Request for 
Federal Authorization and Requests for Further Information.
    OMB Control No.:1902-0241.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-606 information 
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting 
requirements.
    Abstract: The FERC-606 information collection requires agencies 
(Federal agency or officer, or State agency or officer acting pursuant 
to delegated Federal authority, responsible for a Federal 
authorization) responsible for issuing, conditioning, or denying 
requests for Federal authorizations for a proposed natural gas project 
to report regarding the status of an authorization request. This 
reporting requirement is intended to allow agencies to assist the 
Commission to make better informed decisions in establishing due dates 
for agencies' decisions. The Commission authorizes the construction and 
operation of proposed natural gas projects under NGA sections 3 and 7. 
However, the Commission does not have jurisdiction over every aspect of 
each natural gas project. For a natural gas project to progress the 
Commission must approve and several different agencies must typically 
reach favorable findings regarding other aspects of the project. To 
coordinate better the activities of the separate agencies with varying 
responsibilities over proposed natural gas projects, the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) modified FERC's role. Section 313 of EPAct 
2005 \1\ directs FERC: (1) to establish a schedule for agencies to 
review requests for federal authorizations required for a project.
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    \1\ Amended 15 USC 717n (Section 15).
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    Estimate of Annual Burden:\2\The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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    \2\ 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-606 (IC13-6-000): Notification of Request for Federal Authorization and Requests for Further Information
 
                                                                                         Number of                       Average Burden
                                                                        Number of      responses per   Total Number of     hours per     Estimated total
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses         response      annual burden
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                                                                                (A)              (B)        (A)x(B)=(C)            (D)                (C)x(D)
Natural Gas Pipelines..............................................               1                1                1                4                4
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $276.03 [4 
hours / 2080 hours/year \3\ * $143,540/year \4\ = $276.04]
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    \3\ 2080 hours = 52 weeks * 40 hours per week (i.e. 1 year of 
full-time employment).
    \4\ Average salary plus benefits per full-time equivalent 
employee.
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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: December 19, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-30998 Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]
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