[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7175-7176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02481]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC14-3-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-549d); 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-549D (Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for 
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines) 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 
(78 FR 69843, 11/21/2013) requesting public comments. FERC received no 
comments on the FERC-549D and is making this notation in its submittal 
to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 10, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 
1902-0253, 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. IC14-3-000, 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: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate 
Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0253.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549D information 
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
    Abstract: The reporting requirements under FERC-549D are required 
to carry out the Commission's policies in accordance with the general 
authority in Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \1\ and 
Sections 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).\2\ This 
collection promotes transparency by collecting and making available 
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline transactional information. The 
Commission collects the data upon a standardized form with all 
requirements outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 717-817-w.
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.
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    The FERC Form 549D collects the following information:
     Full legal name and identification number of the shipper 
receiving service;
     Type of service performed for each transaction;
     The rate charged under each transaction;
     The primary receipt and delivery points for the 
transaction, specifying the rate schedule/name of service and docket 
were approved;

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     The quantity of natural gas the shipper is entitled to 
transport, store, and deliver for each transaction;
     The term of the transaction, specifying the beginning and 
ending month and year of current agreement;
     Total volumes transported, stored, injected or withdrawn 
for the shipper; and
     Annual revenues received for each shipper, excluding 
revenues from storage services.
    Filers submit the Form-549D on a quarterly basis.
    Access to the FERC-549D Information Collection Materials: A copy of 
the current form and related materials can be found at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#549d, but will not be included in 
the Federal Register. The Commission will not publish these materials 
in the Federal Register.
    Type of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting. Burden for this information collection as:
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    \3\ Burden is defined 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-549D--Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden     Estimated
   Format of pipelines' filing       Number of     responses per   Total number      hours per     total annual
                                    respondents     respondent     of responses      response         burden
                                             (A)             (B)     (A)x(B)=(C)             (D)         (C)x(D)
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                                              Implementation Burden
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PDF filings.....................               3               1               3              68             204
XML \4\ filings.................               2               1               2             104             208
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                                                 Ongoing Burden
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PDF filings.....................              76               4             304            12.5           3,800
XML filings.....................              33               4             132              10           1,320
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    Total.......................         \5\ 109  ..............             109  ..............           5,532
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $436,254 
[5,532 hours $78.86/hour \6\ = $436,254].
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    \4\ Extensible Markup Language (XML).
    \5\ This figure does not include the five respondents for the 
``Implementation Burden''.
    \6\ This cost represents the average cost of four career fields: 
Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants ($48.58/hour), Management Analyst 
($56.27/hour), and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this cost 
also includes benefit costs within the hourly estimates.
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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: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02481 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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