NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions

ICR 200810-1902-003

OMB: 1902-0086

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2008-10-03
Supporting Statement A
2008-12-23
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
1902-0086 200810-1902-003
Historical Active 200606-1902-008
FERC FERC-549
NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 12/23/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/03/2008
Agency corrected estimation errors in supporting statement (justifications 12-14) and ensured burden table matched corrected values.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2011 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2009
224 0 222
7,190 0 1,290
638,000 0 0

The information filed under FERC-549 is necessary to carry out the provisions of §311 and 312 of Title III of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (PL 95-621, 92 Stat. 3350, 15 U.S.C. 3371 and 3372), interstate pipelines must file with the Commission to transport on behalf of any intrastate pipeline or local distribution company, and Hinshaw pipelines must file to transport, sell or assign natural gas to any interstate pipeline or local distribution company served by the interstate pipeline. The information is also necessary to implement the provisions of Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717-717w). Under Part 284 of the Commission’s regulations, interstate pipelines performing unbundled sales service under a blanket certificate are required to make an annual filing detailing specific information for each transaction initiated during the reporting year. (Information includes estimated peak day capacity of the pipeline system, estimated storage capacity and maximum daily delivery capability of storage facilities under reasonably representative assumptions and the respective assignments of that capacity to various firm services provided by the pipeline.) Following approval of the initial filing, the individual transactions commence on a self-implementing basis without case-by-case prior Commission determination. In RM01-5-000, a Final Rule issued September 19, 2008, FERC revised its regulations to require that all tariffs, tariff revisions and rate change applications for the public utility, natural gas pipeline and oil pipeline industries be filed according to a set of standards developed in conjunction with the North American Standards Board. The standards will assist in FERC’s goal of establishing a robust electronic filing environment for tariffs and tariff related material and will make it possible for FERC staff and the public to retrieve this material from a data base. Adoption of these standards and protocols will provide each company with enhanced flexibility to develop software to better integrate tariff filings with their individual tariff maintenance and business needs. These standards and protocols will also provide an open platform permitting third-party software developers to create more efficient tariff filing and maintenance applications, which will spread the development costs over larger numbers of companies.

PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 312 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
  
None

1902-AC19 Final or interim final rulemaking 73 FR 57515 10/03/2008

Yes

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 224 222 0 0 2 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 7,190 1,290 0 5,200 700 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 638,000 0 0 638,000 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
The Final Rule will assist the Commission’s efforts to comply with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) by developing the capability to file electronically with the Commission via the Internet with uniform formats using software that is readily available and easy to use and also achieve the President’s Management Agenda initiatives of expanding electronic government. The Final Rule's provision for an electronic database of company tariffs will make such information available more efficiently and to a broader audience. The database will provide easier access to tariffs and allow the viewing of proposed tariff sections in context. One of the principal benefits of such a database is the ability to do historical research into tariffs. For example, proceedings such as complaints may involve past tariff provisions that have already been revised by the utility by the time the complaint is considered by the Commission. In order to expeditiously process such filings, the Commission, the parties, and the public need to be able to obtain the tariff provision that apply to the time period under review, rather than the currently effective tariff provision.

$351,918
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Keith Pierce 2025028525 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10/03/2008


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