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 Commissions 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 FERCs
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.
The Final Rule will assist the
Commissions 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 Presidents 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.
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.
Baseline Tariff.doc
NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions