In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 3
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2013
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2010
400
0
400
200
0
1,200
13,256
0
0
The Commission issues licenses for
nonfederal hydropower projects and monitors these projects to
ensure that conditions of the license are being met. The
Commission's licensing and post-licensing processes have the
multiple intents of maintaining power generation, enhancing and
protecting the environment, and enhancing recreational assets of
water resources. Part 1, Section 10(a) of the Federal Power Act
requires the Commission to be responsible for ensuring that
hydroelectric projects subject to its jurisdiction are consistent
with the comprehensive development of the nation's waterways for
recreation and other beneficial uses. The information collected
under FERC-Form 80 is used by the Commission to implement statutory
provisions of Sections 4(g), 10, 304, 309, and 311 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), 16. U.S.C. Sections 797, 803, 825c, 825h, and
825j. The Commission has been collecting FERC-Form 80 data since
1966. Presently, the data is collected every six years as directed
by Title 18 C.F.R. Part 8 and 141.14. It is for this reason that
the Commission seeks reinstatement and three-year approval of the
FERC-Form 80. The authority for the Commission to collect this
information comes from Section 10(a) of the FPA which requires the
Commission to be responsible for ensuring that hydro projects
subject to its jurisdiction are consistent with the comprehensive
development of the nations waterway for recreation and other
beneficial public uses. In the interest of fulfilling these
objectives, the Commission expects its licensees, over whom it may
exercise direct regulatory control, to recognize the resources that
are affected by their activities and to play a role in protection
of such resources. The data required to be filed are specified by
18CFR 8.11 and 141.14.
The data required by FERC Form
80 are specified by Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR 8.11 and 141.14 (and are discussed at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#80). The FERC Form 80 is
collected once every six years. The last collection was due on
April 1, 2009, for data compiled during the calendar year ending
December 31, 2008. The next collection of the FERC Form 80 is due
on April 1, 2015, with subsequent collections due every sixth year,
for data compiled during the previous calendar year. The current
OMB clearance expires on 9/30/2010. With the next collection due in
2015, FERC Form 80 will not be collected during the requested
upcoming three-year OMB clearance cycle. Because the requirements
for Form 80 are contained in the Commissions regulations, FERC is
submitting FERC Form 80 to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, to ensure the OMB clearance remains continuous
and current. For the collection cycle, which occurs every sixth
year, the estimated public reporting burden is: a) 400 respondents,
b) 1 response/respondent, and c) 3 hours per response, giving a
total of 1,200 burden hours. The estimated annual total burden and
cost provided here are averaged over the six-year collection cycle
(total annual burden of 200 hours). The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents (spread over the 6-year collection cycle) is
$13,257.11 (200 hours/2080 hours per year, times $137,874). [For
the ROCIS meta-data, 1/2 hour per filing has been used to ensure
the calculations come out correctly. ROCIS does not have a
selection for frequency of once every 6 years, so annual burden of
1/2 hour was used. See the supporting statement for more
details.]
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.
Form FERC-80 FERC-80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report
ebFERC-Form 80 Attach Dsample.doc
FERC-Form 80 Attach A.pdf
FERC-80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report