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Thursday, May 17, 2012, from
3:30 p.m.–4 p.m. (EST). To receive the
call-in number and passcode, please
contact the Board’s Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) at the address or phone
number listed below.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Gil
Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.
Phone number is (202) 287–1644.

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–65, FERC–65A, and
FERC–65B); Comment Request

DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Purpose of the Board: To make
recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
regarding goals and objectives,
programmatic and administrative
policies, and to otherwise carry out the
Board’s responsibilities as designated in
the State Energy Efficiency Programs
Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–
440).
Tentative Agenda: Plan for the
upcoming June 26–28, 2012, live Board
meeting; update the Board on the
activities of the STEAB’s Task Forces;
review of EECBG recommendations to
DOE; and provide an update to the
Board on routine business matters and
other topics of interest.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. Written statements
may be filed with the Board either
before or after the meeting. Members of
the public who wish to make oral
statements pertaining to agenda items
should contact Gil Sperling at the
address or telephone number listed
above. Requests to make oral comments
must be received five days prior to the
meeting; reasonable provision will be
made to include requested topic(s) on
the agenda. The Chair of the Board is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
will be available for public review and
copying within 60 days on the STEAB
Web site, www.steab.org.
Issued at Washington, DC, on April 23,
2012.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management
Officer.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–5–000]

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting the information
collections Notification of Holding
Company Status (FERC–65), Exemption
Notification of Holding Company Status
(FERC–65A), and Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status (FERC–65B) 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
(77 FR 8245, 02/14/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–65, FERC–65A
or FERC–65B and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by May 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB
(identified by FERC–65, FERC–65A,
and/or FERC–65B) should be sent via
email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@
omb.gov. 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. IC12–5–000, 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/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
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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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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:
Titles: Notification of Holding
Company Status (FERC–65), Exemption
Notification of Holding Company Status
(FERC–65A), and Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status (FERC–65B).
OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0218 (FERC–
65), 1902–0216 (FERC–65A), and 1902–
0217 (FERC–65B).
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–
65B information collection requirements
with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract:
FERC–65 (Notification of Holding
Company Status)
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing outlined in the
Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The
FERC–65 must be submitted within 30
days of becoming a holding company.
The Commission does not require the
information to be reported in a specific
format. The filing consists of the name
of the holding company, the name of
public utilities, the name of natural gas
companies in the holding company
system, and the names of service
companies. The Commission requires
the filing to include the names of
special-purpose subsidiaries (which
provide non-power goods and services)
and the names of all affiliates and
subsidiaries (and their corporate
interrelationship) to each other. Filings
may be submitted in hardcopy or
electronically through the Commission’s
eFiling system.
FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of
Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined
requirements of the FERC–65, the
Commission has allowed for an
exemption from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a
FERC–65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any
person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company; or if any class of
transactions is not relevant to the

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jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company. Companies
seeking this exemption file the FERC–
65A. Commission regulations within 18
CFR 366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity.
FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
Entities may file a FERC–65B
pursuant to the notification procedures
contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a

waiver from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a
FERC–65 if they meet the requirements
in 18 CFR 366.3(c). Specifically, the
Commission waives the requirement of
providing it with a FERC 65 for any
holding company with respect to one or
more of the following: (1) Single-state
holding company systems; (2) holding
companies that own generating facilities
that total 100 MW or less in size and are
used fundamentally for their own load

or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3)
investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in
hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s Web site.
Type of Respondents: Holding
company, Public utilities, natural gas
companies, service companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–65, FERC–65A, AND FERC–65B (IC12–5–000): NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS, EXEMPTION
NOTIFICATION, AND WAIVER NOTIFICATION
Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)

(A)

(B)

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

(C) × (D)

FERC–65 Notification of Holding Company Status .............
FERC–65A Exemption Notification ......................................
FERC–65B Waiver Notification ............................................

8
1
0

1
1
1

8
1
0

3
1
1

24
1
0

Total ..............................................................................

2 N/A

2 N/A

9

2 N/A

25

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $1,725.35. [25
hours ÷ 2,080 3 hours/year = 0.01202
years * $143,540/year 4 = $1,725.35]
The estimated annual cost of filing the
FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–65B
per response is $191.71. [$1,725.35 ÷ 9
responses = $191.71/response]
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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 collections
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 collections of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: April 20, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Number of
respondents

1 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12690–005]

Public Utility District No. 1 of
Snohomish County, WA; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing, Ready
for Environmental Analysis, Soliciting
Motions To Intervene and Protests,
Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Fishway
Prescriptions, and Waiving the Timing
Requirement for Filing Competing
Development Applications
Take notice that the following
hydrokinetic pilot project license
application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: Pilot Project
License.
b. Project No.: 12690–005.
c. Date Filed: March 1, 2012.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District
No. 1 of Snohomish County,
Washington (Snohomish PUD).
e. Name of Project: Admiralty Inlet
Pilot Tidal Project.
f. Location: On the east side of
Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound,
Washington, about 1 kilometer west of
Whidbey Island, entirely within Island
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
2 Not applicable.

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County, Washington. The project would
not occupy any federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–828(c).
h. Applicant Contact: Steven J. Klein,
Public Utility District No. 1 of
Snohomish County, Washington, P.O.
Box 1107, 2320 California Street,
Everett, WA 98206–1107; (425) 783–
8473.
i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202)
502–6091.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and fishway prescriptions:
30 days from the issuance of this notice;
reply comments are due 60 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Motions to intervene, protests,
comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and fishway prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll
3 2,080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks
(1 year).
4 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.

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