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FERC-587, Land Description, (Public Land States/Non-Public Land States (Rectangular or Non Rectangular Survey System Lands in Public Land States)

PUBLISHED IC12-7-000 (FERC-587)-60dy notice

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‘‘Incongruent Development Times.’’
Please answer the following 1:
a. Describe the challenges created
both by the timeline for obtaining
Regulatory Permits for transmission and
by the Incongruent Development Times.
b. To what extent do the Incongruent
Development Times hamper
transmission and/or generation
infrastructure development?
c. What are the primary risks
associated with developing transmission
vis-a`-vis the timeline for obtaining
Regulatory Permits as well as the
Incongruent Development Times?
d. How is the financing for developing
the attendant transmission influenced
by its lengthy development time and by
the Dissonant Development Times?
e. How if at all, do development
timelines and the Incongruent
Development Times affect the decisions
made in utilities’ integrated resource
planning, if applicable?
f. How do development timelines and
the Incongruent Development Times
affect the ability of parties to enter into
open seasons or power-purchase
agreements?
(2) Besides improving the efficiency
of permitting and approving
transmission, are there any other steps
the federal government 2 could take to
eliminate the barriers created by the
Dissonant Development Times?
(3) What strategies can the Federal
government take to decrease the time
that Federal agencies require for
evaluating Regulatory Permits for
transmission? What other steps can the
Federal government take to address the
challenges created by Incongruent
Development Times?
(4) One way to make the Regulatory
Permit process and development times
between remote generation and
attendant transmission more
commensurate, is to decrease the time
for permitting transmission by some
amount. In determining how much time
can be saved, developing a benchmark
may be helpful. What benchmark
should be used?
a. Example—power purchase
agreements as the benchmark: how far
in the future do load serving entities
(LSE’s) seek to purchase energy or
capacity from remote resources? Do
1 Since the Catch-22 is avoided when a loadserving entity is developing the generation and
transmission for its own customers, for purposes of
answering the questions, please assume that nonLSE’s are developing the generation and its
attendant transmission.
2 While Incongruent Development Times are
caused by a number of forces including state, local
and Tribal decisions, the parties to the MOU are
only Federal agencies and, therefore, this RFI
focuses on how the federal agencies can improve
their own processes.

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LSE’s seek PPAs that begin delivering
energy/capacity 3 years from the signing
of the PPA? 7 years? 10 years? Please
explain why PPA’s are signed at this
time.
b. Example—development times as
the benchmark: How long does it take to
design, permit and build different types
of remote generation?
(5) In your experience, how long does
it take to design, permit and build
transmission?
(6) Assume that Federal, state, Tribal
and local governments sought to set a
goal for the length of time used for
completing the Regulatory Permitting
process for transmission projects so that
the development times between
generation and transmission were more
commensurate, what goal should that
be? As the length of the project and the
number of governments with
jurisdictions increase so will the time
necessary for permitting and approvals;
accordingly, consider providing a goal
that could be scalable according to the
length of the line.
Interested parties to this RFI might
include, but are not limited to: federal
and state agencies, Native American
Tribes, transmission developers,
renewable energy developers, investors,
manufacturers, electric utilities,
independent power producers, nongovernmental organizations, academics,
and other public, private, or non-profit
entities.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 21,
2012.
Brian Mills,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2012–4464 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–7–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

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(Public Land States/Non-Public Land
States [Rectangular or Non-Rectangular
Survey System Lands in Public Land
States]).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC12–7–000)
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
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 CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–587, Land Description
(Public Land States/Non-Public Land
States [Rectangular or Non-Rectangular
Survey System Lands in Public Land
States]).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0145.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–587 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires
the FERC–587 information collection to
satisfy the requirements of section 24 of
the Federal Power Act (FPA). The
Federal Power Act grants the
Commission authority to issue licenses
for the development and improvement
of navigation and for the development,
transmission, and utilization of power
across, along, from or in any of the
streams or other bodies of water over
which Congress has jurisdiction.1 The
Electric Consumers Protection Act
(ECPA) amends the FPA to allow the
Commission the responsibility of
issuing licenses for nonfederal
hydroelectric plants.2
Section 24 of the FPA requires that
applicants proposing hydropower
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U.S.C. Section 797d (2010).
Law 99–495, 100 Stat. 1243 (1996).

2 Public

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projects on (or changes to existing
projects located within) lands owned by
the United States to provide a
description of the applicable U.S. land.
Additionally, the FPA requires the
notification of the Commission and
Secretary of the Interior of the
hydropower proposal. FERC–587
consolidates the information required
and identifies hydropower project

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Type of Respondents: Applicants
proposing hydropower projects on (or
changes to existing projects located
within) lands owned by the United
States.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

boundary maps associated with the
applicable U.S. land.
The information consolidated by the
Form No. 587 verifies the accuracy of
the information provided for the FERC–
587 to the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and the Department of the
Interior (DOI). Moreover, this
information ensures that U.S. lands can
be reserved as hydropower sites and
withdrawn from other uses.

FERC–587 (IC12–7–000): LAND DESCRIPTION (PUBLIC LAND STATES/NON-PUBLIC LAND STATES [RECTANGULAR OR
NON-RECTANGULAR SURVEY SYSTEM LANDS IN PUBLIC LAND STATES])
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated
total annual
burden

(A)

(B)

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

250

Hydropower Project Applicants ........................

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $17,252 [250
hours ÷ 2,080 4 hours/year = 0.12019 *
$143,540/year 5 = $17,252].
The estimated annual cost of filing the
FERC–587 per response is $69 [$17,252
÷ 250 responses = $69/response].
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: February 17, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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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

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In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC–585, Reporting of
Electric Energy shortages and
Contingency Plans under PURPA.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC12–6–000)
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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–585, Reporting of Electric
Energy shortages and Contingency Plans
under PURPA.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0138.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–585 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–585,
‘‘Reporting of Electric Energy Shortages
and Contingency Plans under PURPA’’,
is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 206 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1979
(PURPA) Public Law 95–617, 92 Stat.
3117. Section 206 of PURPA amended
the Federal Power Act (FPA) by adding
a new subsection (g) to section 202,
under which the Commission by rule,
was to require each public utility to (1)
report to the Commission and
appropriate state regulatory authorities

explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

4 2,080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1
year).
5 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–6–000]