FERC Form 6 (RM11-21, Final Rule), Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
PAGE 700 AS REVISED BY THE FINAL RULE IN DOCKET NO.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-10-01	Available
Commissioner Norris Statement on Oil Rules 9-20-12.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-09-27	Available
FINAL Form 6 (RM11-21 FR) Supporting Statement.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2012-10-01	Available
CFR-2012-title18-vol1-sec357-2.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-09-13	Available
Interstate Commerce Act, Section 20.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-09-13	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
22933	FERC Form 6, Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies	Instruction	Modified
204023	Form 6, Page 700 Refiling (one-time for 2009-2011 data)		New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0022	ICR Reference No: 201209-1902-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201004-1902-009
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 6
Title: FERC Form 6 (RM11-21, Final Rule), Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/08/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/01/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2016	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2013
Responses	332	0	166
Time Burden (Hours)	26,989	0	26,657
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	1,767,092

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Abstract: Under the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), (Section 20, 54 Stat. 916), the Commission is authorized and empowered to make investigations and to collect and record data to the extent the Commission may consider to be necessary or useful for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the ICA. The information collected under the requirements of the Form 6 is used by the Commission to carry out its responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of the ICA, including the authority to prescribe rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary or appropriate. The Commission may prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and, after notice and opportunity for hearing may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited. Financial accounting and reporting provides needed information concerning a company's past performance and its future prospects. Without reliable financial statements prepared in accordance with the Commission's Uniform System of Accounts and related regulations, the Commission would be unable to accurately determine the costs that relate to a particular time period, service or line of business. Additionally, it would be difficult to determine whether a given entity has previously been given the opportunity to recover its costs through rates, or to compare how the financial performance and results of the operations of one regulated entity relates to another. The Form 6 also assists the Commission in overseeing and policing the regulated oil pipeline markets to assist in enforcing the ICA. In the Final Rule, the Commission is amending the instructions on page 700 of the Form 6 to ensure that pipelines report interstate-only barrel and barrel-mile data and not a combination of interstate and intrastate throughput. The Commission also directs pipelines that reported combined interstate and intrastate data in any field on lines (1) through (12) of page 700 of their 2010 Form 6 or their 2011 Form 6 to file within 90 days of the final rule's publication in the Federal Register revised page 700 data containing only interstate data for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 20 Name of Law: Interstate Commerce Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE37	Final or interim final rulemaking	77 FR 59739	10/01/2012

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC Form 6, Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies	Form 6 (with old page 700)	Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies
Form 6, Page 700 Refiling (one-time for 2009-2011 data)

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	332	166	0	166	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	26,989	26,657	0	332	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	1,767,092	0	0	-1,767,092	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission estimates there will be a one-time increased burden involved in the initial implementation associated with: (a) using only interstate figures for lines 1-12 of page 700, and (b) re-filing of revised data for lines (1) through (12) of page 700 for 2009, 2010, and 2011. For the recurring effort involved in filing interstate data on lines (1) through (12) of page 700 for 2012 and future years, we estimate that the change in burden is negligible (after the initial implementation). By requiring the filing of correct data on page 700 moving forward and the re-filing of page 700 for years 2009, 2010, and 2011, the Commission will be able to more fully perform its responsibilities under the ICA. The additional one-time burden of 996 hours is being averaged over the three years for the purposes of submittal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), giving an average additional annual burden of 332 hours. In the last submission to OMB under this control number the Commission included the annual cost figure in the ROCIS metadata. However, the Commission currently only includes in ROCIS the costs not associated with burden hours and wages for employees and has therefore removed the cost figure previously reported in ROCIS as it corresponded to wages paid to employees in completing this collection (burden hour costs are reported under item 12 of the attached supporting statement).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $73,358

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 10/01/2012

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