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interconnections. Also, these analyses
serve to correlate rates and charges,
assess reliability and other operating
attributes in regulatory proceedings,
monitor market trends and behaviors,
and determine the competitive impacts

of proposed mergers, acquisitions, and
dispositions.
Type of Respondents: Electric utilities
operating balancing authority areas and
planning areas with annual peak
demand over 200 MW.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–714 (IC12–17–000)—ANNUAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT
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)

(C) × (D)

219

1

219

87

19,053

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $2,995,016
[19,053 hours ÷ 2,080 2 hours/year =
9.16009 * $143,540/year 3 =
$1,314,839.32].
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: November 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–16–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–715); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or

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SUMMARY:

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financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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FERC) is submitting the information
collection FERC–715 (Annual
Transmission Planning and Evaluation
Report) 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 53877, 9/4/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–715 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by December 20,
2012.
Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0171, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
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. IC12–16–000, 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

ADDRESSES:

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

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[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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–715, Annual
Transmission Planning and Evaluation
Report.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0171.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–715 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: Acting under FPA Section
213,1 FERC requires each transmitting
utility that operates integrated
transmission system facilities rated
above 100 kilovolts (kV) to submit
annually:
• Contact information for the FERC–
715;
• Base case power flow data (if it does
not participate in the development and
use of regional power flow data);
• Transmission system maps and
diagrams used by the respondent for
transmission planning;
• A detailed description of the
transmission planning reliability criteria
used to evaluate system performance for
time frames and planning horizons used
in regional and corporate planning;
• A detailed description of the
respondent’s transmission planning
assessment practices (including, but not
limited to, how reliability criteria are
applied and the steps taken in
2 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/
year.
3 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.
1 16 U.S.C. 8241.

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performing transmission planning
studies); and
• A detailed evaluation of the
respondent’s anticipated system
performance as measured against its
stated reliability criteria using its stated
assessment practices.
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to use the information as
part of their regulatory oversight
functions which includes:
• The review of rates and charges;
• The disposition of jurisdictional
facilities;
• The consolidation and mergers;
• The adequacy of supply and;

• Reliability of nation’s transmission
grid
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to facilitate and resolve
transmission disputes. Additionally, the
Office of Electric Reliability (OER) uses
the FERC–715 data to help protect and
improve the reliability and security of
the nation’s bulk power system. OER
oversees the development and review of
mandatory reliability and security
standards and ensures compliance with
the approved standards by the users,
owners, and operators of the bulk power
system. OER also monitors and

addresses issues concerning the nation’s
bulk power system including
assessments of resource adequacy and
reliability.
Without the FERC–715 data, the
Commission would be unable to
evaluate planned projects or requests
related to transmission.
Type of Respondents: Integrated
transmission system facilities rated at or
above 100 kilovolts (kV).
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–715 (IC12–16–000)—ANNUAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT
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)

(C) × (D)

110

1

110

160

17,600

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $2,995,016
[17,600 hours ÷ 2,080 3 hours/year =
8.46153 * $143,540/year 4 =
$1,214,569.23].
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: November 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Amendment of
Exemption.
b. Project No.: P–4815–010.
c. Date Filed: October 3, 2012.
d. Applicant: EWP LLC.
e. Name of Project: Eury Dam Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Little River in
Montgomery County, North Carolina.
The project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: J. Scott Hale,
Manager, EWP LLC, 125 South Elm
Street, Suite 400, Greensboro, North
Carolina 27401; Telephone: (336) 272–
3706.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on
this notice should be addressed to Kim
Carter, Telephone (202) 502–6486 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests:
December 20, 2012.

Comments, protests, and
interventions may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. 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 (http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/ecomment.asp) and must
include name and contact information
at the end of comments. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings.
All documents (original and seven
copies) filed by paper should be sent to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Please include
the project number (P–4815–010) on any
comments or motions filed.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervener files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served
upon each representative of the

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

3 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/
year.
4 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4815–010]

EWP LLC; Notice of Application for
Amendment of Exemption and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests

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