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www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/
gasregulation/LNGStudy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 5,
2012.
John A. Anderson,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities,
Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and
Supply, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012–29894 Filed 12–10–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–19–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–732); 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
FERC) is submitting the information
collection FERC–732 (Electric Rate
Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm
Transmission Rights in Organized
Electricity Markets) 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 58116, 9/19/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–732 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by January 10,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0245, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

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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. IC12–19–000, 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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–732, Electric Rate
Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm
Transmission Rights in Organized
Electricity Markets.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0245.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–732 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: 18 CFR Part 42 provides the
reporting requirements of FERC–732 as
they pertain to long-term transmission
rights. To implement section 1233 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005),1 the Commission requires each
transmission organization that is a
public utility with one or more
organized electricity markets to make
available long-term firm transmission
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rights that satisfy each of the
Commission’s guidelines.
The FERC–732 regulations require
that transmission organizations (that are
public utilities with one or more
organized electricity markets) choose
one of two ways to file:
• File tariff sheets making long-term
firm transmission rights available that
are consistent with each of the
guidelines established by FERC.
• File an explanation describing how
their existing tariffs already provide
long-term firm transmission rights that
are consistent with the guidelines.
Additionally, the Commission requires
each transmission organization to make
its transmission planning and expansion
procedures and plans available to the
public.
FERC–732 enables the Commission to
exercise its wholesale electric rate and
electric power transmission oversight
and enforcement responsibilities in
accordance with the FPA, the
Department of Energy Organization Act
(DOE Act), and EPAct 2005.
The Commission intends to include
the FERC–732 and all of its applicable
requirements within FERC–516 (OMB
Control No. 1902–0096). The
Commission will ensure complete
renewal (to include publishing all
public notifications and receiving Office
of Management and Budget approval) of
FERC–732 information collection. After
the collection is renewed, the
Commission will seek to incorporate
administratively FERC–732 information
collection requirements into FERC–516.
Finally, the Commission will
discontinue the vacant FERC–732
information collection.
Type of Respondents: Public utility
with one or more organized electricity
markets.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
2 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
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

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FERC–732 (IC12–19–000): ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS: LONG-TERM FIRM TRANSMISSION RIGHTS IN
ORGANIZED ELECTRICITY MARKETS
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)

1

1

1

1,180

1,180

Public utility with 1 or more organized electricity markets ..

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $81,431.68
[1,180 hours ÷ 2080 hours per year =
0.56731 * $143,540/years = $81,431.68].
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 28, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–18–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–500 and FERC–505);
Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
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 Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with
Greater than 5 Megawatt Capacity
(FERC–500), and Application for
License/Relicense for Water Projects
with 5 Megawatt or Less Capacity
(FERC–505) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection

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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 56636, 09/13/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–500 and FERC–
505 and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due by January 10,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0058 (FERC–500) and/or 1902–
0114 (FERC–505), 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. IC12–18–000, by one 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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Titles: FERC–500: Application for
License/Relicense for Water Projects
with Greater than 5 Megawatt Capacity;
FERC–505: Application for License/
Relicense for Water Projects with 5
Megawatt or Less Capacity.
OMB Control Nos.: FERC–500 (1902–
0058); FERC–505 (1902–0114).
Type of Request: 16 U.S.C. 797(e)
authorizes the Commission to issue
licenses to citizens of the United States
for the purpose of constructing,
operating, and maintaining dams,
across, along, from, or within waterways
over which Congress has jurisdiction.
The Electric Consumers Protection Act
amended the Federal Power Act to
provide the Commission with the
responsibility of issuing licenses for
non-federal hydroelectric plants. 16
U.S.C. 797(e) also requires the
Commission to give equal consideration
to preserving energy conservation, the
protection, mitigation of damage to, and
enhancement of, fish and wildlife, the
protection of recreational opportunities,
and the preservation of other aspects of
environmental quality when approving
licenses. Finally, 16 U.S.C. 799
stipulates conditions upon which the
Commission issues hydroelectric
licenses.
The Commission requires all
hydroelectric license applications to
address a variety of environmental
concerns. Many of these concerns
address environmental requirements
developed by other agencies. The
applicants must provide facts in order
for the Commission to understand and
resolve potential environmental
problems associated with the
application in the interests of the United
States public.
Types of Respondents: Non-federal
hydroelectric plants greater than 5
megawatt capacity (FERC–500); nonfederal hydroelectric plants less than 5
megawatts capacity (FERC–505).
Estimate of Annual Burden 1: The
Commission estimates the total Public
1 The Commission defines burden 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

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