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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 28, 2012 / Notices
The EIA has submitted an
information collection request to the
OMB for extension under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The information collection requests a
three-year extension of the Form
NWPA–830G, ‘‘Appendix G—Standard
Remittance Advice for Payment of
Fees,’’ including Annex A to Appendix
G, OMB Control Number 1901–0260.
Form NWPA–830G is an Appendix to
the Standard Contract for Disposal of
Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste, entered into by DOE
and the generators or owners of spent
nuclear fuel. The proposed collection
will continue to collect data on
quarterly fee payments paid into the
Nuclear Waste Fund and on the amount
of net electricity generated and sold,
upon which the fees are based. There
are no proposed changes to the survey
forms.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before December 28,
2012. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the:
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
and to:
Department of Energy, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Attn:
Marta Gospodarczyk, EI–34,
Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–
0527, Fax at 202–586–3045, Email
at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
forms and instructions should be
directed to Ms. Gospodarczyk at the
contact information given above.
Additionally, forms and instructions
may be viewed at http://www.eia.gov/
survey/#nwpa-830G.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1901–0260;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Standard Contract for Disposal of
Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level
Radioactive Waste; Appendix G—
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Standard Remittance Advice for
Payment of Fees, including Annex A to
Appendix G;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension of a currently approved data
collection;
(4) Purpose: Collects basic data from
owners and generators of spent nuclear
fuel that entered into Standard
Contracts with DOE. The forms, which
are submitted quarterly, serve as the
source documents for entries into DOE
accounting records regarding fee
payments into the Nuclear Waste Fund.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 104;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 416;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 2080;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0; EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs to respondents associated with the
surveys other than the costs associated
with the burden hours.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b);
Section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982, codified at 42 U.S.C. 10222.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
20, 2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–28814 Filed 11–27–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC13–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collections, FERC–60 (Annual Report of
Centralized Service Companies), FERC–
61 (Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies and
SUMMARY:
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Service Companies Subject to
PUHCA 1).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due January 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC13–3–000)
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:
Titles: FERC–60 (Annual Report of
Centralized Service Companies), FERC–
61 (Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies and
Service Companies Subject to PUHCA).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0215.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–60, FERC–61, & FERC–
555A information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, was signed
into law, repealing the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA
1935) and enacting the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA
2005). Section 1264 2 and Section 1275 3
of PUHCA 2005 supplemented FERC’s
existing ratemaking authority under the
Federal Power Act (FPA) to protect
customers against improper crosssubsidization or encumbrances of public
utility assets, and similarly, FERC’s
ratemaking authority under the Natural
Gas Act (NGA). These provisions of
PUHCA 2005 supplemented the FERC’s
broad authority under FPA Section 301
1 Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.
Books and Records Access Provision.
3 Non-Power Goods and Services Provision.
2 Federal
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and NGA section 8 to obtain the books
and records of regulated companies and
any person that controls or is under the
influence of such companies if relevant
to jurisdictional activities.
FERC Form 60
Form No. 60 is an annual reporting
requirement under 18 CFR 366.23 for
centralized service companies. The
report’s function is to collect financial
information (including balance sheet,
assets, liabilities, billing and charges for
associated and non-associated
companies) from centralized service
companies subject to the jurisdiction of
the FERC. Unless Commission rule
exempts or grants a waiver pursuant to
18 CFR 366.3 and 366.4 to the holding
company system, every centralized
service company in a holding company
system must prepare and file
electronically with the FERC the Form
No. 60, pursuant to the General
Instructions in the form.
FERC–61
FERC–61 is a filing requirement for
service companies in holding company
systems (including special purpose
companies) that are currently exempt or
granted a waiver of FERC’s regulations
and would not have to file FERC Form
60. Instead, those service companies are
required to file, on an annual basis, a
narrative description of the service
company’s functions during the prior
calendar year (FERC–61). In complying,
a holding company may make a single
filing on behalf of all of its service
company subsidiaries.
FERC–555A
FERC prescribed a mandated
preservation of records requirements for
holding companies and service
companies (unless otherwise exempted
by FERC). This requires them to
maintain and make available to FERC,
their books and records. The
preservation of records requirement
provides for uniform records retention
by holding companies and centralized
service companies subject to PUHCA
2005.
Data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A provide a level of
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transparency that: (1) Helps protect
ratepayers from pass-through of
improper service company costs, (2)
enables FERC to review and determine
cost allocations (among holding
company members) for certain nonpower goods and services, (3) aids FERC
in meeting its oversight and market
monitoring obligations, and (4) benefits
the public, both as ratepayers and
investors. In addition, the FERC’s audit
staff used these records during
compliance reviews and special
analyses.
If data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A were not available,
FERC would not be able to meet its
statutory responsibilities, under EPAct
1992, EPAct of 2005, and PUHCA 2005,
and FERC would not have all of the
regulatory mechanisms necessary to
ensure customer protection.
Type of Respondents: Electric
transmission facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
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FERC–60 (ANNUAL REPORT OF CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES), FERC–61 (NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
COMPANY FUNCTIONS), & FERC–555A (PRESERVATION OF RECORDS COMPANIES AND SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO PUHCA)
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)
FERC–60 ...........................................................................
FERC–61 ...........................................................................
FERC–555A .......................................................................
34
82
100
1
1
1
34
82
100
75
0.5
1,080
2,550
41
108,000
Total ............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
..........................
110,591
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $4,735,093.16
[$306,000 (FERC Form 60) + $2,829.41
(FERC–61) + $4,426,263.75 (FERC–
555A) = $4,735,093.16]
FERC Form 60: 2,550 hours * $120/
hour = $306,000.
FERC–61: 41 hours * $69.01/hour =
$2,829.41.
FERC–555A: 5
• Labor costs for paper storage:
108,000 hours * $19/hours 6 =
$2,052,000
• Record Retention/storage cost for
paper storage (using an estimate of 6,000
ft3): $38,763.75.
• Electronic record retention/storage
cost: $2,335,500 [108,000 hours ÷ 2 =
54,000 * $28/hour 7 = $1,512,000;
electronic record storage cost: 54,000
hours * $15.25/year 8 = $823,500; total
electronic record storage: $2,335,500]
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;
4 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
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
5 Internal analysis assumes 50% electronic and
50% paper storage.
6 2012 average hourly wage of filing clerk working
within an electric utility.
7 The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on
a FERC staff study that included estimating public
utility recordkeeping costs.
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(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information
collections; 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: November 2, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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8 Per entity; the Commission bases this figure on
the estimated cost to service and to store 1 GB of
data (based on the aggregated cost of an IBM
advanced data protection server).
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