FERC Form 80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form Form 80 Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report Form and Instruction	Modified
18 CFR 141.14.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-07-31
FINAL IC13-14-000 (FERC-80) Supporting Statement (9-30-13).docx Supporting Statement A	2013-09-30
ISSUED (FERC Form 80) 30 day notice with FORM ATTACHED.doc Supplementary Document	2013-07-31
PUBLISHED IC13-14-000 (FERC Form 80) 30dy.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-07-31
Statute and Regulations.doc Supplementary Document	2013-06-11

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
41581	Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0106	ICR Reference No: 201306-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201005-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 80
Title: FERC Form 80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/30/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/31/2013
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2013
Responses	167	0	400
Time Burden (Hours)	501	0	200
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	13,256

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Abstract: The authority for the Commission to collect this information comes from Section 10(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) which requires the Commission to be responsible for ensuring that hydropower projects subject to its jurisdiction are consistent with the comprehensive development of the nation's waterway for recreation and other beneficial public uses. FERC collects this information (every 6 years) from hydropower project owners on the use and development of recreational facilities. Commission staff uses the data to analyze the adequacy of existing public recreational facilities. Application for amendments to licenses and/or for changes in land rights frequently involves changes in resources available for recreation. Commission staff uses the data during the amendment review process to help determine the impact of such changes. The Commission's regional office staff conducts inspections of licensed projects to evaluate compliance with various license conditions, including those related to recreation. The FERC Form 80 data assists the inspectors in identifying recreational facilities at hydropower projects. The Commission made minor revisions throughout the form. Specifically, FERC clarified and simplified instructions, removed redundancy in certain questions, clarified questions and terms, and generally improved the readability of the form. The Commission assumes that the average burden hours per response remain unchanged.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 797, 803, 825c, 825h, and 825j Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 28820	05/16/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 45919	07/30/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report	Form 80	Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

	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	167	400	0	0	-233	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	501	200	0	0	301	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	13,256	0	0	-13,256	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission has made minor modifications to the form. FERC clarified and simplified instructions, removed redundancy in certain questions, clarified questions and terms, and generally improved the readability of the form. However, FERC does not think that these changes substantively changed the average burden hours per response, which remain at three hours. The previous clearance package estimated 400 respondents. FERC staff thinks that 400 is too low for the number of respondents, and that the actual number of respondents is closer to 1,000 based on data from the last two reporting periods. This increase in respondents accounts for the total burden hour increase shown in the table below. Also, in the previous clearance package the Commission accounted for the six year reporting cycle by dividing the total burden hours by six. In this package we are accounting for the reporting cycle by dividing the number of annual responses by six. This accounts for decrease in the number of filings per year shown in the table below. The Commission expects to receive 1,000 filings, but only every six years, hence 167 per year (1,000/6 = ~167). With the clearance package, the cost to industry is displayed using the unit of burden hours. In accordance with the ROCIS HOW TO Guide for Agency Users of the Information Collection Request (ICR) Module, users should not report as a dollar cost any burden reported in hours. Therefore, Commission staff corrected the industry's annual cost burden within the ROCIS metadata to show that the Commission associates no cost to capital investment or other non-labor costs. The Commission estimates the monetary cost related to the burden hours in the supporting statement. The Commission erroneously represented these data in the previous FERC Form 80 supporting statement. Commission staff corrected the error within the current proposed clearance package.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $26,602

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: 07/31/2013

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