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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–15–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–546); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting the
information collection FERC–546
(Certificated Filings: Gas Pipeline Rates)
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

SUMMARY:

(77 FR 40438, 7/9/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–546 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by October 19,
2012.
Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0155, 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. IC12–15–000, 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–546, Certificated Filings:
Gas Pipeline Rates.
ADDRESSES:

OMB Control No.: 1902–0155.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–546 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission reviews
the FERC–546 materials to decide
whether to determine an initial rate
associated with an application for a
certificate under NGA Section 7(c). It
reviews FERC–546 materials in 4(f)
storage applications to evaluate market
power and decide whether to grant,
deny, or condition market based rate
authority for the applicant. The
Commission uses the FERC–546
information to monitor jurisdictional
transportation, natural gas storage, and
unbundled sales activities of interstate
natural gas pipelines and Hinshaw 1
pipelines. In addition to fulfilling the
Commission’s obligations under the
NGA, the FERC–546 enables the
Commission to monitor the activities
and evaluate transactions of the natural
gas industry, ensure competitiveness,
and improved efficiency of the
industry’s operations. In summary, the
Commission uses the FERC–546
information to:
• Ensure adequate customer
protections under section 4(f) of the
NGA;
• Review rate and tariff changes by
natural gas companies for the
transportation of gas, natural gas storage
services;
• Provide general industry oversight;
• And supplement documentation
during its audits process.
Failure to collect this information
would prevent the Commission from
being able to monitor and evaluate
transactions and operations of interstate
pipelines and perform its regulatory
functions.
Type of Respondents: Pipeline
companies and storage operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

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FERC–546 (IC12–15–000): CERTIFICATED RATE FILINGS (GAS PIPELINE RATES)
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)

Pipeline Companies .............................................................
1 Hinshaw pipelines are those that receive all outof-state gas from entities within or at the boundary
of a state if all the natural gas so received is
ultimately consumed within the state in which it is
received, 15 U.S.C. 717(c). Congress concluded that
Hinshaw pipelines are ‘‘matters primarily of local
concern,’’ and so are more appropriately regulated

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by pertinent state agencies rather than by FERC.
The Natural Gas Act section 1(c) exempts Hinshaw
pipelines from FERC jurisdiction. A Hinshaw
pipeline, however, may apply for a FERC certificate
to transport gas outside of state lines.
2 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to

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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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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)

Storage Operators ...............................................................

2

1

2

350

700

Total ..............................................................................

13

N/A

13

N/A

1,140

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.

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection,
Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs:

Long-Term Firm Transmission Rights in
Organized Electricity Markets.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due November 19, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by 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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–732 and Electric Rate
Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm
Transmission Rights in Organized
Electricity Markets.
OMB Control No.:1902–0245.
Type of Request: 18 CFR part 42
provides the reporting requirements of
FERC–732 as they pertain to long-term
transmission rights. To implement
section 1233 1 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct 2005),2 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

3 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/
year
4 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.
1 16 USC 824 et al.

2 Added new section 217 (16 USC 824Q) to the
Federal Power Act (FPA).
3 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 CFR
1320.3.

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $78,669.97
[1,140 hours ÷ 2,080 3 hours/year =
0.54807 * $143,540/year 4 = $78,669.97].
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: September 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. Ic12–19–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–732); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

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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
administratively incorporate 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: 3 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

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