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grant, the Secretary also considers
whether the grantee is operating in
compliance with the assurances in its
approved application, including those
applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

VII. Agency Contact

AGENCY:

Meredith Miceli, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 4071, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2600. Telephone: (202) 245–6028
or by email: [email protected].
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and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) by
contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call
the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities; FERC Form 2, FERC Form
2A and FERC–523: Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: July 31, 2014.
Michael K. Yudin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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 its information
collections FERC Form 2 (Major Natural
Gas Pipeline Annual Report), FERC
Form 2A (Non-major Natural Gas
Pipeline Annual Report), and FERC–523
(Applications for Authorization for
Issuance of Securities or the
Assumption of Liabilities), 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
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 27589, May 14,
2014) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC Form 2, FERC Form 2A, or
FERC–523 and is making this notation
in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 4,
2014.
SUMMARY:

Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0028 (FERC Form 2), 1902–0030
(FERC Form 2A), or 1902–0043 (FERC–
523) 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 Commission, in Docket
No. IC14–12–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/HandDelivery/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

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submission guidelines at: http://www.
ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For
user assistance contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, 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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
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
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (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.
FERC Form 2, Annual Report of Major
Natural Gas Companies, & FERC Form
2A, Annual Report of Nonmajor
Natural Gas Companies
OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0028 &
1902–0030.
Abstract: Pursuant to sections 8, 10
and 14 of the National Gas Act (NGA),
(15 U.S.C. 717g–717m, Pub. L. 75–688),
the Commission is authorized to make
investigations and collect and record
data, to prescribe rules and regulations
concerning accounts, records and
memoranda as necessary or appropriate
for purposes of administering the NGA.
The Commission includes the filing
requirements in 18 CFR 260.1 and
260.2.
The forms provide information
concerning a company’s past
performance. The information is
compiled using a standard chart of
accounts contained in the Commission’s

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Uniform System of Accounts (USofA).1
The forms contain schedules which
include a basic set of financial
statements: Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income and Retained
Earnings, Statement of Cash Flows, and
the Statement of Comprehensive Income
and Hedging Activities. Supporting
schedules containing supplementary
information are filed, including
revenues and the related quantities of
products sold or transported; account
balances for various operating and
maintenance expenses; selected plant
cost data; and other information.
The information collected in the
forms is used by Commission staff, state

regulatory agencies and others in the
review of the financial condition of
regulated companies. The information is
also used in various rate proceedings,
industry analyses and in the
Commission’s audit programs and, as
appropriate, for the computation of
annual charges based on Page 520 of the
forms. The Commission provides the
information to the public, interveners
and all interested parties to assist in the
proceedings before the Commission.
Print versions of the Forms 2 and 2A
are located on the Commission’s Web
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
forms.asp#2.

Type of Respondent: Each natural gas
company whose combined gas
transported or stored for a fee exceed 50
million dekatherms in each of the
previous three years must file the Form
2. Each natural gas company not
meeting the filing threshold for the
Form 2 but having total gas sales or
volume transactions exceeding 200,000
dekatherms in each of the previous
three calendar years must submit the
Form 2A.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collections as:

FERC FORM NO. 2: ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJOR NATURAL GAS COMPANIES AND FERC FORM NO. 2A: ANNUAL REPORT
OF NONMAJOR NATURAL GAS COMPANIES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden
hours & cost
per response 2

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

FERC Form No. 2 ....................................

92

1

92

FERC Form No. 2A .................................

66

1

66

FERC–523, Applications for
Authorization for Issuance of Securities
or the Assumption of Liabilities
OMB Control No.: 1902–0043.
Abstract: Under Federal Power Act
(FPA) section 204, 16 U.S.C. 824c, no
public utility or licensee shall issue any
security, or assume any obligation or
liability as guarantor, endorser, surety,
or otherwise in respect of any security
of another person, until the public
utility applies for and receives
Commission approval by order
authorizing the issue or assumption of

the liability. The Commission issues an
order if it finds that such issue or
assumption (a) is for lawful object,
within the corporate purposes of the
applicant and compatible with the
public interest, which is necessary or
appropriate for or consistent with the
proper performance by the applicant as
a public utility, and which will not
impair its ability to perform that service,
and (b) is reasonably necessary or
appropriate for such purposes.
The Commission uses the information
contained in filings to determine its
acceptance and/or rejection of

1,629
$114,844.50
253.39
$17,864

149,868
$10,565,694
16,724
3 $1,179,024

$114,844.50
$17,864

applications for authorization to either
issue securities or to assume an
obligation or liability by the public
utilities and their licensees who submit
these applications.
The specific application requirements
and filing format are found at 18 CFR
part 34; and 18 CFR 131.43 and 131.50.
The information is filed electronically.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities
subject to the FPA.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–523: APPLICATIONS FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES OR THE ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 4

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

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1 See

56

18 CFR part 201.
estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure of $70.50 is the
average FERC employee wage plus benefits. We
assume that respondents earn at a similar rate.
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3 This figure was listed as ‘‘$1,179,042’’ in the
previous public notice. The figure reported here is
correct.
4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure of $70.50 is the

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$35,250

45,000
$3,172,500

$56,652

average FERC employee wage plus benefits. We
assume that respondents earn at a similar rate.
5 Some respondents may be required to provide
more than one response.

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Dated: July 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP13–485–000]

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice
of Effectiveness of Withdrawal of
Application and Termination of
Proceeding
On June 3, 2014, Texas Gas
Transmission, LLC filed a Notice of
Withdrawal to withdraw its application
under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act 1 for authorization to abandon by
sale to an affiliate, Boardwalk Pipelines,
LP, approximately 568 miles of 26-inchdiameter pipeline on its mainline
system from Eunice, Louisiana, through
Mississippi and Tennessee to
Hardinsburg, Kentucky, as well as
associated pipeline facilities in Docket
No. CP13–485–000.
No motion in opposition to the notice
was filed with the Commission within
15 days of the filing and the
Commission did not disallow the
withdrawal within that period.
Therefore, pursuant to 18 CFR
385.216(b) (2014), the withdrawal
became effective on June 18, 2014, 15
days from the date of filing of the notice,
and the proceeding was terminated.
Dated: July 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC14–118–000.
Applicants: NaturEner Glacier Wind
Energy 1, LLC, NaturEner Glacier Wind
Energy 2, LLC, NaturEner Rim Rock
Wind Energy, LLC, NaturEner Montana
Wind Energy, LLC, NaturEner Power
Watch, LLC, NaturEner Wind Watch,
LLC, Morgan Stanley Renewable
Development Fund.
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Description: Application for
Authorization under Section 203 of the
FPA, Request for Expedited
Consideration, Confidential Treatment
and Waivers of NaturEner Glacier Wind
Energy 1, LLC, et. al.
Filed Date: 7/28/14.
Accession Number: 20140728–5173.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/14.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–3297–003;
ER11–2664–008.
Applicants: Powerex Corp.
Description: Amendment and
Supplement to December 31, 2013
Updated Market Power Analysis for the
Northwest Region of Powerex Corp.
Filed Date: 7/25/14.
Accession Number: 20140725–5144.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/15/14.
Docket Numbers: ER10–3319–015.
Applicants: Astoria Energy II LLC.
Description: Compliance Filing to
Electric Tariff to be effective 7/30/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5075.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER11–4333–001.
Applicants: Astoria Energy LLC.
Description: Compliance Filing for
Electric Tariff to be effective 7/30/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5071.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–1970–002.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: 2014–07–29 Compliance
re Prohibited Investments to be effective
7/1/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5028.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2223–000.
Applicants: Sabine Cogen, LP.
Description: Amendment to June 19,
2014 Sabine Cogen, LP tariff filing.
Filed Date: 7/28/14.
Accession Number: 20140728–5168.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2322–000.
Applicants: Chestnut Flats Lessee,
LLC.
Description: Supplement to June 30,
2013 Triennial Market Power Update for
the Northeast Region of Chestnut Flats
Lessee, LLC.
Filed Date: 7/25/14.
Accession Number: 20140725–5065.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2517–000.
Applicants: PacifiCorp.
Description: BPA AC Intertie
Agreement 11th Revised to be effective
9/27/2014.

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Filed Date: 7/28/14.
Accession Number: 20140728–5151.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2518–000.
Applicants: New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
Description: NYISO Tariff
Amendments to Define Certain Outage
States and Associated Requirement to be
effective 11/1/2014.
Filed Date: 7/28/14.
Accession Number: 20140728–5152.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2519–000.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: Notice of Cancellation of
New England Power Company Service
Agreement for Network Integration
Transmission Service with The
Narragansett Electric Company.
Filed Date: 7/28/14.
Accession Number: 20140728–5169.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2520–000.
Applicants: NorthWestern
Corporation.
Description: Revisions to Attachment
M (LGIP–LGIA) and Attachment N
(SGIA) to Montana OATT to be effective
9/27/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5029.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2521–000.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: Notice of Cancellation of
New England Power Company
Interconnection Agreement Rate
Schedule No. 501 with Dighton Power
Associates Limited Partnership.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5037.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2522–000.
Applicants: MATL LLP.
Description: Compliance with Order
792 to be effective 8/1/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5055.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2523–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: 2nd Quarter 2014
Updates to OA and RAA Membership
Lists to be effective 6/30/2014.
Filed Date: 7/29/14.
Accession Number: 20140729–5067.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2524–000.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: 2014–07–29_
AnaheimMSSA to be effective
9/28/2014.

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