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of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14746–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14746) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–07529 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–7–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form 6–Q); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC Form 6–Q (Quarterly
Financial Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due June 3, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC16–7–000)
by either of the following methods:

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SUMMARY:

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• 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 Form 6–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies.1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0206.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC Form 6–Q information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act (ICA) ,2 the Commission
is authorized and empowered to make
investigations and to collect and record
data to the extent FERC may consider to
be necessary or useful for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of the
ICA. FERC must ensure just and
reasonable rates for transportation of
crude oil and petroleum products by
pipelines in interstate commerce.
The Commission uses the information
collected by FERC Form 6–Q to carry
out its responsibilities in implementing
1 The

renewal request in this IC docket is for the
current FERC Form 6–Q, with no change to the
reporting requirements. The FERC Form 6–Q is also
part of the Forms Refresh effort (started in Docket
No. AD15–11), which is a separate activity.
2 49 U.S.C. Part 1, Section 20, 54 Stat. 916.

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the statutory provisions of the ICA to
include the authority to prescribe rules
and regulations concerning accounts,
records, and memoranda, as necessary
or appropriate. Financial accounting
and reporting provides necessary
information concerning a company’s
past performance and its future
prospects. Without reliable financial
statements prepared in accordance with
the Commission’s Uniform System of
Accounts and related regulations, the
Commission would be unable to
accurately determine the costs that
relate to a particular time period,
service, or line of business.
The Commission uses data from the
FERC Form 6–Q to assist in:
1. Implementation of its financial
audits and programs,
2. continuous review of the financial
condition of regulated companies,
3. assessment of energy markets,
4. rate proceedings and economic
analyses, and
5. research for use in litigation.
Financial information reported on the
quarterly FERC Form 6–Q provides
FERC, as well as customers, investors
and others, an important tool to help
identify emerging trends and issues
affecting jurisdictional entities within
the energy industry. It also provides
timely disclosures of the impacts that
new accounting standards, or changes in
existing standards, have on
jurisdictional entities, as well as the
economic effects of significant
transactions, events, and circumstances.
The reporting of this information by
jurisdictional entities assists the
Commission in its analysis of
profitability, efficiency, risk, and in its
overall monitoring.
Type of Respondents: Oil pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
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 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.

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FERC FORM 6–Q—QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT OF OIL COMPANIES
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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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: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so the relevant agencies are
kept informed of the project’s progress.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Project Description

[Docket No. CP15–558–000]

PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC;
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Penneast Pipeline
Project

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markets in eastern and southeastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
On October 8, 2015, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
of Application for the project. Among
other things, that notice alerted other
agencies issuing federal authorizations
of the requirement to complete all
necessary reviews and to reach a final
decision on the request for a federal
authorization within 90 days of the date
of issuance of the Commission staff’s
final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the PennEast Pipeline Project.
This instant notice identifies the FERC
staff’s planned schedule for completion
of the final EIS for the project.

Issuance of Notice of Availability of
the final EIS—December 16, 2016.
90-day Federal Authorization
Decision Deadline—March 16, 2017.

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On September 24, 2015, PennEast
Pipeline Company, LLC (PennEast) filed
an application in Docket No. CP15–558–
000 under section 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act seeking a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity to construct,
operate, and maintain a new natural gas
pipeline system in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. The proposed project is
known as the PennEast Pipeline Project
and will provide approximately 1.0
billion cubic feet per day of year-round
transportation natural gas service to
4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the 2015 FERC average salary plus benefits of
$149,489/year (or $72.00/hour). Commission staff
finds that the work done for this information
collection is typically done by wage categories
similar to those at FERC.

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The project includes a total of 118.8
miles of pipeline and laterals composed
of 115.0 miles of new, 36-inch-diameter
pipeline extending from Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania to Mercer County,
New Jersey. The Project would also have
three pipeline laterals: The 2.1-mile
Hellertown Lateral consisting of 24inch-diameter pipeline in Northampton
County, Pennsylvania; the 0.1-mile
Gilbert Lateral consisting of 12-inchdiameter pipeline in Hunterdon County,
Pennsylvania; and the 1.5-mile
Lambertville Lateral consisting of 36inch-diameter pipeline in Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
The proposed aboveground facilities
consist of a new, 47,700 horsepower
compressor station in Kidder Township,
Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The
project would also include the
construction of 8 meter and regulator
stations, 11 mainline valves, and 11 pig
launcher/receiver sites.

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$10,800

78,750
$5,670,000

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Background
On October 10, 2014, the Commission
staff granted PennEast’s request to use
the FERC’s Pre-filing environmental
review process and assigned the
PennEast Pipeline Project Docket No.
PF15–1–000. On January 13, 2015, the
Commission issued, in that docket, a
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Planned PennEast Pipeline Project,
Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues, and Notice of
Public Scoping Meetings (NOI). The NOI
was sent to affected landowners; federal,
state, and local government agencies;
elected officials; environmental and
public interest groups; Native American
tribes; other interested parties; and local
libraries and newspapers.
The primary issues raised by the
commenters during scoping included
concerns about potential impacts on
agricultural farms, ground water
resources on Sourland Region, protected
conservation lands, threatened and
endangered species, archaeological
sites, forest (i.e., fragmentation), and
impacts on property value. In addition,
the added responsibility for emergency
response teams; potential for arsenic
release into groundwater; safety of local
residents in the event of a pipeline
incident; long-term impacts of
compressor stations on human health
and the environment; construction in
karst areas; and need for alternatives
were also raised.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S.
Department of Transportation’s Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration are cooperating agencies
in the preparation of the EIS.
Additional Information
In order to receive notification of the
issuance of the EIS and to keep track of
all formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets, the Commission offers
a free service called eSubscription. This
can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by
automatically providing you with

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