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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–538, FERC–740,
FERC–729, FERC–715, FERC–592,
FERC–60, FERC–61, and FERC–555A);
Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

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 information
collections FERC–538, FERC–740,
FERC–729, FERC–715, FERC–592,
FERC–60, FERC–61, and FERC–555A 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 (80 FR 68312, 11/4/
2015) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–538, FERC–740, FERC–729,
FERC–715, FERC–592, FERC–60, FERC–
61, or FERC–555A and is making this
notation in its submittals to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by April 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0061 (FERC–538), 1902–0254
(FERC–740), 1902–0238 (FERC–729),
1902–0171 (FERC–715), 1902–0157
SUMMARY:

(FERC–592), or 1902–0215 (FERC–60,
FERC–61, and FERC–555A) 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–
0710.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC16–2–000, 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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collections described
below with no changes to the current
reporting requirements. Please note that
each collection is distinct from the next.

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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–538, Gas Pipeline Certificates:
Section 7(a) Mandatory Initial Service
OMB Control No.: 1902–0061.
Abstract: Under sections 7(a), 10(a)
and 16 of Natural Gas Act (NGA),1 upon
application by a person or municipality
authorized to engage in the local
distribution of natural gas, the
Commission may order a natural gas
company to extend or improve its
transportation facilities, and sell natural
gas to the municipality or person and,
for such purpose, to extend its
transportation facilities to communities
immediately adjacent to such facilities
or to territories served by the natural gas
pipeline company. The Commission
uses the application data in order to be
fully informed concerning the applicant,
and the service the applicant is
requesting.
Type of Respondent: Persons or
municipalities authorized to engage in
the local distribution of natural gas.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–538—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: SECTION 7(a) MANDATORY INITIAL SERVICE
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden and
cost per response 2

Total annual burden
hours and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent ($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

240 hrs.; $17,280 ......

240 hrs.; $17,280 ......

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Gas Pipeline Certificates

1

FERC–740, Availability of e-Tag
Information to Commission Staff
OMB Control No.: 1902–0254.

1 15

U.S.C. 717f–w.
estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
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$17,280

Abstract: In Order 771,3 the FERC–
740 information collection (providing
Commission staff access to e-Tag data)
was implemented to provide the
Commission, Market Monitoring Units

(MMUs), Regional Transmission
Organizations (RTOs), and Independent
System Operators (ISOs) with
information that allows them to perform
market surveillance and analysis more

Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary plus benefits of $149,489/year
because FERC staff believes industry wages plus
benefits are similar.

3 Order 771 was issued in Docket No. RM11–12
(77 FR 76367, 12/28/2012).

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effectively. The e-Tag information is
necessary to understand the use of the
interconnected electricity grid,
particularly transactions occurring at
interchanges. Due to the nature of the
electricity grid, an individual
transaction’s impact on an interchange
cannot be assessed adequately in all
cases without information from all
connected systems, which is included
in the e-Tags. The details of the physical
path of a transaction included in the eTags helps the Commission to monitor,
in particular, interchange transactions
effectively, detect and prevent price
manipulation over interchanges, and
ensure the efficient and orderly use of
the transmission grid. For example, the
e-Tag data allows the Commission to
identify transmission reservations as
they go from one market to another and
link the market participants involved in
that transaction.
Order No. 771 provided the
Commission access to e-Tags by

requiring that Purchasing-Selling
Entities 4 (PSEs) and Balancing
Authorities (BAs), list the Commission
on the ‘‘CC’’ list of e-Tags so that the
Commission can receive a copy of the eTags. The Commission accesses the eTags by contracting with a commercial
vendor, OATI.
In early 2014, the North American
Energy Standards Board (NAESB)
incorporated the requirement that the
Commission be added to the ‘‘CC’’ list
on e-Tags as part of the tagging process.5
Even before NAESB added the FERC
requirement to the tagging standards,
the rules behind the ‘‘CC’’ list
requirement had already been
programmed into the industry standard
tagging software so as to make the
inclusion of FERC in the ‘‘CC’’ list
automatic. The Commission expects that
PSEs and BAs will continue to use
existing, automated procedures to create
and validate the e-Tags in a way that
provides the Commission with access to

them. In the rare event that a new BA
would need to alert e-Tag administrators
that certain tags it generates qualify for
exemption under the Commission’s
regulations (e.g., transmissions from a
new Canadian BA into another
Canadian BA), this administrative
function would be expected to require
less than an hour of effort total from
both the BA and an e-Tag administrator
to include the BA on the exemption list.
New exempt BAs occur less frequently
than every year, but for the purpose of
estimation we will conservatively
assume one appears each year creating
an additional burden associated with
the Commission’s FERC–740
requirement of $60.59.6
Type of Respondent: PurchasingSelling Entities and Balancing
Authorities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden (rounded) for the
information collection as:

FERC–740—AVAILABILITY OF E-TAG INFORMATION TO COMMISSION STAFF
FERC–740

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden
and cost
per response

Total annual
burden hours
and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Purchasing-Selling Entities (e-Tag Authors).
Balancing Authorities ...............................
New Balancing Authority [as noted
above].

369

4,404

1,625,326

0 .......................

0 .......................

$0

101
1

16,092
1

1,625,326
1

0 .......................
1 hr.; $60.59 .....

0 .......................
1 hr.; $60.59 .....

0
60.59

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

471

........................

........................

...........................

1 hr.; 60.59 .......

60.59

FERC–729, Electric Transmission
Facilities

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OMB Control No.: 1902–0238.
Abstract: This information collection
implements the Commission’s mandates
under EPAct 2005 section 1221 which
authorizes the Commission to issue
permits under FPA section 216(b) for
electric transmission facilities and the
Commission’s delegated responsibility
to coordinate all other federal
authorizations under FPA section
216(h). The related FERC regulations
seek to develop a timely review process
for siting of proposed electric
transmission facilities. The regulations
4 A Purchasing-Selling Entity is the entity that
purchases or sells, and takes title to, energy,
capacity, and Interconnected Operations Services.
Purchasing-Selling Entities may be affiliated or
unaffiliated merchants and may or may not own
generating facilities. Purchasing-Selling Entities are
typically E-Tag Authors.
5 NAESB Electronic Tagging Functional
Specifications, Version 1.8.2.
6 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
provided in this section is based on the figures for

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provide for (among other things) an
extensive pre-application process that
will facilitate maximum participation
from all interested entities and
individuals to provide them with a
reasonable opportunity to present their
views and recommendations, with
respect to the need for and impact of the
facilities, early in the planning stages of
the proposed facilities as required under
FPA section 216(d).
Additionally, FERC has the authority
to issue a permit to construct electric
transmission facilities if a state has
withheld approval for more than a year
or has conditioned its approval in such
a manner that it will not significantly

reduce transmission congestion or is not
economically feasible.7 FERC envisions
that, under certain circumstances, the
Commission’s review of the proposed
facilities may take place after one year
of the state’s review. Under section
50.6(e)(3) the Commission will not
accept applications until one year after
the state’s review and then from
applicants who can demonstrate that a
state may withhold or condition
approval of proposed facilities to such
an extent that the facilities will not be
constructed.8 In cases where FERC’s
jurisdiction rests on FPA section
216(b)(1)(C),9 the pre-filing process
should not commence until one year

May 2014 posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
for the Utilities sector (available at http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#13-0000)
assuming:
• 15 minutes legal (code 23–0000), $129.87
hourly.
• 45 minutes information and record clerk (code
43–4199), $37.50 hourly.
7 FPA section 216(b)(1)(C).

8 However, the Commission will not issue a
permit authorizing construction of the proposed
facilities until, among other things, it finds that the
state has, in fact, withheld approval for more than
a year or had so conditioned its approval.
9 In all other instances (i.e. where the state does
not have jurisdiction to act or otherwise to consider
interstate benefits, or the applicant does not qualify
to apply for a permit with the State because it does
not serve end use customers in the State), the prefiling process may be commenced at any time.

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after the relevant State applications
have been filed. This will give states one
full year to process an application
without any intervening Federal
proceedings, including both the prefiling and application processes. Once

that year is complete, an applicant may
seek to commence FERC’s pre-filing
process. Thereafter, once the pre-filing
process is complete, the applicant may
submit its application for a construction
permit.

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Type of Respondent: Electric
transmission facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–729—ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden
and cost per
response 10

Total annual
burden hours
and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5)÷(1)

Electric Transmission Facilities ..........

1

FERC–715, Annual Transmission
Planning and Evaluation Report
OMB Control No.: 1902–0171.
Abstract: Acting under FPA section
213,11 FERC requires each transmitting
utility that operates integrated
transmission system facilities rated
above 100 kilovolts (kV) to submit
annually:
• Contact information for the FERC–715;
• Base case power flow data (if it does not
participate in the development and use of
regional power flow data);
• Transmission system maps and diagrams
used by the respondent for transmission
planning;
• A detailed description of the
transmission planning reliability criteria
used to evaluate system performance for time
frames and planning horizons used in
regional and corporate planning;
• A detailed description of the
respondent’s transmission planning

1

1

9,600 hrs.;
$691,200.

assessment practices (including, but not
limited to, how reliability criteria are applied
and the steps taken in performing
transmission planning studies); and
• A detailed evaluation of the respondent’s
anticipated system performance as measured
against its stated reliability criteria using its
stated assessment practices.
The FERC–715 enables the Commission to
use the information as part of their regulatory
oversight functions which includes:
• The review of rates and charges;
• The disposition of jurisdictional
facilities;
• The consolidation and mergers;
• The adequacy of supply and;
• Reliability of nation’s transmission grid

The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to facilitate and resolve
transmission disputes. Additionally, the
Office of Electric Reliability (OER) uses
the FERC–715 data to help protect and
improve the reliability and security of

9,600 hrs.;
$691,200.

$691,200

the nation’s bulk power system. OER
oversees the development and review of
mandatory reliability and security
standards and ensures compliance with
the approved standards by the users,
owners, and operators of the bulk power
system. OER also monitors and
addresses issues concerning the nation’s
bulk power system including
assessments of resource adequacy and
reliability.
Without the FERC–715 data, the
Commission would be unable to
evaluate planned projects or requests
related to transmission.
Type of Respondent: Integrated
transmission system facilities rated at or
above 100 kilovolts (kV).
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–715—ANNUAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden and
cost per response 12

Total annual burden
hours and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Annual Transmission
Planning and Evaluation Report.

115

1

115

160 hrs.; $11,520 ......

18,400 hrs.; $1,324,800

$11,520

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

........................

........................

115

....................................

18,400 hrs.; $1,324,800

11,520

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FERC–592: Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Provider and Marketing
Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines
OMB Control No.: 1902–0157.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–592 information collection
10 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary of $149,489/year.
11 16 U.S.C. 8241.

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requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information maintained and posted by
the respondents to monitor the
pipeline’s transportation, sales, and

storage activities for its marketing
affiliate to deter undue discrimination
by pipeline companies in favor of their
marketing affiliates. Non-affiliated
shippers and other entities (e.g. state
commissions) also use information to

12 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary plus benefits of $149,489/year
because FERC staff believes industry wages plus

benefits are similar. Subject matter experts found
that industry employment costs closely resemble
FERC’s regarding the FERC–715 information
collection.

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compete with marketing affiliates on a
more equal basis.

determine whether they have been
harmed by affiliate preference and to
prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.
18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of Conduct)
Respondents maintain and provide
the information required by Part 358 on
their internet Web sites. When the
Commission requires a pipeline to post
information on its Web site following a
disclosure of non-public information to
its marketing affiliate, non-affiliated
shippers obtain comparable access to
the non-public transportation
information, which allows them to

18 CFR 250.16, and the FERC–592 Log/
Format
This form (log/format) provides the
electronic formats for maintaining
information on discounted
transportation transactions and capacity
allocation to support monitoring of
activities of interstate pipeline
marketing affiliates. Commission staff
considers discounts given to shippers in
litigated rate cases.
Without this information collection:

• The Commission would be unable
to effectively monitor whether pipelines
are giving discriminatory preference to
their marketing affiliates; and
• non-affiliated shippers and state
commissions and others would be
unable to determine if they have been
harmed by affiliate preference or
prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas
pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 13 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–592—STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR TRANSMISSION PROVIDERS AND MARKETING AFFILIATES OF INTERSTATE
PIPELINES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden and
cost per response 14

Total annual burden
hours and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

116.62 hrs.; $8,396.64 ...

9,913 hrs.; $713,736 ......

FERC 592 15 ............

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FERC–60 (Annual Report of Centralized
Service Companies), FERC–61
(Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records of Holding
Companies and Service Companies
Subject to PUHCA 2005)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0215.
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 16 and section
1275 17 of PUHCA 2005 supplemented
FERC’s existing ratemaking authority
under the Federal Power Act (FPA) to
protect customers against improper
cross-subsidization 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 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.
13 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 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,
14 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the FERC average salary of $149,489/year (or
$72.00/hour). The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary plus benefits of $149,489/year
because FERC staff believes industry wages plus
benefits are similar.

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$8,396.64

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 requirement 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
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 uses these records during
compliance reviews and special
analyses.
15 The requirements for this collection are
contained in 18 CFR Part 358 and 18 CFR Part
250.16.
16 Federal Books and Records Access Provision.
17 Non-Power Goods and Services Provision.

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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 Respondent: Electric
transmission facilities.

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Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–60 (ANNUAL REPORT OF CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES), FERC–61 (NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
COMPANY FUNCTIONS), & FERC–555A (PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF HOLDING COMPANIES AND SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO PUHCA 2005)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden and
cost per response

Total annual burden
hours and total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

FERC–60 18 .............
FERC–61 19 .............
FERC–555A 20 ........

39
100
100

1
1
1

39
100
100

75 hrs.; $4,280 ...............
0.5 hrs.; $18.75 ..............
1,080 hrs.; $33,166.80 ...

2,925 hrs.; $166,930 ......
50 hrs.; $1,875 ...............
108,000 hrs.; $3,316,680

$4,280
18.75
33,166.80

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

........................

........................

........................

........................................

110,975 hrs.; $3,485,485

........................

In addition to the labor (burden hour
cost, provided above) for FERC–555A,21
there are additional costs for records
retention and storage:
• 50% of the records are paper. Paper
storage costs (using an estimate of
6,000 ft3): $38,763.75
• 50% of the records are electronic.
Electronic storage cost is $15.25/year
22 for each entity, or $1,525 for all
entities.
Total record storage cost for FERC–
555A for all entities is $40,288.75.
The total annual cost (including
burden hours [from table above] and
record storage cost) of FERC–555A is
$3,356,958.75.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
18 For the FERC–60, the $57.07/hour figure is
based on the average cost (wages plus benefits) of
a management analyst (Occupation Code 13–1111)
and an accountant (Occupation Code 13–2011) as
posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web
site (http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm).
19 For the FERC–61 the $37.50 hourly cost figure
comes from the cost of a records clerk (Occupation
Code 43–4199) as posted on the BLS Web site
(http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm).
20 For the FERC–555A, the $30.71/hour figure is
based on the cost (wages plus benefits) of a file
clerk (Occupation Code 43–4071) as posted on the
BLS Web site (http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm). The estimates use the $30.71/hour
(rather than the rounded $31/hour provided in the
60-day Notice.
21 Internal analysis assumes 50% electronic and
50% paper storage
22 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 advanced
data protection server).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP16–73–000]

Port Barre Investments, LLC (d/b/a
Bobcat Gas Storage); Notice of
Application
Take notice that on February 12, 2016,
Port Barre Investments, L.L.C. (d/b/a
Bobcat Gas Storage) (Bobcat), 5400
Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas
77056–5310, filed an application,
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act and Part 157 of the
Commission’s regulations for an
amendment to a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity issued to
Bobcat on March 19, 2009 in Docket No.
CP09–19–000, as amended by
Commission orders on March 31, 2010
in Docket No. CP10–30–000, and on
April 8, 2011 in Docket No. CP11–124–
000. The March 19 Order authorized
Bobcat to construct, own, operate, and
maintain three additional natural gas
storage facilities (Cavern Nos. 3, 4, and
5) at the salt dome in St. Landry Parish,
Louisiana. With this application, Bobcat
is seeking authorization to amend its
certificate to reflect a change in the base
gas capacity for Cavern Well No. 4 from
2.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) to 3.5 Bcf,
and a change in total gas capacity for
Cavern Well No. 4 from 12.4 Bcf to 13.4
Bcf, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. No changes are proposed by
Bobcat to the certificated working gas
capacity for any of the caverns.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Lisa
A. Connolly, General Manager, Rates

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and Certificates, Bobcat Gas Storage,
P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–
1642, or by calling (713) 627–4102
(telephone) or by email at laconnolly@
spectraenergy.com.
Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR. 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list

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