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Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5179.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–758–000.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: Report Filing: Refund
Report re Amendments to Schedule III–
B IFA Provisions to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5151.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1275–001.
Applicants: Innovative Solar 46, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amendment to 1 to be effective 12/31/
9998.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5182.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1887–000.
Applicants: Apple Energy LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Apple Energy LLC MBR Tariff
Application to be effective 8/5/2016.
Filed Date: 6/6/16.
Accession Number: 20160606–5243.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1888–000.
Applicants: Tidal Energy Marketing
Inc.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Tidal baseline tariff to be effective 8/5/
2016; also filed was a Supplement to
June 6, 2016 Tidal Energy Marketing
Inc. tariff filing (Asset and Affiliate
Index).
Filed Date: 6/6/16.
Accession Number: 20160606–5244,
20160606–5345.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1889–000.
Applicants: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated, Metropolitan
Edison Company, PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
ATSI and MetEd submit SA Nos. 4464,
4465, 4466. and 4467 to be effective 6/
8/2016.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5070.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1890–000.
Applicants: OriGen Energy LLC.
Description: Notice of cancellation of
market based tariff of OriGen Energy
LLC.
Filed Date: 6/6/16.
Accession Number: 20160606–5331.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1891–000.
Applicants: Engelhart CTP (US) LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Engelhart—Market-Based Rate Tariff to
be effective 6/7/2016.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.

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Accession Number: 20160607–5082.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1892–000.
Applicants: Copper Mountain Solar 2,
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Copper Mountain Solar 2, LLC
Amended Joint Use Agreement for Gentie Poles to be effective 6/8/2016.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5101.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1893–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to PWC Fayetteville PSA
RS No. 184 to be effective 1/1/2015.
Filed Date: 6/7/16.
Accession Number: 20160607–5114.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/16.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: June 7, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–13898 Filed 6–10–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–11–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 6, 580, 1,
1–F, and 3–Q); Consolidated Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork

SUMMARY:

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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 requirements and burden1 of the
information collections described
below.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due August 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC16–11–000)
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.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
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:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and 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
1 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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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 No. 6, Annual Report of Oil
Pipeline Companies 2
OMB Control No.: 1902–0022
Abstract: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act (ICA), (Section 20, 54
Stat. 916), the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) was authorized and
empowered to make investigations and
to collect and record data to the extent
considered necessary or useful for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions
of the ICA.
In 1977, the Department of Energy
Organization Act transferred to the
Commission from the ICC the
responsibility to regulate oil pipeline
companies. In accordance with the
transfer of authority, the Commission
was delegated the responsibility to
require oil pipelines to file annual
reports of information necessary for the
Commission to exercise its statutory
responsibilities.3 The transfer included
the Form P, the predecessor to the FERC

and whose annual jurisdictional
operating revenues were $350,000 or
less for each of the three previous
calendar years must prepare and file
page 700, ‘‘Annual Cost of Service
Based Analysis Schedule,’’ of FERC
Form No. 6.
The Commission uses the FERC Form
No. 6 information in:
• implementation of its financial
audits and programs, the continuous
review of the financial condition of
regulated companies, and the
assessment of energy markets
• various rate proceedings and
economic analyses
• background research for use in
litigation
• programs relating to the
administration of the ICA
• computation of annual charges,
which are required by Section 3401 of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1986.
Type of Respondent: Oil Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden 6 and cost 7 for the
FERC Form No. 6 information collection
as follows.

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of
responses

Average
burden & cost
per response

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

161.06 hrs.; .................
$11,998.97 ..................

31.889.88 hrs.; ............
$2,375,796.06 .............

FERC–6 ........................

198

1

198

$11,998.97

Abstract: FERC Form No. 580 is
collected in even numbered years. The
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
(PURPA) 8 amended the Federal Power
Act (FPA) and directed the Commission
to make comprehensive biennial
reviews of certain matters related to
automatic adjustment clauses (AACs) in

wholesale rate schedules used by public
utilities subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction. Specifically, the
Commission is required to examine
whether the clauses effectively provide
the incentives for efficient use of
resources and whether the clauses
reflect only those costs that are either
‘‘subject to periodic fluctuations’’ or
‘‘not susceptible to precise
determinations’’ in rate cases prior to
the time the costs are incurred.

The Commission is also required to
review the practices of each public
utility under AACs ‘‘to insure efficient
use of resources under such clauses.’’ 9
In response to the PURPA directive, the
Commission (Docket Number IN79–6–
000) established an investigation.
Beginning in 1982, the Commission
collected ‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel and
Energy Purchase Practices’’ data every
other year.

2 The renewal request for the FERC Form No. 6
in this IC docket is for the current form, with no
change to the reporting requirements.
The FERC Form No. 6 is also part of the Forms
Refresh effort (started in Docket No. AD15–11),
which is a separate activity and not addressed in
this Notice.
In addition, there is a pending Docket No. RM15–
19 which is a separate activity and is not addressed
in this Notice.
3 Section 402(b) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (DOE Act), 42 U.S.C. 7172
provides that; ‘‘[t]here are hereby transferred to, and
vested in, the Commission all functions and
authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission

or any officer or component of such Commission
where the regulatory function establishes rates or
charges for the transportation of oil by pipeline or
established the valuation of any such pipeline.’’
4 The ICC developed the Form P to collect
information on an annual basis to enable it to carry
out its regulation of oil pipeline companies under
the Interstate Commerce Act. A comprehensive
review of the reporting requirements for oil pipeline
companies was performed on September 21, 1982,
when the Commission issued Order 260 revising
the former ICC Form P, ‘‘Annual Report of Carriers
by Pipeline’’ and redesignating it as FERC Form No.
6, ‘‘Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies’’.
5 FERC Form 6–Q is covered separately and is
approved by OMB under OMB Control No. 1902–

0206. It is not a subject of this Notice; FERC Form
6–Q is being addressed separately in Docket No.
IC16–7–000.
6 The burden associated with the one-time refiling of Page 700 data for Years 2009–2011 has
been completed and is not included.
7 The cost is based on FERC’s 2016 average cost
(salary plus benefits) of $74.50/hour. The
Commission staff believes that the industry’s level
and skill set is comparable to FERC.
8 Enacted November 8, 1978
9 The review requirement is set forth in two
paragraphs of Section 208 of PURPA, 49 Stat.851;
16 U.S.C. 824d.

FERC Form No. 580, Interrogatory on
Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices
OMB Control No.: 1902–0137

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Form No. 6, Annual Report of Oil
Pipeline Companies (Form 6).4
To reduce burden on industry, the
FERC Form No. 6 has three tiers of
reporting requirements:
1. Each oil pipeline carrier whose
annual jurisdictional operating revenues
has been $500,000 or more for each of
the three previous calendar years must
file FERC Form No. 6. Oil pipeline
carriers submitting a complete FERC
Form No. 6 must submit FERC Form 6–
Q.5 Newly established entities must use
projected data to determine whether
FERC Form No. 6 must be filed.
2. Oil pipeline carriers exempt from
filing FERC Form No. 6 whose annual
jurisdictional operating revenues have
been more than $350,000 but less than
$500,000 for each of the three previous
calendar years must prepare and file
page 301, ‘‘Operating Revenue Accounts
(Account 600), and page 700, ‘‘Annual
cost of Service Based Analysis
Schedule,’’ of FERC Form No. 6. When
submitting pages 301 and 700, each
exempt oil pipeline carrier must include
page 1 of the FERC Form No. 6, the
Identification and Attestation schedules.
3. Oil pipeline carriers exempt from
filing FERC Form No. 6 and page 301

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Based on filer comments in response
to the new electronic form used in the
2014 collections, FERC recommends the

following changes to the instructions.
FERC is not changing the requirements
of the information collection.

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Question 2a
—Revise Question 2a columns as
follows:

From

To

Docket number under which rate schedule containing AAC through
which costs were passed during 2012 and/or 2013 was accepted for
filing by FERC.
Was rate schedule superseded or abandoned during 2012–2013? If so,
provide dates.

Docket number under which rate schedule containing AAC through
which costs were passed during 2014 and/or 2015 was accepted for
filing by FERC.
Was rate schedule superseded or abandoned during 2014–2015? If so,
provide dates.

Question 2b
—Revise the paragraph under Question
2b to read:
From

To

If any of the Utility’s wholesale rate and/or service agreements containing an AAC listed in Question 2a, that was used during 2012
and/or 2013, was filed with the Commission before January 1, 1990,
attach an electronic copy of it with this filing. List the documents you
are submitting below. Note: Once this information is submitted electronically in a text-searchable format it will not be necessary to submit it in future Form 580 filings. See: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary/accept-file-formats.asp for listing of Commission accepted
document types.

If any of the Utility’s wholesale rate and/or service agreements containing an AAC listed in Question 2a, that was used during 2014
and/or 2015, was filed with the Commission before January 1, 1990,
attach an electronic copy of it with this filing. List the documents you
are submitting below. Note: Once this information is submitted electronically in a text-searchable format it will not be necessary to submit it in future Form 580 filings. See: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary/accept-file-formats.asp for listing of Commission accepted
document types.

Question 3
—Revise the paragraph under Question
3 to read:
From

To

If during the 2012–2013 period, the Utility had any contracts or agreements for the purchase of either energy or capacity under which all
or any portion of the purchase costs were passed through a fuel adjustment clause (FAC), for each purchase from a PURPA Qualifying
Facility (QF) or Independent Power Producer (IPP) provide the information requested in the non-shaded columns of the table below. Provide the information separately for each reporting year 2012 and
2013. Do not report purchased power where none of the costs were
recovered through an FAC. For each purchase where costs were
flowed through an FAC, fill-in the non-shaded columns and either
‘‘Only energy charges’’ or ‘‘The total cost of the purchase of economic power’’ columns, whichever apply.

If during the 2014–2015 period, the Utility had any contracts or agreements for the purchase of either energy or capacity under which all
or any portion of the purchase costs were passed through a fuel adjustment clause (FAC), for each purchase from a PURPA Qualifying
Facility (QF) or Independent Power Producer (IPP) provide the information requested in the non-shaded columns of the table below.
Provide the information separately for each reporting year 2014 and
2015. Do not report purchased power where none of the costs were
recovered through an FAC. For each purchase where costs were
flowed through an FAC, fill-in the non-shaded columns and either
‘‘Only energy charges’’ or ‘‘The total cost of the purchase of economic power’’ columns, whichever apply.

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Question 4a
—Revise Question 4a columns as
follows:
From

To

If emission allowance costs were incurred by the Utility in 2012 and/or
2013 and were recovered through a FAC, provide the following information.
Dollar value of emission allowance cost passed through a FAC: 2012–
2013.

If emission allowance costs were incurred by the Utility in 2014 and/or
2015 and were recovered through a FAC, provide the following information.
Dollar value of emission allowance cost passed through a FAC: 2014–
2015.

Question 5
—Revise the paragraph under Question
5 as follows:

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From

To

Provide the information requested below regarding the Utility’s fuel procurement policies and practices in place during 2012 and/or 2013 for
fuels whose costs were subject to 18 CFR 35.14. Note: Responses
to this question may be filed as Privileged. To do so, skip this question now and answer it via the Fuel Procurement Policies and Practices Privileged Addendum provided. Otherwise, answer it here and
your responses will be made public.

Provide the information requested below regarding the Utility’s fuel procurement policies and practices in place during 2014 and/or 2015 for
fuels whose costs were subject to 18 CFR 35.14. Note: Responses
to this question may be filed as Privileged. To do so, skip this question now and answer it via the Fuel Procurement Policies and Practices Privileged Addendum provided. Otherwise, answer it here and
your responses will be made public.

Question 6
—Revise the paragraph under Question
6 as follows:
From

To

For each fuel supply contract, of longer than one year in duration, in
force at any time during 2012 and/or 2013, where costs were subject
to 18 CFR 35.14, (including informal agreements with associated
companies), provide the requested information. Report the information individually for each contract, for each calendar year. [No response to any part of Question 6 for fuel oil no. 2 is necessary.] Report all fuels consumed for electric power generation and thermal energy associated with the production of electricity. Information for only
coal, natural gas, and oil should be reported.

For each fuel supply contract, of longer than one year in duration, in
force at any time during 2014 and/or 2015, where costs were subject
to 18 CFR 35.14, (including informal agreements with associated
companies), provide the requested information. Report the information individually for each contract, for each calendar year. [No response to any part of Question 6 for fuel oil no. 2 is necessary.] Report all fuels consumed for electric power generation and thermal energy associated with the production of electricity. Information for only
coal, natural gas, and oil should be reported.

Question 7
—Revise the paragraph under Question
6 as follows:
From

To

For each fuel supply contract, including informal agreements with associated or affiliated companies in force at any time during 2012 or
2013 WHERE CONTRACT SHORTFALL COSTS WERE PASSED
THROUGH an FAC subject to 18 CFR 35.14, provide for each contract separately the information requested below. Only report the information requested for shortfalls that occurred under your contracts
during reporting years 2012 or 2013 and that are not under dispute
i.e. parties agree there was indeed a shortfall.

For each fuel supply contract, including informal agreements with associated or affiliated companies in force at any time during 2014 or
2015 WHERE CONTRACT SHORTFALL COSTS WERE PASSED
THROUGH an FAC subject to 18 CFR 35.14, provide for each contract separately the information requested below. Only report the information requested for shortfalls that occurred under your contracts
during reporting years 2014 or 2015 and that are not under dispute
i.e. parties agree there was indeed a shortfall.

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Question 8
—Revise the paragraph under Question
8 as follows:
From

To

For each fuel supply contract that was bought-out or bought-down, including informal agreements with associated or affiliated companies
in force at any time during 2012 or 2013 WHERE CONTRACT BUYOUT AND/OR BUY-DOWN COSTS WERE PASSED THROUGH an
FAC subject to 18 CFR 35.14, provide for each contract separately
the information requested below. Only report the information requested for contract buy-downs and buy-outs that occurred under
your contracts during reporting years 2012 or 2013 and that are not
under dispute i.e. parties agree there was indeed a shortfall.

For each fuel supply contract that was bought-out or bought-down, including informal agreements with associated or affiliated companies
in force at any time during 2014 or 2015 WHERE CONTRACT BUYOUT AND/OR BUY-DOWN COSTS WERE PASSED THROUGH an
FAC subject to 18 CFR 35.14, provide for each contract separately
the information requested below. Only report the information requested for contract buy-downs and buy-outs that occurred under
your contracts during reporting years 2014 or 2015 and that are not
under dispute i.e. parties agree there was indeed a shortfall.

10 The attached form is for illustrative purposes
only and does not include all the interactive
features of the actual form.

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of this notice in FERC’s eLibrary (http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp)
by searching Docket No. IC16–11–000.
Type of Respondent: Large electric
public utilities within FERC
jurisdiction.

Access to the Revised Materials: A
copy of the form, desk reference, and
glossary are attached to this Notice, but
they will not be published in the
Federal Register.10 Interested parties
can see the form electronically as part

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Estimate of Annual Burden 11: The
Commission estimates the annual 12
public reporting burden for the
information collection as:

FERC FORM 580 (INTERROGATORY ON FUEL AND ENERGY PURCHASE PRACTICES)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 13

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Annual
cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)
$3,836.75

$74.50

Respondents with FACs

37

0.5

18.5

103 hrs.; $7,673.50 .....

Respondents with
AACs, but no FACs.
Respondents with no
AACs nor FACs.

10

0.5

5

20 hrs.; $1,490 ............

1,905.5 hrs.;
$141,959.75.
100 hrs.; $7,450 ..........

35

0.5

17.5

2 hrs.; $149 .................

35 hrs.; $2,607.50 .......

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

41

$745

2,040.5 hrs.;
$152,017.25.

13 The estimates for cost per response are derived using the 2016 FERC average salary plus benefits of $154,647/year (or $74.50/hour). Commission staff finds that the work done for this information collection is typically done by wage categories similar to those at FERC.

FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others
OMB Control No.: 1902–0021
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1 (Form
No.1) is a comprehensive financial and
operating report submitted annually for
electric rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by Major
electric utilities, licensees and others.
Major is defined as having in each of the
three previous calendar years, sales or
transmission services that exceed one of
the following: (1) One million megawatt
hours of total annual sales; (2) 100
megawatt hours of annual sales for

resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual
power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500
megawatt hours of annual wheeling for
others (deliveries plus losses).14
The Form No.1 is designed to collect
financial and operational information
and is considered to be a nonconfidential public use form. The Form
No.1 includes a basic set of financial
statements: Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income, Statement of
Retained Earnings, Statement of Cash
Flows, Statements of Accumulated
Comprehensive Income, Comprehensive
Income, and Hedging Activities; and
Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain

supplementary information and outlines
of corporate structure and governance;
information on formula rates; and
description of important changes during
the year. Other schedules provide
information on revenues and the related
quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted; account balances
for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses; selected plant
cost data; and other statistical
information.
Type of Respondent: Major electric
utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost 15
follow:

FORM NO. 1
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
& cost per
response

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

1,169 hrs.; $91,953.54 .........

245,490 hrs.; $19,310,243.40

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1

10 The attached form is for illustrative purposes
only and does not include all the interactive
features of the actual form.
11 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.
12 The FERC Form 580 data is collected on a
biennial basis. In order to represent the burden
appropriately, the ‘‘Annual Number of Responses

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per Respondent’’ is assigned a figure of 0.5. This
figure means that one response per respondent is
received on average for each two year period. The
‘‘Total Annual Burden Hours & Total Annual Cost’’
figures are all annual figures based on the biennial
frequency assumption.
14 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.1.
15 The cost estimate (wages plus benefits) is
$78.66/hour and is used for the Form Nos. 1, 1–F,
and 3–Q. The $78.66/hour (wages plus benefits) is

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$91,953.54

based on figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Industry-Specific Occupational and
Employment Wage Estimates (May 2015 estimates
at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm,
and benefits information for December 2015 at
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and
is an average of the following:
• Management (code 11–0000) of $88.94/hour
• business and financial operations occupations
(code 13–0000) of $56.86/hour
• legal (code 23–0000) of $128.94/hour
• office and administrative support (code 43–
0000) of $39.91/hour.

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2016 / Notices

FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual Report for
Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees
OMB Control No.: 1902–0029
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 1–F
(Form No.1–F) is a financial and
operating report submitted annually for
electric rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by
Nonmajor electric utilities and
licensees. Nonmajor is defined as
having total annual sales of 10,000
megawatt-hours or more in the previous

calendar year and not classified as
Major.16
The Form No.1–F is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is considered to be a
non-confidential public use form. The
Form No.1–F includes a basic set of
financial statements: Comparative
Balance Sheet, Statement of Retained
Earnings, Statement of Cash Flows,
Statement of Comprehensive Income
and Hedging Activities, and Notes to
Financial Statements. Supporting
schedules contain supplementary
information and include revenues and

the related quantities of electric sales
and electricity transmitted; account
balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses; selected plant
cost data; and other statistical
information.
Type of Respondent: Nonmajor
electric utilities
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used
for the Form No. 1–F is $78.66 (wages
plus benefits) and is described above,
under the Form No. 1.):

FORM NO. 1–F
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
& cost per
response

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

123 hrs.; $9,675.18 ..............

615 hrs.; $48,375.90 ............

5 .............................................

1

FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies
OMB Control No.: 1902–0205
Abstract: The FERC Form No. 3–Q
(Form No. 3–Q) is a quarterly financial
and operating report for rate regulation,
market oversight analysis, and financial
audits which supplements the (a) Form
Nos. 1 and 1–F for the electric industry,
or the (b) Form No. 2 (Major Natural Gas
Pipeline Annual Report; OMB Control
No. 1902–0028) and Form No. 2–A
(Nonmajor Natural Gas Pipeline Annual
Report; OMB Control No. 1902–0030)
(for the natural gas industry). The Form
No. 3–Q is submitted for all Major and

5

Nonmajor electric utilities and
licensees; and natural gas companies17.
Form No. 3–Q includes a basic set of
financial statements: Comparative
Balance Sheet, Statement of Income and
Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of
Comprehensive Income and Hedging
Activities and supporting schedules
containing supplementary information.
Electric respondents report revenues
and the related quantities of electric
sales and electricity transmitted;
account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses;
selected plant cost data; and other
statistical information. Natural gas
respondents include monthly and

$9,675.18

quarterly quantities of gas transported
and associated revenues; storage,
terminaling and processing services;
natural gas customer accounts and
details of service; and operational
expenses, depreciation, depletion and
amortization of gas plant.
Type of Respondent: Major and
nonmajor electric utilities and natural
gas pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly
cost used for the Form No. 3–Q is
$78.66 (wages plus benefits) and is
described above, under the Form No.
1.):

FORM NO. 3–Q
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hours
& cost per response

Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost

Annual cost
per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

168 hrs.; ......................
$13,214.88 ..................
167 hrs.; ......................
$13,136.22 ..................

107,352 hrs.; ...............
$8,444,308 ..................
83,667 hrs.; .................
$6,581,246 ..................
191,019 hrs.; ...............
$15,025,554 ................

FERC 3–Q (electric) .....

213 18

3

639

FERC 3–Q (gas) ..........

167

3

501

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Total for FERC 3–
Q.

1,140

$39,644.64
$39,408.66

18 The estimated number of electric filers of the Form No. 3–Q is 213 (rather than the 215 total for the number of filers of the Form Nos. 1 and
1–F) due to standing waivers for two coops who do not file the Form No. 3–Q.

16 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.2.

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17 18 CFR § 260.1(b) states that for natural gas
companies, Major, as defined by the Natural Gas
Act, pertains to a company whose combined gas
transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR
§ 260.2(b) states that for natural gas companies,

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Nonmajor as defined by the Natural Gas Act,
pertains to a company not meeting the filing
threshold for Major, but having total gas sales or
volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Dth in each
of the three previous calendar years.

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2016 / Notices
DATED: June 7, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–13922 Filed 6–10–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP16–1000–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated & Non-Conforming Service
Agreement—Kentucky Power to be
effective 6/1/2016.
Filed Date: 5/31/16.
Accession Number: 20160531–5595.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1001–000.
Applicants: Discovery Gas
Transmission LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 2016
FL&U Submittal to be effective
7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 5/31/16.
Accession Number: 20160531–5604.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1002–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: NonConforming Agreements—Colonial
510025 and Narragansett 510075 to be
effective 6/1/2016.
Filed Date: 5/31/16.
Accession Number: 20160531–5614.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1003–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: NonConforming Agreement—Narragansett
510209 to be effective 6/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5124.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1004–000.
Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline
Company, LP.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Cap
Rel Neg Rate Agmt (QEP 37657 to Trans
LA 46521) to be effective 6/2/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5181.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1005–000.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.

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Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Capacity Release
Agreements—6/01/2016 to be effective
6/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5227.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1006–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: GEH—
Multi-Party Contracts to be effective
7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5289.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1007–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gulf
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: GEH—
Multi-Party Contracts to be effective
7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5290.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1008–000.
Applicants: UGI Sunbury, LLC.
Description: Compliance Tariff Filing
[of Pro Forma tariff sheets—CP15–525]
and Request for Waiver of UGI Sunbury,
LLC.
Filed Date: 5/31/16.
Accession Number: 20160531–5736.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1009–000.
Applicants: Crossroads Pipeline
Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: GEH—
Multi-Party Contracts to be effective
7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5293.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1010–000.
Applicants: Central Kentucky
Transmission Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: GEH—
Multi-Party Contracts to be effective
7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5300.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1011–000.
Applicants: Millennium Pipeline
Company, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Operational Sales at Pool Filing to be
effective 7/1/2016.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5301.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1012–000.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Neg
Rate 2016–06–01 Perm Partial BP to be
effective 6/1/2016.

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Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5338.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1013–000.
Applicants: MarkWest Pioneer, L.L.C.
Description: Quarterly Fuel
Adjustment Filing of MarkWest Pioneer,
L.L.C. under RP16–1013.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5391.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
§ 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
Filings in Existing Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP16–549–002.
Applicants: PGPipeline LLC.
Description: Compliance filing
NAESB 3.0 Compliance Filing to be
effective 4/1/2016.
Filed Date: 5/31/16.
Accession Number: 20160531–5607.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/16.
Any person desiring to protest in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: June 6, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–13897 Filed 6–10–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9947–63–Region 2]

Notice of Availability of Final NPDES
General Permit for Small Municipal
Separate Storm Sewer Systems and
Federal Facilities Within the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).

AGENCY:

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