FERC-547 60-day notice (published)

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2016 / Notices

beginning of this notice. Interested
parties are invited to submit comments
via the online tool as outlined in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 14, 2016.
AnnaMaria Garcia,
Director, Office of Weatherization and
Intergovernmental Program, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–13–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–547); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.

AGENCY:

Notice of information collection
and request for comments.

ACTION:

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–547 (Gas Pipeline
Rates: Refund Report Requirements).
SUMMARY:

Comments on the collection of
information are due September 27,
2016.

DATES:

You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC16–13–000)
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.

ADDRESSES:

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: Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund
Report Requirements.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0084.

Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–547 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses
FERC–547 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund
Report Requirements) to implement the
statutory refund provisions governed by
Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA).1 Sections 4 and 5 authorize
the Commission to order a refund (with
interest) for any portion of a natural gas
company’s increased rate or charge
found to be unjust or unreasonable.
Refunds may also be instituted by a
natural gas company as a stipulation to
a Commission-approved settlement
agreement or a provision under the
company’s tariff. Section 16 of the NGA
authorizes the Commission to prescribe
rules and regulations necessary to
administer its refund mandates. The
Commission’s refund reporting
requirements are located in 18 CFR
154.501 and 154.502.
The Commission uses the data to
monitor refunds owed by natural gas
companies to ensure that the flowthrough of refunds owed by these
companies are made as expeditiously as
possible and to assure that refunds are
made in compliance with the
Commission’s regulations.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC—547: GAS PIPELINE RATES: REFUND REPORT REQUIREMENTS
Number of respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total humber
of responses

Average burden & cost per
response 5

Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)×(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

11

1

11

75 hrs.; $5,587.50 .......

825 hrs.; $61,462.50 ...

$5,587.50

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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
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U.S.C. 717–717w.
Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
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the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Dated: July 25, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

[Docket No. CP16–98–000; PF15–29–000]

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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission,
LLC; Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review of the Transco
to Charleston Project
On March 9, 2016, Dominion Carolina
Gas Transmission, LLC (Dominion) filed

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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3 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.

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