FERC-505, Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination

ICR 201708-1902-014

OMB: 1902-0115

Federal Form Document

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Supplementary Document
2018-01-29
Supplementary Document
2018-01-29
Supplementary Document
2018-01-29
Supplementary Document
2018-01-29
Supporting Statement A
2018-04-10
Supplementary Document
2018-01-23
Supplementary Document
2018-01-11
Supplementary Document
2017-10-04
Supplementary Document
2017-09-29
Supplementary Document
2017-09-29
Supplementary Document
2017-09-29
Supplementary Document
2017-09-29
Supplementary Document
2017-09-29
ICR Details
1902-0115 201708-1902-014
Historical Active 201412-1902-001
FERC FERC-505
FERC-505, Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 04/11/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/29/2018
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the revised information collection is approved for a period of three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2021 36 Months From Approved 04/30/2018
33 0 28
24,321 0 59,339
0 0 0

FERC regulates nonfederal hydropower projects on navigable waters & federal lands pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA). RM14-22, Final Rule. On 8/9/13, Congress enacted the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (Hydropower Efficiency Act) to encourage the hydropower industry to utilize non-power dams for electric generation, noting that roughly 97 percent of the 80,000 dams in the U.S. do not generate electricity. Congress recognized that it could encourage hydropower development by reducing costs and regulatory burden during the project study and licensing stages. To that end, Congress amended statutory provisions pertaining to preliminary permits and projects that are exempt from licensing. In response, FERC issued the Final Rule in Docket No. RM14-22-000, amending 18CFR Parts 4 & 380 to conform to the Hydropower Efficiency Act. Although FERC has been complying with the Hydropower Efficiency Act since its enactment,&made its compliance procedures available on its website, the Final Rule now formalizes FERC's compliance procedures in its revised regulations on preliminary permits and exemptions, & in a new subpart on qualifying conduit hydro. facilities. FERC-505 Renewal: FERC-505 is an application for a small hydropower project license or relicense, exemption, or determination of a qualifying conduit hydropower facility. FERC-505 has an increase in the number of responses and the decrease in total hours is related to Congress’ enactment of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act in August 2013, which in part, authorized the Commission to issue qualifying conduit exemptions. The 28 previous responses that were requested and approved did not include qualifying conduit exemption applications, which at the time, did not exist. Qualifying conduit exemption applications are much less burdensome to prepare than the other applications reported. Of the 33 responses currently requested, 22 are attributed to the much less burdensome qualifying exemption applications. Therefore, although the number of responses slightly increased, the total burden decreased.

US Code: 16 USC 46 Name of Law: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)
   US Code: 16 USC 791 Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  82 FR 46231 10/04/2017
82 FR 60978 12/26/2017
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 33 28 0 0 5 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 24,321 59,339 0 0 -35,018 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The total annual burden for FERC-505 information collection increased by 5 responses but decreased by 35,018 hours from previously approved burden. The increase in the number of responses and the decrease in total hours is related to Congress’ enactment of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act in August 2013, which in part, authorized the Commission to issue qualifying conduit exemptions. The 28 previous responses that were requested and approved did not include qualifying conduit exemption applications, which at the time, did not exist. Qualifying conduit exemption applications are much less burdensome to prepare than the other applications reported. Of the 33 responses currently requested, 22 are attributed to the much less burdensome qualifying exemption applications. Therefore, although the number of responses slightly increased, the total burden decreased.

$1,355,132
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Sheila Lampitoc 202 502-6193

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
01/29/2018


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