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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 131 / Monday, July 9, 2018 / Notices
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on July 19, 2018.
Dated: June 29, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–14–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–552); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork

SUMMARY:

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC552, Annual Report of Natural Gas
Transactions.
Comments on the collection of
information are due September 7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC18–14–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
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
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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.
DATES:

31741

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: FERC–552, Annual Report of
Natural Gas Transactions.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0242.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–552 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected in the FERC–552 1
to provide greater transparency into the
size of the physical natural gas market
and the types of transactions market
participants use to make physical
natural gas purchases and sales. The
collection includes transactions that
contribute to, or may contribute to
natural gas price indices. Many market
participants rely on indices as a way to
reference market prices without taking
on the risks of active trading.
FERC–552 had its genesis in the
Energy Policy Act of 2005,2 which
added section 23 of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA). Section 23 of the NGA, among
other things, directs the Commission ‘‘to
facilitate price transparency in markets
for the sale or transportation of physical
natural gas in interstate commerce,
having due regard for the public
interest, the integrity of those markets,
and the protection of consumers.’’ 3
Type of Respondents: Wholesale
natural gas market participants.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 5 for this information
collection as follows.

FERC–552—ANNUAL REPORT OF NATURAL GAS TRANSACTIONS
Category

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

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Wholesale natural gas market participants.

675

1

675

Average burden
hours and cost per
response
($)

Total annual
burden hours
and cost
($)

Annual
cost per
respondent
($)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

20 hrs.; 6 $1,683.60 ...........

13,500 hrs.; $1,136,430 .....

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

1 FERC–552 is prescribed in 18 CFR (Code of
Federal Regulations) 260.401.
2 Public Law 109–58.
3 15 U.S.C. 717t–2.
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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, refer to Title 5 CFR 1320.3.

5 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2017 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (for
December 2017, issued March 20, 2018, at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The staff
estimates that 75% of the work is done by a
financial analyst (code 13–2051) at an hourly cost
of $64.35 (for wages plus benefits), and 25% of the
work is done by legal staff members (code 23–0000)

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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: June 29, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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at an hourly cost of $143.68 (for wages plus
benefits). Therefore the average cost (for wages plus
benefits) is rounded to $84.18/hour [or ($64.35/hour
* 0.75) + ($143.68/hour * 0.25)].
6 The staff thinks that the average estimated
burden per filing should be 20 hours (rather than
the current estimate of 10 hours). There are no
changes to the reporting requirements.

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