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have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission’s
decision. The Commission may grant
affected landowners and others with
environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by
stating that they have a clear and direct
interest in this proceeding which no
other party can adequately represent.
Simply filing environmental comments
will not give you intervenor status, but
you do not need intervenor status to
have your comments considered.
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of all formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription which
allows you to keep track of all formal
issuances and submittals in specific
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
time you spend researching proceedings
by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2035–099]

City and County of Denver, Colorado;
Notice of Availability of Final
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission or FERC)
regulations, 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 380, Commission
staff prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Assessment
(Supplemental EA), to supplement a
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps)
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(Final EIS) completed on April 25, 2014.
The Corps’ Final EIS addressed a
proposal by the City and County of
Denver, Colorado (Denver Water) to
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The Commission acted as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of the Final
EIS because Gross Reservoir, a
component of the Moffat Collection
System which would be enlarged under
the proposal, is also a feature of the
Commission-licensed Gross Reservoir
Hydroelectric Project No. 2035. On
November 25, 2016, Denver Water filed
with the Commission its application to
raise the project’s Gross Dam, enlarge
Gross Reservoir, and amend the project
license. The project is located on South
Boulder Creek near the City of Boulder,
Boulder County, Colorado. It occupies a
total of 1,056.92 acres of federal lands
within the Roosevelt National Forest
administered by the U.S. Forest Service,
and lands administered by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management.
The Final Supplemental EA analyzes
potential environmental effects specific
to a Commission approval of Denver
Water’s proposal, including amendment
of the project license, which were not
addressed in the 2014 Final EIS. Based
on staff’s independent analysis in the
Supplemental EA, Commission
approval of Denver Water’s proposal, as
mitigated by the environmental
measures discussed in the Final
Supplemental EA, would not constitute
a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment.
A copy of the Final Supplemental EA
is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may be viewed on the
Commission’s website at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp
using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
202–502–8659.
For further information, contact
Rebecca Martin by telephone at 202–
502–6012 or by email at
[email protected].
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2905–033]

Village of Enosburg Falls; Municipal
Water and Light Department; Notice of
Comment Period Extension
On November 8, 2018, the Village of
Enosburg Falls, Vermont held a public
meeting and site visit in support of the
re-licensing process for the Enosburg
Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2905.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8(b)(5),
participants must file comments within
60 days of the public meeting. Due to
the funding lapse at certain federal
agencies between December 22, 2018
and January 25, 2019, the Commission
is extending the comment period to
February 12, 2019.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–3–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–546); Consolidated
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection FERC–546
(Certificated Rate Filings: Gas Pipeline
Rates) 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 published a Notice in the
Federal Register on 11/2/2018,
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–546 and will make this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
SUMMARY:

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1902–0155 (FERC–546), should be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs: oira_
[email protected]. Attention:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also
be reached via telephone at 202–395–
8528.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–3–000, 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
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:
Title: FERC–546, Certificated Rate
Filings: Gas Pipeline Rates.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0155.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–546 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The requirements of the
FERC–546 information collection are
contained within the Commission’s
regulations in 18 CFR parts 154.7,
154.202, 154.204–154.208, 154.602–
154.603, 284.501–284.505, and 154.4.
The Commission reviews the FERC–546
materials to decide whether to approve
rates and tariff changes associated with
an application for a certificate under
Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 7(c).
Additionally, FERC reviews FERC–546
materials in NGA section 4(f), storage
applications, to evaluate an applicant’s
market power and determine whether to
grant market-based rate authority to the
applicant. The Commission uses the
information in FERC–546 to monitor
jurisdictional transportation, natural gas
storage, and unbundled sales activities
of interstate natural gas pipelines and

Hinshaw 1 pipelines. In addition to
fulfilling the Commission’s obligations
under the NGA, the FERC–546 enables
the Commission to monitor the
activities and evaluate transactions of
the natural gas industry, ensure
competitiveness, and improve efficiency
of the industry’s operations. In
summary, the Commission uses the
information to:
• Ensure adequate customer
protections under NGA section 4(f);
• review rate and tariff changes filed
under NGA section 7(c) for certification
of natural gas pipeline transportation
and storage services;
• provide general industry oversight;
and
• supplement documentation during
the pipeline audits process.
Failure to collect this information
would prevent the Commission from
monitoring and evaluating transactions
and operations of jurisdictional
pipelines and performing its regulatory
functions.
Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional
pipeline companies and storage
operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–546 (CERTIFICATED RATE FILINGS: GAS PIPELINE RATES)
Annual
number
of respondents

Annual
number of
responsesper
respondent

Total number
of responses
(rounded)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

Pipeline Certificate Filings and
Storage Applications.

4 1.471

51

75

Total annual burden hours
and total annual cost
(rounded)

Cost per
respondent
($)
(rounded)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

500 hrs.; $40,000 ...................

37,500 hrs.; $3,000,000 .........

Average burden and cost per
response 3
(rounded)

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 Hinshaw pipelines are those that receive all outof-state gas from entities within or at the boundary
of a state if all the natural gas so received is
ultimately consumed within the state in which it is
received, 15 U.S.C. 717(c). Congress concluded that
Hinshaw pipelines are ‘‘matters primarily of local
concern,’’ and so are more appropriately regulated
by pertinent state agencies rather than by FERC.
The Natural Gas Act section 1(c) exempts Hinshaw
pipelines from FERC jurisdiction. A Hinshaw
pipeline, however, may apply for a FERC certificate
to transport gas outside of state lines.
2 ‘‘Burden’’ is defined 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.
3 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May
2017, for positions involved in the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. These figures include
salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm) and benefits (http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071;
$66.90/hour)
Management Analyst (Occupation Code: 13–1111;
$63.32/hour)
Accounting (Occupation Code: 13–2011; $56.59/
hours)

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5 $58,824

of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Computer and Mathematical (Occupation Code:
15–0000; $63.25/hour)
Legal (Occupation Code: 23–0000; $143.68/hour)
The average hourly cost (salary plus benefits) is
calculated weighting each of the previously
mentioned wage categories as follows: $66.90/hour
(0.4) + $63.32/hour (0.2) + $56.59/hour (0.1) +
$63.25/hour (0.1) + $143.68/hour (0.2) = $80.14/
hour. The Commission rounds this figure to $80/
hour.
4 This figure was calculated by dividing the total
number of responses (75) by the total number of
respondents (51). The resulting figure was then
rounded to the nearest thousandth place.
5 Rounded from $58,823.53.

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