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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 18, 2018 / Notices
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
538 (Gas Pipelines Certificates: Sections
7(a) Mandatory Initial Service).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due [insert date that is
60 days after publication in the Federal
Register].
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–11–000)
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

Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket No. EL19–14–000 must
file a notice of intervention or motion to
intervene, as appropriate, with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21
days of the date of issuance of the order.
Dated: December 12, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–11–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–538); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission

SUMMARY:

at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Gas Pipelines Certificates:
Sections 7(a) Mandatory Initial Service.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0061.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–538 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: Under sections 7(a), 10(a)
and 16 of Natural Gas Act (NGA),1 upon
application by a person or municipality
authorized to engage in the local
distribution of natural gas, the
Commission may order a natural gas
company to extend or improve its
transportation facilities, and sell natural
gas to the municipality or person and,
for such purpose, to extend its
transportation facilities to communities
immediately adjacent to such facilities
or to territories served by the natural gas
pipeline company. The Commission
uses the application data in order to be
fully informed concerning the applicant,
and the service the applicant is
requesting.
Type of Respondents: Persons or
municipalities authorized to engage in
the local distribution of natural gas.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as:

FERC–538—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: SECTION 7(A) MANDATORY INITIAL SERVICE

Gas Pipeline Certificates.

Number of
respondents

Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden & cost
per response 3

Total annual burden
hours & total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2) = (3)

(4)

(3)*(4) = (5)

(5)(1)

1

1

1

240 hrs.; $18,960 ...........

240 hrs.; $18,960 ..........

$18,960

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3 The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $79.00/hour = Average
cost/response. The figure is the 2018 FERC average hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $79.00 (and an average annual salary of $164,820/
year). Commission staff is using the FERC average salary because we consider any reporting requirements completed in response to the
FERC–538 to be compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC employees.

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
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U.S.C. 717f–w.
is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
2 ‘‘Burden’’

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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
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

Dated: December 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

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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