FERC-592 60-day notice (published)

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FERC-592, Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers and Marketing Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines

FERC-592 60-day notice (published)

OMB: 1902-0157

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Dated: December 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–27306 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–12–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–592); 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
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
592 (Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Provider and Marketing
Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due February 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–12–000)
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.
SUMMARY:

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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Provider and Marketing
Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0157.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–592 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information maintained and posted by
the respondents to monitor the
pipeline’s transportation, sales, and
storage activities for its marketing
affiliate to deter undue discrimination
by pipeline companies in favor of their
marketing affiliates. Non-affiliated
shippers and other entities (e.g. state
commissions) also use information to
determine whether they have been
harmed by affiliate preference and to
prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.

18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of Conduct)
Respondents maintain and provide
the information required by part 358 on
their internet websites. When the
Commission requires a pipeline to post
information on its website following a
disclosure of non-public information to
its marketing affiliate, non-affiliated
shippers obtain comparable access to
the non-public transportation
information, which allows them to
compete with marketing affiliates on a
more equal basis.
18 CFR 250.16, and the FERC–592 Log/
Format
This form (log/format) provides the
electronic formats for maintaining
information on discounted
transportation transactions and capacity
allocation to support monitoring of
activities of interstate pipeline
marketing affiliates. Commission staff
considers discounts given to shippers in
litigated rate cases.
Without this information collection:
• The Commission would be unable
to effectively monitor whether pipelines
are giving discriminatory preference to
their marketing affiliates; and
• non-affiliated shippers and state
commissions and others would be
unable to determine if they have been
harmed by affiliate preference or
prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas
pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The
Commission estimates the annual
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as:

FERC–592—STANDARDS FOR CONDUCT FOR TRANSMISSION PROVIDERS MARKETING AFFILIATES OF INTERSTATE
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Number of
respondents

Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden & cost per
response 2

Total annual burden hours
& total annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

116.62 hrs.; $9,212.98 ........

9,913 hrs.; $783,127 ...........

9,212.98

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;

1 ‘‘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.

2 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–592 to be
compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC
employees.
3 The requirements for this collection are
contained in 18 CFR part 358 and 18 CFR part
250.16.

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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.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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

[Docket No. AC19–43–000]

[Docket No. AC19–30–000]

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC;
Notice of Filing

Virginia Electric and Power Company;
Notice of Filing

Take notice that on December 6, 2018,
Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC
filed a request for approval to use
Account 439, authorized by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary
link and is available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the website that
enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please
email [email protected], or
call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 26, 2018.

Take notice that on November 28,
2018, Virginia Electric and Power
Company filed a request for approval to
use Account 439, authorized by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible online at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary
link and is available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the website that
enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please
email [email protected], or
call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 18, 2018.

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

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. IS18–766–000; IS18–767–000]

Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC;
Seminole Pipeline Company LLC;
Notice of Technical Conference
Take notice that a technical
conference will be held Thursday,
January 17, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern
Standard Time), in Hearing Room 7, at
the offices of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington DC 20426.
At the technical conference, the
Commission staff and the parties to the
proceeding should be prepared to
discuss all issues set for technical
conference as established in the October
25, 2018 order, Mid-America Pipeline
Company, LLC et al., 165 FERC 61,046.
All interested persons are permitted to
attend.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations please
send an email to [email protected]
or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
or 202–502–8659 (TTY); or send a fax to
202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
technical conference please contact
Matthew Petersen at (202)-502–6845 or
[email protected].
Dated: December 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.