IC19-20, 60-day Notice, published in Fed. Reg.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–20–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–
Q); Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collections, FERC
Form Nos. 6 (Annual Report of Oil
Pipeline Companies) and 6–Q
(Quarterly Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due June 14, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–20–000)
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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: FERC Form Nos. 6 (Annual
Report of Oil Pipeline Companies) and
6–Q (Quarterly Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies).
OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0022 (FERC
Form No. 6) and 1902–0206 (FERC Form
No. 6–Q).
Type of Respondent: Oil pipelines.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q

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information collections with no changes
to the current reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.1
Abstract: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act (ICA),2 the Commission
is authorized and empowered to make
investigations and to collect and record
data to the extent the Commission may
consider to be necessary or useful for
the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of the ICA. The Commission
must ensure just and reasonable rates
for transportation of crude oil and
petroleum products by pipelines in
interstate commerce.
FERC Form No. 6, Annual Report of Oil
Pipeline Companies
In 1977, the Department of Energy
Organization Act transferred to the
Commission from the Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC) the
responsibility to regulate oil pipeline
companies. In accordance with the
transfer of authority, the Commission
was delegated the responsibility to
require oil pipelines to file annual
reports of information necessary for the
Commission to exercise its statutory
responsibilities.3 The transfer included
the ICC Form P, the predecessor to
FERC Form No. 6.4
To reduce burden on industry, FERC
Form No. 6 has three tiers of reporting
requirements:
1. Each oil pipeline carrier whose
annual jurisdictional operating revenues
has been $500,000 or more for each of
the three previous calendar years must
file FERC Form No. 6 (18 CFR 357.2 (a)).
1 FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q are part of the
‘‘Forms Refresh’’ effort, which is a separate activity
and not addressed here. See Revisions to the Filing
Process for Commission Forms, 166 FERC ¶ 61,027
(2019) (started in Docket No. AD15–11 and ongoing
in Docket No. RM19–12). (OMB issued its decisions
on the proposed changes in the Forms Refresh
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket No.
RM19–12 on March 14, 2019.) In addition, this
submittal does not reflect Docket No. RM15–19
(Petition for a Rulemaking of the Liquids Shippers
Group, et. al, (2015)) and Docket No. RM17–1
(Revisions to Indexing Policies and Page 700 of
FERC Form No. 6 (2016)).
2 49 U.S.C. Part 1, Section 20, 54 Stat. 916.
3 Section 402(b) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (DOE Act), 42 U.S.C. 7172
provides that; ‘‘[t]here are hereby transferred to, and
vested in, the Commission all functions and
authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission
or any officer or component of such Commission
where the regulatory function establishes rates or
charges for the transportation of oil by pipeline or
established the valuation of any such pipeline.’’
4 The ICC developed the Form P to collect
information on an annual basis to enable it to carry
out its regulation of oil pipeline companies under
the Interstate Commerce Act. A comprehensive
review of the reporting requirements for oil pipeline
companies was performed on September 21, 1982,
when the Commission issued Order 260 revising
the former ICC Form P, ‘‘Annual Report of Carriers
by Pipeline’’ and redesignating it as FERC Form No.
6, ‘‘Annual Report of Oil Pipeline Companies’’.

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Oil pipeline companies subject to the
provisions of section 20 of the ICA must
submit FERC Form No. 6–Q. 18 CFR
357.4(b)). Newly established entities
must use projected data to determine
whether FERC Form No. 6 must be filed.
2. Oil pipeline carriers exempt from
filing FERC Form No. 6 whose annual
jurisdictional operating revenues have
been more than $350,000 but less than
$500,000 for each of the three previous
calendar years must prepare and file
page 301, ‘‘Operating Revenue Accounts
(Account 600), and page 700, ‘‘Annual
cost of Service Based Analysis
Schedule,’’ of FERC Form No. 6. When
submitting pages 301 and 700, each
exempt oil pipeline carrier must include
page 1 of FERC Form No. 6, the
Identification and Attestation schedules
(18 CFR 357.2 (a)(2)).
3. Oil pipeline carriers exempt from
filing FERC Form No. 6 and pages 301
and whose annual jurisdictional
operating revenues were $350,000 or
less for each of the three previous
calendar years must prepare and file
page 700, ‘‘Annual Cost of Service
Based Analysis Schedule,’’ of FERC
Form No. 6. When submitting page 700,
each exempt oil pipeline carrier must
include page 1 of FERC Form No. 6, the
Identification and Attestation schedule
(18 CFR 357.2 (a)(3)).
The Commission uses the data in
FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q to perform
audits and reviews on the financial
condition of oil pipelines; assess energy
markets; conduct oil pipeline rate
proceedings and economic analysis;
conduct research for use in
administrative litigation; and administer
the requirements of the ICA. Data from
FERC Form No. 6 facilitates the
calculation of the actual rate of return
on equity for oil pipelines. The actual
rate of return on equity is particularly
useful information when evaluating a
pipeline’s rates.
The Commission also uses data on
Page 301 of FERC Form No. 6 to
compute annual charges which are then
assessed against oil pipeline companies
to recover the Commission’s annual
costs as mandated by Order No. 472.
The annual charges are required by
Section 3401 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986.
Furthermore, the majority of state
regulatory commissions use FERC Form
Nos. 6 and 6–Q and the Commission’s
Uniform System of Accounts (USofA) to
satisfy their reporting requirements for
those companies under their
jurisdiction. In addition, the public uses
the data in FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–
Q to assist in monitoring rates, the
financial condition of the oil pipeline

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industry, and in assessing energy
markets.
FERC Form No. 6–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Oil Pipeline
Companies
The Commission uses the information
collected in FERC Form No. 6–Q to
carry out its responsibilities in
implementing the statutory provisions
of the ICA to include the authority to
prescribe rules and regulations
concerning accounts, records, and
memoranda, as necessary or
appropriate. Financial accounting and
reporting provides necessary
information concerning a company’s
past performance and its future
prospects. Without reliable financial

FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q
Estimates of Annual Burden 5 and
Cost: 6

Annual number
of responses
per respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hours & cost
($) per response

Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

161 hrs.; $12,719 ..................
150 hrs.; $11,850 ..................

39,284 hrs.; $3,103,436 ........
109,800 hrs.; $8,674,200 ......

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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dated: April 9, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–07421 Filed 4–12–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0161; FRL–9991–80]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;
Notice of Public Meetings
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to help identify emerging trends and
issues affecting jurisdictional entities
within the energy industry. It also
provides timely disclosures of the
impacts that new accounting standards,
or changes in existing standards, have
on jurisdictional entities, as well as the
economic effects of significant
transactions, events, and circumstances.
The reporting of this information by
jurisdictional entities assists the
Commission in its analysis of
profitability, efficiency, risk, and in its
overall monitoring.

Number of
respondents

FERC Form No. 6 .................
FERC Form No. 6–Q .............

Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).

AGENCY:

5 ‘‘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
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statements prepared in accordance with
the Commission’s USofA and related
regulations, it would be difficult for the
Commission to accurately determine the
costs that relate to a particular time
period, service, or line of business.
The Commission uses data from FERC
Form No. 6–Q to assist in: (1)
Implementation of its financial audits
and programs; (2) continuous review of
the financial condition of regulated
companies; (3) assessment of energy
markets; (4) rate proceedings and
economic analyses; and (5) research for
use in litigation.
Financial information reported on the
quarterly FERC Form No. 6–Q provides
the Commission, as well as customers,
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$12,719
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May 17, 2019. However, written
comments and requests to make oral
comments may be submitted until the
date of the in-person meeting, but
anyone submitting such comments and
requests after May 17, 2019, should
contact the Designated Federal Official
(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional
instructions, see Unit I.C. and Unit I.D.
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Special accommodations: For
information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, and to
request accommodation of a disability,
please contact the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least
10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.

There will be a 4-day, inperson public meeting of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel
(SAP), augmented with additional
experts to provide independent
scientific advice to the EPA on proposed
guidelines for Efficacy Testing of
Topically Applied Pesticides Used
Against Certain Ectoparasitic Pests on
Pets. Preceding the in-person meeting,
there will be a public half-day
preparatory virtual meeting to consider
the scope and clarity of the draft charge
questions for this peer review.
DATES:
Meeting: The 4-day in-person public
meeting will be held June 11 to 14,
2019, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately
5:00 p.m. (EDT). The date, time, and
registration instructions for the
preparatory virtual public meeting will
be announced on the FIFRA SAP
website (http://www.epa.gov/sap) by
late-April. You may also subscribe to
the following listserv for alerts when
notices regarding this and other SAPrelated activities are published: https://
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/
USAEPAOPPT/subscriber/new?topic_
id=USAEPAOPPT_101.
Comments: The Agency encourages
written comments and requests for oral
comments be submitted on or before

In-Person Meeting: This public
meeting will be held at the EPA
Conference Center, Lobby Level, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. This
meeting may also be viewed via
webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP
website at https://www.epa.gov/sap for
information on how to access the
webcasts. Please note that this webcast
is a supplementary public process
provided only for convenience. If
difficulties arise resulting in webcasting

burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
6 The FERC 2018 average salary plus benefits for
one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $164,820/

year (or $79.00/hour). Commission staff estimates
that the industry’s skill set (wages and benefits) for
completing and filing FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q
are comparable to the Commission’s skill set.

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