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Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension;
(4) Purpose: This information
collection activity provides a means to
collect qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. Qualitative
feedback means data that provide useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback provides insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations. It also
provides an early warning of issues with
service, or focuses attention on areas
where communication, training or
changes in operations might improve
the accuracy of data report on survey
instruments or the delivery of products
or services. These collections allow for
ongoing, collaborative and actionable
communications between the agency
and its customers and stakeholders. It
also allows feedback to contribute
directly to the improvement of program
management. The solicitation of
feedback on Agency Service Delivery
includes topics such as: timeliness of
publishing, understanding of questions
and terminology used in EIA products,
perceptions on data confidentiality and
security, appropriateness and relevancy
of information published, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
are assessed to plan and inform efforts
to improve or maintain the quality of
service offered to the public. EIA will
only submit a collection for approval
under this generic clearance if it meets
the following conditions:
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency (if released,
procedures outlined in Question 16 will
be followed);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study;
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per

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respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future; and
• With the exception of information
needed to provide remuneration for
participants of focus groups and
cognitive laboratory studies, personally
identifiable information (PII) is
collected only to the extent necessary
and is not retained.
If these conditions are not met, EIA
will submit an information collection
request to OMB for approval through the
normal PRA process. The solicitation of
feedback on Agency Service Delivery
includes topics such as: timeliness of
publishing, understanding of questions
and terminology used in EIA products,
perceptions on data confidentiality and
security, appropriateness and relevancy
of information published, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
are assessed to plan and inform efforts
to improve or maintain the quality of
service offered to the public. Advances
in technology and service delivery
systems in the private sector, have
increased the public’s expectations of
the Government’s customer service
promise. The Federal Government has a
responsibility to streamline and make
more efficient its service delivery to
better serve the public.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 241,800;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 241,800;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 25,800;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates that there are no additional
costs to respondents associated with
these qualitative studies other than the
costs associated with the burden hours.
The cost of the burden hours is
estimated to be $2,025,816 (25,800
burden hours times $78.52 per hour).
Statutory Authority E.O. 12862, Setting
Customer Service Standards, E.O. 13571,
Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving
Customer Service.

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Signed in Washington, DC on August 9,
2019.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–17496 Filed 8–14–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–31–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–547); 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
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
547 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund Report
Requirements).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–31–000)
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:
Title: Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund
Report Requirements.
SUMMARY:

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OMB Control No.: 1902–0084.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–547 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses
FERC–547 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund
Report Requirements) to implement the
statutory refund provisions governed by
Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA).1 Sections 4 and 5 authorize
the Commission to order a refund (with
interest) for any portion of a natural gas
company’s increased rate or charge

found to be unjust or unreasonable.
Refunds may also be instituted by a
natural gas company as a stipulation to
a Commission-approved settlement
agreement or a provision under the
company’s tariff. Section 16 of the NGA
authorizes the Commission to prescribe
rules and regulations necessary to
administer its refund mandates. The
Commission’s refund reporting
requirements are located in 18 CFR
154.501 and 154.502.
The Commission uses the data to
monitor refunds owed by natural gas

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companies to ensure that the flowthrough of refunds owed by these
companies are made as expeditiously as
possible and to assure that refunds are
made in compliance with the
Commission’s regulations.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–547: GAS PIPELINE RATES: REFUND REPORT REQUIREMENTS
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hours & average
cost 3 per response ($)

Total annual burden hours & total
annual cost ($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) × (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) × (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1) = (6)

2 hrs.; $160 .....................................

76 hrs.; $6,080 ................................

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2

38

$160

3 FERC

staff estimates that industry costs for salary plus benefits are similar to Commission costs. The cost figure is the FY2019 FERC average annual salary plus benefits ($167,091/year or $80/hour).

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
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: July 30, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–17524 Filed 8–14–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER15–1456–008;
ER10–1933–006; ER10–2615–013;
ER10–2934–014; ER10–2959–015;
ER11–2335–014; ER11–3859–019;
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U.S.C. 717–717w.
is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
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ER11–4634–008; ER14–1699–009;
ER15–1457–008; ER15–748–005; ER16–
999–009; ER17–436–007; ER18–920–
004; ER19–464–001; ER19–967–002;
ER19–968–002.
Applicants: Beaver Falls, L.L.C.,
Chambers Cogeneration, Limited
Partnership, Dighton Power, LLC,
Fairless Energy, L.L.C., Garrison Energy
Center LLC, Greenleaf Energy Unit 1
LLC, Hazleton Generation LLC, Logan
Generating Company, L.P., Manchester
Street, L.L.C., Marco DM Holdings,
L.L.C., Marcus Hook Energy, L.P.,
Milford Power, LLC, Plum Point Energy
Associates, LLC, Plum Point Services
Company, LLC, RockGen Energy, LLC,
Syracuse, L.L.C., Vermillion Power,
L.L.C.
Description: Notice of Change in
Status of the SEG MBR Entities.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.
Accession Number: 20190808–5159.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–92–002.
Applicants: Carroll County Energy
LLC.
Description: Report Filing: Refund
Report to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.
Accession Number: 20190808–5072.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2556–000.
Applicants: TransCanyon DCR, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
TransCanyon Gates Notice of
Succession to be effective 7/9/2019.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.

Accession Number: 20190808–5090.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2557–000.
Applicants: Missisquoi, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Missisquoi, LLC MBR Tariff to be
effective 8/9/2019.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.
Accession Number: 20190808–5113.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2558–000.
Applicants: AEP Texas Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
AEPTX–KC Wind System Upgrade
Agreement to be effective 7/18/2019.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.
Accession Number: 20190808–5114.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2559–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2019–08–08_Tariff revisons for PRA
Process Timeline to be effective 10/8/
2019.
Filed Date: 8/8/19.
Accession Number: 20190808–5120.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2560–000.
Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Filing of
Revised Market-Based Sales Tariff to be
effective 10/9/2019.
Filed Date: 8/9/19.
Accession Number: 20190809–5060.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/19.

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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