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Dated: March 20, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025–05110 Filed 3–25–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP25–711–000.
Applicants: Great Basin Gas
Transmission Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: System
Map Tariff Record Update to be effective
4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/18/25.
Accession Number: 20250318–5110.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–712–000.
Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: PAL
Negotiated Rate Agreement 2025–03–18
to be effective 3/18/2025.
Filed Date: 3/18/25.
Accession Number: 20250318–5141.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–713–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 3.19.25
Negotiated Rates—Hartree Partners, LP
R–7090–16 to be effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5037.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–714–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 3.19.25
Negotiated Rates—Hartree Partners, LP
R–7090–15 to be effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5038.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–715–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 3.19.25
Negotiated Rates—Citadel Energy
Marketing LLC R–7705–29 to be
effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5041.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–716–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 3.19.25
Negotiated Rates—Citadel Energy

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Marketing LLC R–7705–30 to be
effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5047.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–717–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate Agreements—Certain
Shippers March 19 2025 to be effective
4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5081.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/25.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is
necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
Filings in Existing Proceedings
Docket Numbers: PR25–33–001.
Applicants: Colt Pipelines (North
Texas) L.P.
Description: Amendment Filing:
Amendment to 1433 to be effective 2/1/
2025.
Filed Date: 3/19/25.
Accession Number: 20250319–5079.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/25.
§ 284.123(g) Protest: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/25.
Any person desiring to protest in any
the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, community organizations,
Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and
navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with
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comments, or requests for rehearing, the
public is encouraged to contact OPP at
(202) 502–6595 or [email protected].
Dated: March 19, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025–05099 Filed 3–25–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. Ic25–9–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–
Q); Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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).

SUMMARY:

Comments on the collections of
information are due May 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC25–9–000
and the form) by either of the following
methods:
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only,
addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) delivery
to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at [email protected], or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
DATES:

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docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kayla Williams may be reached by
email at [email protected] and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year
extensions of FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–
Q, information collections with no
changes to the current reporting
requirement.
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), 1902–0206 (FERC Form
No. 6–Q).
Type of Respondent: Oil pipelines.
Abstract: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act (ICA),1 the Commission
is authorized to collect and record data
to the extent the Commission may
consider such data 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
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require oil pipelines to file annual
reports of information necessary for the
Commission to exercise its statutory
responsibilities.2 The transfer included
the ICC Form P, the predecessor to
FERC Form No. 6.3
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)).
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
2 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.’’
3 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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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 schedule
(18 CFR 357.2 (a)(2)).
3. Oil pipeline carriers exempt from
filing FERC Form No. 6 and page 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 No. 6 to perform audits and
reviews of 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.

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Furthermore, the majority of state
regulatory commissions use FERC Form
No. 6 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 No. 6 to assist in monitoring
rates, the financial condition of the oil
pipeline 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
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; and (4) rate proceedings and
economic analyses.
Financial information reported on the
quarterly FERC Form No. 6–Q provides

the Commission, as well as customers,
investors and others, an important tool
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.
FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q
Estimates of Annual Burden 4 and
Cost: 5

FERC FORM 6—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE
C.
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

B.
Number of
respondents

E.
Average burden
hours & cost
per response

D.
Total number
of responses
(column B ×
column C)

269 ..................

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269

161 hrs.; $16,744 .............................

F.
Total annual
burden hours
& cost

G.
Cost per
respondent

(column D × column E)

(column F ÷
column B)

43,309 hrs.; $4,504,136 ...................

$16,744

FERC FORM 6–Q—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE
C.
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

B.
Number of
respondents

E.
Average burden
hours & cost
per response

D.
Total number
of responses
(column B ×
column C)

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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
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to
or for a Federal agency. For further explanation of
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F.
Total annual
burden hours
& cost

G.
Cost per
respondent

(column D × column E)

(column F ÷
column B)

111,150 hrs.; $11,559, 600 .............

collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

$46,800

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Dated: March 20, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.

Combined Notice of Filings

[FR Doc. 2025–05108 Filed 3–25–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: CP25–147–000.
Applicants: Millennium Pipeline
Company, L.L.C., Bluestone Pipeline
Company of Pennsylvania, LLC,

burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3. The burden hours and costs are rounded for
ease of presentation.
5 The cost is based on FERC’s 2025 Commissionwide average salary cost (salary plus benefits) of

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$104.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the
FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.

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