82 FR 22825 - Agency Information Collection Extension
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 95 (May 18, 2017)
Western Area Power Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 95 (May 18, 2017)
| Page Range | 22825-22826 | |
| FR Document | 2017-10046 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 95 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 22825-22826] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-10046] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Agency Information Collection Extension AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), an element of the Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years without change, an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The current OMB control number 1910-5136 for WAPA's Applicant Profile Data (APD) form expires September 30, 2017. WAPA intends to extend the APD form under the OMB control number to September 30, 2020. WAPA is seeking comments on this proposed information collection extension. DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before the end of the comment period that closes on July 17, 2017. WAPA must receive comments by the end of the comment period to ensure consideration. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice President of Power Marketing, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, or by email to [email protected]. Please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Act Information Collection'' as the subject of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice President of Power Marketing, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, telephone (801) 524-5495, or email [email protected]. The APD form is available on WAPA's Web page at www.wapa.gov/PowerMarketing/Pages/applicant-profile-data.aspx. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request relates to: (1) OMB No. 1910-5136; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Western Area Power Administration Applicant Profile Data; (3) Type of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of WAPA's power marketing functions. WAPA markets a limited amount of Federal hydropower. WAPA has discretion to determine who will receive an allocation of Federal hydropower. Due to the limited quantity and high demand for WAPA's hydropower available under established marketing plans, WAPA may need to be able to collect information using the APD to evaluate the entities that apply to receive allocations of Federal hydropower; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.3; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 33.3; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 266.7; and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $34,063.44. I. Statutory Authority Reclamation Laws are a series of laws arising from the Desert Land Act of 1877 and include, but are not limited to, the Desert Land Act of 1877, Reclamation Act of 1902, Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and the Acts authorizing each individual project such as the Central Valley Project Authorizing Act of 1937.\1\ The Reclamation Act of 1902 established the Federal reclamation program.\2\ The basic principle of the Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the United States, through the Secretary of the Interior, would build and operate irrigation works from the proceeds of public land sales in the sixteen arid Western states (a seventeenth was later added). The Reclamation Project Act of 1939 expanded the purposes of the reclamation program and specified certain terms for contracts that the Secretary of the Interior enters into to furnish water and power.\3\ Congress enacted the Reclamation Laws for purposes that include enhancing navigation, protection from floods, reclaiming the arid lands in the Western United States, and for fish and wildlife.\4\ Congress intended the production of power would be a supplemental feature of the multi-purpose water projects authorized under the Reclamation Laws.\5\ No contract entered into by the United States for power may, in the judgment of the Secretary, impair the efficiency of the project for irrigation purposes.\6\ Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 is read in pari materia with Reclamation Laws with respect to the WAPA.\7\ In 1977, the Department of Energy Organization Act transferred the power marketing functions of the Department of the Interior to the Secretary of Energy, acting by and through a separate Administrator for WAPA.\8\ Pursuant to this authority, WAPA markets Federal hydropower. As part of WAPA's [[Page 22826]] marketing authority, WAPA needs to obtain information from interested entities who desire an allocation of Federal power using the APD form. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires WAPA to obtain a clearance from OMB before collecting this information through the APD form.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See, Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1877), Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388 (1902), Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), all as amended and supplemented. \2\ See, Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388 (1902), as amended and supplemented. \3\ See, Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended and supplemented. \4\ See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as amended and supplemented. \5\ See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as amended and supplemented. \6\ See, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c). \7\ See, Act of December 22, 1944, Ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, as amended and supplemented. \8\ See, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E). \9\ See, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. This Process Determines the Format of the APD and Is Not a Call for Applications This public process and the associated Federal Register notice only determine the information that WAPA will collect from an entity desiring to apply for a Federal power allocation. This public process is a legal requirement that WAPA must comply with before WAPA can request information from potential preference customers. This public process is not the process whereby interested parties request an allocation of Federal power. The actual allocation of power is outside the scope of this proceeding. Please do not submit a request for Federal power in this process. Later, through a separate process, WAPA will issue a call for applications, as part of its project-specific marketing plans. When WAPA issues a call for applications, the information WAPA proposes to collect is voluntary. WAPA will use the information collected, in conjunction with its project-specific marketing plans, to determine an entity's eligibility and ultimately which entity will receive an allocation of Federal power. III. Invitation for Comments WAPA intends to extend and reuse the APD form under the OMB control number to September 30, 2020. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the extended collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated electronic, mechanical or other collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Dated: April 21, 2017. Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2017-10046 Filed 5-17-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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Background Notice and request for
ACTION: Responses: 33.3; (7) Annual Estimated
comments. Number of Burden Hours: 266.7; and (8)
Section 57b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Annual Estimated Reporting and
Act of 1954, as amended, is SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $34,063.44.
implemented through the DOE/NNSA Administration (WAPA), an element of
regulations under Title 10 of the Code the Department of Energy (DOE), I. Statutory Authority
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 810 pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Reclamation Laws are a series of laws
(Part 810) governing exports of Act of 1995, intends to extend for three arising from the Desert Land Act of 1877
unclassified nuclear technology and years without change, an information and include, but are not limited to, the
assistance. Applicants seeking specific collection request with the Office of Desert Land Act of 1877, Reclamation
authorizations to transfer or provide any Management and Budget (OMB). The Act of 1902, Reclamation Project Act of
such technology or assistance must current OMB control number 1910–5136 1939, and the Acts authorizing each
make an application to DOE, and those for WAPA’s Applicant Profile Data individual project such as the Central
who are transferring or providing such (APD) form expires September 30, 2017. Valley Project Authorizing Act of 1937.1
technology or assistance must provide WAPA intends to extend the APD form The Reclamation Act of 1902
regular reports to DOE. In response to under the OMB control number to established the Federal reclamation
public comment, DOE/NNSA is September 30, 2020. WAPA is seeking program.2 The basic principle of the
pursuing a number of efforts to improve comments on this proposed information Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the
the Part 810 authorization process collection extension. United States, through the Secretary of
collectively known as a Process DATES: Comments regarding this the Interior, would build and operate
Improvement Plan (PIP) to make the proposed information collection must irrigation works from the proceeds of
Part 810 authorization process more be received on or before the end of the public land sales in the sixteen arid
transparent, orderly, and efficient. One comment period that closes on July 17, Western states (a seventeenth was later
of the main components of the PIP was 2017. WAPA must receive comments by added). The Reclamation Project Act of
to develop an electronic application and the end of the comment period to ensure 1939 expanded the purposes of the
reporting database (which DOE has consideration. reclamation program and specified
called ‘‘e810’’). e810 was designed to ADDRESSES: Written comments may be certain terms for contracts that the
ease the application and reporting sent to Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice President Secretary of the Interior enters into to
burden on industry, streamline the of Power Marketing, Western Area furnish water and power.3 Congress
review process for specific authorization Power Administration, 150 East Social enacted the Reclamation Laws for
applications, and provide greater Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, purposes that include enhancing
transparency into the authorization UT 84111, or by email to osiek@ navigation, protection from floods,
process and timelines. The e810 wapa.gov. Please refer to ‘‘Paperwork reclaiming the arid lands in the Western
database is now available for use. The Reduction Act Information Collection’’ United States, and for fish and wildlife.4
Web site is: e810.energy.gov. as the subject of your comments. Congress intended the production of
Prospective users may register for an power would be a supplemental feature
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
account at that site. Use of the e810 site of the multi-purpose water projects
Please contact Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice
for Part 810 communications is strictly authorized under the Reclamation
President of Power Marketing, Western
optional; the email and paper Laws.5 No contract entered into by the
Area Power Administration, 150 East
communication options listed at 10 CFR United States for power may, in the
Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake
810.4 remain available. However, we judgment of the Secretary, impair the
City, UT 84111, telephone (801) 524–
encourage its use as continued upgrades efficiency of the project for irrigation
5495, or email osiek@wapa.gov. The
to the e810 database will further purposes.6 Section 5 of the Flood
APD form is available on WAPA’s Web
enhance and streamline the Part 810 Control Act of 1944 is read in pari
page at www.wapa.gov/PowerMarketing/
authorization process. Early use will materia with Reclamation Laws with
Pages/applicant-profile-data.aspx.
allow users to take full advantage of respect to the WAPA.7 In 1977, the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Department of Energy Organization Act
those features as they come on line.
information collection request relates to: transferred the power marketing
Dated: April 21, 2017. (1) OMB No. 1910–5136; (2) Information functions of the Department of the
For the Department of Energy. Collection Request Title: Western Area Interior to the Secretary of Energy,
Kasia Mendelsohn, Power Administration Applicant Profile acting by and through a separate
Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of
Data; (3) Type of Review: Renewal; (4) Administrator for WAPA.8 Pursuant to
Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Purpose: The proposed collection of this authority, WAPA markets Federal
Nuclear Security Administration, Department information is necessary for the proper hydropower. As part of WAPA’s
of Energy. performance of WAPA’s power
[FR Doc. 2017–10049 Filed 5–17–17; 8:45 am] marketing functions. WAPA markets a 1 See, Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1877), Ch. 1093, 32
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limited amount of Federal hydropower. Stat. 388 (1902), Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), Ch.
WAPA has discretion to determine who 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), all as amended and
will receive an allocation of Federal supplemented.
2 See, Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388 (1902), as amended
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY hydropower. Due to the limited quantity and supplemented.
and high demand for WAPA’s 3 See, Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended
hydropower available under established
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Western Area Power Administration and supplemented.
marketing plans, WAPA may need to be 4 See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as
Agency Information Collection able to collect information using the amended and supplemented.
5 See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as
Extension APD to evaluate the entities that apply
amended and supplemented.
to receive allocations of Federal 6 See, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c).
AGENCY:Western Area Power hydropower; (5) Annual Estimated 7 See, Act of December 22, 1944, Ch. 665, 58 Stat.
Administration, Department of Energy Number of Respondents: 33.3; (6) 887, as amended and supplemented.
(DOE). Annual Estimated Number of Total 8 See, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E).
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marketing authority, WAPA needs to Dated: April 21, 2017. The notices are available for
obtain information from interested Mark A. Gabriel, immediate inspection at the Federal
entities who desire an allocation of Administrator. Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
Federal power using the APD form. The [FR Doc. 2017–10046 Filed 5–17–17; 8:45 am] also will be available for inspection at
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
the offices of the Board of Governors.
requires WAPA to obtain a clearance Interested persons may express their
from OMB before collecting this views in writing to the Reserve Bank
information through the APD form.9 indicated for that notice or to the offices
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
of the Board of Governors. Comments
II. This Process Determines the Format CORPORATION
must be received not later than June 6,
of the APD and Is Not a Call for Sunshine Act Meeting 2017.
Applications A. Federal Reserve Bank of San
Pursuant to the provisions of the Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director,
This public process and the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 Applications and Enforcement) 101
associated Federal Register notice only U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that Market Street, San Francisco, California
determine the information that WAPA at 10:11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 94105–1579:
will collect from an entity desiring to the Board of Directors of the Federal 1. Basswood Capital Management,
apply for a Federal power allocation. Deposit Insurance Corporation met in LLC; Basswood Opportunity Partners,
This public process is a legal closed session to consider matters LP, Basswood Financial Fund, LP, and
requirement that WAPA must comply related to the Corporation’s supervision, Basswood Financial Long Only Fund,
with before WAPA can request corporate, and resolution activities. LP, funds for which Basswood Partners,
information from potential preference In calling the meeting, the Board LLC, serves as General Partner and
customers. This public process is not determined, on motion of Vice Basswood Capital Management, LLC,
the process whereby interested parties Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig, seconded serves as Investment Manager;
request an allocation of Federal power. by Director Richard Cordray (Director, Basswood Opportunity Fund, Inc., and
The actual allocation of power is Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), Basswood Financial Fund, Inc., funds
outside the scope of this proceeding. concurred in by Director Keith A. for which Basswood Capital
Please do not submit a request for Noreika (Acting Comptroller of the Management, LLC, serves as Investment
Federal power in this process. Later, Currency), and Chairman Martin J. Manager; Basswood Capital
Gruenberg, that Corporation business Management, LLC, as investment
through a separate process, WAPA will
required its consideration of the matters adviser to three managed accounts; and
issue a call for applications, as part of
which were to be the subject of this Bennett Lindenbaum and Matthew
its project-specific marketing plans. Lindenbaum, as Managing Members of
meeting on less than seven days’ notice
When WAPA issues a call for to the public; that no earlier notice of Basswood Partners, LLC, and of
applications, the information WAPA the meeting was practicable; that the Basswood Capital Management, LLC; all
proposes to collect is voluntary. WAPA public interest did not require of New York, New York; to acquire
will use the information collected, in consideration of the matters in a voting shares of CommerceWest Bank,
conjunction with its project-specific meeting open to public observation; and Irvine, California.
marketing plans, to determine an that the matters could be considered in
entity’s eligibility and ultimately which a closed meeting by authority of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
entity will receive an allocation of subsections (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), System, May 15, 2017.
Federal power. (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the Yao-Chin Chao,
‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 Assistant Secretary of the Board.
III. Invitation for Comments
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), [FR Doc. 2017–10069 Filed 5–17–17; 8:45 am]
WAPA intends to extend and reuse (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10). BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
the APD form under the OMB control Dated: May 16, 2017.
number to September 30, 2020. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether Robert E. Feldman, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
the extended collection of information Executive Secretary. HUMAN SERVICES
is necessary for the proper performance [FR Doc. 2017–10196 Filed 5–16–17; 4:15 pm]
of the functions of the agency, including Agency for Healthcare Research and
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whether the information shall have Quality
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Supplemental Evidence and Data
agency’s estimate of the burden of the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Request on Noninvasive,
proposed collection of information,
Nonpharmacological Treatment for
including the validity of the Change in Bank Control Notices; Chronic Pain
methodology and assumptions used; (3) Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Bank Holding Company AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
clarity of the information to be and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
The notificants listed below have ACTION: Request for supplemental
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
applied under the Change in Bank
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burden of the collection of information evidence and data submissions.
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
on respondents, including the use of
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare
automated electronic, mechanical or CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking
other collection techniques or other or bank holding company. The factors scientific information submissions from
forms of information technology. that are considered in acting on the the public. Scientific information is
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of being solicited to inform our review of
9 See, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice and request for comments. | |
| Dates | Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before the end of the comment period that closes on July 17, 2017. WAPA must receive comments by the end of the comment period to ensure consideration. | |
| Contact | Please contact Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice President of Power Marketing, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, telephone (801) 524-5495, or email [email protected] The APD form is available on WAPA's Web page at www.wapa.gov/PowerMarketing/Pages/applicant-profile- data.aspx. | |
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