[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 19523-19524] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-9918] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC99-583-000; FERC-583] Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments April 15, 1999.
Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
Action
Notice of proposed information collection and request for comments.
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Summary
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.
Dates
Consideration will be given to comments submitted within 60 days of the publication of this notice.
Addresses
Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained from and written comments may be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Chief Information Officer, CI-1, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
For Further Information Contact
Micheal Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.
Supplementary Information
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC- 583 ``Annual Kilowatt Generating Report (Annual Charges)'' (OMB No. 1902-0136) is used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), Part I, 16 USC 803(e) which requires the Commission to collect annual charges from hydropower licensees for, among other things, the cost of administering Part I of the FPA and for the use of United States dams. In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) authorizes the Commission to ``assess and collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all of the costs incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' The information is collected annually and used to determine the amount of annual charges to be assessed licensees for reimbursable government administrative costs and for use of government dams. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR sections Part 11. Action The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the current expiration date, with no changes to the existing collection of data. Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated as:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total annual Number of Average burden burden hours Number of respondents annually (1) responses per hours per (1) x (2) x respondent (2) response (3) (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 660.......................................................... 1 2 1,320 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated cost burden to respondents: 1,320 hours/2,080 hours per year x $109,889 per year = $69,737. The cost per respondent = $106. The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purposes of collection, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; (4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5) searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information. The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than any one particular function or activity. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 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 those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques of other forms of information technology e.g. permitting electronic submission of responses. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-9918 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M