Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 212)]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC00-597-000]

Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments

October 27, 1999. AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for comments.

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 on or before January 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the proposed collection of information 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, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael 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 FERC-597, ``Customer Satisfaction Survey'' (OMB No. 1902-0163) is used by the Commission to evaluate the services performed in the Public Reference Room for the public. The Public Reference Room is the Commission's repository and reference center for most of the documents filedwith the Commission. Official file copies of all public records of the Commission are accessible through the Public Reference Room. Duplicate copies of those documents and reports in greatest demand are available on open shelves or in labeled file cabinets in the public area of the reference room. Other documents, historical records, indexes and publications are available but mut be retrieved by Commission staff. The Public Reference room staff respond to both oral, written and electronic inquiries regarding the Commission's official records and documents. The customer survey is conducted on an annual basis and responses to the survey are voluntary. The Commission uses the survey to assess the performance of its staff and to determine how best to serve the public.

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:

Average burden Number of respondents

Annual responses Hours per

Total annual per response

response

burden hours

(1)

(2)

(3) (1) x (2) x ( 3)

100....................................................

1

.15 Hours

15 Hours

Estimated cost burden to respondents: Because of the minimal amount of time to conduct this survey (15 minutes), and the voluntary nature of response to this survey, the commission estimates that the cost to respondents will be minimal.

The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide the information including (as applicable): (1) reviewing instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 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 or other forms of information technology

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary.

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