Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC00-716-001, FERC-716]

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

December 1, 1999. AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for review to the Office of Management and Budget.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review nude provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). Any interested person may file comments on the collection of information directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.

The Commission has indicated in this submission that it received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of July 29, 1994 (64 FR 41099).

DATES: Comments must be filedon or by January 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426. Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone at (202) 208-1415 and by e-mail at mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC-716 ``Good Faith Request for Transmission Service and Response by Transmitting Utility under Sections 211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power Act'' (Policy statement).

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902-0170. The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year extension of this mandatory information collection requirement.

4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the information is necessary to enable the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of Sections 211 and 213 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as amended and added by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The information is not filedwith the Commission, however, the request and response may be analyzed as part of a Section 211 proceeding. This collection of information covers the information that must be contained in the request and the response. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended Section 211 of the FPA and expanded the Commission's authority to order transmission service. Under the revised Section 211, the Commission may order transmission services if it finds that such action would be in the public interest, would not unreasonably impair the continued reliability of electric systems affected by the order, and would meet the requirements of amended section 211 of the FPA.

5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises approximately 10 electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies or any other person generating energy for sale or resale.

6. Estimated Burden: 1,000 total burden hours, 10 respondents, 1 response annually, 100 hours (20 hours for the transmission requestor and 80 hours for the transmitting utility's response) average.

Statutory Authority: Section 211(a), 212, 213(a) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824j-l, and Sections 721-723 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. (P.L. 102-486). Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary.

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