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DATES: Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 

3:30 p.m.–4 p.m. (EST). To receive the 

call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the address or phone 

number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil 

Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number is (202) 287–1644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Plan for the 

upcoming June 26–28, 2012, live Board 

meeting; update the Board on the 

activities of the STEAB’s Task Forces; 

review of EECBG recommendations to 

DOE; and provide an update to the 

Board on routine business matters and 

other topics of interest. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gil Sperling at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site, www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on April 23, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10233 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–5–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–65, FERC–65A, and 

FERC–65B); Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collections Notification of Holding 

Company Status (FERC–65), Exemption 

Notification of Holding Company Status 

(FERC–65A), and Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status (FERC–65B) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review of the information 

collection requirements. Any interested 

person may file comments directly with 

OMB and should address a copy of 

those comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 8245, 02/14/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–65, FERC–65A 

or FERC–65B and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB 

(identified by FERC–65, FERC–65A, 

and/or FERC–65B) should be sent via 

email to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@ 

omb.gov. Attention: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. 

The Desk Officer may also be reached 

via telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–5–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown 

may be reached by email at 

DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and by fax at (202) 

273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: Notification of Holding 

Company Status (FERC–65), Exemption 

Notification of Holding Company Status 

(FERC–65A), and Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status (FERC–65B). 

OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0218 (FERC– 

65), 1902–0216 (FERC–65A), and 1902– 

0217 (FERC–65B). 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC– 

65B information collection requirements 

with no changes to the current reporting 

requirements. 

Abstract: 

FERC–65 (Notification of Holding 

Company Status) 

The FERC–65 is a one-time 

informational filing outlined in the 

Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The 

FERC–65 must be submitted within 30 

days of becoming a holding company. 

The Commission does not require the 

information to be reported in a specific 

format. The filing consists of the name 

of the holding company, the name of 

public utilities, the name of natural gas 

companies in the holding company 

system, and the names of service 

companies. The Commission requires 

the filing to include the names of 

special-purpose subsidiaries (which 

provide non-power goods and services) 

and the names of all affiliates and 

subsidiaries (and their corporate 

interrelationship) to each other. Filings 

may be submitted in hardcopy or 

electronically through the Commission’s 

eFiling system. 

FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of 

Holding Company Status) 

While noting the previously outlined 

requirements of the FERC–65, the 

Commission has allowed for an 

exemption from the requirement of 

providing the Commission with a 

FERC–65 if the books, accounts, 

memoranda, and other records of any 

person are not relevant to the 

jurisdictional rates of a public utility or 

natural gas company; or if any class of 

transactions is not relevant to the 

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1Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

2Not applicable. 

3 2,080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks 

(1 year). 

4Average annual salary per employee in 2012. 

jurisdictional rates of a public utility or 

natural gas company. Companies 

seeking this exemption file the FERC– 

65A. Commission regulations within 18 

CFR 366.3 describe the criteria in more 

specificity. 

FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status) 

Entities may file a FERC–65B 

pursuant to the notification procedures 

contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a 

waiver from the requirement of 

providing the Commission with a 

FERC–65 if they meet the requirements 

in 18 CFR 366.3(c). Specifically, the 

Commission waives the requirement of 

providing it with a FERC 65 for any 

holding company with respect to one or 

more of the following: (1) Single-state 

holding company systems; (2) holding 

companies that own generating facilities 

that total 100 MW or less in size and are 

used fundamentally for their own load 

or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3) 

investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in 

hardcopy or electronically through the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Type of Respondents: Holding 

company, Public utilities, natural gas 

companies, service companies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, AND FERC–65B (IC12–5–000): NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS, EXEMPTION

NOTIFICATION, AND WAIVER NOTIFICATION

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

FERC–65 Notification of Holding Company Status ............. 8 1 8 3 24 

FERC–65A Exemption Notification ...................................... 1 1 1 1 1 

FERC–65B Waiver Notification ............................................ 0 1 0 1 0 

Total .............................................................................. 2 N/A 2 N/A 9 2 N/A 25 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $1,725.35. [25 

hours ÷ 2,080 3 hours/year = 0.01202 

years * $143,540/year 4 = $1,725.35] 

The estimated annual cost of filing the 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–65B 

per response is $191.71. [$1,725.35 ÷ 9 

responses = $191.71/response] 

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 estimate 

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 collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collections of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: April 20, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10224 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12690–005] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County, WA; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing, Ready 

for Environmental Analysis, Soliciting 

Motions To Intervene and Protests, 

Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Fishway 

Prescriptions, and Waiving the Timing 

Requirement for Filing Competing 

Development Applications 

Take notice that the following 

hydrokinetic pilot project license 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Pilot Project 

License. 

b. Project No.: 12690–005. 

c. Date Filed: March 1, 2012. 

d. Applicant: Public Utility District 

No. 1 of Snohomish County, 

Washington (Snohomish PUD). 

e. Name of Project: Admiralty Inlet 

Pilot Tidal Project. 

f. Location: On the east side of 

Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, 

Washington, about 1 kilometer west of 

Whidbey Island, entirely within Island 

County, Washington. The project would 

not occupy any federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–828(c). 

h. Applicant Contact: Steven J. Klein, 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County, Washington, P.O. 

Box 1107, 2320 California Street, 

Everett, WA 98206–1107; (425) 783– 

8473. 

i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 

502–6091. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and fishway prescriptions: 

30 days from the issuance of this notice; 

reply comments are due 60 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

Motions to intervene, protests, 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and fishway prescriptions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

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