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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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free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis (EA). 

l. The Project Description: The 

proposed Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal 

Project would consist of: (1) Two 19.7- 

foot-diameter Open-Centre turbines, 

supplied by OpenHydro Group Ltd., 

mounted on completely submerged 

gravity foundations; (2) two 

transmission cables which run from the 

turbines to the cable termination vault; 

(3) two transmission cables from the 

cable termination vault to the proposed 

cable control building; (4) a cable 

control building housing the power 

conditioning and monitoring 

equipment; (5) a transmission cable 

bringing power from the cable control 

building to an existing 12.47-kilovolt 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities for operation and maintenance. 

The estimated average annual 

generation of the project is 216,000 

kilowatt-hours. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

Register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, .214. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘FISHWAY 

PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b) except to the extent 

that this notice establishes deadlines 

different from those in the regulation. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. A copy of 

all other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 

The application will be processed 

according to the following Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Due date 

Filing of recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway 

prescriptions.

May 23, 2012. 

Commission issues Single EA.July 23, 2012. 

Comments on EA .......... August 22, 2012. 

p. Waiver of deadline to file 

competing applications filed pursuant 

to a notice of intent (NOI): 

Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application or 

an NOI to file such an application. 

Section 4.36(b)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, which allows 120 days from 

the specified intervention deadline date 

for interested parties to file competing 

development applications in which 

timely NOIs have been submitted, is 

hereby waived. Due to the expedited 

nature of the pilot project licensing 

procedures, the submission of a timely 

NOI will instead allow an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

30 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

An NOI must specify the exact name, 

business address, and telephone number 

of the prospective applicant, and must 

include an unequivocal statement of 

intent to submit a development 

application. An NOI must be served on 

the applicant named in this public 

notice. 

Dated: April 23, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary . 

[FR Doc. 2012–10221 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1256–031] 

Loup River Public Power District; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Licensing and Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1256–031. 

c. Date Filed: April 16, 2012. 

d. Applicant: Loup River Public 

Power District (Loup Power District). 

e. Name of Project: Loup River 

Hydroelectric Project (Loup River 

Project). 

f. Location: On the Loup River, Loup 

Canal (a diversion canal off the Loup 

River), and Platte River in Nance and 

Platte counties, Nebraska. The project 

does not occupy federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Neal Suess, 

President/CEO, Loup Power District, 

P.O. Box 988, 2404 15th Street, 

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