64824 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 18, 2018 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 717f–w. 

2 ‘‘Burden’’ 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. 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL19–14–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21 

days of the date of issuance of the order. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27316 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC19–11–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–538); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection, FERC– 

538 (Gas Pipelines Certificates: Sections 

7(a) Mandatory Initial Service). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due [insert date that is 

60 days after publication in the Federal 

Register]. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC19–11–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s website: 

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 CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Gas Pipelines Certificates: 

Sections 7(a) Mandatory Initial Service. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0061. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–538 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: Under sections 7(a), 10(a) 

and 16 of Natural Gas Act (NGA),1 upon 

application by a person or municipality 

authorized to engage in the local 

distribution of natural gas, the 

Commission may order a natural gas 

company to extend or improve its 

transportation facilities, and sell natural 

gas to the municipality or person and, 

for such purpose, to extend its 

transportation facilities to communities 

immediately adjacent to such facilities 

or to territories served by the natural gas 

pipeline company. The Commission 

uses the application data in order to be 

fully informed concerning the applicant, 

and the service the applicant is 

requesting. 

Type of Respondents: Persons or 

municipalities authorized to engage in 

the local distribution of natural gas. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The 

Commission estimates the annual 

reporting burden and cost for the 

information collection as: 

FERC–538—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: SECTION 7(A) MANDATORY INITIAL SERVICE

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number 

of responses 

per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden & cost 

per response 3

Total annual burden 

hours & total 

annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1)*(2) = (3) (4) (3)*(4) = (5) (5)(1) 

Gas Pipeline Certificates.1 1 1 240 hrs.; $18,960 ........... 240 hrs.; $18,960 .......... $18,960 

3The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $79.00/hour = Average 

cost/response. The figure is the 2018 FERC average hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $79.00 (and an average annual salary of $164,820/ 

year). Commission staff is using the FERC average salary because we consider any reporting requirements completed in response to the 

FERC–538 to be compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC employees. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the collection 

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 collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27307 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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