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1 ‘‘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. 

2The 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–592 to be 

compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC 

employees. 

3The requirements for this collection are 

contained in 18 CFR part 358 and 18 CFR part 

250.16. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC19–12–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–592); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

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– 

592 (Standards of Conduct for 

Transmission Provider and Marketing 

Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due February 19, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC19–12–000) 

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: Standards of Conduct for 

Transmission Provider and Marketing 

Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0157. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–592 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information maintained and posted by 

the respondents to monitor the 

pipeline’s transportation, sales, and 

storage activities for its marketing 

affiliate to deter undue discrimination 

by pipeline companies in favor of their 

marketing affiliates. Non-affiliated 

shippers and other entities (e.g. state 

commissions) also use information to 

determine whether they have been 

harmed by affiliate preference and to 

prepare evidence for proceedings 

following the filing of a complaint. 

18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of Conduct) 

Respondents maintain and provide 

the information required by part 358 on 

their internet websites. When the 

Commission requires a pipeline to post 

information on its website following a 

disclosure of non-public information to 

its marketing affiliate, non-affiliated 

shippers obtain comparable access to 

the non-public transportation 

information, which allows them to 

compete with marketing affiliates on a 

more equal basis. 

18 CFR 250.16, and the FERC–592 Log/ 

Format 

This form (log/format) provides the 

electronic formats for maintaining 

information on discounted 

transportation transactions and capacity 

allocation to support monitoring of 

activities of interstate pipeline 

marketing affiliates. Commission staff 

considers discounts given to shippers in 

litigated rate cases. 

Without this information collection: 

• The Commission would be unable 

to effectively monitor whether pipelines 

are giving discriminatory preference to 

their marketing affiliates; and 

• non-affiliated shippers and state 

commissions and others would be 

unable to determine if they have been 

harmed by affiliate preference or 

prepare evidence for proceedings 

following the filing of a complaint. 

Type of Respondents: Natural gas 

pipelines. 

Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The 

Commission estimates the annual 

reporting burden and cost for the 

information collection as: 

FERC–592—STANDARDS FOR CONDUCT FOR TRANSMISSION PROVIDERS MARKETING AFFILIATES OF INTERSTATE

PIPELINES

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number 

of responses 

per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden & cost per 

response 2

Total annual burden hours 

& total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

FERC 592 3 ... 85 1 85 116.62 hrs.; $9,212.98 ........ 9,913 hrs.; $783,127 ........... 9,212.98 

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; 


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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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. IS18–766–000; IS18–767–000] 

Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC; 

Seminole Pipeline Company LLC; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

Take notice that a technical 

conference will be held Thursday, 

January 17, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern 

Standard Time), in Hearing Room 7, at 

the offices of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington DC 20426. 

At the technical conference, the 

Commission staff and the parties to the 

proceeding should be prepared to 

discuss all issues set for technical 

conference as established in the October 

25, 2018 order, Mid-America Pipeline 

Company, LLC et al., 165 FERC 61,046. 

All interested persons are permitted to 

attend. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–502–8659 (TTY); or send a fax to 

202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

technical conference please contact 

Matthew Petersen at (202)-502–6845 or 

matthew.petersen@ferc.gov. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC19–43–000] 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on December 6, 2018, 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC 

filed a request for approval to use 

Account 439, authorized by the 

Financial Accounting Standards Board. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the website that 

enables subscribers to receive email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

December 26, 2018. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC19–30–000] 

Virginia Electric and Power Company; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on November 28, 

2018, Virginia Electric and Power 

Company filed a request for approval to 

use Account 439, authorized by the 

Financial Accounting Standards Board. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible online at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the website that 

enables subscribers to receive email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

December 18, 2018. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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