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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–542–001, FERC–542] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

October 28, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and extension of this 

information collection requirement. 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 received no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of August 26, 2004 (69 FR 7634) 

and has made this indication in its 

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by November 29, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

Pamela_L._Beverly@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point 

of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–30, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20426. Comments may be filed 

either in paper format or electronically. 

Those persons filing electronically do 

not need to make a paper filing. For 

paper filings, such comments should be 

submitted to the Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426 and should refer to Docket No. 

IC04–542–001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in, MS Word, 

Portable Document Format, Word 

Perfect or ASCII format. To file the 

document, access the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and 

click on ‘‘Make an E-filing,’’ and then 

follow the instructions for each screen. 

First time users will have to establish a 

user name and password. The 

Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. User 

assistance for electronic filings is 

available at 202–502–8258 or by e-mail 

to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should 

not be submitted to the e-mail address. 

All comments are available for review 

at the Commission 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description 

The information collection submitted 

for OMB review contains the following: 

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

542 ‘‘Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate 

Tracking.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0070. 

The Commission is now requesting 

that OMB approve with a three-year 

extension of the expiration date, with no 

changes to the existing collection. The 

information filed with the Commission 

is mandatory. 

4. Necessity of the Collection of 

Information: Submission of the 

information is necessary to enable the 

Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities in implementing the 

statutory provisions of sections 4, 5 and 

16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (Pub. 

L. 75–688) (15 U.S.C. 717–717w). Under 

the NGA, a natural gas company must 

obtain Commission approval to engage 

in the transportation, sale or exchange 

of natural gas in interstate commerce. 

Sections 4, 5 and 16 authorize the 

Commission to collect natural gas 

transmission cost information from 

interstate natural gas transporters for the 

purpose of verifying that these costs 

which are passed on to pipeline 

customers, are just and reasonable. 

Interstate natural gas pipelines are 

required by the Commission to track 

their transportation associated costs to 

allow for the Commission’s review and 

where appropriate, approval of the pass 

through of these costs to pipeline 

customers. Most of the FERC–542 

tracking filings are monthly accountings 

of the cost of fuel or electric power to 

operate compressor stations. 

Tracking filings may be submitted at 

any time or on a regularly scheduled 

basis in accordance with the pipeline 

company’s tariff. Filings may be either: 

(1) Accepted; (2) suspended and set for 

hearing; (3) suspended, but not set for 

hearing; or (4) suspended for further 

review, such as technical conference or 

some other type of Commission action. 

The Commission implements these 

filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

part 154, 154.4, 154.7, 154.101, 154.107, 

154.201, 154.207–209 and 154.401–403. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 57 companies (on average per 

year) subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 23,940 total 

hours, 57 respondents (average per 

year), 3 responses per respondent, and 

140 hours per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

respondents: 23,940 hours/2080 hours 

per years × $107,185 per year = 

$1,233,658.

Statutory Authority: Sections 4, 5 and 16 

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Pub. L. 75–

688) (15 U.S.C. 717–717).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–24596 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–546–001, FERC–546] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

October 28, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

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review and extension of this 

information collection requirement. 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 received no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of August 26, 2004 (69 FR 52494) 

and has made this indication in its 

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by November 29, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

Pamela_L._Beverly@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point 

of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–30, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20426. Comments may be filed 

either in paper format or electronically. 

Those persons filing electronically do 

not need to make a paper filing. For 

paper filings, such comments should be 

submitted to the Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426 and should refer to Docket No. 

IC04–546–001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in, MS Word, 

Portable Document Format, Word 

Perfect or ASCII format. To file the 

document, access the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and 

click on ‘‘Make an E-filing,’’ and then 

follow the instructions for each screen. 

First time users will have to establish a 

user name and password. The 

Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. User 

assistance for electronic filings is 

available at 202–502–8258 or by e-mail 

to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should 

not be submitted to the e-mail address. 

All comments are available for review 

at the Commission 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description 

The information collection submitted 

for OMB review contains the following: 

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

546 ‘‘Certificated Rate Filings: Gas 

Pipeline Rates.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0155. 

The Commission is now requesting 

that OMB approve with a three-year 

extension of the expiration date, with no 

changes to the existing collection. The 

information filed with the Commission 

is mandatory. 

4. Necessity of the Collection of 

Information: Submission of the 

information is necessary to enable the 

Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities in implementing the 

statutory provisions of sections 4, 5 and 

16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (Pub. 

L. 75–688) (15 U.S.C. 717–717w) and 

Title IV of the Natural Gas Policy Act 

(NGPA) (15 U.S.C. 3301–3432). The 

Commission has the regulatory 

responsibility under these Acts to 

ensure that pipeline rates and services 

are just and reasonable and not unduly 

discriminatory. Accordingly, 

jurisdictional natural gas pipeline 

companies are required to obtain 

Commission approval for all rates and 

charges made, or demanded, in 

connection with the transportation or 

sale of natural gas in interstate 

commerce. 

Service and tariff revision information 

necessary for Commission examination 

and subsequent approval of any 

certificated pipeline change in service is 

collected under FERC–546. (Information 

necessary to examine and approve any 

change in rates is collected separately 

under FERC–542 for tracking filings 

(non-formal), and FERC–544 and FERC–

545 for general rate change filings, 

including NGA Section 4 major rate 

filings, (formal and non-formal 

respectively)). The required FERC–546 

information is set forth in each 

pipeline’s tariff, and must be filed in 

compliance with Commission 

regulations found in 18 CFR 154.4; 

154.7; 154.202; and 154.204–154.209; 

and 154.602–154.603. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 77 companies (on average per 

year) subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 12,320 total 

hours, 77 respondents (average per 

year), 4 responses per respondent, and 

40 hours per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: 12,320 hours/2080 hours 

per years × $107,185 per year = 

$634,865.

Statutory Authority: Sections 4, 5 and 16 

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Pub. L. 75–

688) (15 U.S.C. 717–717) and Title IV of the 

Natural Gas Policy Act (15 U.S.C. 3301–

3432).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–24597 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–556–001, FERC Form–556] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

October 29, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and extension of this 

information collection requirement. 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 received no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of August 26, 2004 (69 FR 52495–

96) and has made this indication in its 

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by November 30, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

Pamela_L._Beverly@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point