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the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

under 18 CFR part 33. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 134 companies (on average 

per year) subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 52,930 total 

hours, 134 respondents (average per 

year), 1 response per respondent, and 

395 hours per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: $6,141,456. (The 

Commission anticipates over the next 

three years that it will receive 132 ‘‘203 

applications for non-merger 

transactions’’ at an average of $37,200 

and 2 merger applications not requiring 

complex analysis at an average of 

$615,528 per application.)

Statutory Authority: Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act, (18 U.S.C. 824b).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–523–001, FERC–523] 

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 20, 2004 (69 FR 51651–

52), 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. IC04–523–

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–

523 ‘‘Applications for Authorization of 

Issuance of Securities.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0043. 

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 19, 20 

and 204 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) 

(16 U.S.C. 792–828c). Under the FPA, a 

public utility or licensee must obtain 

Commission authorization for the 

issuance of securities or for the 

assumption of liabilities as a guarantor, 

indorser, or surety or otherwise in 

respect to any other security of another 

person, unless and until they have 

submitted an application to the 

Commission. After review and approval, 

the Commission will in turn issue an 

order authorizing the assumption of the 

liability or the issuance of securities. 

The information filed in applications to 

the Commission is used to determine 

the Commission’s acceptance and/or 

rejection for granting authorizations for 

either the issuance of securities or the 

assumption of obligations or liabilities 

to licensees and public utilities. 

The Commission implements these 

filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

parts 20, 34, 131.43 and 131.50. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 60 companies (on average per 

year) subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 6,600 total 

hours, 60 respondents (average per 

year), 1 response(s) per respondent, and 

110 hours per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: 6,600 hours / 2080 hours 

per years × $107,185 per year = 

$340,106.

Statutory Authority: Sections 19, 20 and 

204 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 

U.S.C. 792–828c).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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