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1 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of 

Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by 

Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 72 FR 39,904 (Jul. 

20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 (2007), 

clarified, 121 FERC ¶ 61,260 (2007), order on reh’g, 

Order No. 697–A, 73 FR 25832 (May 7, 2008), FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,268, Order No. 697–B, 73 FR 

79610 (Dec. 30, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,285 

(2008), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–C, 74 FR 

30924 (June 29, 2009), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,291 

(2009), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–D, 75 FR 

14342 (Mar. 25, 2010), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,305 

(2010). 

2Reporting Requirement for Changes in Status for 

Public Utilities with Market-Based Rate Authority, 

Order No. 652, 70 FR 8253 (Feb. 18, 2005), FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175, order on reh’g, 111 FERC 

¶ 61,413 (2005), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175. 

respect to their compliance with 

evaluation standards as required under 

section 611(f)(3)(B) of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended; (2) determine 

whether a grantee’s performance meets 

the requirements for continuation 

funding as required by section 611(f)(4); 

(3) comply with mandated annual 

reporting requirements in section 

611(a)(5); and (4) evaluate the 

performance of the program and its 

grantees with respect to measures 

established pursuant to the Government 

Performance and Results Act and the job 

training common measures. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4453. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29406 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC10–919–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–919); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

November 12, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

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 or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and renewal. 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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(75FR 41840, 07/19/2010) requesting 

public comments on renewing this 

information collection. FERC received 

one comment on the FERC–919 from 

Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and has 

made this notation in its submission to 

OMB. 

DATES: Further comments on this 

collection of information are due by 

December 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address further comments 

on this collection of information 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 oira__submission@

omb.eop.gov and include OMB Control 

Number 1902–0234 for reference. The 

Desk Officer may be reached by 

telephone at 202–395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and should refer to Docket 

No. IC10–919–001. Comments may be 

filed either electronically or in paper 

format. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions and acceptable filing 

formats are available at http://www.ferc.

gov/help/submission-guide.asp. To file 

the document electronically, access the 

Commission’s Web site and click on 

Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 

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 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. 

For paper filings, the comments 

should be submitted to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and 

should refer to Docket No. IC10–919– 

001. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in 

FERC Docket Number IC10–919 may do 

so through eSubscription at http://www.

ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance, 

contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or 

toll-free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is responding to comments 

on its request for a three-year extension 

of the information collected under 

FERC–919 (OMB Control No. 1902– 

0234) ‘‘Market Based Rates for 

Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, 

Capacity and Ancillary Services by 

Public Utilities.’’ Order No. 697 1 was 

issued by the Commission on June 21, 

2007 to modify Subpart H to 18 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 35, 

governing market-based authorization. 

In Order No. 697, the Commission 

revised and codified its standards for 

obtaining and retaining market-based 

rates for public utilities. Order No. 697 

also made minor adjustments to the 

change in status filing requirements 

adopted in Order No. 652.2 It added a 

requirement to include appendices of 

generation and transmission assets in 

the form provided in Appendix B of 

Order No. 697 when reporting a change 

in status regarding a change that 

impacts the pertinent assets held by a 

seller or its affiliates with market-based 

rate authorization. 

The market power analyses required 

by Order No. 697 help to inform the 

Commission as to whether an entity 

seeking market-based rate authority 

lacks market power, and whether rates 

charged by that entity will be just and 

reasonable. The updated market power 

analyses allow the Commission to 

monitor changes in a seller’s market 

presence or potential abuses of market 

power. The use of the Order No. 697 

screens and reviews for market power 

for all companies seeking authority for 

market-based rates and those who have 

been charging market based rates results 

in a consistent authorization and review 

process. It provides regulatory certainty 

while ensuring the Commission meets 


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3Category 2 means any sellers not in Category 1. 

Category 1 Sellers means wholesale power 

marketers and wholesale power producers that own 

or control 500 MW or less of generation in aggregate 

per region; that do not own, operate or control 

transmission facilities other than limited equipment 

necessary to connect individual generating facilities 

to the transmission grid (or have been granted 

waiver of the requirements of Order No. 888, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036); that are not affiliated with 

anyone that owns, operates or controls transmission 

facilities in the same region as the seller’s 

generation assets; that are not affiliated with a 

franchised public utility in the same region as the 

seller’s generation assets; and that do not raise other 

vertical market power issues. 

its statutory requirements as mandated 

by the Federal Power Act (FPA) sections 

205 and 206. 

For more detailed background 

information on the Commission’s MBR 

program and polices as they relate to 

this Information Collection Review 

(ICR), see the public notice issued July 

13, 2010 under Docket No. IC10–919– 

000 at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/

File_list.asp?document_id=13831765. 

Public Comment and FERC Response. 

The Commission received comments 

from EEI in response to the previously 

mentioned July 2010 public notice on 

this ICR. No other comments were filed. 

A summary of the comments by EEI 

regarding FERC–919 reporting 

requirements and the Commission’s 

response, including proposed changes 

to the burden estimates of the FERC–919 

requirements, are provided below. For 

documents related to this ICR, see 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAMain, scroll to ‘‘Currently under 

Review,’’ key in ‘‘Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’’ and scroll to 

1902–0234 ‘‘Market Based Rates for 

Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, 

Capacity and Ancillary Services by 

Public Utilities.’’ 

Public Comment: Triennial Reviews. 

EEI asserts the ICR’s burden estimate for 

the triennial review filings appears to be 

too low. Based on research and 

historical activity, FERC concluded 74 

triennial market power analyses in 

category 23 were filed annually. FERC 

estimated that it took an average of 40 

hours to prepare each of these. EEI 

states that ‘‘several member companies’’ 

take 400 to 720 hours or more of 

company and consultant time to prepare 

the triennial review applications. EEI 

states these companies reported to them 

that preparation of the triennial review 

entailed: 

• 120 to 160 hours for internal 

engineering analyses, including 

calculation of simultaneous 

transmission import limits; 

• 150 to 160 hours for internal legal 

and compliance analyses; and 

• 110 to 450 hours for outside 

consultant market-power and legal 

analyses, including obtaining data 

pertaining to loads, generation 

resources, planned outages, remote 

generation, and power purchase 

arrangements in broad first and second 

tier balancing authority areas. 

EEI states there is additional time 

devoted to regional coordination related 

to triennial review preparation. 

Moreover, EEI asserts that FERC’s 

total estimated annual cost burden for 

triennial review applications is too low. 

In its 60-day notice, FERC estimated the 

total average annual cost burden for 

respondents filing the data required in 

the FERC–919 is $2,801,891. This 

resulted from using an average cost 

estimate of $137,874. This average cost 

was based on salaries for internal 

professional and clerical support, as 

well as direct and indirect overhead 

costs. EEI argues that this average cost 

is not an appropriate figure to use 

because the vast majority of the work 

done on triennial review applications is 

performed by highly paid professionals. 

They state that outside legal, 

engineering, and economic expertise 

costs far more than the estimate 

included in the July 2010 notice for this 

ICR. 

EEI comments that the Commission’s 

burden estimate for triennial review 

applications may be low by a factor of 

10 or more. 

FERC Response. According to EEI 

comments, it is the association of the 

nation’s shareholder-owned electric 

utilities, international affiliates, and 

industry associates worldwide. Its 

members represent approximately 70 

percent of the U.S. electric power 

industry and serve 95 percent of the 

ultimate customers in the shareholderowned segment of the industry. EEI 

members include the majority of the 

public utilities that are subject to the 

Commission’s rate jurisdiction under 

Federal Power Act section 205 and, 

therefore, must submit MBR 

applications and change-in-status 

reports to obtain and to retain MBR 

authorizations. 

In response to the EEI statement that 

‘‘several EEI member companies’’ report 

a higher number of hours for preparing 

triennial reviews than FERC estimated 

in its ICR, FERC acknowledges that large 

transmission-owning utilities with 

market-based rate authority have to 

undertake more complex analyses in 

their triennial reviews than smaller 

companies who do not own 

transmission. However, there are 

significantly fewer entities that prepare 

complex analyses for their triennial 

reviews than there are small energy 

businesses that prepare the triennial 

reviews. FERC records show in 

September 2010 there were 1,590 

organizations with authority to charge 

market-based rates. According to the 

Energy Information Administration’s 

most recent count from 2009, there are 

201 investor owned utilities (generally 

larger than other respondents). These 

numbers give an order of magnitude as 

to how many more small sellers there 

are than big sellers. The filings of these 

smaller companies related to the 

activities of this ICR are far simpler and 

require significantly fewer resources 

and time to complete. It is this wide 

variation in the amount of effort 

required to prepare triennial reviews 

that led the Commission to conclude 

that basing its estimate on an average 

made the reporting burden in the July 

2010 Notice as accurate as possible. 

Nevertheless, in consideration of EEI’s 

concerns, FERC acknowledges in this 

Notice that the complexity characteristic 

of triennial reviews prepared by 

transmission-owning utilities with 

market-based rate authority typically 

approaches what is done in the initial 

market power analysis where the utility 

first sought market-based rate 

authorization. FERC also recognizes that 

the complex analysis of triennial 

reviews for transmission-owning 

utilities results from the work of a 

diverse set of professions including 

consultant economists, lawyers, and 

electrical engineers. The costs of 

engaging these professionals may be 

somewhat higher than the estimate 

included in the July 2010 Notice of this 

ICR. 

As a result of the foregoing, FERC has 

increased the estimated average hours 

per response for triennial review 

applications from 40 to 250—the same 

amount of time FERC estimates it takes 

to prepare a market power analysis for 

a new market-based rate application. 

The Commission has also increased the 

average annual salary figure associated 

with completing market power analysis 

in new applications for market-based 

rates as well as completing triennial 

reviews from $137,874 to $166,602. 

Even though EEI comments do not 

address the costs associated with initial 

applications for MBRs, FERC will use 

the revised $166,602 annual salary rate 

for triennials as the average annual 

salary amount associated with its 

estimates for initial MBR filings. The 

latter is an average, including benefits 

and bonuses, of the salaries for a midlevel economist, lawyer, and electrical 

engineer according to Salary.com data. 

(See http://salary.com). 

Public Comment: Change in status. 

EEI states that the ICR’s burden estimate 

for change in status filings appears to be 


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4Order No. 652, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175 at 

P 35 (‘‘the time and effort required to prepare the 

notice of a change in status—consisting of a 

transmittal sheet and a brief narrative statement— 

will be de minimis and will constitute a fraction of 

that required to submit the [FPA] section 203 

application or [FPA] section 205 filing. 

Furthermore, the information required to comply 

with the reporting requirement would normally be 

collected by the market-based rate seller in the 

ordinary course of preparing the underlying filing.’’) 

5See Order No. 697–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,268 at P 504 (‘‘In Order No. 652, the 

Commission clarified and standardized marketbased rate sellers’ reporting requirement for changes 

in status and the Commission considered and 

rejected the idea that change in status filing include 

an updated market power analysis. The 

Commission explained that it is incumbent on an 

applicant to decide whether a change in status is 

a material change and that an applicant should 

provide adequate support and analysis, including 

an updated market power analysis if it chooses.’’) 

See also Order No. 652, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 

31,175 at P 95. 

6See Order No. 697–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,268 at P 505. 

too low. They argue that each change in 

status filing is unique and must be 

developed to fit specific circumstances. 

They state that FERC regulations require 

updated market-power analyses to 

accompany certain change in status 

filings, for example, any time there is a 

cumulative increase in ownership or 

control of 100 MW or more of 

generation capacity in a market. EEI 

states that the burden in such cases 

potentially is comparable to the burden 

of performing the market-power analysis 

portion of the triennial reviews. EEI 

asserts that the burden of complying is 

far higher than FERC’s estimated one 

hour per report. Even in cases where a 

full market-power analysis is not 

required to be filed, EEI states that some 

analysis has to be done to determine 

whether such an analysis should be 

included in the filing. Also, beyond 

drafting and submitting the change in 

status filing, EEI notes in its comments 

that regulatory staff must constantly 

monitor business activities, and must 

train business unit staff to inform them 

of changes which may lead to a required 

change in status filing. 

FERC Response. As noted above, the 

Commission directed the filing of 

changes in status in Order No. 652. In 

that order, the Commission found the 

ongoing burden associated with change 

in status filings to be de minimis.4 As 

a result of that determination, the 

Commission did not attribute a burden 

estimate to this activity at that time; 

therefore, no authorization from OMB 

was needed for that data collection. In 

examining various aspects of it marketbased rate program in Order No. 697, 

FERC compiled all market-based rate 

data requirements into this ICR, the 

FERC–919. Although the consolidation 

of market-based rate data requirements 

in the FERC–919 included change in 

status filings, FERC did not estimate 

burden hours for the change in status 

filings based on the assumption they 

were still a de minimis activity as 

determined in Order No. 652. In the July 

Notice for this ICR FERC did, however, 

estimate that the Appendix B addition 

to change in status filings would take 

one hour to complete. 

As an initial matter, FERC would like 

to clarify an apparent misunderstanding 

regarding whether an updated market 

power analysis is required to be 

submitted with a change in status filing. 

FERC does not, in all instances, require 

market-based rate sellers to include an 

updated market power analysis with a 

change in status filing that involves an 

increase in ownership or control of 100 

MW or more of capacity. The 

Commission has left it to the marketbased rate seller to determine whether a 

change in status is a material change 

and to provide adequate support and 

analysis for that conclusion, including 

submission of an updated market power 

analysis if it chooses.5 However, it is 

hereby noted that the Commission 

retains the right to require additional 

information, including an updated 

market power analysis where necessary 

to determine the effect of a seller’s 

change in status on its market-based rate 

authority.6

In response to EEI’s comments, FERC 

reviewed change in status filings made 

October 21, 2008 to October 20, 2010. 

To facilitate its analyses, FERC divided 

change in status filings into two 

categories based on the complexity and 

amount of work evident in the filing. 

Those filings that were voluminous, 

provided detailed economic and market 

data, undertook market power analyses 

and provided substantive information 

about current operational dynamics 

were categorized as ‘‘major’’ change in 

status filings. These filings most 

commonly included a full market power 

analysis with significant amount of 

detail and complexity. Filings that did 

not include detailed market power 

analyses but instead relied on simplified 

assumptions based on previously 

submitted market power analyses to 

conclude that the change in status did 

not reflect a departure from the 

characteristics the Commission relied 

upon in granting the seller market-based 

rate authority were categorized as 

‘‘minor.’’ The change in status filings 

categorized as ‘‘minor’’ were often from 

a market-based rate seller who simply 

pointed to a recent market power study 

for the same market as support for its 

contention that, given the size of the 

market and the size of the seller’s 

uncommitted generation capacity, the 

seller does not have market power in the 

market; thus, the acquisition has not 

changed any of the facts upon which the 

Commission relied in granting the seller 

market-based rate authority. FERC also 

noted that sellers sometimes make 

supplemental filings providing 

additional information relating to 

previously submitted change in status. 

These supplemental filings can 

similarly be categorized as ‘‘major’’ or 

‘‘minor.’’ 

FERC assessment and tally of these 

filings is as follows: 

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHANGE IN STATUS FILINGS AT FERC: 82 

[10–21–2009 to 10–20–2010] 

All change in status filings Change in status (CIS) filings Supplemental CIS filings 

Total filings Initial CIS 

filing 

CIS 

requiring 

major work 

CIS 

requiring 

minor work 

CIS 

previously 

filed 

Major work Minor work 

82 ..................................................................................... 62 9 53 20 3 17 


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7Rounded off due to truncating the average 

number of responses per respondent to two decimal 

places. 8Total number of burden hours for major change 

in status filings. Of the 80 responses per year, 10 

are major (10 responses × 250 hours per response 

= 2500). 

9Estimated number of hours an employee works 

each year. 

10Total number of burden hours for minor change 

in status filings. Of the 80 responses per year, 70 

are minor (70 responses × 4 hours per response = 

280). 

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHANGE IN STATUS FILINGS AT FERC: 78 

[10–21–2008 to 10–20–2009] 

All change in status filings Change in status (CIS) filings Supplemental CIS filings 

Total filings Initial CIS 

filing 

CIS 

requiring 

major work 

CIS 

requiring 

minor work 

CIS 

previously 

filed 

Major work Minor work 

78 ..................................................................................... 77 8 69 1 1 

From October 21, 2009 to October 20, 

2010, there were a total of 82 change in 

status filings. Sixty-two of these were 

initial change in status filings, nine of 

which were categorized as ‘‘major’’ and 

53 of which were categorized as 

‘‘minor.’’ The remaining 20 filings were 

supplements to initial notice of change 

in status filings submitted by companies 

to provide additional information 

regarding a filing they had already 

made; 3 of these supplemental filings 

were categorized as ‘‘major’’ and 17 were 

categorized as ‘‘minor.’’ Between 

October 21, 2008 to October 20, 2009, 

there were a total of 78 change in status 

filings. Seventy-seven were initial 

change in status filings, eight of which 

were ‘‘major’’ and 69 of which were 

categorized as ‘‘minor.’’ One of the 78 

filings was a ‘‘minor’’ supplement to an 

initial change in status. 

Based on the EEI’s comments and 

historical data regarding change in 

status filings, FERC has decided to 

increase its assessment of the reporting 

burden hours for change in status filings 

to 34.75 hours per response, which 

includes preparation of the associated 

asset appendices. FERC estimates an 

average of 80 change in status filings per 

year [(82 + 78)/2 = 80)]. Of these, it 

estimates that 10 will be major (250 

hours per response) and 70 will be 

minor (4 hours per response). By taking 

an average, FERC estimates that the total 

annual burden for change in status 

filings is 2,780 hours [(250*10 = 2500) 

+ (70*4 = 280) = 2,780]. FERC estimates 

an average of 58 respondents per year 

each filing an average of 1.38 responses 

(80 filings per year/58 = 1.38 7). Using 

the above estimates the average burden 

hours per response is 34.75 (2,780 total 

hours/80 responses = 34.75). 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the FERC–919 

reporting requirements, with revised 

burden and cost estimates based on 

comments received in response to its 

July 2010 Notice and as described 

above. There is no change to the 

reporting requirements. 

Burden Statement: The revised 

estimated annual burden for triennial 

market power analysis in category 2 

seller updates and the change in status 

filings are shown below. There are also 

changes from the July 2010 Notice 

burden and cost estimates for market 

power analyses in new applications for 

market based rates because FERC has 

revised the average salary estimate for 

preparing market power analysis. There 

are no changes to the burden estimates 

for the quarterly land acquisition 

reports. 

FERC–919 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

annually 

(1) 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(2) 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

(3) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) × (2) × (3) 

Market power analysis in new applications for market-based rates (required 

in 18 CFR 35.37(a)) ..................................................................................... 155 1 250 38,750 

Triennial market power analysis in category 2 seller updates (required in 18 

CFR 35.37(a)) .............................................................................................. 74 1 250 18,500 

Quarterly land acquisition reports (required in 18 CFR 35.42(d)) ................... 40 1 4 160 

Change in Status Filings (required in 18 CFR 35.42(a)) ................................ 58 1.38 34.75 7 2,780 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 60,190 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $4,814,968 

[((38,750 + 18,500 + 2,500 8)/2,080 9

hours per year, times $166,602) + 

((280 10 + 160)/2,080 hours per year, 

times $137,874) = $4,814,968]. This 

number uses the average salary rate of 

$166,602, which includes annual 

salaries, bonuses and benefits, of a midlevel economist, lawyer, and electrical 

engineer according to Salary.com data, 

for the hours required in 18 CFR 

35.37(a) for market power analysis in 

new applications for market-based rates, 

triennial market power analysis in 

category 2 seller updates and major 

change in status filings. It uses the 

average salary rate for an internal 

professional of $137,874, based on a 

FERC estimate, for preparation of the 

quarterly land acquisition reports and 

minor change in status filings. 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

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and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Any additional comments are invited 

on: (1) Whether the proposed 

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 estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collections of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collections of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–28–000] 

Monroe Gas Storage Company, LLC; 

Notice of Application 

November 12, 2010. 

Take notice that on November 12, 

2010, Monroe Gas Storage Company, 

LLC (Monroe), 3773 Cherry Creek North 

Drive, Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80209, 

filed pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s 

regulations thereunder, an abbreviated 

application for an amendment to its 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing Monroe to make 

changes to the certificated design of the 

Monroe Gas Storage Project. 

Specifically, Through this 

Application, Monroe seeks 

authorization to (1) change the location 

of the Well MGS–4 surface facilities to 

another existing Project well pad, (2) 

move the Well MGS–9 surface facilities 

to a different location on the currently 

authorized well pad, and (3) modify the 

Project’s water disposal facilities by 

adding a water disposal well—Monroe 

Water Disposal #1 (‘‘MWD–1’’). In 

conjunction with the relocation of Wells 

MGS–4–E–V and MGS–9–E–V, Monroe 

also proposes to relocate the bottom 

hole location of the wells and 

redesignate these wells as Wells MGS– 

4–E–D and MGS–9–ED. 

Monroe states that the proposed 

amendment will not change its 

currently certificated authority to 

provide about 12.0 billion cubic feet 

(Bcf) of high-deliverability working gas 

storage capacity, with about 4.46 Bcf of 

base gas. Nor is any change proposed in 

Monroe’s certificated capability for 

receiving and injecting gas at maximum 

rates of up to 445 million cubic feet per 

day (MMcf/d) and withdrawing and 

delivering gas at maximum rates of up 

to 465 MMcf/d. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to Fred 

Witsell, Monroe Gas Storage Company, 

LLC, 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, 

Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80209, (303) 

815.1010, or Erik J.A. Swenson, 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, 801 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004–2623, (202) 622– 

4555. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 14 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 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: November 22, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29303 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

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