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1The previous estimate reported average burden 

hours per response and total burden hours as 2,402 

and 1,237,030 respectively. Further, the previous 

estimate reported the average annual cost per 

respondent and total annual cost as $141,045 and 

$72,638,045 respectively. Finally, the estimate for 

the number of respondents has decreased from 515 

to 475. 

2Record retention burden differs greatly by the 

size of the company and this figure captures an 

average across all jurisdictional companies. Thus a 

small company may require fewer than 1,000 hours 

per year to comply while a large company may 

require more than 10,000 hours per year to comply. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC10–555–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–555); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

November 24, 2010. 

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 or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. 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 

(75 FR 57744, 09/22/2010) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–555 and has 

made this notation in its submission to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by January 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

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– 

0098 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. IC10–555–001. 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/submissionguide.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. IC10–555– 

001. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in 

FERC Docket Number IC10–555 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 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–555, ‘‘Records 

Retention Requirements’’ (OMB No. 

1902–0098), is used by the Commission 

to carry out its responsibilities in 

implementing the statutory provisions 

of sections 301, 304 and 309 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 825, 

825c and 825h), sections 8, 10 and 16 

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 

717–717w), and section 20 of the 

Interstate Commerce Act (ICA, 49 U.S.C. 

20). 

The regulations for preservation of 

records establish retention periods, 

necessary guidelines, and requirements 

for retention of applicable records for 

the regulated public utilities, natural gas 

and oil pipeline companies subject to 

the Commission’s jurisdiction. These 

records will be used by the regulated 

companies as the basis for their required 

rate filings and reports for the 

Commission. In addition, the records 

will be used by the Commission’s audit 

staff during compliance reviews, by 

enforcement staff during investigations, 

and for special analyses as deemed 

necessary by the Commission. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no changes to the 

record keeping requirements. 

Burden Statement: In order to obtain 

a more accurate burden figure, 

Commission staff asked a small number 

of FERC–555 respondents to estimate 

the burden imposed by this data 

collection. The results show that the 

record retention requirements under 

FERC–555 were underestimated in the 

previous renewal of this information 

collection.1 The following table portrays 

the updated burden estimate based on 

industry responses: 

FERC data collection 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Average 

Number of responses 

per respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 2

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–555 ....................................................................................................... 475 1 4,968 2,359,800 

The 2 estimated total annual cost 

burden to respondents includes labor 

costs associated with record retention 

($65,597,025 or $152,423 per company) 

and both electronic and non-electronic 

record storage costs ($72,400,925 or 

$138,099 per company). The estimated 

total annual cost is $137,997,950; the 


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3These cost estimates are based on the 

information received from contacting actual 

companies and asking for estimates of record 

retention costs. There is no specific rate used in 

these cost estimates. 

total annual cost per respondent is 

$290,522.3

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 

reviewing the collection of information; 

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. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed 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 estimates of the burden of 

the proposed collection 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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30255 Filed 11–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13858–000] 

Central Oregon Irrigation District; 

Notice of Competing Preliminary 

Permit Application Accepted for Filing 

and Soliciting Comments and 

Interventions 

November 22, 2010. 

On October 6, 2010, Central Oregon 

Irrigation District filed an application 

for a preliminary permit, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Cline Falls Hydroelectric Project located 

at the Cline Falls diversion dam on the 

Deschutes River in Deschutes County, 

Oregon. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following existing and proposed 

facilities: (1) The existing 300-foot-long, 

5-foot-high diversion structure; (2) a 

pool upstream of the diversion structure 

with a storage capacity of approximately 

2-acre-feet; (3) a wooded radial gate for 

diversion control; (4) a 400-foot-long 

lined canal and flume channel; (5) a 45- 

foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel 

penstock; (6) a powerhouse containing 

one 750-kW turbine/generator; (7) a 

tailrace leading from the rock chamber 

located under the turbine and a short 

tailrace to the river; (8) and appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an average annual generation of 2 

gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Steven C. Johnson, 

1055 SW., Lake Court, Redmond, OR 

97756; phone: (541) 548–6047, e-mail: 

stevej@coid.org. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (202) 

502–6480. 

Competing Applications: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13686–000 filed March 23, 2010. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘eComment.’’ 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

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

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13858) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30247 Filed 11–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–25–000; PF10–7–000] 

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of 

Application 

November 24, 2010. 

Take notice that on November 10, 

2010, Questar Pipeline Company 

(Questar), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake 

City, Utah 84111, filed in the above 

referenced dockets an application 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations, for an order 

granting a certificate of public 

convenience to construct and operate 

24.6 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline 

and related facilities in Uintah County, 

Utah (the Mainline 104 Extension 

Project), all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Specifically, the Mainline 104 

Extension Project will enable to 

transport up to 160,000 Dth/d of natural 

gas from receipt points located near 


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