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1Number of hours an employee works each year. 

2Average annual salary per employee. 

1FERC–912 (‘‘Cogeneration and Small Power 

Production, PURPA Section 210(m) Regulations for 

Termination or Reinstatement of Obligation to 

Purchase or Sell;’’ OMB Control No. 1902–0237) 

covers the reporting requirements in 18 CFR Part 

292. 

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. 

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: Ellen Brown 

may be reached by telephone at (202) 

502–8663, by fax at (202) 273–0873, and 

by e-mail at ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FERC–730, ‘‘Report of Transmission 

Investment Activity’’ (OMB Control No. 

1902–0239) is filed by public utilities 

that have been granted incentive rate 

treatment for specific electric 

transmission projects. Filing 

requirements are specified in 18 CFR 

35.35(h). Actual and planned 

transmission investments, and related 

project data for the most recent calendar 

year and the subsequent five years, must 

be reported annually beginning with the 

calendar year that the Commission 

granted the incentive rates. 

Congress enacted section 1241 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), 

adding a new section 219 to the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), to promote the 

operation, maintenance and 

enhancement of electric transmission 

infrastructure. Congress aimed to benefit 

consumers by ensuring reliability and/ 

or reducing the cost of delivered power 

through reducing transmission 

congestion. In response to EPAct 2005, 

in Docket No. RM06–4, the Commission 

amended its regulations to allow for 

these incentive-based, (including 

performance-based), rate treatments. 

Through Docket No. RM06–4, the 

Commission amended its regulations in 

18 CFR 35.35 to identify the incentive 

ratemaking treatments allowed under 

FPA section 219. Incentives are required 

to be tailored to the type of transmission 

investments being made, and each 

applicant must demonstrate that its 

proposal meets the requirements of FPA 

section 219. 

The Commission needs the 

information filed under FERC–730 to 

provide a basis for determining the 

effectiveness of the rules and 

regulations and to provide an accurate 

assessment of the state of the industry 

with respect to transmission investment. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date for the FERC–730, with 

no changes. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated as 

follows. 

FERC Information collection Annual number 

of respondents 

Average number 

of reponses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

FERC–730 ....................................................................................... 20 1 30 600 

The total estimated annual cost burden 

to respondents is $37,008.75 (600 hours/ 

2080 hours 1 per year, times $128,297 2

equals $37,008.75). 

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 estimate 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 collection 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. 2010–3100 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–912–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–912 1), Supplemental 

Notice 

February 3, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Supplemental 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 FERC–912 1 to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review of the information 

collection requirements. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to the Commission’s Notice in 

Docket No. IC09–912–001 requesting 

public comment (74 FR 63743, 12/4/ 

2009), FERC and OMB received one 


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comment. The comment addresses the 

FERC–912 and relates to a pending 

rulemaking in Docket No. RM09–23 

(‘‘Revisions to Form, Procedures, and 

Criteria for Certification of Qualifying 

Facility Status for a Small Power 

Production or Cogeneration Facility’’). 

The comment was also submitted in 

Docket No. RM09–23 and will be 

addressed in Docket No. RM09–23. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown 

may be reached by telephone at (202) 

502–8663, by fax at (202) 273–0873, and 

by e-mail at ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3099 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13606–000] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

February 4, 2010. 

On October 21, 2009, and revised on 

December 23, 2009 and January 28, 

2010, Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC, filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the Gastineau 

Channel Tidal Energy Project, located 

on Gastineau Channel, in the City and 

Borough of Juneau, Alaska. 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 either 

attach turbines to the underside of an 

existing Coast Guard dock, or anchor the 

turbines to the bottom of the channel, 

and would consist of: (1) An existing 

approximately 100-foot-long by 30-footwide U.S. Coast Guard dock connected 

to the shore by an approximately 550- 

foot-long boardwalk extending into 

Gastineau Channel; (2) twelve 25- 

kilowatt (kW) Red Hawk in-stream 

turbine modules anchored to the bottom 

of the channel or attached to the 

underside of a pivoting t-dock with a 

total generating capacity of 300 kW; (3) 

one or more clusters of Tidal In-Stream 

Energy Conversion Devices (TISEC 

devices) to transmit the electricity from 

the turbines to the underwater 

transmission line; (4) an approximately 

600-foot-long, 480-volt underwater 

transmission line connecting the TISEC 

device to an existing above-ground local 

distribution system; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

estimated average annual generation of 

1,200 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, 

President, Natural Currents Energy 

Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, 

Highland, NY 12561; phone: (845) 691– 

4009. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202– 

502–6136. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications 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 ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 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–13606) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3107 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13652–000] 

Gary E. Hall and Rita C. Hall; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing With 

the Commision, Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, Intent To 

Waive Solicitation of Additional Study 

Requests, Intent To Waive Scoping, 

Intent To Waive Three Stage 

Consultation, Soliciting Comments, 

Terms and Conditions, 

Recommendations, and Prescriptions, 

and Establishing an Expedited 

Schedule for Processing 

February 5, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

From Licensing. 

b. Project No.: 13652–000. 

c. Date filed: January 11, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Gary E. Hall and Rita C. 

Hall. 

e. Name of Project: Potter Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

Potter Creek in Flathead County, 

Montana. The project would be located 

on private property and 0.51 acre of 

federal lands in the Flathead National 

Forest, managed by the Forest Service. 

The applicant owns the private property 

on which the project will be located. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gary E. Hall 

and Ms. Rita C. Hall, P.O. Box 133, 

Olney, MT 59927, (406) 881–2345. 

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 

(202) 502–6136. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: We are 

asking Federal, state, and local agencies 

and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ 

or special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments described in item l below. 

k. Pursuant to the Commission’s 

regulations, 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7), if any 

resource agency, Indian tribe, or person 

believes that an additional scientific 

study should be conducted in order to 

form a factual basis for complete 

analysis of the application on its merits, 

the resource agency, Indian tribe, or 

person must file a request for the study 

with the Commission. Due to the small 


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