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In Order No. 575, the Commission 

modified the reporting requirements in 

18 CFR 294.101(b) to provide that, if a 

public utility includes in its rates 

schedule, provisions that: (a) During 

electric energy and capacity shortages it 

will treat firm power wholesale 

customers without undue 

discrimination or preference; and (b) it 

will report any modifications to its 

contingency plan for accommodating 

shortages within 15 days to the 

appropriate state regulatory agency and 

to the affected wholesale customers, 

then the utility need not file with the 

Commission an additional statement of 

contingency plan for accommodating 

such shortages. This revision merely 

changed the reporting mechanism; the 

public utility’s contingency plan would 

be located in its filed rate rather than in 

a separate document. 

In Order No. 659, the Commission 

modified the reporting requirements in 

18 CFR 294.101(e) to provide that the 

means by which public utilities must 

comply with the requirements to report 

shortages and anticipated shortages is to 

submit this information electronically 

using the Office of Electric Reliability’s 

pager system at emergency@ferc.gov in 

lieu of submitting an original and two 

copies with the Secretary of the 

Commission. 

The Commission uses the information 

to evaluate and formulate an 

appropriate option for action in the 

event an unanticipated shortage is 

reported and/or materializes. Without 

this information, the Commission and 

State agencies would be unable to: (1) 

Examine and approve or modify utility 

actions, (2) prepare a response to 

anticipated disruptions in electric 

energy, and (3) ensure equitable 

treatment of all public utility customers 

under the shortage situations. The 

Commission implements these filing 

requirements in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part 

294. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no changes to the 

existing collection of data. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

at: 

FERC data collection (FERC–585) 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

(1) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(2) 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

(3) 

Total annual 

burden 

hours 

(1) × (2) × (3) 

Contingency Plan ......................................................................................... 1 1 73 73 

Capacity Shortage ....................................................................................... 1 1 0 .25 0 .25 

Estimated annual cost to respondents 

is $4,450.78 (73.25 hours/2,080 hours 

per year times $126,384 per year average 

per employee = $4,450.78). 

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. E9–1889 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–45–000, CP09–48–000] 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company and 

Chipeta Processing LLC; Notice of 

Application 

January 23, 2009. 

Take notice that on January 13, 2009, 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), 

P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, CO 

80944, filed an application in Docket 

No. CP09–45–000, pursuant to section 

7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and section 

157.5 of the Commission’s regulations, 

requesting permission and approval to 

abandon, by sale and transfer to Chipeta 

Processing LLC (Chipeta), CIG’s existing 

Natural Buttes Compressor Station and 

Processing Plant along with certain 

pipeline facilities and appurtenances 

located in Uintah County, Utah. Take 

further notice that on January 15, 2009, 

Chipeta, 1099 18th Street, Suite 1800, 

Denver, CO 80202, filed an application 

in Docket No. CP09–48–000, pursuant to 

Rule 207(a)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, requesting a Declaratory 

Order disclaiming jurisdiction and 

declaring certain facilities (The facilities 

CIG proposes to abandon by sale in 

Docket No. CP09–45–000) and services 

to be exempt from Regulation under the 

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 


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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. 

Any questions regarding this 

application, Docket No. CP09–45–000, 

should be directed to Richard 

Derryberry, Director, Regulatory Affairs, 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company, PO 

Box 1087 Colorado Springs, CO 80944, 

telephone: (719) 520–3782, Fax: (719) 

667–7534, e-mail: 

CIGregulatoryaffairs@elpaso.com. 

Any questions regarding this 

application, Docket No. CP09–48–000, 

should be directed to Alex T. Wyche, 

Andarko Petroleum Corporation, 1099 

18th St., Suite 1800, Denver, CO 80202, 

telephone: (720) 929–6073, e-mail: 

alex.wyche@andarko.com. 

Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

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 

14 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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: February 13, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1894 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2496–194] 

Eugene Water and Electric Board; 

Notice of Application for Amendment 

of License and Soliciting Comments, 

Motions To Intervene, and Protests 

January 23, 2009. 

a. Type of Application: Amendment 

of License. 

b. Project Number: 2496–194. 

c. Date Filed: December 24, 2008. 

d. Applicant: Eugene Water and 

Electric Board. 

e. Name of Project: LeaburgWalterville Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the McKenzie River in Lane County, 

Oregon. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r) and 799 

and 801. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. W. Brian 

Connors, FERC License Coordinator, 

Eugene Water and Electric Board, 500 

East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, 

Eugene, Oregon 97440; telephone: (541) 

344–6311 ext. 3435. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Christopher Yeakel at (202) 502–8132, 

or e-mail address: 

christopher.yeakel@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments and or 

motions: February 23, 2009. 

k. Description of Request: Eugene 

Water and Electric Board proposes to 

construct a new boat-launch facility at 

Leaburg Lake near the Goodpasture 

Covered Bridge. The facility would 

consist of an entrance from the 

McKenzie Highway to an access road 

that would lead to a parking area and a 

20-foot wide concrete boat ramp. The 

boat-launch facility would have parking 

for 10 vehicle-trailer combinations and 

8 conventional vehicles, and a new 

vault toilet. The licensee consulted with 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 


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