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decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2009–0696/Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AGL–18.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

Additionally, any person may obtain 

a copy of this notice by submitting a 

request to the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Office of Air 

Traffic Airspace Management, ATA– 

400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 

(202) 267–8783. Communications must 

identify both docket numbers for this 

notice. Persons interested in being 

placed on a mailing list for future 

NPRMs should contact the FAA’s Office 

of Rulemaking (202) 267–9677, to 

request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 

11–2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

Distribution System, which describes 

the application procedure. 

The Proposal 

This action proposes to amend Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 

CFR), Part 71 by adding additional Class 

E airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface for SIAPs 

operations at West Branch Community 

Airport, West Branch, MI. Controlled 

airspace is needed for the safety and 

management of IFR operations at the 

airport. 

Class E airspace areas are published 

in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 

7400.9S, dated October 3, 2008, and 

effective October 31, 2008, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document would be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

The FAA has determined that this 

proposed regulation only involves an 

established body of technical 

regulations for which frequent and 

routine amendments are necessary to 

keep them operationally current. It, 

therefore, (1) Is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under Executive 

Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant 

rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies 

and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 

26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant 

preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation 

as the anticipated impact is so minimal. 

Since this is a routine matter that will 

only affect air traffic procedures and air 

navigation, it is certified that this rule, 

when promulgated, will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, 

Section 106 describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 

Aviation Programs, describes in more 

detail the scope of the agency’s 

authority. This rulemaking is 

promulgated under the authority 

described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it would add 

additional controlled airspace at West 

Branch Community Airport, West 

Branch, MI. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (Air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as 

follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113, 

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– 

1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9S, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated October 3, 2008, and 

effective October 31, 2008, is amended 

as follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

AGL MI E5 West Branch, MI [Amended] 

West Branch Community Airport, MI 

(Lat. 44°14′41′′ N., long. 84°10′47′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius 

of West Branch Community Airport and 

within 2.7 miles each side of the 086° bearing 

from the airport extending from the 7-mile 

radius to 11.4 miles east of the airport; and 

within 4 miles each side of the 269° bearing 

from the airport extending from the 7-mile 

radius to 11.5 miles west of the airport. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on August 25, 

2009. 

Ronnie L. Uhlenhaker, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

ATO Central Service Center. 

[FR Doc. E9–21265 Filed 9–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4901–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 284 

[128 FERC ¶ 61,187; Docket No. RM09–2– 

000] 

Contract Reporting Requirements of 

Intrastate Natural Gas Companies; 

Notice Requesting Comments on 

Proposed Standardized Electronic 

Information Collection and Extending 

Time for Comments on Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking 

August 26, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed standardized 

electronic information collection and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006), the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC or Commission) is soliciting 

public comment on the proposed 

standardized electronic information 

collection to be used by Natural Gas 

Policy Act (NGPA) section 311 and 

Hinshaw pipelines for submitting the 

quarterly transactional reports proposed 

in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

issued on July 16, 2009 and published 

on July 29, 2009 (74 FR 37658) in this 

docket. This notice also extends the 

deadline for comments on the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, so that all 

comments will be due on the same date. 


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1Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate 

Natural Gas Companies, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 32,644 (2009) (NOPR) published in the Federal 

Register on July 29, 2009 (74 FR 37658). 

2 15 U.S.C. 3372. 

3NOPR, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 32,644 at P 29. 

4The XML schema is a method by which the 

filing entities can communicate information to the 

Commission. The schema proscribes the metadata 

elements and the textual information that must be 

included in the filing package. The data elements 

included in the XML filing package are required to 

properly identify the nature of the FERC–549D, 

organize the FERC–549D database, and maintain the 

proper relationship of elements in relation to other 

elements. 

5Filing entities would develop the XML filing 

package in accordance with the Commission’s XML 

Schema. Open source and fee-based software is 

available to convert data in a spreadsheet and other 

documents into the XML filing package. The latest 

versions of Text Editors and Word Processing 

application may also have the capability to create 

the XML filing package. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

standardized electronic information 

collection are due November 2, 2009. 

Comments on the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published on July 29, 2009 

(74 FR 37658) are now also due 

November 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

either electronically (eFiled) or in paper 

format, and should refer to Docket No. 

RM09–2–000. Documents must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http://www.

ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. 

Comments may be eFiled. The eFiling 

option under the Documents & Filings 

tab on the Commission’s Web page 

(http://www.ferc.gov) directs users to the 

eFiling Web page. First-time users 

should follow the eRegister instructions 

on the eFiling tab on the Web page to 

establish a user name and password 

before eFiling. Filers will receive an emailed confirmation of their eFiled 

comments. 

Commenters filing electronically 

should not make a paper filing. 

Commenters that are not able to file 

electronically must send an original and 

14 paper copies of the filing to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Parties interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through 

eSubscription. The eSubscription option 

under the Documents & Filings tab on 

the Commission’s Web page directs 

users to the eSubscription Web page. 

Users submit the docket numbers of the 

filings they wish to track and will 

subsequently receive an e-mail 

notification each time a filing is made 

under the submitted docket numbers. 

First-time users will need to establish a 

user name and password before 

eSubscribing. 

Filed comments and FERC issuances 

may be viewed, printed, and 

downloaded remotely from the 

Commission’s Web site. The eLibrary 

link found at the top of most of the 

Commission’s Web pages directs users 

to FERC’s eLibrary. From the eLibrary 

tab on the Web page, choose General 

Search, and in the Docket Number space 

provided, enter RM09–2, then click the 

Submit button at the bottom of the page. 

For help with any of the Commission’s 

electronic submission or retrieval 

systems, contact FERC Online Support 

via e-mail at: 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or 

telephone toll-free: (866) 208–3676 

(TTY (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: 

1. On July 16, 2009, the Commission 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NOPR) 1 in this docket proposing to 

revise the contract reporting 

requirements for (1) intrastate pipelines 

providing interstate services pursuant to 

section 311 of the NGPA; 2 and (2) 

Hinshaw pipelines providing interstate 

services subject to the Commission’s 

NGA section 1(c) jurisdiction pursuant 

to blanket certificates issued under 

§ 284.224 of the Commission’s 

regulations. Specifically, the NOPR 

proposed to amend § 284.126(b) of the 

Commission’s regulations to require that 

NGPA section 311 and Hinshaw 

pipelines make quarterly reports that 

contain, for each transportation and 

storage service provided during the 

preceding calendar quarter, the 

following information: 

i. The full legal name, and 

identification number, of the shipper 

receiving the service, including whether 

there is an affiliate relationship between 

the pipeline and the shipper; 

ii. The type of service performed (i.e., 

firm or interruptible transportation, 

storage, or other service); 

iii. The rate charged under each 

contract, specifying the rate schedule/ 

name of service and docket where the 

rates were approved. The report should 

separately state each rate component set 

forth in the contract (i.e. reservation, 

usage, and any other charges); 

iv. The primary receipt and delivery 

points covered by the contract, 

including the industry common code for 

each point; 

v. The quantity of natural gas the 

shipper is entitled to transport, store, or 

deliver under each contract; 

vi. The duration of the contract, 

specifying the beginning and ending 

month and year of the current 

agreement; 

vii. Total volumes transported, stored, 

injected, or withdrawn for the shipper; 

and 

viii. Total revenues received from the 

shipper. The report should separately 

state revenues received under each rate 

component. 

2. In order to make the proposed 

quarterly reports more accessible to the 

public, the NOPR also proposed 

requiring that the reports be filed in a 

standardized electronic format to be 

developed by the Commission staff. In 

the NOPR, the Commission stated that 

it was ‘‘in the process of developing a 

standardized electronic format for 

making the reports proposed in this 

NOPR. Once that process is complete, 

the Commission will make the 

standardized format available for public 

comment.’’ 3

3. By this notice, the Commission is 

requesting comment on the proposed 

quarterly reports. Attached to this 

Notice as an Appendix are: 

i. A table that shows all the data 

elements (fields) that would be collected 

each quarter for each shipper that a 

filing entity provides with 

transportation or storage service. The 

table is not an example of the collection 

instrument or how the Commission 

intends to collect the information. 

ii. A Data Dictionary and associated 

units of measure that defines what each 

element means and its characteristics 

(e.g. text field with 10 characters, e-mail 

address, numerical field, and 

relationship to other elements). 

iii. Instructions to assist filers to 

report the data each quarter. 

4. The Commission seeks comment on 

its proposal to adopt for reporting 

purposes an XML Schema.4 Under the 

XML approach, filing entities 

submitting their quarterly data would be 

required to submit an XML filing 

package 5 that conforms to the XML 

Schema developed and maintained by 

FERC. Filers would be allowed to 

submit their XML filing packages using 

the existing eFiling portal. Once 

submitted, the XML filing package 

would undergo quality checks to see if 

it conforms to the XML Schema. Filing 

entities would receive an e-mail 

confirmation if the filing is successful or 

needs to be corrected. This approach is 

similar to that being developed for 

electronic tariffs in Docket No. RM01– 


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6See also Common FAQs about XML at http:// 

xml.silmaril.ie/. 

5–000. See http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/etariff.asp.6

5. In addition, the Commission seeks 

comment on whether an ASP.NET Webbased form is more appropriate. Under 

the ASP.NET approach, the Commission 

would create a Web-based form that 

would be accessible to filers on the 

FERC Web site. Filing entities would 

not use the eFiling portal to submit their 

data. The Web-based form would be 

formatted and contain blank fields that 

filing entities can fill in with data for 

each shipper it provides with 

transportation or storage service each 

quarter. Once submitted, the data would 

undergo quality checks. Filing entities 

would receive an e-mail confirmation if 

the submission is successful or needs to 

be corrected. 

Comments are also invited on the 

following issues: 

1. Problems in measuring data 

elements collected in the table and data 

dictionary; 

2. Terms and definitions of the 

elements in the table, data dictionary 

and instructions; 

3. Whether the units of measure are 

appropriate; 

4. Whether the instructions are clear 

or require modification; 

5. The accuracy of the agency’s 

burden estimate of the proposed 

collection of information; 

6. Ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

7. Ways to minimize respondent 

information collection burden; and 

8. The most effective way for the 

Commission to present the collected 

information to the public on the FERC 

Web site. 

6. A paper version of the table with 

proposed data elements, instructions, 

and data dictionary, are attached as the 

Appendix to this Notice, but they are 

not being printed in the Federal 

Register. The Appendix is available on 

the FERC’s eLibrary (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) 

by searching Docket No. RM09–2, and 

through the FERC Public Reference 

Room. Interested parties may also 

request paper copies of the table, 

instructions, and data dictionary by 

contacting Michael Miller by telephone 

at (202) 502–8415, by fax at (202) 273– 

0873, or by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov. 

7. Comments on the proposed 

standardized electronic information 

collection and related burden estimate, 

including any related matters or 

alternative proposals that commenters 

may wish to discuss, must be submitted 

by 60 days after publication of this 

Notice in the Federal Register. The 

Commission shall also delay the date on 

which comments on the NOPR are due 

to the same date, in order to permit 

parties to include comments on the 

standardized electronic information 

collection within their comments on the 

NOPR. 

Burden Statement: The proposed 

survey targets respondents who directly 

serve wholesale and retail customers. 

The Commission estimated in the NOPR 

that on an annual basis the burden to 

comply with this proposed rule will be 

as follows: 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–549D ..................................................................................................... 125 4 3.5 1,750 

Because of the various staffing levels 

that will be involved in preparing the 

documentation (legal, technical and 

support) the Commission is using an 

hourly rate of $150 to estimate the costs 

for filing and other administrative 

processes (reviewing instructions, 

searching data sources, completing and 

transmitting the collection of 

information). The estimated total annual 

cost to respondents is anticipated to be 

$262,500 [1,750 Total Annual Burden 

Hours times $150 per hour equals 

$262,500]. The cost per respondent is 

$2,100. 

8. 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. 

9. The respondent’s cost estimate is 

based on 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. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Note: The Appendix (table with proposed 

FERC–549D data elements, instructions, and 

data dictionary) will not be printed in the 

Federal Register. The Appendix is available 

on the FERC’s eLibrary (http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/elibrary.asp) by searching Docket 

No. RM09–2–000, and through the FERC 

Public Reference Room. 

[FR Doc. E9–21108 Filed 9–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2007–1064; FRL–8952–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Louisiana; Emissions Inventory; Baton 

Rouge Ozone Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

revision to the Louisiana State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet the 

emissions inventory requirements of the 


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