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Great Plains East, MISO, NYISO, and 

ISO–NE. 

This change is proposed because 

under the NERC Functional Model (from 

which three of the current form’s 

respondent categories are derived), 

Transmission System Operators do not 

perform the functions necessary for 

them to provide the required 

information. In contrast, U.S. border 

Balancing Authorities are the 

appropriate entities to report crossborder actual and implemented 

interchange. Interchange is any energy 

transfer that crosses Balancing 

Authority boundaries. Actual 

Interchange means the metered value 

electricity that flows from one balancing 

authority area to another. Implemented 

Interchange is the interchange values 

that the Balancing Authority enters into 

its Area Control Error equation, i.e., uses 

to balance supply and demand of its 

electric system. 

A number of entities could report 

implemented interchange provided on 

the interchange scheduling e-tags. 

Border Balancing Authorities are a 

convenient provider of this information 

since they would already be providing 

actual interchange on the same 

schedule. Under FERC-approved 

mandatory reliability standards, 

Balancing Authorities receive e-tag 

information from the interchange 

coordinator when the transmission path 

is through their system. 

We propose to drop the transmission 

owner respondent category as it is no 

longer necessary. 

The existing survey breakdown of the 

quantity and value of imports and 

exports into cost-of-service and market 

rates would be dropped. The breakdown 

of volume by fuel source would be 

dropped. Questions covering the total 

cost of ancillary service along with a 

general identification of the type of 

ancillary services would be dropped. 

For each import transaction, the 

foreign source balancing authority 

name, the U.S. sink balancing authority 

name, the presidential permit number or 

transmission service provider name 

would be required. On the new Form 

EIA–111 the type of service is 

categorized as firm, non-firm, exchange, 

or other. Payments are broken down 

into energy revenues, other revenues 

and total revenues. 

For each export transaction, the DOE 

export authorization number, U.S. 

source balancing authority name, the 

foreign sink balancing authority name, 

the presidential permit number or 

transmission service provider name 

would be required. On the new Form 

EIA–111 the type of service is 

categorized as firm, non-firm, exchange, 

or other. Payments are broken down 

into energy payments, other payments, 

and total payments. 

U.S. border balancing authorities 

would report actual interchange 

received from and delivered to directly 

interconnected foreign border balancing 

authorities. Instead of scheduled 

imports and exports reported by 

transmission operators, U.S. border 

balancing authorities would report 

implemented interchange (the current 

industry term) when the transmission 

path is through their system, for each 

combination of source and sink 

balancing authorities. 

Reporting of the characteristics of 

transmission operations would be 

replaced by quarterly reporting of events 

that exceed DOE order terms. 

Presidential permit and DOE export 

authorization holders would report their 

order number, the date and hour(s) of 

the exceeded event and the specific 

order term exceeded. 

Reporting of existing and proposed 

transmission facilities crossing the 

border would be dropped. 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

C. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

D. Can the information be submitted 

by the respondent by the due date? 

E. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 6 

hours per quarter for each respondent. 

The estimated burden includes the total 

time necessary to provide the requested 

information. In your opinion, how 

accurate is this estimate? 

F. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

G. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

H. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

C. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

D. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

E. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 3, 

2011. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–526–000] 

Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (UTOS) 

LLC; Notice of Application 

Take notice that on August 1, 2011, 

Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (UTOS) 

LLC, (UTOS) filed an application in 

Docket No. CP11–526–000 pursuant to 

section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and 

Part 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, seeking authorization to 

abandon all services it provides under 

its Part 284 blanket certificate and to 

abandon its physical certificated 

facilities which are located onshore and 

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Louisiana, and to defer the ultimate 

disposition of these facilities for up to 

three years. In the alternative, UTOS 

seeks authorization to deactivate its 

facilities for up to three years and seek 

abandonment at that time, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

for public inspection. UTOS asserts that 

its proposal is consistent with the 

recently Commission approved 

settlement in Docket No. RP10–1393. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Cynthia Hornstein Roney, Manager, 

Regulatory Compliance, Enbridge 

Offshore Pipelines (UTOS) LLC, 1100 

Louisiana, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas 

77002, or call at (832) 214–9334. 

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 

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 7 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: August 26, 2011. 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20430 Filed 8–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–524–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on July 29, 2011, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas 

Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, 

Houston, Texas 77056–5310, filed with 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) an 

application under section 7(b) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization 

to abandon in place four reciprocating 

compressor units with a total of 4,400 

horsepower and related appurtenances 

at Station No. 21–A of its Uniontown 

Compressor Station located in Fayette 

County, Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern 

states that there will be no termination 

or reduction in service to any existing 

customers of Texas Eastern as a result of 

the proposed abandonment of these 

facilities, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. This filing is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site 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, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to Lisa 

A. Connolly, General Manager, Rates & 

Certificates, Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, 

Houston, Texas 77251–1642, or 

telephone (713) 627–4102, or fax (713) 

627–5947 or by e-mail 

laconnolly@spectraenergy.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 


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