Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices 37533

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has submitted the

energy information collection listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and three-year extension under

sections 3507(h)(1) and 3506(c) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) The collection number

and title; (2) a summary of the collection

of information (includes the sponsor

which is the Department of Energy

component), current OMB document

number (if applicable), type of request

(new, revision, extension, or

reinstatement), response obligation

(mandatory, voluntary, or required to

obtain or retain benefits), (3) a

description of the need and proposed

use of the information; (4) a description

of the likely respondents; and (5) an

estimate of the total annual reporting

burden (i.e., the estimated number of

likely respondents times the proposed

frequency of response per year times the

average hours per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed within

30 days of publication of this notice. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments but find it

difficult to do so within the time

allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed

below of your intention to do so as soon

as possible. The OMB DOE Desk Officer

may be telephoned at (202) 395–3084.

(Also, please notify the EIA contact

listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW,

Washington, DC 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the

Statistics and Methods Group at the

address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Herbert Miller,

Statistics and Methods Group, (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Mr. Miller may be contacted by

telephone at (202) 426–1103, FAX at

(202) 426–1081, or e-mail at

Herbert.Miller@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. DOE–887, ‘‘DOE Customer

Surveys.’’

2. Department of Energy; OMB No.

1901–0302; Three-year extension of

currently approved collection;

Voluntary

3. DOE–887 will be used to contact

users and beneficiaries of DOE products

or other services to determine how the

Department can better improve its

services to meet their needs.

Information is needed to make the

Department’s products more effective,

efficient, and responsive and at a lesser

cost. Respondents will be users and

beneficiaries of the Department’s

products and services.

4. Individuals or households;

Business or other for-profit; Not-forprofit institutions; Farms; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

5. 12,500 hours (.25 hrs. per response

× 1 response per year × 50,000

respondents).

Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1)

and 3506(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2000.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC00–538–000; FERC–538]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 9, 2000.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed 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

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before

August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

Miller, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, CI–1, 888 First Street NE,

Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC Form No.–538

‘‘Gas Pipeline Certificates: Initial

Service’’ (OMB No. 1902–0061) is used

by the Commission to implement the

statutory provisions of Sections 7(a),

10(a) and 16 of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) (Pub.L. 75–688)(15 U.S.C. 717–

717w). The reporting requirements

contained in this collection of

information are used by the Commission

to determine whether a distributor

applicant can economically construct

and manage it facilities. Requests are

made to the Commission by individuals

or entities to have the Commission, by

order, direct a natural gas pipeline to

extend or improve its transportation

facilities, and sell gas to an individual,

entity or municipality for the specific

purpose indicated in the order, and to

extend the pipeline’s transportation

facilities to communities immediately

adjacent to the municipality’s facilities

or to territories served by the natural gas

company. In addition, the Commission

reviews the supply data to determine if

the pipeline company can provide the

service without curtailing certain of its

existing customers. The flow data and

market data are also used to evaluate

existing and future customer

requirements on the system to find if

sufficient capacity will be available.

Likewise, the cost of facilities and the

rate data are used to evaluate the

financial impact of the cost of the

project to both the pipeline company

and its customers. The Commission

implements these filing requirements in

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

under 18 CFR part 156.

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

as:

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Number of respondents annually

(1)

Number of responses per

respondent

(2)

Average burden hour per

response

(3)

Total annual

burden hours

(1)×(2)×(3)

1 ................................................................................................................................................... 1 240 240

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $12,871 (240 hours

divided by 2,080 hours per employee

per year times $111,545 per year average

salary (including overhead) per

employee=$12,871 (rounded off)).

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–308–001]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff

June 9, 2000.

Take notice that, on June 5, 2000,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheet to be

effective July 1, 1000:

Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 45E.1

ANR states that this filing is made to

correct a clerical error incorrectly

identifying the location of the Napoleon

Interconnect, Henry County, Ohio as the

Southeast Central Segment instead of

the Northern Segment on the tariff sheet

previously submitted on May 31, 2000

in Docket No. RP00–308–000.

ANR states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all affected

customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15098 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–313–000]

Gas Research Institute; Notice of

Annual Application

June 9, 2000.

Take notice that on June 1, 2000, Gas

Research Institute (GRI) filed an

application requesting advance approval

of its 2001–2005 Five-Year Research,

Development and Demonstration

(RD&D) Plan, and the 2001 RD&D

Program and the funding of its RD&D

activities for 2001, pursuant to the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Regulations, particularly 18 CFR

154.38(d)(5).

In its application, GRI proposes to

incur contract obligation’s of $70.0

million in 2001. Consistent with the

Commission’s April 29, 1998 Order

Approving Settlement, GRI states that

all $70.0 of the 2001 contract obligations

will be for Core Projects. GRI’s

application seeks to collect funds to

support its RD&D program through

jurisdictional rates and charges during

the twelve months ending December 31,

2001.

Also, consistent with the

Commission’s April 29, 1998 Order

Approving Settlement, GRI proposes to

fund the 2001 RD&D program by the use

of the following surcharges: (1) A

demand/reservation surcharge of 9.0

cents per Dth per Month for ‘‘high load

factor customers’’; (2) a demand/

reservation surcharge of 5.5 cents per

Dth per Month for ‘‘low load factor

customers’’; (3) a volumetric

commodity/usage surcharge of 0.7 cents;

and (4) a special ‘‘small customer’’

surcharge of 1.1 cents per Dth.

The Commission Staff will analyze

GRI’s application and prepare a

Commission Staff Report. This Staff

Report will be served on all parties and

filed with the Commission as a public

document on August 10, 2000.