Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices 38529

may be found at the Board’s web site,

located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 16,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15680 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC00–580–000, FERC Form–580]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 15, 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. 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 21, 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

P. 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) 208–2425, and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements for FERC Form 580,

‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy

Purchase Practices,’’ Docket No. IN79–6,

(OMB No. 1902–0137) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of section 205(f) of the

Federal Power Act (FPA), as added by

the Public Utility Regulatory Policies

Act (PURPA) (Pub. L. 95–617). These

provisions require that ‘‘not less

frequently than every 2 years * * * the

Commission shall review, with respect

to each public utility, practices under

automatic adjustment clauses of such

utility to ensure efficient use of

resources (including economical

purchase and use of fuel and electric

energy) under such clauses.’’

FERC Form 580 is collected on

diskette and in hard copy. The Form

580 information is used by Commission

staff to: (1) Evaluate fuel costs in

individual rate proceedings; (2) review

fuel costs passed through automatic fuel

adjustment clauses, as determined

during periodic compliance audits of

utility books and records; (3) initiate

Commission action under section

205(f)(3) of the FPA to order a public

utility to modify the terms and

provisions of any automatic adjustment

clause or to cease any practice in

connection with the clause; and (4)

determine whether wholesale rates are

just and reasonable, as required under

FPA Section 205(a).

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date. The current Form 580

can be found on the Commission’s web

site at: http://www.ferc.fed.us/electric/

f580/form580.htm.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number

of respondents

(1)

Annual

number of

responses

per respondent

(2)

Average

burden

hours per

response

(3)

Total annual burden

(in

hours)

(1) × (2)

× (3)

129 1 .5 64 4.128

1The FERC Form 580 is collected once

every two years.

The reduction in average burden

hours per response has been reduced

from 93.5 to 64 hours. This is a direct

result of a lower percentage of

jurisdictional utilities having fuel

adjustment clauses and thus having to

file the complete Form 580

interrogatory. Only those utilities with

fuel adjustment clauses are required to

file the full interrogatory. Utilities

without fuel adjustment clauses are

required to file an abbreviated form. The

estimated total cost to respondents is

$221,374 (4,128 hours divided by 2,080

hours per year per full time employee

multiplied by $111,545 per year per

average employee equals $221,374). The

average cost per respondent is estimated

to be $1,716.

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.

[FR Doc. 00–15565 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER98–3760–005; EC96–19–

053; ER96–1663–056]

California Independent System

Operator Corporation; Notice of Filing

June 15, 2000.

Take notice that on May 26, 2000, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing an

Answer in the above-referenced dockets.

The Answer includes ISO Tariff sheets

correcting several errors in the Tariff

sheets submitted by the ISO as part of