37534 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices

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.

[FR Doc. 00–15102 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

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.