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[FR Doc. E7–4050 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[IC06–423–001, FERC 423] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

February 27, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and extension of this 

information collection requirement. Any 

interested person may file comments 

directly with OMB and should address 

a copy of those comments to the 

Commission as explained below. The 

Commission received comments from 

four entities in response to an earlier 

Federal Register notice of September 

22, 2006 (71 FR 55454–55455) and has 

provided responses to the commenters 

in its submission to OMB. Copies of the 

submission were also submitted to the 

commenters. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by April 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point 

of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–34, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filings an 

original and 14 copies, of such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Secretary of the Commission, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

and should refer to Docket No. IC06–

423–001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in 

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable 

Document Format, or ASCII format. To 

file the document, access the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an EFiling,’’ and then follow the instructions 

for each screen. First time users will 

have to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgment to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. User assistance for electronic 

filings is available at 202–502–8258 or 

by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments 

should not be submitted to this e-mail 

address. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For user assistance, contact 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (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: 

Description 

The information collection submitted 

for OMB review contains the following: 

1. Collection of Information: FERC 

423 ‘‘Monthly Report of Cost and 

Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants’’. 

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0024. 

The Commission is now requesting 

that OMB approve and extend the 

expiration date for an additional three 

years with no changes to the existing 

collection. The information filed with 

the Commission is mandatory. 

4. Necessity of the Collection of 

Information: Submission of the 

information is necessary for the 

Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities in implementing the 

statutory provisions of sections 205 (a) 

and (e); (2) for use in a broad range of 

fuel cost and purchase practice issues 

rising from electric utility rate cases; (3) 

to detect abnormally high fuel costs in 

utility fuel purchases indicative of 

affiliate preference at the cost of the 

consumer; (4) in conjunction with other 

data, to identify potential out-of-merit 

plant dispatches carried out by system 

operators and (5) in conjunction with 

bid data, provides an indication of 

market efficiency by providing one of 

the key components of electricity 

generation cost. 

Other Federal and State agencies, 

such as the Energy Information 

Administration and the Environmental 

Protection Agency, as well as private 

interest groups, electric utilities and the 

public use this timely data: (1) To 

compare each fuel type by quality 

determinants, in the study of 

developments in fuel supply which may 

affect the reliability of electric service, 

(2) in environmental improvement 

programs for the different air quality 

control regions in the United States and 

(3) for use in analyses of energy and fuel 

supply impacts on the cost of electric 

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The Commission implements these 

filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

141.61. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 569 companies (on average) 

subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 6,828 total 

hours, 569 respondents (average), 12 

responses per respondent, and 1 hour 

per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

respondents: 6,828 hours/2080 hours 

per years × $117,321 per year = 

$385,129. The cost per respondent is 

equal to $677. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions 

of sections 205 (a) and (e) of the Federal 

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3966 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC07–547–000 FERC–547] 

Commission Collection Activities, 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension and Reinstatement 

March 1, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained from Michael Miller, Office of 

the Executive Director, ED–34, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments on the proposed collection of 

information may be filed either in paper 

format or electronically. Those parties 

filing electronically do not need to make 

a paper filing. For paper filings, the 

original and 14 copies of such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Secretary of the Commission, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

and should refer to Docket No. IC07–

547–000. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet can be prepared in a variety of 

formats, including WordPerfect, MS 

Word, Portable Document Format, Rich 

Text Format or ASCII format. To file the 

document, access the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and 

click on ‘‘Make an E-filing,’’ and then 

follow the instructions for each screen. 

First time users will have to establish a 

user name and password. The 

Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. User 

assistance for electronic filings is 

available at 202–502–8258 or by E-mail 

to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should 

not be submitted to this E-mail address. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

eLibrary link. For user assistance, 

contact FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or 

toll free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, 

contact (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: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–547, ‘‘Gas 

Pipeline Rates: Refund Report 

Requirements’’ (OMB No. 1902–0084) is 

used by the Commission to implement 

the statutory refund provisions 

governed by sections 4, 5 and 16 of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717–

717w). Sections 4 and 5 authorize the 

Commission to order a refund, with 

interest, on any portion of a natural gas 

company’s increased rate or charge that 

is found to be not just or reasonable. 

Refunds may also be instituted by a 

natural gas company as a stipulation to 

a Commission-approved settlement 

agreement or provision under the 

company’s tariff. Section 16 authorizes 

the Commission to prescribe the rules 

and regulations necessary to administer 

its refund mandates. The Commission’s 

refund and reporting requirements are 

set forth in 18 CFR 154.501 and 154.502. 

The data collected allows the 

Commission to monitor the refunds 

owed by the natural gas companies and 

to ensure the passage of the refunds, 

with applicable interest, to the 

appropriate natural gas customers. 

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 information collection is 

estimated as: 

No. of respondents annually 

(1) 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

(2) 

Average burden (No. of 

hours per response) 

(3) 

Total annual 

burden (total 

No. of hours) 

(1) × (2) × (3) 

60 ................................................................................................................................................. 1 75 4,500 

Estimated cost to respondents: 4,500 

hours/2,080 per year × $122,137 = 

$264,238. The cost per respondent = 

$4,404 (rounded off). The reporting 

burden includes the total time, effort, or 

financial resources to generate, 

maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 

information including: (1) Reviewing 

instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, 

installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose 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 


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