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listed or eligible for listing on the 

National Register of Historic Places. 

The estimated date when the EIS will 

be made available to the public is 

December 2008. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

James A. Porter, 

Lt. Col., Corps of Engineers, Deputy District 

Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1287 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–EZ–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC07–549B–000; FERC–549B] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

March 12, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

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 May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of 

the proposed collection of information 

can be obtained from the Commission’s 

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp) or from the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: 

Michael Miller, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–34, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those parties filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filing, 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 refer to Docket No. IC07–549B–000. 

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, go to the tab labeled 

Documents and Filing, choose eFiling 

from the drop-down list and follow the 

instructions given. First time users will 

need to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgement to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through the Commission’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–549B ‘‘Gas 

Pipeline Rates: Capacity Information’’

(OMB No. 1902–0169) includes both the 

Index of Customers Report under 18 

CFR 284.13(c) and capacity reporting 

requirements under 18 CFR 284.13(b) 

and 284.13(d). This information is used 

by the Commission to implement the 

statutory provisions of sections 4, 5, and 

16 of the NGA, 15 U.S.C. 717c–717o, PL 

75–688, 52 Stat. 822 and 830 and Title 

III of the NGPA, 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432, 

PL. 95–621. 

Capacity Reports 

On April 4, 1992, in Order No. 636, 

the Commission established a capacity 

release mechanism under which 

shippers could release firm 

transportation and storage capacity on 

either a short or long term basis to other 

shippers wanting to obtain capacity. 

Pipelines posted available firm and 

interruptible capacity information on 

their electronic bulletin boards (EBBs) 

to inform potential shippers. On 

September 11, 1992, in Order No. 636–

A, the Commission determined, through 

staff audits, that the efficiency of the 

capacity release mechanism could be 

enhanced by standardizing the content 

and format of capacity release 

information and the methods by which 

shippers access this information, posted 

to EBBs. 

On April 4, 1995, through Order 577 

(RM95–5–000), the Commission 

amended § 284.243(h) of its regulations 

to allow shippers the ability to release 

capacity without having to comply with 

the Commission’s advance posting and 

bidding requirements. 

To create greater substitution between 

different forms of capacity and to 

enhance competition across the pipeline 

grid, on February 25, 2000, in Order No. 

637, the Commission revised its 

capacity release regulations regarding 

scheduling, segmentation and flexible 

point rights, penalties, and reporting 

requirements. This resulted in more 

reliable capacity information 

availability and price data that shippers 

needed to make informed decisions in a 

competitive market as well as to 

improve shipper’s and the 

Commission’s availability to monitor 

marketplace behavior. 

Index of Customers 

In Order 581, issued September 28, 

1995, the Commission established the 

Index of Customers (IOC) information 

requirement. The Index of Customers 

had two functions, first, for analyzing 

capacity held on pipelines and second, 

for providing capacity information to 

the market. The Index of Customers 

information aides the capacity release 

system by enabling shippers to identify 

and locate those holding capacity rights 

that the shippers may want to acquire. 

The information was required to be 

posted on the pipeline’s EBB and filed 

on electronic media with the 

Commission. This first Index contained, 

for all firm customers under contract as 

of the first day of the calendar quarter, 

the full legal name of the shipper, the 

rate schedule number for which service 

is contracted, the contract effective and 

expiration dates, and the contract 

quantities. 

In Order 637, the Commission 

required the following additional 

information: the receipt and delivery 

points held under contract and the 

zones or segments in which the capacity 

is held; the common transaction point 

codes; the contract number; a shipper 

identification number, such as DUNS; 

an indication whether the contract 

includes negotiated rates; the names of 

any agents or asset managers that 

control capacity in a pipeline rate zone; 

and any affiliate relationship between 

the pipeline and the holder of capacity. 

The Index is now provided through a 

quarterly filing on electronic media to 

the Commission and is posted on 

pipelines’ Internet Web sites. 

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 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

Capacity Rpts ................................

& IOC: 103 .....................................

Capacity Rpts: 6 ...........................

IOC: 4 ...........................................

Capacity Rpts: 291 .......................

IOC: 3 ...........................................

Capacity Rpts: 179,838 

IOC: 1,236 

Total: ....................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... 181,704 

Estimated cost burden to respondents 

is as follows: 

Capacity reports: 179,838 hours/2080 

work hours per year × $122,137 = 

$10,560,035. 

Index of Customers (IOC): 1,236 

hours/2080 work hours per year × 

$122,137 = $72,578. Total Costs = 

$10,632,613. The estimated annual cost 

per respondent is: Capacity Reports: 

$102,525; Index of Customers: $705. 

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; 

(7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing 

the information; and (8) requesting e.g. 

waiver or clarification of requirements. 

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. 

Philis Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4809 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP07–94–000, CP07–96–000] 

Enstor Gulf Coast Storage, LLC; Notice 

of Application 

March 12, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 2, 2007, as 

supplemented on March 7, 2007, Enstor 

Gulf Coast Storage, LLC (Enstor) 20333 

State Highway 249, Suite 400, Houston, 

Texas 77070, filed (1) an application in 

Docket No. CP07–94–000, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the NGA and the 

Commission’s regulations, for a 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing the operation of a 

Gulf Coast storage pool that will 

aggregate storage capacity obtained from 

discrete affiliated and non-affiliated 

service providers, and in combination 

with off-system interstate transportation 

capacity acquired on five interstate 

pipelines, will provide storage and in 

Docket No. CP07–94–000 storage related 

services to the interstate market; and (2) 

an application in Docket No. CP07–96–

000 for a blanket transportation 

certificate under Part 284 Subpart G of 

the Commission’s regulations, to 

provide open access storage and storage 

related services at market based rates 

with pregranted abandonment. 

These filings are available for review 

at the Commission’s Washington, DC 

offices or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/ using the ‘‘e-Library’’

link. Enter the docket number, 

excluding the last three digits, in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or 

Telephone: 202–502–6652; Toll-free: 1–

866–208–3676; or for TTY, contact (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding these 

applications should be directed to 

Joseph H. Fagan of Heller Ehrman LLP, 

1717 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036–3001, or phone 

(202) 912–2162, or FAX (202) 912–2020, 

or e-mail 

joseph.fagan@hellerehrman.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 

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 proceeding for this project should 

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) by the 

comment date, below. A person 

obtaining party status will be placed on 

the service list maintained by the 

Secretary of the Commission and will 


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