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statutory provisions of the Interstate 

Commerce Act (ICA), (49 U.S.C.). The 

ICA authorizes the Commission to make 

investigations and to collect and record 

data and to prescribe rules and 

regulations concerning accounts, 

records and memoranda as necessary or 

appropriate for purposes of 

administering the ICA. The Commission 

may prescribe a system of accounts for 

jurisdictional companies and, after 

notice and opportunity for hearing may 

determine the accounts in which 

particular outlays and receipts will be 

entered, charged or credited. Every 

pipeline carrier subject to the provisions 

of Section 20 of the ICA must 

electronically file with the Commission 

through Commission-provided software. 

The Commission’s Office of 

Enforcement uses the collected FERC 

Form 6 data to assist in the 

implementation of its financial audits 

and investigation programs, in the 

continuous review of the financial 

condition of regulated companies and in 

the assessment of energy markets. The 

Office of Energy Markets and Reliability 

(OEMR) uses the data collected for its 

various rate proceedings and economic 

analyses. The Office of Administrative 

Litigation (OAL) uses the data collected 

for background research for use in 

litigation. The Office of General Counsel 

uses the data in its programs relating to 

the administration of the ICA. 

Additionally, the Office of the Executive 

Director (OED) uses the data contained 

on certain schedules of the FERC Form 

6 to compute annual charges which are 

then assessed against oil pipeline 

companies to recover the Commission’s 

annual costs. These annual charges are 

required by Section 3401 of the Budget 

Act. 

Most notably, the ICA mandates the 

collection of information needed by the 

Commission to perform it regulatory 

responsibilities in the setting of the just 

and reasonable rates. The Commission 

could be held in violation of the ICA if 

the information was not collected. 

The Commission implements these 

filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

Section 357.1 and 357.2. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 155 companies (on average) 

subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 28,830 total 

hours, 155 respondents (average), 1 

response per respondent, and 189 hours 

per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

respondents: 28,830 hours/2080 hours 

per years × $117,321 per year = 

$1,692,889. The cost per respondent is 

equal to $10,922. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions 

of 49 App. U.S.C. §§ 1–85 (1988). 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6321 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[IC07–6Q–001, FERC 6Q] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

March 30, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

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 no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register 

notice of December 15, 2006 (71 FR 

75523–75524) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 4, 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, D.C. 

20426 and should refer to Docket No. 

IC07–6Q–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 acknowledgement 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 6Q 

‘‘Quarterly Financial Report of Oil 

Pipeline Companies.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0206. 

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 the Interstate 

Commerce Act (ICA), (49 U.S.C.). 

Although the Commission requires 

jurisdictional entities to file financial 

information, a general weakness in this 

reporting program has been the 

frequency with which the financial 


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1 118 FERC ¶ 62,125 (2007). 

2 18 C.F.R. § 385.713(c)(2) (2006). See Revision of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure Regarding Issue 

Identification, Order No. 663, 70 FR 55723 

(September 23, 2005), FERC Statutes and 

Regulations ¶ 31,193 (2005). See also, Order 663–A, 

effective March 23, 2006, which amended Order 

663 to limit its applicability to rehearing requests. 

Revision of Rules of Practice and Procedure 

Regarding Issue Identification, Order No. 663–A, 71 

FR 14640 (March 23, 2006), FERC Statutes and 

Regulations ¶ 31,211 (2006). 

3As explained in Order No. 663, the purpose of 

this requirement is to benefit all participants in a 

proceeding by ensuring that the filer, the 

Commission, and all other participants understand 

the issues raised by the filer, and to enable the 

Commission to respond to these issues. Having a 

clearly articulated Statement of Issues ensures that 

issues are properly raised before the Commission 

and avoids the waste of time and resources 

involved in litigating appeals regarding which the 

courts of appeals lack jurisdiction because the 

issues on appeal were not clearly identified before 

the Commission. See Order No. 663 at P 3–4. 

4See, e.g., South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company, 116 FERC ¶ 61,218 (2006); and Duke 

Power Company, LLC, 116 FERC ¶ 61,171 (2006). 

5We note that the licensee may file a request for 

an amendment to the license that would allow for 

the consideration of an alternative site for an access 

area, but note that such a proposal would require 

consultation with relevant resource agencies as well 

as public notice with the opportunity for comment. 

reports are required. In a rapidly 

changing business environment, annual 

reporting is simply insufficient. 

Financial accounting and reporting 

provides needed information 

concerning a company’s past 

performance and its future prospects. 

Without reliable financial statements 

prepared in accordance with the 

Commission’s Uniform System of 

Accounts and related regulations, the 

Commission would be unable to 

accurately determine the costs that 

relate to a particular time period, service 

or line of business. Additionally, it 

would be difficult to determine whether 

a given entity has previously been given 

the opportunity to recover its cost 

through rates, or to compare how the 

financial performance and results of 

operations of one regulated entity 

relates to that of another. 

The need for current and better 

disclosures in financial statements 

drives the increasing demand for timely, 

relevant and reliable financial 

information. As such, the FERC Form 6–

Q Quarterly Report provides the 

Commission with a more timely and 

informative picture of the jurisdictional 

oil pipeline entities’ financial and 

operational condition. 

More specifically, the Commission’s 

Office of Enforcement (OE) uses the 

FERC Form 6–Q data collected to assist 

in the implementation of its financial 

and operational audits and investigation 

programs, in the review of the financial 

condition of regulated companies, and 

in the assessment of energy markets. 

The Office of Energy Markets and 

Reliability (OEMR) uses the data 

collected for its various rate proceedings 

and economic analysis. The Office of 

Administrative Litigation (OAL) uses 

the data collected for background 

research for use in litigation. The Office 

of General Counsel (OGC) uses the data 

in its programs relating to the 

administration of the ICA. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 138 companies (on average) 

subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 62,100 total 

hours, 138 respondents (average), 3 

responses per respondent, and 150 

hours per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

respondents: 62,100 hours/2080 hours 

per years × $117,321 per year = 

$3,646,494. The cost per respondent is 

equal to $26,424. 

Statutory Authority: 49 App. U.S.C. §§ 1–

85 (1988). 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6322 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2205–039] 

Central Vermont Public Service 

Commission; Notice Dismissing Filing 

as Deficient 

March 30, 2007. 

On February 13, 2007, Commission 

staff issued an order modifying and 

approving a recreation plan under 

article 415 of the project license for the 

Lamoille Hydroelectric Project, located 

on the Lamoille River in Chittenden, 

Franklin, and Lamoille Counties, 

Vermont.1 On March 14, 2007, Central 

Vermont Public Service Corporation 

(Central Vermont or the licensee) filed 

a timely request for rehearing, seeking to 

modify the February order. 

Specifically, the licensee requests 

rehearing of a provision in the February 

order regarding an access area for 

canoes and car-top boats at the south 

end of Arrowhead Mountain Reservoir. 

The February order modified the 

licensee’s recreation plan. Ordering 

paragraph (C) of the February order 

provided that: 

The licensee shall acquire title in fee or the 

right to use in perpetuity all lands necessary 

to improve the access area at the south end 

of Arrowhead Mountain Reservoir to provide 

carry-in access for canoes and car-top boats. 

The licensee shall file documentation of the 

land acquisition with the Commission and 

include the access area at the south end of 

Arrowhead Mountain Reservoir in the asbuilt drawings. 

The licensee requests that the paragraph 

(C) requirement be deleted and suggests 

that, instead, the licensee will conduct 

a study of alternative access sites. 

The licensee’s rehearing request is 

deficient because it fails to include a 

Statement of Issues section separate 

from its arguments, as required by Rule 

713 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure.2 Rule 713(c)(2) 

requires that a rehearing request must 

include a separate section entitled 

‘‘Statement of Issues’’ listing each issue 

presented to the Commission in a 

separately enumerated paragraph that 

includes representative Commission 

and court precedent on which the 

participant is relying.3 Under Rule 713, 

any issue not so listed will be deemed 

waived. Accordingly, Central Vermont’s 

rehearing request is dismissed.4

We note that, even if the pleading had 

included the required statement of facts, 

we would nevertheless deny rehearing. 

Central Vermont concedes that ‘‘the 

provision of public access for canoes 

and car-top boats at the south end of 

[Arrowhead Mountain Reservoir] is 

desired,’’ and that ‘‘no detailed analysis 

of alternative south end access for 

canoes and car-top boats has been 

performed.’’ It shows no deficiency in 

the February order, but merely 

speculates that some other form of 

access might be preferable. Accordingly, 

we find the request for rehearing to be 

without merit.5

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6325 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–364–000] 

Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; 

Notice of Tariff Filing and NonConforming Service Agreement 

March 30, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 23, 2007, 

Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C. 

(Destin) tendered for filing with the 


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