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surplus energy purchased from entities 

within the United States. 

CECU will arrange for the delivery of 

exports to Canada over the international 

transmission facilities owned by Basin 

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville 

Power Administration, Eastern Maine 

Electric Cooperative, International 

Transmission Co., Joint Owners of the 

Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., 

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine 

Public Service Company, Minnesota 

Power, Inc., Minnkota Power 

Cooperative, Inc., New York Power 

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power 

Corp., Northern States Power Company, 

Vermont Electric Power Company, and 

Vermont Electric Transmission Co. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by CECU has previously 

been authorized by a Presidential permit 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the dates listed above. 

Comments on the CECU application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with Docket 

No. EA–325. Additional copies are to be 

filed directly with Victoria Sharp, 

Director, Citigroup Energy Inc., 2800 

Post Oak Blvd., Suite 500, Houston, TX 

77056 and Dan Watkiss and Andrea 

Kells, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 2000 K 

Street, NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 

20006. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above and at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/304.htm. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 10, 

2007. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E7–7131 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC07–80–000; FERC Form 80] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Reinstatement 

April 9, 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 June 16, 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/docsfilings/elibrary.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. IC07–80–000. 

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 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. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

eLibrary link. For user assistance, 

contact FERCOlineSupport@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 Form 80 

‘‘Licensed Hydropower Development 

Recreation Report’’ (OMB Control No. 

1902–0106) is used by the Commission 

to implement the statutory provisions of 

sections 4(a), 10(a), 301(a), 304 and 309 

of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 

U.S.C. sections 797, 803, 825c and 8254. 

The authority for the Commission to 

collect this information comes from 

section 10(a) of the FPA which requires 

the Commission to be responsible for 

ensuring that hydro projects subject to 

its jurisdiction are consistent with the 

comprehensive development of the 

nation’s waterway for recreation and 

other beneficial public uses. In the 

interest of fulfilling these objectives, the 

Commission expects licensees subject to 

its jurisdiction, to recognize the 

resources that are affected by their 

activities and to play a role in protecting 

such resources. 

FERC Form 80 is a report on the use 

and development of recreational 

facilities at hydropower projects 

licensed by the Commission. 

Applications for amendments to 

licenses and/or changes in land rights 

frequently involve changes in resources 

available for recreation. Commission 

staff utilizes FERC Form 80 data when 

analyzing the adequacy of existing 

public recreational facilities and in the 

amendment review process to help 

determine the impact of such changes. 

In addition, the Commission’s regional 

office staff uses the FERC Form 80 data 

when conducting inspections of 

licensed projects. The Commission’s 

inspectors use the data in evaluating 

compliance with various license 

conditions and in identifying 

recreational facilities at hydropower 

projects. 

The data required to be filed is 

specified by 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 8.11 

and 141.14. 

The FERC Form 80 has been revised 

to facilitate greater ease to respondents 

in providing the information. First, 

FERC Form 80 has been updated to 

eliminate data concerning the nearest 

city and population, since Commission 

staff can access the information from 


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other sources. Second, Commission staff 

has clarified the definitions so 

respondents have a better understanding 

of the information to be provided. 

Third, resource data has been updated 

to include FERC approved recreational 

sites. Finally a new field has been added 

so that respondents can identify the 

method used for collecting the data. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

reinstatement and a three-year approval 

of the information collection with the 

changes noted above. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 

Number of respondents annually Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response Total annual burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3) 

400 1 3 1,200 

Estimated cost burden to respondents 

is $70,464. (1,200 hours/2,080 hours per 

year times $122,137 per year average per 

employee = $70,464). The cost per 

respondent is $176 (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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7147 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP02–25–001] 

Copiah Storage, LLC; Notice of 

Application 

April 9, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 29, 2007, 

as supplemented on April 5, 2007, 

Copiah Storage, LLC (Copiah), 5400 

Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 

77056–5310, filed an application in 

Docket No. CP02–25–001, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and 

the Commission’s regulations, an 

amendment to the certificate of public 

convenience and necessity issued to 

Copiah on June 13, 2002 in Docket No. 

CP02–25–000. Copiah requests 

authorization to develop two new salt 

dome storage caverns totaling 

approximately 15.5 Bcf working gas 

capacity; construct a new 32,000 hp 

compressor station; construct freshwater 

supply wells and brine water disposal 

wells; construct approximately 15 miles 

of 24-inch diameter header which will 

connect the Copiah facilities to Texas 

Eastern Transmission, LP’s pipeline 

system and to the proposed Southeast 

Supply Header pipeline; implement the 

proposed tariff; and continue the 

previous certificate authorization to 

charge market-based rates for storage 

and hub services. The expanded 

facilities will create a maximum total 

new storage capacity of 15.5 Bcf with a 

maximum additional daily withdrawal 

rate of 1.3 MMcf/d; all as more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. Copiah requested that 

the Commission issue an order granting 

an amendment to its certificate of public 

convenience and necessity by December 

31, 2008 with authorization to construct 

through 2014. 

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 this 

application should be directed to 

Ashley Leder, Director, Certificates and 

Reporting, Copiah Storage, LLC, 5400 

Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 

77251 at (713) 627–5760 or fax (713) 

627–5947. 

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 


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