Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices 8245 

1 In conjunction with the renewal process, the 

Commission intends to request OMB approval to 

combine all three collections under one OMB 

Control Number. This should simplify the FERC 

administrative burden of processing these 

information collection requirements. 

2Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 CFR 1320.3. 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. IC12–5–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–65, FERC–65A, and 

FERC–65B); Comment Request; 

Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collections, FERC–65, FERC–65A, and 

FERC–65B (Notification of Holding 

Company Status, Exemption 

Notification of Holding Company 

Status, and Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status). 

DATES: Comments on the collections of 

information are due April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC12–5–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notification of Holding 

Company Status (FERC–65), Exemption 

Notification of Holding Company Status 

(FERC–65A), and Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status (FERC–65B). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0218 (FERC– 

65), 1902–0216 (FERC–65A), and 1902– 

0217 (FERC–65B).1

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC– 

65B information collection requirements 

with no changes to the current reporting 

requirements. 

Abstract: 

FERC–65 (Notification of Holding 

Company Status) 

The FERC–65 is a one-time 

informational filing outlined in the 

Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The 

FERC–65 must be submitted within 30 

days of becoming a holding company. 

The Commission does not require the 

information to be reported in a specific 

format. The filing consists of the name 

of the holding company, the name of 

public utilities, the name of natural gas 

companies in the holding company 

system, and the names of service 

companies. The Commission requires 

the filing to include the names of 

special-purpose subsidiaries (which 

provide non-power goods and services) 

and the names of all affiliates and 

subsidiaries (and their corporate 

interrelationship) to each other. Filings 

may be submitted in hardcopy or 

electronically through the Commission’s 

eFiling system. 

FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of 

Holding Company Status) 

While noting the previously outlined 

requirements of the FERC–65, the 

Commission has allowed for an 

exemption from the requirement of 

providing the Commission with a 

FERC–65 if the books, accounts, 

memoranda, and other records of any 

person are not relevant to the 

jurisdictional rates of a public utility or 

natural gas company; or if any class of 

transactions is not relevant to the 

jurisdictional rates of a public utility or 

natural gas company. Companies 

seeking this exemption file the FERC– 

65A. Commission regulations within 18 

CFR 366.3 describe the criteria in more 

specificity. 

FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of 

Holding Company Status) 

Entities may file a FERC–65B 

pursuant to the notification procedures 

contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a 

waiver from the requirement of 

providing the Commission with a 

FERC–65 if they meet the requirements 

in 18 CFR 366.3(c). Specifically, the 

Commission waives the requirement of 

providing it with a FERC 65 for any 

holding company with respect to one or 

more of the following: (1) Single-state 

holding company systems; (2) holding 

companies that own generating facilities 

that total 100 MW or less in size and are 

used fundamentally for their own load 

or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3) 

investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in 

hardcopy or electronically through the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Type of Respondents: Public utility 

companies, natural gas companies, 

electric wholesale generators, foreign 

utility holding companies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden 2: The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, AND FERC–65B (IC12–5–000): NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS, EXEMPTION

NOTIFICATION, AND WAIVER NOTIFICATION

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

FERC–65 Notification of Holding Company 

Status ........................................................... 8 1 8 3 24 

FERC–65A Exemption Notification .................. 1 1 1 1 1 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

8246 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices 

3Not applicable. 

4 2080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1 year). 

5Average annual salary per employee. 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, AND FERC–65B (IC12–5–000): NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS, EXEMPTION

NOTIFICATION, AND WAIVER NOTIFICATION—Continued 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

FERC–65B Waiver Notification ........................ 0 1 0 1 0 

Total .......................................................... 3 N/A 3 N/A 9 3 N/A 25 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $1,725.35. [25 

hours ÷ 2080 4 hours/year = 0.01202 

years * $143,540/year 5 = $1,725.35] 

The estimated annual cost of filing the 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–65B 

per response is $191.71. [$1725.31 ÷ 9 

responses = $191.71/response] 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3407 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 349–173] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 349–173. 

c. Date filed: June 8, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power) 

e. Name of Project: Martin Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing Martin Dam 

Project is located on the Tallapoosa 

River in northeast Alabama, in 

Tallapoosa, Coosa, and Elmore 

Counties, Alabama, near the cities of 

Alexander City and Dadeville, Alabama. 

The project occupied 1.36 acres of 

federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r) 

h. Applicant Contacts: Theodore J. 

McCullough, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35291, 

telephone (205) 257–8180; James F. 

Crew, Manager, Hydro Services, 

Alabama Power Company, 600 North 

18th Street, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, 

AL 35291, telephone (205) 257–4265. 

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams, 

(202) 502–8087 or 

jennifer.adams@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice; reply comments are 

due 105 days from the issuance date of 

this notice. 

Motions to intervene, protests, 

comments, recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and 

preliminary fishway prescriptions may 

be filed electronically via the Internet. 

See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

Martin Dam Project is located at river 

mile 420.0 on the Tallapoosa River near 

the cities of Alexander City and 

Dadeville, Alabama. Martin dam 

impounds about 31 miles of the 

Tallapoosa River, forming Martin 

reservoir (or Lake Martin), a 41,150-acre 

reservoir with (a) 880 miles of shoreline, 

(b) a gross storage capacity of 1,622,000 

acre-feet, and (c) active storage of 

1,381,077 acre-feet at a 45.5-foot 

drawdown. 

The Martin Dam Project consists of: 

(1) A 2,000-foot-long, 168-foot-high 

concrete gravity dam and an earth dike 

section, and includes (a) a 720-foot-long 

gated spillway section with 20 vertical 

lift spillway gates, each measuring 30 

feet wide by 16 feet high; (b) a 250-footlong concrete gravity intake structure, 

(c) a 255-foot-long concrete gravity nonoverflow section, and (d) an 

approximately 1,000-foot-long earth 

embankment; (2) a reservoir with a 

surface area of 41,150 acres at normal 

full pool elevation of 491 feet mean sea 

level (msl); (3) headworks containing 

four steel penstocks and 12 intake gates, 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES