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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

119 Stat. 594 (2005) (codified at 42 U.S.C. 16451, 

et seq.) 

2Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company 

Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility 

Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR. 75,592 

(2005), FERC Statutes and Regulations ¶ 31,197 

(2005) Order on reh’g, 71 FR 28,446 (2006), FERC 

Statutes and Regulations ¶ 31,213 (2006), order on 

reh’g, 71 FR 42,750 (2006), FERC Statutes and 

Regulations ¶ 31,224 (2006), order on reh’g, FERC 

¶ 61,133 (2007). 

3 18 CFR 366.1. 

the Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announced that the Air Force 

Institute of Technology (AFIT) 

Subcommittee of the Air University 

Board of Visitors was scheduled to meet 

on Monday, March 12th, 2012, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, March 13th, 

2012, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Due to changing requirements beyond 

the control of the Air University Board 

of Visitors or its Designated Federal 

Officer, the Committee was unable to 

process the amended Federal Register 

notice for the above meeting as required 

by 41 CFR 102.3.150(a). Accordingly, 

the Advisory Committee Management 

Officer for the Department of Defense, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

provide input to the Air University 

Board of Visitors should submit a 

written statement in accordance with 41 

CFR 102–3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

and the procedures described in this 

paragraph. Written statements can be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer at the address detailed below at 

any time. The Designated Federal 

Officer will review all timely 

submissions with the Air University 

Board of Visitors’ Board Chairperson 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the Board before the next 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Diana Bunch, Designated Federal 

Officer, Air University Headquarters, 55 

LeMay Plaza South, Maxwell Air Force 

Base, Alabama 36112–6335, telephone 

(334) 953–4547. 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6605 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–3–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–598); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC–598, Self Certification 

for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator or Foreign Utility Company 

Status, to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review of the 

information collection requirements. 

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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 97, 1/3/2012) requesting public 

comments. FERC received no comments 

on the FERC–598 and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by April 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0166, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–3–000, 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/submission-guide.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, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–598, Self Certification for 

Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator or Foreign Utility Company 

Status. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0166. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–598 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–598, ‘‘Self 

Certification for Entities Seeking 

Exempt Wholesale Generator or Foreign 

Utility Company Status’’ (OMB Control 

No. 1902–0166), to implement the 

statutory provisions of Title XII, 

subchapter F of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 (EPAct 2005).1

EPAct 2005 repealed the Public 

Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) 

of 1935 in its entirety, including section 

32. This repeal enabled the Commission 

to exempt wholesale generators from 

PUHCA 1935 on a case-by-case basis. 

The Commission amended its 

regulations (in Order No. 667 2) to add 

procedures for self-certification by 

entities seeking exempt wholesale 

generator (EWG) and foreign utility 

company (FUCO) status. Moreover, 

Order No. 667 implemented the repeal 

of PUHCA 1935 and the supplementary 

enactment of PUHCA 2005. This selfcertification is similar to the process 

available to entities that seek qualifying 

facility status. 

An EWG is a ‘‘person engaged 

directly, or indirectly through one or 

more affiliates * * * and exclusively in 

the business of owning or operating, or 

both owning and operating, all or part 

of one or more eligible facilities and 

selling electric energy at wholesale.’’ 3 A 

FUCO is a company that ‘‘owns or 

operates facilities that are not located in 

any state and that are used for the 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

of electric energy for sale or the 

distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, if such company: (1) Derives no 

part of its income, directly or indirectly, 

from the generation, transmission, or 

distribution of electric energy for sale or 

the distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, within the United States; and (2) 

neither the company nor any of its 

subsidiary companies is a public-utility 


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4 18 CFR 366.1. 

5 18 CFR 366.7. 

6 42 U.S.C. 16451 et seq. 

7Burden 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 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

8 2080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1 year) 

9Average annual salary per employee in 2011. 

company operating in the United 

States.’’ 4

An exempt EWG or FUCO or its 

representative may file with the 

Commission a notice of self certification 

demonstrating that it satisfies the 

definition of exempt wholesale 

generator or foreign utility company. In 

the case of EWGs, the person filing a 

notice of self certification must also file 

a copy of the notice of self certification 

with the state regulatory authority of the 

state in which the facility is located and 

that person must also represent to the 

Commission in its submission that it has 

filed a copy of the notice with the 

appropriate state regulatory authority.5

A submission of the information is 

necessary for the Commission to carry 

out its responsibilities under EPAct 

2005.6 The Commission implements its 

responsibilities through the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 18 Part 

366. These filing requirements are 

mandatory. 

Type of Respondents: EWGs and 

FUCOs. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 7 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–598 (IC12–3–000): SELF CERTIFICATION FOR ENTITIES SEEKING EXEMPT WHOLESALE GENERATOR OR FOREIGN

UTILITY COMPANY STATUS

Number of 

respondents 

(A) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(B) 

Total 

number of 

responses 

(A) × (B) = (C) 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

(D) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(C) × (D) 

EWG/FUCOs ........................................................................ 102 1 102 6 612 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $41,890 [612 

hours ÷ 2080 8 hours/year = 0.29423 

years * $142,372 9 = $41,890]. 

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: March 14, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6649 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–4–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–716); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC–716, Self Certification 

for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator or Foreign Utility Company 

Status, to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review of the 

information collection requirements. 

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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 98, 1/3/2012) requesting public 

comments. FERC received no comments 

on the FERC–716 and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by April 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0170, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–4–000, 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, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–716, Good Faith Request 

for Transmission Service and Response 

by Transmitting Utility Under Sections 

211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power 

Act. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0170. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–716 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–716 to 


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