Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 43 / Wednesday, March 5, 1997 / Notices 10029

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Intelligence Agency, Scientific

Advisory Board Closed Meeting

AGENCY: Defense Intelligence Agency,

Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public

Law 92–463, as amended by Section 5

of Public Law 94–409, notice is hereby

given that a closed meeting of the DIA

Scientific Advisory Board has been

scheduled as follows:

DATES: March 18, 1997 (800am to

1600pm).

ADDRESSES: The Defense Intelligence

Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

20340–5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maj. Michael W. Lamb, USAF,

Executive Secretary, DIA Scientific

Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.

20340–1328 (202) 231–4930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire

meeting is devoted to the discussion of

classified information as defined in

Section 552b(c)(I), Title 5 of the U.S.

Code and therefore will be closed to the

public. The Board will receive briefings

on and discuss several current critical

intelligence issues and advise the

Director, DIA, on related scientific and

technical matters.

Dated: February 28, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–5364 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–544]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

February 28, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted within 60 days of

the publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

P. Miller, Information Services Division,

ED–12.4, 888 First Street NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael P. Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–544 ‘‘Gas

Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Formal)’’

OMB No. 1902–0153) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of the Sections 4, 5, and 16

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C.

717–717w). Under FERC–544 the

Commission investigates the rates

charged by natural gas pipeline

companies subject to its jurisdiction. If,

after its investigation, the Commission

is of the opinion that the rates are

‘‘unjust or unreasonable or unjustly

discriminatory or unduly preferential,’’

it is authorized to determine and

prescribe just and reasonable rates.

Formal rate change filings (FERC–544)

are suspended and set for hearing.

When the Section 4(e) filing is

suspended, the rate becomes the subject

of a hearing process and may go into

effect subject to refund with interest. All

suspended filings that go through the

hearing process are considered formal

cases and an investigation is instituted

to determine the reasonableness of the

rate filing. If the rates and charges are

deemed unjust, unreasonable or unduly

discriminatory, the appropriate rate,

charge or service condition is

ascertained by the Commission and a

final order issued.

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:

Number of respondents annually

Number of responses per respondentAverage burden

hours per response

Total annual burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

25 ...................................................................................................................................... 1.0 4,582.5 114,563

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $5,728,150, (114,563

hours divided by 2,087 hours per year

per employee times $104,350 per year

per average employee=$5,728,150). The

cost per respondent is $229,125.

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.

Commetns 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