15716 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 

the reports is to provide greater 

accountability in the preparation of the 

nation’s teaching forces and to provide 

information and incentives for its 

improvement. IHEs that have teacher 

preparation programs must report 

annually to their States on the 

performance of their program 

completers on teacher certification or 

licensure tests. States, in turn, must 

report test performance information, 

institution by institution, to the 

Secretary of Education. They must also 

report on their requirements for teacher 

certification and licensure, State 

standards, alternative routes to 

certification, low performing teacher 

preparation programs and related items. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3990. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–7826 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed three-year 

extension and revision to the Form EIA– 

28, ‘‘Financial Reporting System (FRS).’’ 

DATES: Comments must be filed by June 

8, 2009. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Neal 

Davis of EIA. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by fax (202–586–9753) or e-mail 

(neal.davis@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. Mr. Davis’ mailing 

address is Energy Information 

Administration (EI 62), Financial 

Analysis Team, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Mr. Davis may be contacted by 

telephone at (202) 586–6581. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions for 

the Financial Reporting System should 

be directed to Mr. Davis at the address 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and 

the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.) require the EIA to carry out 

a centralized, comprehensive, and 

unified energy information program. 

This program collects, evaluates, 

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates 

information on energy resource reserves, 

production, demand, technology, and 

related economic and statistical 

information. This information is used to 

assess the adequacy of energy resources 

to meet near and longer term domestic 

demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with opportunities to comment 

on collections of information conducted 

by or in conjunction with the EIA. Also, 

the EIA will later seek approval for this 

collection by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under Section 

3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995. 

Under Public Law 95–91, section 

205(h), the Administrator of the EIA is 

required to ‘‘identify and designate’’ the 

major energy companies who must 

annually file Form EIA–28 to ensure 

that the data collected provide ‘‘a 

statistically accurate profile of each line 

of commerce in the energy industry in 

the United States.’’ Data collected on 

Form EIA–28 are published and used in 

analyses of the energy industry. 

U.S. major energy companies report 

financial and operating information to 

the FRS survey each year on a 

consolidated corporate level, by 

individual lines of business, by major 

functions within each line of business, 

and by various geographic regions. From 

this information, EIA produces the 

annual publication Performance Profiles 

of Major Energy Producers. The data are 

also used for analyses and inquiries 

concerning earnings, profitability, 

investments, production and refining 

costs, reserve growth, and other issues 

related to the financial performance of 

major energy producers. 

Please refer to the proposed forms and 

instructions for more information about 

the purpose, who must report, when to 

report, where to submit, the elements to 

be reported, detailed instructions, 

provisions for confidentiality, and uses 

(including possible nonstatistical uses) 

of the information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

II. Current Actions 

EIA is proposing a three-year 

extension with changes to the 

previously approved Form EIA–28 for 

the FRS survey to be conducted in 2010 

collecting information for 2009. 

EIA is proposing the following 

changes to the form: 

• Expand the balance sheet 

information requested for property, 

plant, and equipment (PP&E), and 

investments and advances to 

unconsolidated affiliates beyond 

additions to include other changes, such 

as reclassifications and impairments; 

• Reduce the scope of domestic 

information collected on the 

downstream natural gas and electric 

power operations of the major energy 

companies; 

• Recategorize some downstream 

natural gas business operations to more 

closely align the survey with industry 

practices; and 

• Add coverage of foreign operations 

for petroleum purchases and sales of 

raw materials and refined products, and 

for downstream natural gas operating 

expenses. 

Schedule 5120 ‘‘Selected 

Consolidating Balance Sheet and 

Financial Data’’ will be expanded to 

include collection of other changes to 

PP&E and investments and advances to 

unconsolidated affiliates, by line of 

business. 

Many of the questions for the 

downstream natural gas and electric 

power lines of business require detailed 

information from the operational units 

of the FRS respondent companies, and 

are more difficult to obtain. Data for 

several items are only provided by one 

or two companies. Consequently, the 

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limited response severely restricts the 

usefulness of the data, and the analysis 

that can be done. Reducing the scope of 

the survey will also reduce the reporting 

burden on the survey respondents. 

The proposed modifications include 

elimination of most of Schedules 5812 

‘‘Domestic Electric Power Segments, 

Purchases and Sales of Fuel and Electric 

Power’’ and 5841 ‘‘Electric Power 

Capacity and Output Statistics.’’ The 

following schedules for the downstream 

natural gas and electric power lines of 

business will be reduced in scope: 

• Schedule 5710, Downstream 

Natural Gas, Consolidating Statement of 

Income, 

• Schedule 5810, Electric Power, 

Consolidating Statement of Income, and 

• Schedule 5811, Electric Power, 

General Operating Expense Detail. 

The following schedules will be 

expanded to include foreign activities: 

• Schedule 5211, Petroleum 

Segments, Refining/Marketing 

Operating Expense Detail, 

• Schedule 5212, Petroleum 

Segments, Purchases and Sales of Raw 

Materials and Refined Products, and 

• Schedule 5711, Downstream 

Natural Gas, General Operating Expense 

Detail. 

Copies of the proposed new schedules 

and the instructions are available from 

Mr. Davis. 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

C. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

D. Can the information be submitted 

by the respondent by the due date? 

E. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 500 

hours per response. The estimated 

burden includes the total time necessary 

to provide the requested information. In 

your opinion, how accurate is this 

estimate? 

F. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

G. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

H. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

C. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

D. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

E. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 

(15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.), and the DOE 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

Issued in Washington, DC, April 1, 2009. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–7814 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13357–000] 

Project 7 Water Authority; Notice of 

Conduit Exemption Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

March 31, 2009. 

On January 15, 2009, and 

supplemented on March 24, 2009, 

Project 7 Water Authority filed an 

application pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 791a– 

825r of the Federal Power Act, for 

conduit exemption of the Project 7 

Hydro Plant Hydroelectric Project, to be 

located on the raw water supply conduit 

from the Fairview Reservoir to the 

Project 7 water treatment plant in 

Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. 

The proposed Project 7 Hydro Plant 

Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a 

proposed flow control building 

containing two generating units having 

installed capacities of 61 kilowatts and 

91 kilowatts, and (2) appurtenant 

facilities. The Project 7 Water Authority 

estimates the project would have an 

average annual generation of 600,000 

kilowatt-hours that would be used by 

the water treatment facility with any 

excess being sold to a local utility. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Dick Margetts, 

Manager, Project 7 Water Authority, 

P.O. Box 1185, 69128 E. Highway 50, 

Montrose, CO 81401, Tel: (970) 249– 

5935, project7@montrose.net. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

(202) 502–6778, 

chirstopher.chaney@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, protests, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, prescriptions, competing 

applications (without notices of intent), 

or notices of intent to file competing 

applications: 60 days from the issuance 

of this notice. All filings may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable 

to be filed electronically, documents 

may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an 

original and eight copies should be 

mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. For more information on how to 

submit these types of filings please go 

to the Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s