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1The number of hours an employee works each 

year is estimated to be 2,080. 

2The average annual salary per employee is 

estimated to be $128,297. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 

FERC–585 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

Contingency Plan ............................................................................................................. 1 1 73 73 

Capacity Shortage ........................................................................................................... 1 1 0.25 0.25 

Estimated annual cost to respondents 

is $4,518.15 (73.25 hours/2080 hours 1

times $128,297 2 = $4,518.15). 

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 collections of information 

are 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 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collections 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, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8045 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–587–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–587); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

April 2, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below 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 

received no comments in response to 

the Federal Register notice (74 FR 2573, 

1/15/2009) and has made this notation 

in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira__submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0145 as a point of reference. The Desk 

Officer may be reached by telephone at 

202–395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and should refer to Docket 

No. IC09–587–001. Comments may be 

filed either electronically or in paper 

format. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions and acceptable filing 

formats are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/ 

electronic-media.asp. To file the 

document electronically, access the 

Commission’s Web site and click on 

Documents & Filing, E–Filing (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 

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. 

For paper filings, an original and 2 

copies of the comments should be 

submitted to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, and should refer 

to Docket No. IC09–587–001. 

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: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by 

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

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FERC 

uses the FERC Form No. 587 (‘‘Land 


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Description (Public Land States/NonPublic Land States (Rectangular or NonRectangular Survey System Lands in 

Public Land States))’’; OMB Control 

Number 1902–0145) to collect 

information required by the statutory 

provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), (16 U.S.C.818). 

Applicants proposing hydropower 

projects, or changes to existing projects 

located on lands owned by the United 

States are required to provide a 

description of the U.S. lands affected, to 

the Commission and Secretary of 

Interior. FERC Form No. 587 

consolidates the information required, 

and identifies hydropower project 

boundary maps associated with lands of 

the United States. The Commission 

verifies the accuracy of the information 

supplied and coordinates with the 

Bureau Land of Management State 

Offices (BLM), so the U.S. lands can be 

reserved as hydropower sites and 

withdrawn from other uses. 

When the filer submits the FERC–587, 

the filer is also required to submit 

exhibit drawings (e.g., on aperture cards 

and/or electronic files). The FERC–587 

serves as a ‘‘table of contents’’ for the 

Federal lands that are shown in the 

drawings. The reporting requirements 

and burdens related to the preparation 

and submittal of the actual drawings are 

included, as appropriate, in: FERC–512 

(Application for Preliminary Permits; 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0073), FERC– 

500 (Application for License/Relicense 

for Water Projects with Capacity Greater 

than 5 MW; OMB Control No. 1902– 

0058), and FERC–505 (Application for 

License/Relicense for Water Projects 

with Capacity 5 MW or Less; OMB 

Control No. 1902–0115).) 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no change to the 

existing collection of data. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 

FERC data collection 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

FERC–587 ....................................................................................................... 250 1 1 250 

The total estimated annual cost is 

$12,500 (250 hours at $50/hour). The 

estimated annual cost per respondent is 

$50. [These figures are based on the 

estimated median salary (adjusted for 

inflation) for a civil engineering 

technician, from the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, Occupational Employment 

Statistics.] 

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 collections of information 

are 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 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collections 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, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8046 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2503–136] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

April 2, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Non-project use 

of project lands. 

b. Project No.: 2503–136. 

c. Date Filed: February 26, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Keowee & 

Jocassee. 

f. Location: The proposed non-project 

use is on Lake Keowee in Oconee 

County, South Carolina. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Kelvin Reagan, 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, P.O. Box 

1006, Charlotte, NC, 28201–1006; (704) 

382–9386. 

i. FERC Contact: Mark Carter, (202) 

502–6554, mark.carter@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for Filing Comments, 

Motions to Intervene, and Protests: May 

04, 2009. All documents (original and 

eight copies) should be filed with: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 


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