19548 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / Notices 

determining satisfaction levels for 

existing services. These voluntary 

customer surveys will be used to 

ascertain customer satisfaction with the 

Department of Energy in terms of 

services and products. Respondents will 

be individuals and organizations that 

are the recipients of the Department’s 

services and products. Previous 

customer surveys have provided useful 

information to the Department for 

assessing how well the Department is 

delivering its services and products and 

for making improvements. The results 

are used internally and summaries are 

provided to the Office of Management 

and Budget on an annual basis, and are 

used to satisfy the requirements and the 

spirit of Executive Order No. 12862. 

II. Current Actions 

The request to OMB will be for a 

three-year extension of the expiration 

date of approval for the Form DOE–887 

‘‘DOE Customer Surveys.’’ Examples of 

previously conducted customer surveys 

are available upon request. Planned 

activities in the next three years reflect 

an increased emphasis on and 

expansion of these activities, including 

an increased use of Web-based and 

electronic means for obtaining customer 

input. 

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 .25 

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: Executive Order 

12,862 § 1, 58 FR 48,257 (Sept. 11, 1993). 

Issued in Washington, DC, April 23, 2009. 

Stanley R. Freedman, 

Acting Director, Statistics and Methods 

Group, Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–9758 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–567–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–567); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

April 22, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

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 or 

FERC) 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 (73 FR 

74163, 12/5/2008) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 28, 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 No. 1902–0005 as 

a point of reference. The OMB 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. IC09–567–001. 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 FERC 

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. IC09–567–001. 

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. 


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1FERC–567 was formerly known as ‘‘Gas Pipeline 

Certificates: Annual Reports of System Flow 

Diagrams and System Capacity’’. The capacity 

reporting requirements under 18 CFR 284.13 had 

been inadvertently included under both the FERC– 

567 and the FERC–549B (‘‘Gas Pipeline Rates: 

Capacity Information’’; OMB Control No. 1902– 

0169). To correct the inadvertent ‘double-counting’, 

the capacity reporting requirements under 18 CFR 

284.13 are removed from FERC–567, and remain a 

part of FERC–549B for the purpose of OMB 

clearance. FERC–549B is not a subject of this 

Notice. 

2The burden and cost figures may not be exact, 

due to rounding. For these calculations, the number 

of hours an employee works each year is 2,080, and 

the average annual salary per employee is estimated 

to be $128,297. 

3An estimate of 100 respondents was included in 

the 60-day notice. That estimate has been updated 

here, based on the number of filings submitted in 

2008. 

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 

is requesting comments on the FERC– 

567,1 Gas Pipeline Certificates: Annual 

Reports of System Flow Diagrams. 

FERC–567 is an existing data collection 

(OMB Control No. 1902–0005) 

consisting of a set of filing requirements, 

as contained in 18 CFR 260.8. 

The information from the FERC–567 

is used by the Commission staff to 

obtain accurate data on pipeline 

facilities and to validate the need for 

new facilities proposed by pipelines in 

certificate applications. In modeling a 

pipeline applicant’s system, 

Commission staff utilizes the FERC–567 

data to determine configuration and 

location of installed pipeline facilities; 

verify and determine the receipt and 

delivery points between shippers, 

producers and pipeline companies; 

determine the location of receipt and 

delivery points and emergency 

interconnections on a pipeline system; 

determine the location of pipeline 

segments, laterals and compressor 

stations on a pipeline system; verify 

pipeline segment lengths and pipeline 

diameters; justify the maximum 

allowable operating pressures and 

suction and discharge pressures at 

compressor stations; verify the installed 

horsepower and volumes compressed at 

each compressor station; determine the 

existing shippers and producers 

currently using each pipeline company; 

and develop and evaluate alternatives to 

the proposed facilities as a means to 

mitigate environmental impact of new 

pipeline construction. 

18 CFR 260.8 requires each major 

natural gas pipeline with a system 

delivery capacity exceeding 100,000 

Mcf per day to file, to submit by June 

1 of each year, diagrams reflecting 

operating conditions on the pipeline’s 

main transmission system during the 

previous 12 months ended December 

31. These data are physical/engineering 

data which are not included as part of 

any other data collection requirement. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no change to the 

existing requirements.1

Burden Statement: Annual 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 2

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–567 ............................................................................... 94 3 1.714 81.28 13,095.5 

The estimated annual cost burden 2 to 

respondents is $807,747 (13,095.5 

hours/2080 hours per year times 

$128,297 per year average per employee 

= $807,747). The estimated cost per 

respondent is $8,593. 

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 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 estimates of the burden of 

the proposed collection 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. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–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 revisions 

and a three-year extension to the Forms: 

EIA–851A, ‘‘Domestic Uranium 

Production Report (Annual),’’ EIA– 

851Q, ‘‘Domestic Uranium Production 

Report (Quarterly),’’ and EIA–858, 

‘‘Uranium Marketing Annual Survey.’’ 


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