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Number of respondents annually 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

8 ..................................................................................................................................... 1 10 80 

Estimated cost burden to respondents 

is $4,861.00. (80 hours/2080 hours per 

year times $126,384 per year average per 

employee = $4,861.00). The cost per 

respondent is $608.00. 

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 estimate 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. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23213 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC08–583–001, FERC–583] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

September 26, 2008. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

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 this information collection 

requirement. 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 an 

earlier Federal Register notice of 

February 26, 2008 (FR Vol. 73, No. 38 

10235–10236) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by October 31, 

2008. 

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 the OMB Control No. (1902– 

0136) as a point of reference. The Desk 

Officer may be reached by telephone at 

202–395–7345. A copy of the comments 

should also be sent to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Executive Director, ED–34, 

Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments may be filed either in paper 

format or electronically. Those persons 

filing electronically do not need to make 

a paper filing. For paper filings, such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Secretary of the Commission, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

and should refer to Docket No. IC08– 

583–001. 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-Fi ling 

(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. 

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: 

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–583 ‘‘Annual 

Kilowatt Generating Report (Annual 

Charges)’’ (OMB No. 1902–0136) is used 

by the Commission to implement the 

statutory provisions of section 10(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (FPA), part I, 16 

U.S.C. 803(e) which requires the 

Commission to collect annual charges 

from hydropower licensees for, among 

other things, the cost of administering 

part I of the FPA and for the use of 

United States dams. In addition, the 

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1986 (OBRA) authorizes the 

Commission to ‘‘assess and collect fees 

and annual charges in any fiscal year in 

amounts equal to all of the costs 

incurred by the Commission in that 

fiscal year.’’ The information is 

collected annually and used to 

determine the amounts of the annual 

charges to be assessed licensees for 

reimbursable government administrative 

costs and for the use of government 

dams. The Commission implements 

theses filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

part 11. 

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 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

599 ................................................................................................................................. 1 2 1,198 h 

Estimated cost burden to respondents 

is $72,792. (1,198 hours/2,080 hours per 

year times $126,384 per year average per 

empl oyee = $72,792). The cost per 

respondent is $122 (rounded off). 

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 estimate 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 Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23214 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP08–473–000] 

BreitBurn Operating, L.P.; Notice of 

Application 

September 26, 2008. 

Take notice that on September 18, 

2008, BreitBurn Operating, L.P. 

(Breitburn), 515 South Flower Street, 

Suite 4800, Los Angeles, CA 90071, 

filed with the Commission an 

application pursuant to sections 157 of 

the Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) seeking a limited 

jurisdiction transportation certificate, a 

waiver of certain filing, reporting, and 

other regulatory requirements otherwise 

applicable to an interstate pipeline 

owner and operator, and a blanket 

construction certificate to perform 

certain routine activities, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. 

Copies of this filing are available for 

review at the Commission’s 

Washington, DC offices, or may be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Gregory C. Brown, Executive Vice 

President and General Counsel, 

BreitBurn Management Company, LLC, 

515 South Flower Street, Suite 4800, 

Los Angeles, CA 97001, phone (213) 

225–5900, e-mail 

gbrown@breitburn.com. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this application. First, any person 

wishing to obtain legal status by 

becoming a party to this proceeding 

should file with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations 

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10) by the 

comment date, below. A person 

obtaining party status will be placed on 

the service list maintained by the 

Secretary of the Commission and will 

receive copies of all documents filed by 

the applicant and by all other parties. A 

party must submit 14 copies of filings 

made with the Commission and must 

mail a copy to the applicant and to 

every other party in the proceeding. 

Only parties to the proceeding can ask 

for court review of Commission orders 

in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to the project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

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