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1Annual Report of a Utility’s Twenty Largest 

Purchasers, FERC–566, OMB No. 1902–0114, 

collects information from the twenty largest 

purchasers. 

2 Filing Via the Internet, RM07–16–000, 72 FR 

65659 (2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,259. 

3Number of hours an employee works each year. 

4Average annual salary per employee. 

provide the option to collect FERC–566 

electronically during 2008, as indicated 

under RM07–16–000 000 and any 

reduction in burden that option might 

allow filers. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–2407 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC08–561–000; FERC Form 561] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

February 1, 2008. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: Comments on the collection of 

information are due April 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: An example of this 

information collection can be obtained 

from the Commission’s Documents & 

Filing Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or by 

contacting the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael 

Miller, Office of the Executive Director, 

ED–34, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those parties filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filing, the 

original and 14 copies of such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Secretary of the Commission, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

and refer to Docket No. IC08–561–000. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in an 

acceptable filing format and in 

compliance with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s 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. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

eLibrary link. For user assistance, 

contact ferconlinesupport@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 Form 561 

‘‘Annual Report of Interlocking 

Positions’’ (OMB No. 1902–0099) is 

used by the Commission to implement 

the statutory provisions of section 305 

of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as 

amended by Title II, section 211 of the 

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. 825d). FPA 

section 305—Officials Dealing in 

Securities—Interlocking Directorates 

requires the annual reporting by public 

utility officers and directors of similar 

types of positions they hold with 

financial institutions, insurance 

companies, utility equipment and fuel 

providers, and with any of an electric 

utility’s twenty largest purchasers of 

electric energy.1 The FPA mandates the 

information that must be filed, the 

required filers, the requirement to make 

the information available to the public, 

and the filing deadline. The 

Commission is not empowered to 

amend or waive these statutory 

requirements. Requirements the 

Commission has the authority to amend, 

such as filing format and method, can be 

found in 18 CFR part 46 and section 

131.31. 

Without this information collection, 

the Commission and the public would 

not be able to inquire into and 

determine whether public or private 

interests will be adversely affected by 

the holding of such positions. 

Under the current OMB authorization, 

the Commission requires the FERC 

Form 561 filings in hardcopy with an 

optional diskette containing a 

spreadsheet of the interlocking 

directorate information. However, the 

Commission has indicated under 

RM07–16–000,2 to allow for the 

voluntary electronic submittal of many 

required filings, including the FERC 

Form 561, by early 2008. Through 

eFiling 7.0, the form will be filed in 

Adobe Acrobat with an optional 

electronic spreadsheet attachment. 

Implementation of eFiling 7.0 will 

eliminate the current burden of mailing 

and hand-delivering the filings in 

hardcopy. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, and proposes to make 

the filing of the FERC Form 561 more 

efficient during 2008 under RM07–16–

000. 

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) 

1996 ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 .25 499 

The estimated total cost to 

respondents is $21,516. [499 hours 

divided by 2080 hours 3 per year, times $126,384 4 equals $30,320]. The cost per 

respondent is $15 (rounded off). 


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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, 

using 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 

filing 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 cost estimate 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) The 

accuracy of the agency’s burden 

estimate of the proposed information 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

calculate the reporting burden; (2) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (3) the proposal to 

provide the option to collect FERC Form 

561 electronically by late 2007, as 

proposed under RM07–16–000 and any 

reduction in burden that option might 

allow filers. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–2410 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12944–000] 

Morgantown Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene, 

Protests, and Comments 

February 4, 2008. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Preliminary 

Permit. 

b. Project No.: 12944–000. 

c. Date filed: August 8, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Morgantown Hydro, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Morgantown Lock 

and Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Monongahela River in 

Monongalia County, West Virginia. It 

would use the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ Morgantown Lock and Dam. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. 

Smith, COO, Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 

535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745–0834. 

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 

502–4126. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: 60 

days from the issuance date of this 

notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments, protests, and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Please include the project number (P–

12944–000) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person in the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. Description of Project: The 

proposed project using the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers’ Morgantown Lock 

and Dam and operated in a run-of-river 

mode would consist of: (1) A new 

powerhouse and switchyard; (2) two 

turbine/generator units with a combined 

installed capacity of 9 megawatts; (3) a 

new 13-mile-long above-ground 25- 

kilovolt transmission line extending 

from the switchyard to an 

interconnection point with 

Monongahela Power Company’s 

distribution system; and (4) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed Morgantown 

Lock and Dam Project would have an 

average annual generation of 26 

gigawatt-hours. 

l. This filing is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site 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, call toll-free 1–866–208–

3676 or e-mail 

FERCONLINESUPPORT@FERC.GOV. 

For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is 

also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

m. Competing Preliminary Permit—

Anyone desiring to file a competing 

application for preliminary permit for a 

proposed project must submit the 

competing application itself, or a notice 

of intent to file such an application, to 

the Commission on or before the 

specified comment date for the 

particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). 

Submission of a timely notice of intent 

allows an interested person to file the 

competing preliminary permit 

application no later than 30 days after 

the specified comment date for the 

particular application. A competing 

preliminary permit application must 

conform with 18 CFR 4.30 and 4.36. 

n. Competing Development 

Application—Any qualified 

development applicant desiring to file a 

competing development application 

must submit to the Commission, on or 

before a specified comment date for the 

particular application, either a 

competing development application or a 

notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent to file a development 

application allows an interested person 

to file the competing application no 

later than 120 days after the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. A competing license 

application must conform with 18 CFR 

4.30 and 4.36. 

o. Notice of Intent—A notice of intent 

must specify the exact name, business 

address, and telephone number of the 

prospective applicant, and must include 

an unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit, if such an application may be 

filed, either a preliminary permit 

application or a development 

application (specify which type of 

application). A notice of intent must be 

served on the applicant(s) named in this 

public notice. 

p. Proposed Scope of Studies Under 

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued, 

does not authorize construction. The 

term of the proposed preliminary permit 

would be 36 months. The work 


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