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1These figures are based on a limited survey of 

8 respondents. The average estimated annual 

burden per respondent (and filing) is 87 hours. 

Using the number of hours spent by each specific 

job title or level, the estimated annual staff cost was 

calculated based on the nationwide average annual 

salary for various levels of engineers, found in the 

Occupational Outlook Handbook (2008–09 Edition) 

[posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site 

at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm]. The 

estimated average annual staff cost for preparing the 

FERC–714 was $3,603. 

The respondents surveyed had additional costs of 

$514, on average per year. Therefore the total 

estimated average annual cost per respondent is 

$4,117. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–11413 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–714–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–714); Comment 

Request; Extension 

May 7, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection and request for comments. 

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 or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the specific aspects of the information 

collection described below. 

DATES: Comments in consideration of 

the collection of information are due 

July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: An example of this 

collection of information may be 

obtained from the Commission’s Web 

site (at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp). Comments may be filed 

either electronically or in paper format, 

and should refer to Docket No. IC09– 

714–000. Documents must be prepared 

in an acceptable filing format and in 

compliance with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission submission 

guidelines at http://www.ferc.gov/help/ 

submission-guide.asp. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the eFiling link on the Commission’s 

Web site at www.ferc.gov. First time 

users will have to establish a user name 

and password (http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/eregistration.asp) before 

eFiling. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgement to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments through eFiling. 

Commenters filing electronically 

should not make a paper filing. 

Commenters that are not able to file 

electronically must send an original and 

14 copies of their comments to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through eSubscription 

(at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp). In addition, all 

comments and FERC issuances may be 

viewed, printed or downloaded 

remotely through FERC’s Web site using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and searching on 

Docket Number IC09–714. For user 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support (e-mail at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or call tollfree 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: FERC–714 

(Annual Electric Balancing Authority 

Area and Planning Area Report 

(formerly called ‘‘Annual Electric 

Control and Planning Area Report’’), 

OMB No. 1902–0140) is used by the 

Commission to implement Sections 4, 

202, 207, 210, 211–213, 304, 309 and 

311 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as 

amended (49 Stat. 838: 16 U.S.C. 791 a– 

825r), Section 3(4) of Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 26 

U.S.C. 2602 and sections 1211, 1221, 

1231, 1241 and 1242 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) (119 

Stat. 594). The filing requirements are 

found at 18 CFR 141.51. The 

information allows the Commission to 

analyze power system operations, to 

estimate the effect of changes in power 

system operations that result from the 

installation of a new generating unit or 

plant, transmission facilities, energy 

transfers between systems and/or new 

points of interconnections. The analyses 

also serve to correlate rates and charges, 

assess reliability and other operating 

attributes in regulatory proceedings, 

monitor market trends and behaviors, 

and determine the competitive impacts 

of proposed mergers, acquisitions and 

dispositions. 

ACTION: The Commission is requesting a 

three-year extension of the current 

reporting requirements. 

Burden Statement: There has been a 

change in burden due to: (1) An 

informal, limited survey of respondents 

in order to obtain improved estimates of 

both the burden and cost, (2) a change 

in the number of filers resulting from 

the formation of regional transmission 

organizations (and other similar entities) 

encompassing numerous former Control 

Areas (Balancing Authority Areas), and 

(3) the switch to an all-electronic filing 

in 2007 (from a paper and diskette 

filing). Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated as follows. 

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)x(2)x(3) 

FERC–714 ....................................................................................................... 215 1 1 87 1 18,705 

Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding. 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden1 to respondents is $885,155 (215 

respondents × $4,117 per respondent). 

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; 

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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 D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–11333 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2211–004] 

Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing with 

the Commission, Soliciting Additional 

Study Requests, and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Relicensing 

and a Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

May 7, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2211–004. 

c. Date Filed: April 24, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Duke Energy Indiana, 

Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Markland 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Ohio River in 

Switzerland County, near the towns of 

Florence and Vevay, Indiana, and 

Warsaw, Kentucky. The project affects 

about 1 acre of federal lands 

administered by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Tamara Styer, 

Duke Energy, Mail Code: EC12Y, P.O. 

Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201–1006, 

(704) 382–0293 or tsstyer@dukeenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, 

(202) 502–6077 or 

dianne.rodman@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

State, local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: June 23, 2009. 

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. 

Additional study requests and 

requests for cooperating agency status 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site 

(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting textonly comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The existing Markland 

Hydroelectric Project consists of a 

powerhouse integrated into the north 

end of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Markland dam, 

which was constructed by the Corps 

between 1959 and 1964. The project has 

a total installed capacity of 64.8 

megawatts (MW) and produces an 

average annual generation of 350,454 

megawatt-hours. All generated power is 

utilized within the applicant’s electric 

utility system. The project operates in 

run-of-river mode, has no storage, and 

only uses flows released by the Corps. 

The project consists of the following 

facilities: (1) A 96-foot-high, 248-footwide intake structure, with steel 

trashrack panels installed along the east 

side, directing flows to the connected 

powerhouse; (2) a powerhouse, integral 

to the Corps’ Markland dam, containing 

three vertical shaft Kaplan turbine/ 

generator units with a total installed 

capacity of 64.8 MW; (3) a tailrace 

discharging flows immediately 

downstream of the dam; (4) a substation 

about 250 feet north of the powerhouse; 

(5) an approximately 750-foot-long 

existing access road; (6) a 9.37-milelong, 138-kilovolt transmission line in a 

100-foot-wide right-of-way extending to 

Fairview, Indiana; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. The applicant is proposing to 

add a new, approximately 300-foot-long 

access road, leading to a new parking 

area for recreation use at the tailrace of 

the dam. 

o. A copy of the application 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, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Indiana State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the regulations of 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, 36 CFR, at 800.4.