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1The 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. 

2This includes the original e-mail, plus the 

follow-up e-mail (sent when throughput or storage 

deliverability has been restored). 

3Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ figures 

for wage estimates within ‘NAICS 486200, Pipeline 

Transportation of Natural Gas’ (posted at http:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/naics4_486200.htm, for 

May 2008), the average hourly cost being used for 

these calculations is $63.07. The total estimated 

cost burden provided here ($6,307) updates and 

replaces the estimate (of $6,076.15) provided in the 

60-day Notice issued on 1/29/09. 

Filings in accordance with the 

provisions of section 4(d) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717c) are to 

contain information necessary to advise 

the Commission when a change in 

service has occurred. Under section 7(d) 

of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717f), the 

Commission may issue a temporary 

certificate in cases of emergency to 

assure maintenance of adequate service 

or to serve particular customers, without 

notice or hearing. 

The FERC–576 initial reports are 

submitted by e-mail to 

pipelineoutage@ferc.gov or by facsimile 

transmission. Title 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) section 260.9(b) 

requires that a report of service 

interruption or damage to natural gas 

facilities state the: (1) Location of the 

service interruption or damage to 

natural gas pipeline or storage facilities; 

(2) nature of any damage to pipeline or 

storage facilities; (3) specific 

identification of the facilities damaged; 

(4) time the service interruption or 

damage to the facilities occurred; (5) 

customers affected by the service 

interruption or damage to the facilities; 

(6) emergency actions taken to maintain 

service; and (7) company contact and 

telephone number. (In response to these 

reports, the Commission may contact 

the pipeline to determine the estimated 

duration of the outage, and if necessary, 

authorize emergency transportation or 

re-construction of facilities to alleviate 

the problem.) The company also reports 

to the Commission when pipeline 

throughput or storage deliverability has 

been restored. 

Failure by the Commission to collect 

this information would mean that it is 

unable to monitor and evaluate our 

regulated energy infrastructure, and 

remain apprised of the critical status of 

operations and reliability of interstate 

pipelines. 

In coordination with the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT), 

FERC has reviewed the pipeline damage 

reporting requirements. FERC and DOT 

have concluded that there is minimal 

duplication between the data collected 

here and that collected by DOT under 

49 CFR 191. The intent, timing, and the 

information collected serve different 

needs, and a common reporting form is 

not appropriate. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no change to the 

existing requirements. 

Burden Statement: Annual reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 

FERC Data Collection—FERCt–576 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours1

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

Submittal to FERC of the original e-mail and follow-up e-mail 2 ..................... 40 2 2 1 2 80 

Submittal of damage report to state commissions .......................................... 40 1 0.25 10 

Submittal to FERC of copy of DOT incident report ......................................... 40 1 0.25 10 

The estimated cost burden to 

respondents 3 is $6,307 (100 hours × 

$63.07 per hour = $6,307). 

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. 

[FR Doc. E9–13236 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–516–459] 

South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Motions To Intervene and Protests 

May 29, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Applications: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–516–459. 

c. Date Filed: August 28, 2008. 

d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric 

& Gas Company. 

e. Name of Project: Saluda 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Saluda River in 

Richland, Lexington, Saluda, and 

Newberry counties, South Carolina. The 


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1The license application contains documents that 

provide elevations based on NAVD88 datum or 

based on Plant Datum. To convert from Plant Datum 

to NAVD88 datum, subtract 1.5 feet. 

project does not occupy any Federal 

lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: William R. 

Argentieri, Manager-Civil Engineering, 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 

111 Research Drive, Columbia, South 

Carolina 29203, (803) 217–9162. 

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) 

502–8379, or lee.emery@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice, or July 29, 

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. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on 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. 

Motions to intervene and protests 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) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of 

submitting text only comments, click on 

‘‘Quick Comment.’’ 

k. This application has been accepted, 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis at this time. 

l. The existing 207.3-megawatt Saluda 

Project consists of a single development 

with the following features: (1) A 7,800- 

foot-long, 213-foot-high earth-fill dam 

(Saluda dam), with South Carolina State 

Highway 6 (Highway 6) running along 

the top of the dam; (2) a dike that 

extends 2,550 feet from the north end of 

the dam, running parallel with Highway 

6; (3) a 2,900-foot-long emergency 

spillway, with six steel Taintor gates, 

that is located 500 feet from the south 

end of Saluda dam, and a spillway 

channel that reconnects with the Saluda 

River about 0.75 miles downstream from 

the Saluda powerhouse; (4) a 2,300-footlong, 213-foot-high roller compacted 

concrete backup dam located along the 

downstream toe of the Saluda dam, with 

(i) a crest elevation of 372.0 feet North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988 

(NAVD88),1 and (ii) rock fill 

embankment sections on the north and 

south ends of the backup dam, having 

a combined length of 5,700 feet; (5) a 41- 

mile-long, 50,900-acre reservoir (Lake 

Murray) at a full pool elevation of 358.5 

feet NAVD88, with a total usable storage 

of approximately 635,000 acre-feet; (6) 

five 223-foot-high intake towers and 

associated penstocks; (7) a concrete and 

brick powerhouse containing four 

vertical Francis turbine generating units 

(three at 32.5 MW and one at 42.3 MW), 

and a fifth vertical Francis turbine 

generating unit (67.5 MW), which is 

enclosed in a weather-tight housing 

located on a concrete deck attached to 

the south end of the main powerhouse; 

(8) a 150-foot-long tailrace; and (9) 

appurtenant facilities. There is no 

transmission line or bypassed reach 

associated with the project. 

m. 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. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13222 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12628–002] 

The City of Nashua, IA; Notice 

Soliciting Scoping Comments 

May 29, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 12628–002. 

c. Date Filed: January 13, 2009. 

d. Applicant: The City of Nashua, 

Iowa. 

e. Name of Project: Cedar Lake Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located at the existing Cedar Lake Dam, 

on the Cedar River, in Chickasaw 

County, Iowa. The project would not 

occupy any Federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 USC 791 (a)-825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Rebecca 

Neal, The City of Nashua, 402 Main 

Street, Nashua, IA 50658; (641) 435– 

4156. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts, 

Michael.Watts@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

6123. 

j. Deadline for Filing Scoping 

Comments: June 29, 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. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service 

list for the project. Further, if an 

intervenor files comments or documents 

with the Commission relating to the 


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