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retain, for a period of five years, all data 

and information upon which they bill 

the prices charged for ‘‘electric energy 

or electric energy products it sold 

pursuant to Seller’s market-based rate 

tariff, and the prices it reported for use 

in price indices.’’ 

The record retention period of five 

years is necessary due to the importance 

of records related to any investigation of 

possible wrongdoing and related to 

assuring compliance with the codes of 

conduct and the integrity of the market. 

The requirement is necessary to ensure 

consistency with the rule prohibiting 

market manipulation (adopted in Order 

No. 670) and the generally applicable 

five-year statute of limitations where the 

Commission seeks civil penalties for 

violations of the anti-manipulation rules 

or other rules, regulations, or orders to 

which the price data may be relevant. 

Action: FERC is requesting a threeyear extension of the current expiration 

date for the FERC–915,1 with no 

changes to the requirements. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

at: 

FERC requirements 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

FERC–915 ........................................................................................................ 1,150 1 1 1,150

The estimated total annual cost to 

respondents includes hours for labor 

(1,150 hrs. at $17 per hour, for a labor 

cost of $19,550) and storage costs (using 

an estimated 65,000 cu. ft of records in 

off-site storage, for a total storage cost of 

$419,858). The total annual cost (labor 

plus off-site storage) is $439,408; the 

total annual cost per respondent is $382. 

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 D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13541 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–916–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–916); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

June 3, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

USC 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 (74FR 

15471, 4/6/2009) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by July 10, 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 Number 1902– 

0224 as a point of reference. The 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. IC09–916–001. 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 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–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 


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1FERC–916 was formerly called ‘‘FERC– 

916(549),’’ with the intent of consolidating the 

FERC–916 into the FERC–549 (OMB Control No. 

1902–0086). FERC has decided not to consolidate 

the FERC–916 into the FERC–549, so this Notice 

deals only with the FERC–916 requirements. 

2 18 CFR 1c.1 and 1c.2, 71 FR 4,244 (2006). 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, and should refer 

to Docket No. IC09–916–001. 

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. 

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 

Commission is requesting comments on 

the record retention requirements of 

FERC–916,1 ‘‘Record Retention 

Requirements for Pipelines Providing 

Unbundled Sales Service, and Persons 

Holding Blanket Marketing 

Certificates,’’ OMB Control No. 1902– 

0224. The FERC–916 record retention 

requirements are contained in 18 CFR 

284.288(b) and 284.403(b). 

The Commission’s regulations at 18 

CFR 284.288 and 284.403 provide that 

applicable sellers of natural gas adhere 

to a code of conduct when making gas 

sales in order to protect the integrity of 

the market. The Commission imposes 

the FERC–916 record retention 

requirement on applicable sellers to 

‘‘retain, for a period of five years, all 

data and information upon which it 

billed the prices it charged for natural 

gas it sold pursuant to its market based 

sales certificate or the prices it reported 

for use in price indices.’’ FERC uses the 

FERC–916 records to monitor the 

jurisdictional transportation activities 

and unbundled sales activities of 

interstate natural gas pipelines and 

blanket marketing certificate holders. 

The record retention period of five 

years is necessary due to the importance 

of records related to any investigation of 

possible wrongdoing and related to 

assuring compliance with the codes of 

conduct and the integrity of the market. 

The requirement is necessary to ensure 

consistency with the rule prohibiting 

market manipulation (regulations 

adopted in Order No. 670, 

implementing the EPAct 2005 antimanipulation provisions) 2 and the 

generally applicable five-year statute of 

limitations where the Commission seeks 

civil penalties for violations of the antimanipulation rules or other rules, 

regulations, or orders to which the price 

data may be relevant. 

Failure to have this information 

available would mean the Commission 

is unable to perform its regulatory 

functions and to monitor and evaluate 

transactions and operations of interstate 

pipelines and blanket marketing 

certificate holders. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date for the FERC–916, with 

no changes to the requirements. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

at: 

FERC 

requirements 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual burden 

hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–916 ........................................................................................ 222 1 1 222 

The estimated total annual cost to 

respondents includes hours for labor 

(222 hrs. at $17 per hour, for a labor cost 

of $3,774) and record storage costs 

(using an estimated 12,548 cu. ft of 

records in off-site storage, for a total 

record storage cost of $81,051). The total 

annual cost (labor plus off-site record 

storage) is $84,825; the total annual cost 

per respondent is $382. 

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 collections of information 

are 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 

collections 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. E9–13542 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–914–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–914); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

June 3, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 


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