Document ID: FERC-2014-0255-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-03-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13287-13288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05122]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC14-3-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549D); Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information 
collection FERC-549D (Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for 
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines) 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 published notices in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 69843, 11/21/2012, and 79 FR 7175, 2/6/2012) requesting 
public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-549D for either 
notice and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
    The Commission is issuing this 15-day public notice due to a change 
of the estimated burden figures. Upon further review, the Commission 
found that the burden estimate required adjustment due to better 
estimates. Specifically, the average burden hours per response for XML 
filings (implementation burden only) increased from 104 hours to 196 
hours. Note: There are no changes to information collection or filing 
requirements.

DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by March 25, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos. 
1902-0253 (FERC-549D) should be sent via email to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov, 
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. IC14-3-000, by one 
of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support 
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of 
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and 
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at 
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Titles: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate 
Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines.
    OMB Control Nos.: 1902-0253.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-549D information 
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
    Abstract: The reporting requirements under FERC-549D are required 
to carry out the Commission's policies in accordance with the general 
authority in Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \1\ and 
Sections 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) \2\. This 
collection promotes transparency by collecting and making available 
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline transactional information. The 
Commission collects the data upon a standardized form with all 
requirements outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 717-817-w.
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.
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    The FERC Form 549D collects the following information:

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     Full legal name and identification number of the shipper 
receiving service;
     Type of service performed for each transaction;
     The rate charged under each transaction;
     The primary receipt and delivery points for the 
transaction, specifying the rate schedule/name of service and docket 
were approved;
     The quantity of natural gas the shipper is entitled to 
transport, store, and deliver for each transaction;
     The term of the transaction, specifying the beginning and 
ending month and year of current agreement;
     Total volumes transported, stored, injected or withdrawn 
for the shipper; and
     Annual revenues received for each shipper, excluding 
revenues from storage services.
    Filers submit the Form-549D on a quarterly basis.
    Access to the FERC-549D Information Collection Materials: A copy of 
the current form and related materials can be found at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#549d, but will not be included in 
the Federal Register. The Commission will not publish these materials 
in the Federal Register.
    Types of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
    Estimate of Annual Burden \3\: The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting Burden for each information collection as:
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    \3\ The Commission defines burden as the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, 
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal 
agency. For further explanation of what is included in the 
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1320.3.

  FERC Form 549D: Quarterly Transportation and Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw Pipelines
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden     Estimated
   Format of pipelines' filing       Number of     responses per   Total number      hours per     total annual
                                    respondents     respondent     of responses      response         burden
                                             (A)             (B)     (A)x(B)=(C)             (D)         (C)x(D)
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                                              Implementation Burden
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PDF filings.....................               3               1               3              68             204
XML \4\ filings.................               2               1               2             196             392
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                                                 Ongoing Burden
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PDF filings.....................              76               4             304            12.5           3,800
XML filings.....................              33               4             132              10           1,320
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    TOTAL.......................         \5\ 109  ..............             441  ..............           5,716
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    \4\ \\ Extensible Markup Language (XML)
    \5\ This figure does not include the five respondents for the 
``Implementation Burden''.
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $450,764 
[5,716 hours $78.86/hour \6\ = $450,764].
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    \6\ This cost represents the average cost of four career fields: 
Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants ($48.58/hour), Management Analyst 
($56.27/hour), and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this cost 
also includes benefit costs within the hourly estimates.
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    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 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 estimate of the 
burden and cost of the collections of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and 
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: February 28, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-05122 Filed 3-7-14; 8:45 am]
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