Terms of the
previous clearance remain in effect. For the FERC-549 the number of
responses is not being removed from the current inventory in the
ROCIS meta-data associated with this submittal related to the NOPR
in RM11-4, due to incorrectly accounting for the number of
responses in the last submittal to OMB for this collection. FERC
will continue to take comment on the number of responses required
by the proposed rulemaking and will update the number of responses
in the submittal of the ICR for the final rule. OMB will reexamine
the burden estimates in the ICR renewal and final rulemaking
stage.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2011
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2012
224
0
224
7,190
0
7,190
638,000
0
638,000
In the NOPR in this proceeding, "[t]he
Commission proposes to eliminate the semi-annual storage reporting
requirements for: (1) interstate natural gas companies subject to
the Commission's jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as
codified in 18 CFR 284.13(e); (2) intrastate pipelines providing
interstate services pursuant to section 311 of the Natural Gas
Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), as codified in 18 CFR 284.126(c); and
(3) Hinshaw pipelines providing interstate services subject to the
Commission's Natural Gas Act (NGA) jurisdiction pursuant to blanket
certificates issued under § 284.224 of the Commission's
regulations, as also codified in 18 CFR 284.126(c). The Commission
finds that the reports now proposed for elimination are largely
duplicative with other reporting requirements." The semi-annual
storage report at 18CFR (Code of Federal Regulation) 284.13(e) is
one of the parts of FERC-549. Other information collections and
requirements included in the FERC-549 are not affected by this
NOPR.
In this NOPR, FERC is proposing
to delete both sections 284.13(e) and 284.126(c) from our
regulations at 18CFR. The semi-annual storage reporting
requirements in those regulations appear for the most part to
duplicate other reporting requirements. To the extent those reports
do include information not reported elsewhere, the burden of
requiring pipelines to report that information appears to outweigh
any benefits to the Commission or the public of requiring such
information to continue to be reported on a regular basis. For the
FERC-549 the number of responses is not being removed from the
current inventory in the ROCIS meta-data associated with this
submittal related to the NOPR in RM11-4, due to incorrectly
accounting for the number of responses in the last submittal to OMB
for this collection. In the 60-day notice in Docket IC11-549 at
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=12719352
(issued 7/28/2011), FERC proposed revised figures for the estimated
number of various annual FERC-549 filings. We expect to provide
corrected estimates for the number of filings when the upcoming
30-day notice is issued in Docket IC11-549 and the corresponding
supporting statement submitted to OMB for review. Please note that
the $638,000 cost figure carried in the ROCIS meta-data from the
previous FERC-549 ICR 200810-1902-003 appears to relate only to the
cost associated with the corresponding 7,190 burden hours.
Therefore, the $638,000 will be removed from the ROCIS metadata.
That action is purely administrative to reflect our current
approach to include in the ROCIS metadata only the industry cost
related to non-burden cost. This administrative action is not
caused by the proposals in the NOPR in RM11-4, for which we are
seeking OMB review here.
$351,918
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Thomas Russo 202 502-8792
thomas.russo@ferc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.