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• Council Business:
Æ Finance Report by Committee
Chairman Joe Hopf.
Æ Secretary’s Report by NCC
Secretary Larry Grimes.
• Presentation by Thomas Kerr,
International Energy Agency, on the
IEA Carbon Capture and Storage
Roadmap.
• Other Business.
• Adjourn.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. If you would like to
file a written statement with the
Committee, you may do so either before
or after the meeting. If you would like
to make oral statements regarding any
potential items on the agenda, you
should contact Michael J. Ducker, 202–
586–7810 or
Michael.Ducker@HQ.DOE.GOV (e-mail).
You must make your request for an oral
statement at least 5 business days before
the meeting. Reasonable provision will
be made to include the scheduled oral
statements on the agenda. The
Chairperson of the Committee will
conduct the meeting to facilitate the
orderly conduct of business. Public
comment will follow the 10-minute
rule.
Minutes: The NCC will prepare
meeting minutes within 45 days of the
meeting. The minutes will be posted on
the NCC Web site at http://
www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/.
Issued at Washington, DC on November 9,
2009.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S.-China Clean Energy Research
Center (CERC)
Department of Energy.
Notice of intent to issue
Funding Opportunity Announcement
and availability of Request for
Information (RFI).
AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in
early January 2010 for management of
parts of the U.S.-China Clean Energy
Research Center (CERC).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or to obtain a copy
of this Request for Information (RFI),
please contact DOE at CERC@hq.doe.gov
or call 202–586–5800. The RFI is also
available on DOE’s Web site at http://
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This
week, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), China’s Ministry of Science and
Technology, and China’s National
Energy Administration are signing the
Protocol formally establishing the U.S.China Clean Energy Research Center
(CERC). Today, the DOE is issuing a RFI
to solicit comments on a possible
approach to implementing U.S.
activities under CERC. After reviewing
responses to this RFI, the U.S. DOE
intends to issue a FOA in January 2010
for management of parts of the U.S.China Clean Energy Research Center
(CERC).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: November 10, 2009.
Kristina Johnson,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy.
David Sandalow,
Under Secretary, Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–732–001]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–732); Comment
Request; Submitted For OMB Review
November 9, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 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 (74 FR
45434, 9/2/2009) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by December 17,
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

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oira__submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0140 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. IC09–732–
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/submissionguide.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
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, and should refer
to Docket No. IC09–732–001.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,
contact ferconlinesupport@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: To
implement section 1233 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) (which
added new section 217 to the Federal
Power Act (FPA)), the Commission
requires each transmission organization
that is a public utility with one or more
organized electricity markets to make
available long-term firm transmission
rights that satisfy each of the
Commission’s guidelines. The reporting
requirements of FERC–732 1 (‘‘Electric
1 This information collection has been labeled
‘‘FERC–913’’, ‘‘FERC–913/516’’, and ‘‘FERC–913
(Temporary)’’ with a goal of incorporating it later
into FERC–516 (OMB Control No. 1902–0096). In
addition, in Order No. 681 (in Docket No. RM06–
8, issued 7/20/06), the burden was listed as part of

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Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term
Firm Transmission Rights in Organized
Electricity Markets,’’ OMB Control
Number 1902–0245) pertain to these
long-term transmission rights and are
described in 18 CFR part 42.
The FERC–732 regulations require
that transmission organizations that are
public utilities with one or more
organized electricity markets either: (a)
File tariff sheets making long-term firm
transmission rights available that are
consistent with each of the guidelines

established by FERC, or (b) file an
explanation describing how their
existing tariffs already provide longterm firm transmission rights that are
consistent with the guidelines. In
addition, each transmission
organization is required to make its
transmission planning and expansion
procedures and plans publicly available.
FERC–732 enables the Commission to
exercise its wholesale electric rate and
electric power transmission oversight
and enforcement responsibilities in

FERC–732 1

accordance with the FPA, the
Department of Energy Organization Act
(DOE Act), and EPAct 2005.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date for the FERC–732, with
no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Burden Statement: The public
reporting burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:

Number of respondents annually

Number of responses per
respondent

Average burden hours per
response

Total annual
burden hours

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) × (2) × (3)

New Transmission Organizations with Organized Electricity Markets—filing
requirement ..................................................................................................
Existing & New Transmission Organizations with Organized Markets—making plans & procedures available to public ..................................................

1

1

1,180

1,180

6

1

2

12

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Total annual estimate ...............................................................................

1,192

Any transmission organization
approved by the Commission for
operation after January 29, 2007, that
has one or more organized electricity
markets (administered either by it or by
another entity), will be required to
comply with the FERC–732 reporting
requirements. Although it is difficult to
predict whether the Commission will
receive an application for, and approve,
a transmission organization in the
foreseeable future, the regulations,
reporting requirements, and burden of
FERC–732 merit continued renewal of
the OMB (Office of Management and
Budget) clearance. As a result, we are
including a ‘placeholder’ estimate of 1
respondent and 1 response annually for
the filing requirement. In addition, each
existing transmission organization
subject to Part 42 must make its
transmission planning and expansion
procedures and plans publicly available
(under 18 CFR 42.1(c)(4)) for an
estimated burden of 2 hours per
respondent.
The estimated total cost to
respondents is $71,491.35 [1,192 hours
divided by 2,080 hours 2 per year, times
$124,750 3 equals $71,491.35]. The
estimated cost per respondent is
$70,771.63 for new transmission

organizations, and $119.95 for existing
transmission organizations.
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

FERC–516. OMB approved the new reporting
requirements on 1/24/07 and assigned OMB Control
No. 1902–0236 (rather than including it in FERC–
516).
On 9/28/07 (in ICR Nos. 200610–1902–002 and
200709–1902–008), OMB approved transfer from
OMB Control No. 1902–0236 to OMB Control No.
1902–0245. However, OMB Control No. 1902–0245
does not indicate a FERC collection number. To
eliminate some of the confusion, we have assigned

these requirements a new FERC collection number,
FERC–732. The new collection number does not
affect the regulatory requirements or burden.
In the future, FERC plans to incorporate the
FERC–732 reporting requirements and related
burden into the FERC–516. However, FERC–516 is
currently the subject of OMB review, so the
Commission will track these requirements (and the
related burden hours) separately under FERC–732.
FERC–516 is not a subject of this Notice.

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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.
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2 Number

of hours an employee works each year.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor Occupational Handbook (‘May 2008 National
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
[United States],’ at http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/
may/oes_nat.htm#b23–0000) shows the mean
annual salary for a lawyer is $124,750, or $59.98 per
hour.
3 The

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