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respect to their compliance with
evaluation standards as required under
section 611(f)(3)(B) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended; (2) determine
whether a grantee’s performance meets
the requirements for continuation
funding as required by section 611(f)(4);
(3) comply with mandated annual
reporting requirements in section
611(a)(5); and (4) evaluate the
performance of the program and its
grantees with respect to measures
established pursuant to the Government
Performance and Results Act and the job
training common measures.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on link
number 4453. When you access the
information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
[FR Doc. 2010–29406 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC10–919–001]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–919); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
November 12, 2010.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 and renewal. Any interested
person may file comments directly with
OMB and should address a copy of

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those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(75FR 41840, 07/19/2010) requesting
public comments on renewing this
information collection. FERC received
one comment on the FERC–919 from
Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and has
made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Further comments on this
collection of information are due by
December 22, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Address further comments
on this 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 1902–0234 for 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. IC10–919–001. 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.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, 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. IC10–919–
001.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in
FERC Docket Number IC10–919 may do
so through eSubscription at http://www.
ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,
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toll-free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission is responding to comments
on its request for a three-year extension
of the information collected under
FERC–919 (OMB Control No. 1902–
0234) ‘‘Market Based Rates for
Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy,
Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities.’’ Order No. 697 1 was
issued by the Commission on June 21,
2007 to modify Subpart H to 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part 35,
governing market-based authorization.
In Order No. 697, the Commission
revised and codified its standards for
obtaining and retaining market-based
rates for public utilities. Order No. 697
also made minor adjustments to the
change in status filing requirements
adopted in Order No. 652.2 It added a
requirement to include appendices of
generation and transmission assets in
the form provided in Appendix B of
Order No. 697 when reporting a change
in status regarding a change that
impacts the pertinent assets held by a
seller or its affiliates with market-based
rate authorization.
The market power analyses required
by Order No. 697 help to inform the
Commission as to whether an entity
seeking market-based rate authority
lacks market power, and whether rates
charged by that entity will be just and
reasonable. The updated market power
analyses allow the Commission to
monitor changes in a seller’s market
presence or potential abuses of market
power. The use of the Order No. 697
screens and reviews for market power
for all companies seeking authority for
market-based rates and those who have
been charging market based rates results
in a consistent authorization and review
process. It provides regulatory certainty
while ensuring the Commission meets
1 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of
Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 72 FR 39,904 (Jul.
20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 (2007),
clarified, 121 FERC ¶ 61,260 (2007), order on reh’g,
Order No. 697–A, 73 FR 25832 (May 7, 2008), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,268, Order No. 697–B, 73 FR
79610 (Dec. 30, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,285
(2008), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–C, 74 FR
30924 (June 29, 2009), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,291
(2009), order on reh’g, Order No. 697–D, 75 FR
14342 (Mar. 25, 2010), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,305
(2010).
2 Reporting Requirement for Changes in Status for
Public Utilities with Market-Based Rate Authority,
Order No. 652, 70 FR 8253 (Feb. 18, 2005), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175, order on reh’g, 111 FERC
¶ 61,413 (2005), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175.

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its statutory requirements as mandated
by the Federal Power Act (FPA) sections
205 and 206.
For more detailed background
information on the Commission’s MBR
program and polices as they relate to
this Information Collection Review
(ICR), see the public notice issued July
13, 2010 under Docket No. IC10–919–
000 at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/
File_list.asp?document_id=13831765.
Public Comment and FERC Response.
The Commission received comments
from EEI in response to the previously
mentioned July 2010 public notice on
this ICR. No other comments were filed.
A summary of the comments by EEI
regarding FERC–919 reporting
requirements and the Commission’s
response, including proposed changes
to the burden estimates of the FERC–919
requirements, are provided below. For
documents related to this ICR, see
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain, scroll to ‘‘Currently under
Review,’’ key in ‘‘Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’’ and scroll to
1902–0234 ‘‘Market Based Rates for
Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy,
Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities.’’
Public Comment: Triennial Reviews.
EEI asserts the ICR’s burden estimate for
the triennial review filings appears to be
too low. Based on research and
historical activity, FERC concluded 74
triennial market power analyses in
category 23 were filed annually. FERC
estimated that it took an average of 40
hours to prepare each of these. EEI
states that ‘‘several member companies’’
take 400 to 720 hours or more of
company and consultant time to prepare
the triennial review applications. EEI
states these companies reported to them
that preparation of the triennial review
entailed:
• 120 to 160 hours for internal
engineering analyses, including
calculation of simultaneous
transmission import limits;
• 150 to 160 hours for internal legal
and compliance analyses; and
• 110 to 450 hours for outside
consultant market-power and legal
3 Category 2 means any sellers not in Category 1.
Category 1 Sellers means wholesale power
marketers and wholesale power producers that own
or control 500 MW or less of generation in aggregate
per region; that do not own, operate or control
transmission facilities other than limited equipment
necessary to connect individual generating facilities
to the transmission grid (or have been granted
waiver of the requirements of Order No. 888, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036); that are not affiliated with
anyone that owns, operates or controls transmission
facilities in the same region as the seller’s
generation assets; that are not affiliated with a
franchised public utility in the same region as the
seller’s generation assets; and that do not raise other
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analyses, including obtaining data
pertaining to loads, generation
resources, planned outages, remote
generation, and power purchase
arrangements in broad first and second
tier balancing authority areas.
EEI states there is additional time
devoted to regional coordination related
to triennial review preparation.
Moreover, EEI asserts that FERC’s
total estimated annual cost burden for
triennial review applications is too low.
In its 60-day notice, FERC estimated the
total average annual cost burden for
respondents filing the data required in
the FERC–919 is $2,801,891. This
resulted from using an average cost
estimate of $137,874. This average cost
was based on salaries for internal
professional and clerical support, as
well as direct and indirect overhead
costs. EEI argues that this average cost
is not an appropriate figure to use
because the vast majority of the work
done on triennial review applications is
performed by highly paid professionals.
They state that outside legal,
engineering, and economic expertise
costs far more than the estimate
included in the July 2010 notice for this
ICR.
EEI comments that the Commission’s
burden estimate for triennial review
applications may be low by a factor of
10 or more.
FERC Response. According to EEI
comments, it is the association of the
nation’s shareholder-owned electric
utilities, international affiliates, and
industry associates worldwide. Its
members represent approximately 70
percent of the U.S. electric power
industry and serve 95 percent of the
ultimate customers in the shareholderowned segment of the industry. EEI
members include the majority of the
public utilities that are subject to the
Commission’s rate jurisdiction under
Federal Power Act section 205 and,
therefore, must submit MBR
applications and change-in-status
reports to obtain and to retain MBR
authorizations.
In response to the EEI statement that
‘‘several EEI member companies’’ report
a higher number of hours for preparing
triennial reviews than FERC estimated
in its ICR, FERC acknowledges that large
transmission-owning utilities with
market-based rate authority have to
undertake more complex analyses in
their triennial reviews than smaller
companies who do not own
transmission. However, there are
significantly fewer entities that prepare
complex analyses for their triennial
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reviews. FERC records show in
September 2010 there were 1,590
organizations with authority to charge
market-based rates. According to the
Energy Information Administration’s
most recent count from 2009, there are
201 investor owned utilities (generally
larger than other respondents). These
numbers give an order of magnitude as
to how many more small sellers there
are than big sellers. The filings of these
smaller companies related to the
activities of this ICR are far simpler and
require significantly fewer resources
and time to complete. It is this wide
variation in the amount of effort
required to prepare triennial reviews
that led the Commission to conclude
that basing its estimate on an average
made the reporting burden in the July
2010 Notice as accurate as possible.
Nevertheless, in consideration of EEI’s
concerns, FERC acknowledges in this
Notice that the complexity characteristic
of triennial reviews prepared by
transmission-owning utilities with
market-based rate authority typically
approaches what is done in the initial
market power analysis where the utility
first sought market-based rate
authorization. FERC also recognizes that
the complex analysis of triennial
reviews for transmission-owning
utilities results from the work of a
diverse set of professions including
consultant economists, lawyers, and
electrical engineers. The costs of
engaging these professionals may be
somewhat higher than the estimate
included in the July 2010 Notice of this
ICR.
As a result of the foregoing, FERC has
increased the estimated average hours
per response for triennial review
applications from 40 to 250—the same
amount of time FERC estimates it takes
to prepare a market power analysis for
a new market-based rate application.
The Commission has also increased the
average annual salary figure associated
with completing market power analysis
in new applications for market-based
rates as well as completing triennial
reviews from $137,874 to $166,602.
Even though EEI comments do not
address the costs associated with initial
applications for MBRs, FERC will use
the revised $166,602 annual salary rate
for triennials as the average annual
salary amount associated with its
estimates for initial MBR filings. The
latter is an average, including benefits
and bonuses, of the salaries for a midlevel economist, lawyer, and electrical
engineer according to Salary.com data.
(See http://salary.com).
Public Comment: Change in status.
EEI states that the ICR’s burden estimate
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too low. They argue that each change in
status filing is unique and must be
developed to fit specific circumstances.
They state that FERC regulations require
updated market-power analyses to
accompany certain change in status
filings, for example, any time there is a
cumulative increase in ownership or
control of 100 MW or more of
generation capacity in a market. EEI
states that the burden in such cases
potentially is comparable to the burden
of performing the market-power analysis
portion of the triennial reviews. EEI
asserts that the burden of complying is
far higher than FERC’s estimated one
hour per report. Even in cases where a
full market-power analysis is not
required to be filed, EEI states that some
analysis has to be done to determine
whether such an analysis should be
included in the filing. Also, beyond
drafting and submitting the change in
status filing, EEI notes in its comments
that regulatory staff must constantly
monitor business activities, and must
train business unit staff to inform them
of changes which may lead to a required
change in status filing.
FERC Response. As noted above, the
Commission directed the filing of
changes in status in Order No. 652. In
that order, the Commission found the
ongoing burden associated with change
in status filings to be de minimis.4 As
a result of that determination, the
Commission did not attribute a burden
estimate to this activity at that time;
therefore, no authorization from OMB
was needed for that data collection. In
examining various aspects of it marketbased rate program in Order No. 697,
FERC compiled all market-based rate

data requirements into this ICR, the
FERC–919. Although the consolidation
of market-based rate data requirements
in the FERC–919 included change in
status filings, FERC did not estimate
burden hours for the change in status
filings based on the assumption they
were still a de minimis activity as
determined in Order No. 652. In the July
Notice for this ICR FERC did, however,
estimate that the Appendix B addition
to change in status filings would take
one hour to complete.
As an initial matter, FERC would like
to clarify an apparent misunderstanding
regarding whether an updated market
power analysis is required to be
submitted with a change in status filing.
FERC does not, in all instances, require
market-based rate sellers to include an
updated market power analysis with a
change in status filing that involves an
increase in ownership or control of 100
MW or more of capacity. The
Commission has left it to the marketbased rate seller to determine whether a
change in status is a material change
and to provide adequate support and
analysis for that conclusion, including
submission of an updated market power
analysis if it chooses.5 However, it is
hereby noted that the Commission
retains the right to require additional
information, including an updated
market power analysis where necessary
to determine the effect of a seller’s
change in status on its market-based rate
authority.6
In response to EEI’s comments, FERC
reviewed change in status filings made
October 21, 2008 to October 20, 2010.
To facilitate its analyses, FERC divided
change in status filings into two

categories based on the complexity and
amount of work evident in the filing.
Those filings that were voluminous,
provided detailed economic and market
data, undertook market power analyses
and provided substantive information
about current operational dynamics
were categorized as ‘‘major’’ change in
status filings. These filings most
commonly included a full market power
analysis with significant amount of
detail and complexity. Filings that did
not include detailed market power
analyses but instead relied on simplified
assumptions based on previously
submitted market power analyses to
conclude that the change in status did
not reflect a departure from the
characteristics the Commission relied
upon in granting the seller market-based
rate authority were categorized as
‘‘minor.’’ The change in status filings
categorized as ‘‘minor’’ were often from
a market-based rate seller who simply
pointed to a recent market power study
for the same market as support for its
contention that, given the size of the
market and the size of the seller’s
uncommitted generation capacity, the
seller does not have market power in the
market; thus, the acquisition has not
changed any of the facts upon which the
Commission relied in granting the seller
market-based rate authority. FERC also
noted that sellers sometimes make
supplemental filings providing
additional information relating to
previously submitted change in status.
These supplemental filings can
similarly be categorized as ‘‘major’’ or
‘‘minor.’’
FERC assessment and tally of these
filings is as follows:

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHANGE IN STATUS FILINGS AT FERC: 82
[10–21–2009 to 10–20–2010]
All change in status filings

Change in status (CIS) filings
Initial CIS
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4 Order No. 652, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,175 at
P 35 (‘‘the time and effort required to prepare the
notice of a change in status—consisting of a
transmittal sheet and a brief narrative statement—
will be de minimis and will constitute a fraction of
that required to submit the [FPA] section 203
application or [FPA] section 205 filing.
Furthermore, the information required to comply
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requiring
major work

62

CIS
requiring
minor work

9

collected by the market-based rate seller in the
ordinary course of preparing the underlying filing.’’)
5 See Order No. 697–A, FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,268 at P 504 (‘‘In Order No. 652, the
Commission clarified and standardized marketbased rate sellers’ reporting requirement for changes
in status and the Commission considered and
rejected the idea that change in status filing include
an updated market power analysis. The

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CIS
previously
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20

Major work
3

Minor work
17

Commission explained that it is incumbent on an
applicant to decide whether a change in status is
a material change and that an applicant should
provide adequate support and analysis, including
an updated market power analysis if it chooses.’’)
See also Order No. 652, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶
31,175 at P 95.
6 See Order No. 697–A, FERC Stats. & Regs.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF CHANGE IN STATUS FILINGS AT FERC: 78
[10–21–2008 to 10–20–2009]
All change in status filings

Change in status (CIS) filings
Initial CIS
filing

Total filings
78 .....................................................................................

From October 21, 2009 to October 20,
2010, there were a total of 82 change in
status filings. Sixty-two of these were
initial change in status filings, nine of
which were categorized as ‘‘major’’ and
53 of which were categorized as
‘‘minor.’’ The remaining 20 filings were
supplements to initial notice of change
in status filings submitted by companies
to provide additional information
regarding a filing they had already
made; 3 of these supplemental filings
were categorized as ‘‘major’’ and 17 were
categorized as ‘‘minor.’’ Between
October 21, 2008 to October 20, 2009,
there were a total of 78 change in status
filings. Seventy-seven were initial
change in status filings, eight of which
were ‘‘major’’ and 69 of which were
categorized as ‘‘minor.’’ One of the 78
filings was a ‘‘minor’’ supplement to an
initial change in status.

CIS
requiring
major work

77

Estimated
number of
respondents
annually
(1)

Total ..........................................................................................................

CIS
previously
filed

69

Based on the EEI’s comments and
historical data regarding change in
status filings, FERC has decided to
increase its assessment of the reporting
burden hours for change in status filings
to 34.75 hours per response, which
includes preparation of the associated
asset appendices. FERC estimates an
average of 80 change in status filings per
year [(82 + 78)/2 = 80)]. Of these, it
estimates that 10 will be major (250
hours per response) and 70 will be
minor (4 hours per response). By taking
an average, FERC estimates that the total
annual burden for change in status
filings is 2,780 hours [(250*10 = 2500)
+ (70*4 = 280) = 2,780]. FERC estimates
an average of 58 respondents per year
each filing an average of 1.38 responses
(80 filings per year/58 = 1.38 7). Using
the above estimates the average burden
hours per response is 34.75 (2,780 total
hours/80 responses = 34.75).

Market power analysis in new applications for market-based rates (required
in 18 CFR 35.37(a)) .....................................................................................
Triennial market power analysis in category 2 seller updates (required in 18
CFR 35.37(a)) ..............................................................................................
Quarterly land acquisition reports (required in 18 CFR 35.42(d)) ...................
Change in Status Filings (required in 18 CFR 35.42(a)) ................................

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CIS
requiring
minor work

8

FERC–919

Supplemental CIS filings
Major work
1

Minor work
1

Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the FERC–919
reporting requirements, with revised
burden and cost estimates based on
comments received in response to its
July 2010 Notice and as described
above. There is no change to the
reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: The revised
estimated annual burden for triennial
market power analysis in category 2
seller updates and the change in status
filings are shown below. There are also
changes from the July 2010 Notice
burden and cost estimates for market
power analyses in new applications for
market based rates because FERC has
revised the average salary estimate for
preparing market power analysis. There
are no changes to the burden estimates
for the quarterly land acquisition
reports.
Average
number of
responses per
respondent
(2)

Average
burden hours
per response
(3)

Total annual
burden hours
(1) × (2) × (3)

155

1

250

38,750

74
40
58

1
1
1.38

250
4
34.75

18,500
160
7 2,780

........................

........................

........................

60,190

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $4,814,968
[((38,750 + 18,500 + 2,500 8)/2,080 9
hours per year, times $166,602) +
((280 10 + 160)/2,080 hours per year,
times $137,874) = $4,814,968]. This
number uses the average salary rate of
$166,602, which includes annual
salaries, bonuses and benefits, of a midlevel economist, lawyer, and electrical
engineer according to Salary.com data,
for the hours required in 18 CFR
35.37(a) for market power analysis in

new applications for market-based rates,
triennial market power analysis in
category 2 seller updates and major
change in status filings. It uses the
average salary rate for an internal
professional of $137,874, based on a
FERC estimate, for preparation of the
quarterly land acquisition reports and
minor change in status filings.
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;

7 Rounded off due to truncating the average
number of responses per respondent to two decimal
places.
8 Total number of burden hours for major change
in status filings. Of the 80 responses per year, 10

are major (10 responses × 250 hours per response
= 2500).
9 Estimated number of hours an employee works
each year.

10 Total number of burden hours for minor change
in status filings. Of the 80 responses per year, 70
are minor (70 responses × 4 hours per response =
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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.
Any additional 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 collections 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP11–28–000]

Monroe Gas Storage Company, LLC;
Notice of Application

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November 12, 2010.

Take notice that on November 12,
2010, Monroe Gas Storage Company,
LLC (Monroe), 3773 Cherry Creek North
Drive, Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80209,
filed pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s
regulations thereunder, an abbreviated
application for an amendment to its
certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing Monroe to make
changes to the certificated design of the
Monroe Gas Storage Project.
Specifically, Through this
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authorization to (1) change the location
of the Well MGS–4 surface facilities to
another existing Project well pad, (2)
move the Well MGS–9 surface facilities
to a different location on the currently
authorized well pad, and (3) modify the
Project’s water disposal facilities by
adding a water disposal well—Monroe
Water Disposal #1 (‘‘MWD–1’’). In
conjunction with the relocation of Wells
MGS–4–E–V and MGS–9–E–V, Monroe
also proposes to relocate the bottom
hole location of the wells and
redesignate these wells as Wells MGS–
4–E–D and MGS–9–ED.
Monroe states that the proposed
amendment will not change its
currently certificated authority to
provide about 12.0 billion cubic feet
(Bcf) of high-deliverability working gas
storage capacity, with about 4.46 Bcf of
base gas. Nor is any change proposed in
Monroe’s certificated capability for
receiving and injecting gas at maximum
rates of up to 445 million cubic feet per
day (MMcf/d) and withdrawing and
delivering gas at maximum rates of up
to 465 MMcf/d.
Any questions regarding the
application should be directed to Fred
Witsell, Monroe Gas Storage Company,
LLC, 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive,
Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80209, (303)
815.1010, or Erik J.A. Swenson,
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, 801
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004–2623, (202) 622–
4555.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
7 copies of filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party in
the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

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possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426. This filing is accessible on-line
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: November 22, 2010.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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