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related to the upcoming meeting, please
submit comments for receipt no later
than November 21, 2012.
Individuals interested in attending the
meeting must register in advance, as
meeting room seating may be limited.
Please contact Guy Johnson at (202)
453–6567 or by email at
equitycommission@ed.gov. Individuals
who will need accommodations for a
disability in order to attend the meeting
(e.g., interpreting services, assistive
listening devices, or materials in
alternative format) should notify Guy
Johnson at (202) 453–6567 no later than
November 21, 2012. We will attempt to
meet requests for accommodations after
this date but cannot guarantee
availability. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
Records are kept of all Commission
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202 between the
hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time. You may contact Guy
Johnson, Designated Federal Official,
Equity and Excellence Commission, at
equitycommission@ed.gov, or at (202)
453–6567 if you have additional
questions regarding inspection of
records.
Seth Galanter,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office
for Civil Rights, United States Department
of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC13–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–729); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on

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the currently approved information
collection, FERC–729 (Electric
Transmission Facilities).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due January 14, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC13–2–000)
by either 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/submissionguide.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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–729 (Electric
Transmission Facilities).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0238.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–729 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: This information collection
implements the Commission’s mandates
under EPAct 2005 Section 1221 which
authorizes the Commission to issue
permits under FPA Section 216(b) for
electric transmission facilities and the
Commission’s delegated responsibility
to coordinate all other federal
authorizations under FPA Section
216(h). The related FERC regulations
seek to develop a timely review process
for siting of proposed electric
transmission facilities. The regulations
provide for (among other things) an
extensive pre-application process that
will facilitate maximum participation
from all interested entities and
individuals to provide them with a
reasonable opportunity to present their
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respect to the need for and impact of the
facilities, early in the planning stages of
the proposed facilities as required under
FPA Section 216(d).
Additionally, FERC has the authority
to issue a permit to construct electric
transmission facilities if a state has
withheld approval for more than a year
or has conditioned its approval in such
a manner that it will not significantly
reduce transmission congestion or is not
economically feasible.1 FERC envisions
that, under certain circumstances, the
Commission’s review of the proposed
facilities may take place after one year
of the state’s review. Under Section
50.6(e)(3) the Commission will not
accept applications until one year after
the state’s review and then from
applicants who can demonstrate that a
state may withhold or condition
approval of proposed facilities to such
an extent that the facilities will not be
constructed.2 In cases where FERC’s
jurisdiction rests on FPA section
216(b)(1)(C),3 the pre-filing process
should not commence until one year
after the relevant State applications
have been filed. This will give states one
full year to process an application
without any intervening Federal
proceedings, including both the prefiling and application processes. Once
that year is complete, an applicant may
seek to commence FERC’s pre-filing
process. Thereafter, once the pre-filing
process is complete, the applicant may
submit its application for a construction
permit.
Type of Respondents: Electric
transmission facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden:4 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
1 FPA

section 216(b)(1)(C).
the Commission will not issue a
permit authorizing construction of the proposed
facilities until, among other things, it finds that the
state has, in fact, withheld approval for more than
a year or had so conditioned its approval.
3 In all other instances (i.e. where the state does
not have jurisdiction to act or otherwise to consider
interstate benefits, or the applicant does not qualify
to apply for a permit with the State because it does
not serve end use customers in the State), the prefiling process may be commenced at any time.
4 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.
2 However,

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Number of respondents

Number of
responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated total
annual burden

(A)

(B)

(A)×(B)=(C)

(D)

(C)×(D)

1 .......................................................................................................................

1

1

9,600

9,600

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $662,492.31
[9,600 hours ÷ 2,080 5 hours per year =
4.61538 * $143,540 = $662,492.31].
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

Take notice that on October 25,
Liberty Energy (Georgia) Corp. (Liberty
Georgia), 2845 Bristol Circle, Oakville,
Ontario, Canada L6H 7H7, filed in
Docket No. CP13–10–000, an
application pursuant to section 7(f) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting
the determination of a service area
within which Liberty Georgia may,
without further Commission
authorization, enlarge or expand its
natural gas distribution facilities.
Liberty Georgia also requests: (i) A
waiver of the Commission’s accounting
and reporting requirements and other
regulatory requirements ordinarily
applicable to natural gas companies
under the NGA and the NGPA; (ii)

pregranted abandonment of this service;
and (iii) such further relief the
Commission may deem appropriate, all
as more fully set forth in the
application, which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Liberty Georgia, a newly created
entity, states that it agreed on August 8,
2012, to purchase natural gas
distribution assets owned by Atmos
Energy Corporation (Atmos) in Georgia.1
Liberty Georgia now seeks a section 7(f)
service area determination in order to
provide natural gas service to
approximately 64,000 customers in
Georgia. The purchased Georgia
facilities will include approximately
1,313 miles of gas transmission and
distribution mains in Barrow,
Chattahoochee, Hall, Harris, Jackson,
Muscogee, and Oconee Counties. The
Georgia facilities also include the
distribution systems serving Columbus,
Georgia, and Gainesville, Georgia.
Liberty Georgia states that it would
also acquire from Atmos (i)
approximately 7,078 feet of 6-inch
diameter pipeline (ii) 14,040 feet of 6inch diameter pipeline, and (iii)
approximately 14,150 feet of 10-inch
pipeline that extend from an
interconnection with Southern Natural
Gas Company in Russell County,
Alabama, to the Alabama-Georgia border
at the northern bank of the
Chattahoochee River (Alabama
facilities), where they interconnect with
Atmos’ Georgia facilities that serve the
distribution system on the U.S. Army
base at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to
William F. Demarest, Jr., Husch
Blackwell LLP, 750 17th St. NW., Suite
900, Washington, DC 20006, or at (202)

5 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/
year.

1 See Atmos Energy Corp., 126 FERC ¶ 62,118
(2009).

Dated: November 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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378–2310 (telephone) or email:
william.demarest@huschblackwell..com.
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
14 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
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 commenters 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

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