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OMB Control No: 1902-0086	ICR Reference No: 200810-1902-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200606-1902-008
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-549
Title: NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/23/2008
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/03/2008
Terms of Clearance: Agency corrected estimation errors in supporting statement (justifications 12-14) and ensured burden table matched corrected values.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2011	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2009
Responses	224	0	222
Time Burden (Hours)	7,190	0	1,290
Cost Burden (Dollars)	638,000	0	0

Abstract: The information filed under FERC-549 is necessary to carry out the provisions of §311 and 312 of Title III of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (PL 95-621, 92 Stat. 3350, 15 U.S.C. 3371 and 3372), interstate pipelines must file with the Commission to transport on behalf of any intrastate pipeline or local distribution company, and Hinshaw pipelines must file to transport, sell or assign natural gas to any interstate pipeline or local distribution company served by the interstate pipeline. The information is also necessary to implement the provisions of Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717-717w). Under Part 284 of the Commissions regulations, interstate pipelines performing unbundled sales service under a blanket certificate are required to make an annual filing detailing specific information for each transaction initiated during the reporting year. (Information includes estimated peak day capacity of the pipeline system, estimated storage capacity and maximum daily delivery capability of storage facilities under reasonably representative assumptions and the respective assignments of that capacity to various firm services provided by the pipeline.) Following approval of the initial filing, the individual transactions commence on a self-implementing basis without case-by-case prior Commission determination. In RM01-5-000, a Final Rule issued September 19, 2008, FERC revised its regulations to require that all tariffs, tariff revisions and rate change applications for the public utility, natural gas pipeline and oil pipeline industries be filed according to a set of standards developed in conjunction with the North American Standards Board. The standards will assist in FERCs goal of establishing a robust electronic filing environment for tariffs and tariff related material and will make it possible for FERC staff and the public to retrieve this material from a data base. Adoption of these standards and protocols will provide each company with enhanced flexibility to develop software to better integrate tariff filings with their individual tariff maintenance and business needs. These standards and protocols will also provide an open platform permitting third-party software developers to create more efficient tariff filing and maintenance applications, which will spread the development costs over larger numbers of companies.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 312 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AC19	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 57515	10/03/2008

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NGPA Title III Transactions and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	224	222	0	2
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,190	1,290	5,200	700
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	638,000	0	638,000	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Final Rule will assist the Commissions efforts to comply with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) by developing the capability to file electronically with the Commission via the Internet with uniform formats using software that is readily available and easy to use and also achieve the Presidents Management Agenda initiatives of expanding electronic government. The Final Rule's provision for an electronic database of company tariffs will make such information available more efficiently and to a broader audience. The database will provide easier access to tariffs and allow the viewing of proposed tariff sections in context. One of the principal benefits of such a database is the ability to do historical research into tariffs. For example, proceedings such as complaints may involve past tariff provisions that have already been revised by the utility by the time the complaint is considered by the Commission. In order to expeditiously process such filings, the Commission, the parties, and the public need to be able to obtain the tariff provision that apply to the time period under review, rather than the currently effective tariff provision.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $351,918

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Keith Pierce 2025028525 keith.pierce@ferc.gov

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