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OMB Control No: 1902-0243	ICR Reference No: 200812-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200801-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-551
Title: Reporting of Flow Volume and Capacity by Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/30/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/02/2008
Terms of Clearance: Corrections made to Supporting Statement, Items 12 (burden calculation) and 14 (annual cost to Federal government).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2012	36 Months From Approved
Responses	65,884	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	47,683	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: In Docket No. RM07-10-000 Transparency Provisions of Section 23 of the Natural Gas Act; Transparency Provisions of the Energy Policy Act FERC made two proposals to facilitate market transparency in natural gas markets. The first proposal, designed to make available the information needed to track daily flows of natural gas throughout the United States, would create a requirement that intrastate pipelines post daily to the Internet the capacities of, and volumes flowing through, their major receipt and delivery points and mainline segments. Postings would be required within 24 hours from the close of the gas day on which gas flows, i.e., on or before 9:00 a.m. central clock time for flows occurring on the gas day that ended 24 hours before. In Docket No. RM08-2-000 Pipeline Posting Requirements under Section 23 of the Natural Gas Act FERC is proposing to require major non-interstate pipelines, defined as those natural gas pipelines that deliver more than 50 million MMBtu per year, to post scheduled flow information and to post information for each receipt and delivery point with a design capacity greater than 15,000 MMBtu per day. The Final Rule also requires that interstate pipelines post information regarding no-notice service. The postings required in the Final Rule will increase price transparency in the interstate natural gas markets by providing information about the supply and demand fundamentals that underlie those markets. In this way, the Commission will meet the goal set forth by Congress in section 23 of the NGA to facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale or transportation of physical natural gas in interstate commerce, and, at the same time, responds to commenters concerns about the potential cost and burden of both interstate and certain major non-interstate pipelines to post capacity, daily scheduled flow information and daily actual flow information.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 717t-2(a)(1)(new) Name of Law: Natural Gas Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 316 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AD49	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 73494	12/02/2008

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
Reporting of Flow Volume and Capacity by Interstate and Non-major Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	65,884	65,156	728
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	47,683	32,757	14,926
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	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 daily posting of additional flow information by interstate and major non-interstate pipelines is necessary to provide information regarding the price and availability of natural gas to market participants, state commissions, the FERC and the public. The posting would contribute to market transparency by aiding the understanding of the volumetric/availability drivers behind price movements; it would provide a better picture of disruptions in natural gas flows in the case of disturbances to the pipeline system; and it would allow the monitoring of potentially manipulative or unduly discriminatory activity.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $63,639

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)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Gabriel Sterling 2025028891 gabriel.sterling@ferc.gov

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