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OMB Control No: 1902-0005	ICR Reference No: 200904-1902-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200604-1902-005
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-567
Title: FERC-567, Annual Reports of System Flow Diagrams
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/29/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/29/2009
Terms of Clearance: ICR was previously approved with respondents used instead of annual number of responses in ROCIS worksheet. This mistake has been corrected in this approval. FERC added necessary documentation explaining this prior error and ROCIS truncating the annual number of responses, time, and cost burden in Section 15 on pages 6 through 8 of the accompanying supporting statement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2012	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2009
Responses	161	0	91
Time Burden (Hours)	13,086	0	12,724
Cost Burden (Dollars)	807,165	0	0

Abstract: FERC-567 is used by the FERC staff to obtain accurate data on pipeline facilities and to validate the need for new facilities proposed by pipelines in certificate applications. In modeling a pipeline applicants system, FERC staff utilizes the data to determine configuration and location of installed pipeline facilities; verify and determine the receipt and delivery points between shippers, producers and pipeline companies; determine the location of receipt and delivery points and emergency interconnections on a pipeline system; determine the location of pipeline segments, laterals and compressor stations on a pipeline system; verify pipeline segment lengths and pipeline diameters; justify the maximum allowable operating pressures and suction and discharge pressures at compressor stations; verify the installed horsepower and volumes compressed at each compressor station; determine the existing shippers and producers currently using each pipeline company; and develop and evaluate alternatives to the proposed facilities as a means to mitigate environmental impact of new pipeline construction. FERC-567 was formerly known as Gas Pipeline Certificates: Annual Reports of System Flow Diagrams and System Capacity.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 717 Name of Law: Natural Gas Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 74163	12/05/2008
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 19548	04/29/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC-567, Annual Reports of System Flow Diagrams

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	161	91	70
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	13,086	12,724	362
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	807,165	0	807,165

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Updated: In this 2009 supporting statement, in real terms, the only substantive change is the no. of respondents going to 94 (from 91, based on the number of submittals in 2008). The reporting requirements and regulations have not changed. As a result, the estimated no. of annual responses per respondent and burden per response did not change. In addition, as part of our discussions with OMB and our review of the current inventory, we found that some other figures need to be corrected or adjusted for two reasons. 1)Some of the current inventory figures in OMBs ROCIS system (i.e., the estimated number of responses per respondent per year, estimated number of responses per year, and hours per response) do not match the figures in FERCs corresponding supporting statement. (For example, the current approved inventory incorrectly shows 91 responses; it should reflect 91 respondents and 155.974 estimated annual responses.) Details are provided in the supporting statement. 2)OMBs ROCIS system truncates or rounds at various steps in the calculations (e.g., the no. of responses), thus affecting the subsequent calculations and figures if FERC does not truncate or round at the same steps and in the same way. The substantive increase in the number of respondents (+3) and the corrections and adjustments are both incorporated into this submittal and included in ROCIS under 'change due to agency adjustment'. In ROCIS, the increase in industry's annual cost burden is due primarily to the cost (of $689,830, as listed in the 2006 supporting statement) not being included then in ROCIS. The remaining cost increase is due to: the additional 3 respondents, and the salary adjustment (increase) since 2006.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $15,593

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: Howard Wheeler 202 502-8688 howard.wheeler@ferc.gov

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