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OMB Control No: 1902-0243	ICR Reference No: 201001-1902-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200908-1902-002
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-551
Title: Reporting of Flow Volume and Capacity by Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/09/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/01/2010
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for two years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2012	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2012
Responses	62,244	0	65,884
Time Burden (Hours)	44,033	0	47,683
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: In Docket No. RM08-2-000 Pipeline Posting Requirements under Section 23 of the Natural Gas Act (Order No.720 FERC adopted new regulations requiring major non-interstate pipelines to post certain data on publicly-accessible Internet websites. Order No. 720 implemented the Commissions authority under section 23 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). Order No. 720 required major non-interstate pipelines, defined as those natural gas pipelines that are not natural gas companies under the NGA and deliver more than 50 million MMBtu per year, to post scheduled flow information and to post information for each receipt or delivery point with a design capacity greater than 15,000 MMBtu per day. In Order No. 720-A (RM08-2-001) FERC is modifying its regulations requiring major non-interstate pipelines to post daily scheduled volume information and other data for certain points. These modifications include a requirement that major non-interstate pipelines post information for receipt and delivery points at which design capacity is unknown. The Commission denies requests to revise its regulations requiring interstate natural gas pipelines to post information regarding the provision of no-notice service. The posting requirements will facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale or transportation of physical natural gas in interstate commerce to implement section 23 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717t-2 (2000 & Supp. V 2005).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 717t-2(a)(1)(new) Name of Law: Natural Gas Act
PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 316 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act 2005

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	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	62,244	65,884	-3,640
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	44,033	47,683	-3,650
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

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. As noted above, the Commission exempted some major non-interstate pipelines with certain operational characteristics from the posting requirements and otherwise modifying the requirements to lessen the burden on posting pipelines. For example, the Commission is directing major non-interstate pipelines to review points with no known design capacity annually, rather on a rolling basis, to determine whether information for the point must be posted. Further, major non-interstate pipelines are exempt from posting scheduled natural gas volumes at points that have scheduled flows less than 5,000 MMBtu per day on each day within the prior three calendar years. In response to the comments on rehearing and the supplemental comments, FERC is also exercising an additional regulatory alternative by exempting some major non-interstate pipelines with certain operational characteristics from the posting requirements and otherwise modifying the requirements to lessen the burden on posting pipelines. The Commission is also exempting: major non-interstate pipelines that have stub lines incidental to a processing plant and that deliver all of their transported gas directly into a single pipeline; major non-interstate pipelines that deliver more than 95 percent of their annual flows to end-users as measured by average deliveries over the preceding three calendar years; major non-interstate pipelines that deliver to on-system storage facilities (including deliveries to on-system LNG storage); and pipelines that transport all of their natural gas directly to an end-user that owns or operates the pipeline. This will reduce the number of non-major interstate pipelines that will have to comply with these regulations.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $66,994

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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