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OMB Control No: 1902-0028	ICR Reference No: 201108-1902-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201101-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 2
Title: FERC-2, [RM07-9-004] Annual Report of Major Natural Gas Companies
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/31/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/13/2011
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2014
Responses	168	0	84
Time Burden (Hours)	143,556	0	136,836
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The FERC Form No. 2 is a financial and operating report for natural gas rate regulation for major pipelines. "Major" is defined as companies having combined gas sold for resale and gas transported or stored for a fee that exceeds 50 million Dth in each of the three previous calendar years. Under the FERC Form No. 2, the Commission investigates, collects and records data and prescribes rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary to administer the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Form No. 2 is being revised in this order on rehearing to include page 521d, a page included in the NOPR but omitted at the final rule. Page 521d is a continuation of page 521b and is necessary to accurately file the Form No. 2. The Commission does not consider adding this page a substantive change. However, it was found that implementing the changes from the final rule will require a greater effort than what was estimated previously. Therefore, the Commission is including in the burden an estimated 80-hours per filer (one-time) to implement the changes from the final rule.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE11	Final or interim final rulemaking	76 FR 52253	08/22/2011

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

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC Form 2, Annual Report of Major Natural Gas Companies	Form 2
One-Time Burden for Form 2 [RM07-9-004]

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	168	84	84
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	143,556	136,836	6,720
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In this proceeding, the Commission is responding to a comment that the burden estimate in Order 710-B was too low. The Commission agrees with the commenter and is now seeking approval of a one-time program change of 80 hours per filer of each form (Form 2 and Form 2-A). These 80 hours are necessary for companies to set up the necessary processes to be able to provide the information the Commission is seeking. The Commission intends to remove these hours from the inventory following the April 2012 filing of the forms 2/2A. Including the blank page 521d does not affect the burden estimate because the estimated burden hours for this page had been included at the NOPR stage and remained in the burden estimate at the final rule stage, even though as an oversight the page was dropped.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,575

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

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: Brian Holmes 202 219-2618

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