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OMB Control No: 1902-0089	ICR Reference No: 201308-1902-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201305-1902-005
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-550
Title: FERC-550, (RM12-15 Final Rule) Oil Pipeline Rates - Tariff Filings
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: 09/30/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/06/2013
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	09/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2016
Responses	773	0	705
Time Burden (Hours)	8,076	0	5,825
Cost Burden (Dollars)	41,750	0	0

Abstract: The Commission uses the information collected under the requirements of FERC-550 to implement the statutory provisions of Parts 1, 6, and 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA) (Pub. L. 337, 34 Stat. 584). Jurisdiction over oil pipelines as it relates to the establishment of valuations for pipelines was transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to FERC, pursuant to sections 306 and 402 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (DOE Act), 42 U.S.C. 7155 and 7172, and Executive Order No. 12009, 42 FR 46267 (September 17, 1977). 18 CFR Parts 341-348 specify the filing requirements for proposed oil pipeline rates. The data that oil pipelines file is the basis for Commission analyses of the rates they plan to charge to transport crude oil and petroleum products. The Commission uses its analyses: (1) to determine if the proposed charges result in just and reasonable rates for the oil pipeline's transportation services and (2) to help the Commission decide whether it should suspend, accept or reject the proposed rates.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 1 Name of Law: Interstate Commerce Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE60	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 32090	05/29/2013

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC-550: Oil Pipeline Rates - Tariff Filings
One-Time Burden (Final Rule in RM12-15)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	773	705	68
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,076	5,825	2,251
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	41,750	0	41,750

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The approved regulations will eliminate or reduce several filing requirements as obsolete and no longer necessary. The eliminated or reduced filings include the filing of Index of Tariffs, reduced number of adoption filings, eliminated suspension supplements, and reduced number of filings necessary to amend incorrect filings. Based upon a review of the filings made by interstate oil pipelines since eTariff was implemented in April 2010, the Commission estimates a reduction of 99 tariff filings and 1,089 burden hours per year. The Commission revises Part 341's tariff posting requirements for interstate oil pipelines from paper to electronic format. There is no change in burden for the pipelines to maintain the status of their tariffs for public inspection, as that requirement is unchanged. The Commission recognizes that there will be a one-time increased burden involved in the initial implementation associated with purchasing software and updating websites to post their tariff electronically. We estimate a one-time additional cost of $250 per respondent for non-labor costs (167 respondents X $250/respondent = $41,750 total cost). Additionally, we estimate a one-time hourly burden of 20 hours per respondent for updating the web sites for posting of the tariffs. As indicated above, 99 filings and 1,089 total burden hours are being removed from this collection. Further, there is a one-time increase per company of one response, 20 hours, and $250 (a total of 3,340 hours and $41,750 respectively). In the first year the net change in responses is 68 (167 added and 99 removed = 68) and in hours 2,251 (3,340 added and 1,089 removed = 2,251). The Commission intends to remove the one-time burden hours, costs, and responses from the inventory after the first year. In summary, the burden to each respondent is estimated to experience a short-term increase of 20 hours and $250 as they reprogram their websites to handle this information. After the first year we estimate a burden decrease per company. This burden hour decrease is due to two reasons: the wholesale elimination of some filings; and the streamlining of others, to include allowing pipelines to post some information on their public websites instead of having to make a filing with the FERC.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $877,158

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: Aaron Kahn 202 502-8339 aaron.kahn@ferc.gov

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