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OMB Control No: 1902-0128	ICR Reference No: 201403-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201310-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-577
Title: FERC-577 (Final Rule in RM12-11), Natural Gas Projects: Environmental Review and Compliance
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: 03/28/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/04/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection revisions are approved. The terms of the previous clearance remain in effect including the expiration date for this collection, which is September 30, 2016.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2016
Responses	25,232	0	1,472
Time Burden (Hours)	332,378	0	284,858
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This is a resubmission of this final rule due to an administrative restriction in the submittal system. The final rule was first submitted on 12/04/2013 (ICR 201310-1902-004) and withdrawn on 2/28/2014. There have been no changes to the collection during this time. Section 102(2) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (Pub.L 91-190) (42 U.S.C. 4321) requires that all Federal agencies must include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of human environment, a detailed statement on: the environmental impact on the proposed actions; any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented; alternatives to the proposed action; the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment, and the maintenance and enhancement of resources which would be involved in the proposed action should it be implemented. FERC-577 identifies the Commission's information collections relating to Parts 2, 157, 284, and 380 of its regulations implementing NEPA and includes the environmental compliance conditions of Parts 2, 157, 284, and 380. One part of the FERC-577 pertains to landowner notification. Commission staff has received numerous requests from landowners asking that we require companies to notify landowners in advance of any activity that will take place on their land. In response to these requests, the Commission is adding landowner notification requirements for both auxiliary installations and replacement facilities under 18 CFR section 2.55 and for siting and maintenance activities under section 380.15.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 717 to 717w Name of Law: Natural Gas Act
US Code: 42 USC 4321 Name of Law: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE62	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 72794	12/04/2013

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
Gas Pipeline Certificates: Environmental Impact Statement
Landowner Notification

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	25,232	1,472	23,760
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	332,378	284,858	47,520
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 increase in burden is due to the new landowner notification requirement. The Commission estimates a total increase of 47,520 hours (approximately 288 hours per entity per year). This new information collection requirement comes out of requests from the landowners for better notification when work is being done on their land.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,960,062

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

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