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OMB Control No: 1902-0166	ICR Reference No: 201802-1902-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201502-1902-006
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-598
Title: FERC-598, Self Certification for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator Status or Foreign Utility Company Status
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 without change	Conclusion Date: 04/09/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/21/2018
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	04/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2018
Responses	147	0	102
Time Burden (Hours)	882	0	612
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	147	102	45
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	882	612	270
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Based on the average number of actual filings received during the last two years, the FERC-598 information collection estimate increased by 45 responses and 270 total burden hours (annually) from the previous 3-year clearance period. The revised estimates are due to normal industry fluctuations in the average number of annual EWG and FUCO filings. The average annual burden per response and reporting requirements remain unchanged.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $124,789

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Lawrence Greenfield 202 502-6415 lawrence.greenfield@ferc.gov

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