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OMB Control No: 1902-0206	ICR Reference No: 202607-1902-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202505-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 6-Q
Title: FERC Form No. 6-Q, Quarterly Report of Oil Pipeline Companies
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/07/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2028	12/31/2028
Responses	720	741
Time Burden (Hours)	78,480	111,150
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Interstate Commerce Act (ICA) authorizes the Commission to make investigations, collect, and record data in order to carry out certain necessary and useful provisions. The information collected from oil pipeline companies under the requirements of the FERC Form No. 6-Q provide the Commission the ability to implement the statutory provisions of the ICA including the authority to prescribe rules, regulations concerning accounts, records, memoranda as necessary. The ICA also allows the Commission to prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and (after notice) and opportunity for hearing to determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts can be entered, charged, or credited. The financial accounting and reporting provides needed information concerning a FERC Form No. 6-Q company’s past performance and its future prospects. Without reliable financial statements (prepared in accordance with the Commission’s Uniform Systems of Accounts), the Commission would be unable to accurately determine the costs that related to a particular time period, service, or line of business. Additionally, it would be more difficult for the Commission to determine if a certain entity was previously provided the opportunity to recover its costs via rates or to compare how the financial performance of one regulated entity relates to another. The FERC Form No. 6-Q assists the Commission in overseeing and policing the regulated oil pipeline markets to assist in enforcing the ICA. The Commission proposes to clarify that small oil pipeline companies with annual jurisdictional operating revenues of less than $500,000 and that do not file an annual FERC Form No. 6 are exempt from reporting FERC Form No. 6-Q. This proposed clarification would confirm that the second and third reporting tiers do not file FERC Form No. 6-Q. In addition, the Commission conducted a comprehensive review of the information collected in FERC Form No. 6-Q and proposes to delete three schedules from that form. In this NOPR, the Commission seeks comment on whether the data reported on the indicated schedules is helpful to the public and, if so, how this data is used. The Commission also seeks comment on whether there may be a better way for the public to access the data rather than through the quarterly financial forms. The Commission also proposes to update the general filing instructions and certain schedule instructions to reflect current reporting requirements and correct discrepancies.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC Sections 1, 20, 54 Name of Law: Interstate Commerce Act
   PL: Pub.L. 103 - 272 60101 Name of Law: Public Law 103-272 103rd Congress
   US Code: 42 USC 701

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AG49	Proposed rulemaking	91 FR 37881	06/24/2026

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

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC Form No. 6-Q, Quarterly Report of Oil Pipeline Companies	6Q

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	720	741	-21
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	78,480	111,150	-32,670
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: This proposed rule would reduce the number of required schedules that need to be completed by oil pipeline companies by removing 3 of 11 schedules with an estimated 27% reduction in burden per respondent. It would also clarify that oil pipelines with annual jurisdictional operating revenues below $500,000 are exempt from filing the quarterly form, which the Commission estimates would decrease the number of respondents by 7, which results in a decrease of 21 responses.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $115,451

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? No

Agency Contact: Ken Ambrose 202 502-8524 kenneth.ambrose@ferc.gov

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