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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Rules and Regulations directed to ten or more persons or contained in a rule of general applicability. OMB regulations require approval of certain information collection requirements contemplated by final rules including deletion, revision, or implementation of new requirements. Upon approval of a collection of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and an expiration date. Respondents subject to the filing requirements of a rule will not be penalized for failing to respond to the collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control number. The following discussion describes and analyzes the collection of information to be deleted by this final rule.
9. Public Reporting Burden: In this final rule, the Commission eliminates FERC Form No. 501G 18 One-time Report on Rate Effect of the Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act. This final rule eliminates an existing data collection, FERC501G
OMB Control No. 19020302. Order No. 849 in Docket No. RM1811000
allowed the Commission to determine which jurisdictional natural gas pipelines may be collecting unjust and unreasonable rates in light of the recent reduction in the corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and changes to the Commissions income tax allowance policies following the United Airlines decision. FERC Form No. 501
G collected information as to whether the pipeline was a pass-through entity.
FERC Form No. 501G collected income and balance sheet statement financial data from all NGA pipelines that have stated cost-based rates on file with the Commission. NGA pipelines whose rates were examined in a general rate case under section 4 of the NGA or in an investigation under section 5 of the
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NGA were not required to file FERC
Form No. 501G.
10. The Commission identified 129
interstate natural gas pipelines with cost-based rates that were required to file the adopted FERC Form No. 501G.
Interstate natural gas pipelines had four options as to how to address the results of the formula contained in the FERC
Form No. 501G. Each option has a different burden profile and a different cost per response. Companies made their own business decisions as to which option they selected. This final rule eliminates FERC Form No. 501G
which reduces burden on all applicants.
11. All burden from FERC Form No.
501G has already been incurred. For informational purposes, the previous estimate of burden and cost for the nowcomplete FERC Form No. 501G
collection follows.

FERC501GRATE CHANGES RELATING TO FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE FOR INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES, TO BE ELIMINATED BY THE FINAL RULE IN DOCKET NO. RM1811002
Respondents
Responses per respondent
Total responses
Average burden hour per response
Average cost per response
Total burden hours
Total cost $

1

2

1 2 = 3

4

5

1 4 = 6

1 5 = 7

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines With Cost-Based Rates FERC Form No. 501
G, One-time Report reduction 19

129

1

129

9 hrs.

$756

1,161

$97,524

Optional Response No Response reduction
Case for no change reduction
Limited Sec 4 filing reduction 20
General Sec. 4 filing reduction 21

51

0

0

0

0

0

0

62

1

62

5

420

310

26,040

15

1

15

6

504

90

7,560

1

1

1

22 512

42,968

512

42,968

NGPA Section 311 and Hinshaw Pipelines With Cost-Based Rates NGPA rate filing reduction 23

24 15

1

15

24

2,015

360

30,225

Total, To Be Eliminated by RM18
11002

25 144

222

2,433

204,317

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reduction.

12. This final rule eliminates all information collection and recordkeeping requirements associated with RM1811000. The removal of the FERC501G eliminates the estimated
annual information collection burden 2,433 hours and cost $204,317
associated with FERC501G OMB
Control No. 19020302.

B. Environmental Analysis
18 FERC501G has also been referenced as FERC
Form No. 501G.
19 18 CFR 260.402 as revised.
20 18 CFR 154.404 as revised.
21 18 CFR 154.312.

22 The estimate for hours is based on the estimated average hours per response for the FERC
545 OMB Control No. 19020154, with general NGA section 4, 18 CFR 154.312 filings weighted at a ratio of 20 to one.
23 18 CFR 284.123i as revised.

24 Estimate of number of respondents assumes that states will act within one year to reduce NGPA
section 311 and Hinshaw pipeline rates to reflect the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
25 Number of unique respondents = One-time Report + NGPA rate filing.

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13. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement
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