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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices
205f2, the Commission uses the information collected through the FERC
Form 580 interrogatory to review utility purchase and cost recovery practices under AACs in order to ensure efficient use of resources.3 The Commission uses the information to evaluate costs in individual rate filings and to supplement periodic utility audits. The public also uses the information in this manner. Without the FERC Form 580
interrogatory, the Commission would not have the requisite information available to conduct the necessary review the FPA mandates.

Type of Respondents: The filing must be submitted by all FERC-jurisdictional utilities owning and/or operating at least one steam-electric generating station of 50 MW or greater capacity or having a majority ownership interest in a jointly-owned steam-electric generating station of at least 50 MW. A
jurisdictional utility without a costbased tariff on file with the Commission is not required to file the form.
Administrative Updates to the FERC
Form 580: Continuing on from the data collection request from October 2020, the Commission will be issuing a request for a second request for similar
data that was authorized in the last renewal for FERC Form 580.4 The request will solicit the same information as the previous request, except that the years will be changed from 20182019
to 20202021. In this case, the updated year designations will appear in questions 2 through 8 of FERC Form 580, as well as in question 5 of the Privileged Addendum to the FERC Form 580.
Estimate of Annual Burden.5 The Commission estimates the annual 6
public reporting burden and cost 7 for the information collection as:

FERC FORM 580
Interrogatory on fuel and energy purchase practices pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act Number of respondents
Annual number of responses per respondent
Total number of responses
Average burden &
cost per response
Total annual burden hours & total annual cost
Annual cost per respondent $

1

2

1 2 = 3

4

3 4 = 5

5 1

FACs 8

Respondents with
Respondents with AACs, but no FACs.
Respondents with no AACs and no FACs.
Total

24
12

0.5
0.5

12
6

103 hrs.; $8,961.00
20 hrs.; $1,740.00

1,236.0 hrs.; $107,532.00
120.0 hrs.; $10,440.00

$4,480.50
870.00

23

0.5

11.5

2 hrs.; $174.00

23.0 hrs.; $2,001.00

87.00

29.5

1,379.0 hrs.; $119,173.00

Comments: Comments are invited on:
1 Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information will have practical utility;
2 the accuracy of the agencys estimates of the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3 ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and 4 ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: September 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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3 By using the data in FERC Form 580, the Commission is able to review utility purchase and cost recovery practices and ensure the resources are in compliance with Commission regulations in 18
CFR 35.14.
4 The current OMB approval ICR 2019081902
015 was issued on April 23, 2020 and expires January 31, 2023. While that approval includes the timeframe for the Commissions next required use
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2302099

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC;
Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 2302099.
c. Date Filed: August 4, 2021.
d. Submitted by: Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commissions regulations.
of FERC580 in 2022, we are submitting this request in order to update administrative updates FERC Form 580 for the data collection in 2022, and to request renewal of FERC580 for another 3 years.
5 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a federal agency. See 5 CFR

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h. Potential Applicant Contact: Luke T. Anderson, Manager, Relicensing Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC, 150
Main Street Lewiston, ME 04240; 207
7555600; Luke.Anderson@
brookfieldrenewable.com.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at 202
5028074; or email at ryan.hansen@
ferc.gov.
j. Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC
filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing Process on August 4, 2021.
Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC
provided public notice of its request on July 29, 2021. In a letter dated September 15, 2021, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLCs request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries 1320 for additional information on the definition of information collection burden.
6 The FERC Form 580 interrogatory is conducted every two years.
7 Commission staff estimates that the industrys average hourly cost for this information collection is approximated by the FERCs average hourly cost for wages and benefits for 2021, or $87.00/hour.
8 Fuel Adjustment Clause FAC.

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