In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approached for 3 years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2011
44
0
44
11,149
0
10,885
0
0
0
In response to a court remand of Order Nos. 710 and 710-A, the Commission is revising FERC Form No. 2-A to include functionalized fuel data on pages 521a through 521d of the form, and to include on such form the amount of fuel waived, discounted or reduced as part of a negotiated rate agreement.
The FERC Form 2-A is a financial and operating report for natural gas rate regulation for non-major pipelines. A "nonmajor" pipeline is one that has combined gas sales for resale and has gas transported or stored for a fee that exceeds 200,000 Dth but which is less than 50 million Dth, in each of the three previous calendar years. Under the Form 2-A, the Commission investigates, collects and records data, and prescribes rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda as necessary to administer the NGA. The Commission is empowered to prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional gas pipelines and after notice and opportunity for hearing, may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited.
In this proceeding, the Commission is seeking approval of newly revised Forms 2, 2-A, and 3-Q. The additional information that will now be provided does impose a small increase in burden on respondents. The data previously reported in the forms does not provide sufficient information to the Commission and the public to permit a complete evaluation of the filers' jurisdictional rates. The more detailed information that will be filed fills that gap. Since the triennial restatement of rates requirement was abolished and pipelines are no longer required to submit this information, the need for current and relevant data is greater than in the past. The information collection approved in the Final Rule will increase the forms' usefulness to both the public and the Commission. Without this information, it is difficult for the Commission and the public to perform a complete assessment of pipeline costs, and thereby help to ensure that rates are just and reasonable.
[In addition to the more detailed information to be filed on the forms, there is also a burden increase due to an increase in the number of filers since the last review. The number of Form 2 respondents has increased by 10 and the number of Form 3-Q respondents has increased by a net of 9. This increase is due to additional companies entering the industry.]
$81,495
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Brian Holmes 202 219-2618
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form Form 2-A FERC-2A, Annual Report of Nonmajor Natural Gas Companies
RM07-9-003_Final_Rule_Justification[1]2_1_11.doc
FERC-2A, Annual Report of Nonmajor Natural Gas Companies