80 FR 36800 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725B); Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 123 (June 26, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 123 (June 26, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 36800-36803] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-15652] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC15-6-000] Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725B); Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collection [FERC-725B, Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection] to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission previously issued a Notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 21230, 4/17/ 2015) requesting public comments. The Commission received one public comment on the FERC725B. The public comment and FERC's response are provided later in this notice. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by July 27, 2015. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 1902-0248, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: [email protected] Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-0710. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in Docket No. IC15-6-000, by either of the following methods:eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. [[Page 36801]] Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY. Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at [email protected], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at (202) 273-0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FERC-725B, Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection OMB Control No.: 1902-0248 Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725B information collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements. Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725B, Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection, is required to implement the statutory provisions of Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On January 18, 2008, the Commission issued order 706,\1\ approving eight Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) for Commission approval. The CIP version 1 Reliability Standards, (CIP- 002-1 through CIP-009-1),\2\ require certain users, owners, and operators of the Bulk-Power System to comply with specific requirements to safeguard critical cyber assets. These standards help protect the nation's Bulk-Power System against potential disruptions from cyber- attacks. The CIP Reliability Standards include one actual reporting requirement and several recordkeeping requirements. Specifically, CIP- 008-1 requires responsible entities to report cyber security incidents to the Electricity Sector-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ES- ISAC). In addition, the eight CIP Reliability Standards require responsible entities to develop various policies, plans, programs, and procedures. However, the CIP Reliability Standards do not require a responsible entity to report to the Commission, ERO or Regional Entities, the various policies, plans, programs and procedures. Nonetheless, a showing of the documented policies, plans, programs and procedures is required to demonstrate compliance with the CIP Reliability Standards. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Order No. 706, 122 FERC ] 61,040. \2\ Every version of the CIP Reliability Standards may be found on the NERC Web site at http://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards%20Complete%20Set/RSCompleteSet.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Commission approved minor changes in CIP versions 2 and 3 Reliability Standards on September 30, 2009, and March 31, 2010,\3\ respectively. On April 19, 2012, the Commission issued Order No. 761, approving the CIP version 4 Standards (CIP-002-4 through CIP-009-4) and an implementation plan that scheduled their enforcement to begin October 1, 2014.\4\ The fundamental change in the CIP version 4 Standards was that all subject entities would use the same `bright line' criteria to determine which of the facilities they owned were subject to the required policies, plans, programs and procedures (which remained nearly the same as for prior versions). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ 129 FERC ] 61,236 (2009) (approving Version 2 of the CIP Reliability Standards); North American Electric Reliability Corp., and 130 FERC ] 61,271 (2010) (approving Version 3 of the CIP Reliability Standards). \4\ Version 4 Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards, Order No. 761, 77 FR 24,594 (Apr. 25, 2012), 139 FERC ] 61,058 (2012), order denying reh'g, 140 FERC ] 61,109 (2012). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On November 22, 2013, the Commission issued Order No. 791, approving the CIP version 5 Standards (CIP-002-5 through CIP-009-5, CIP-010-1 and CIP-011-1) and the proposed implementation plan. The CIP version 5 Standards are currently scheduled to be implemented and enforceable beginning April 2016. Order No. 791 eliminated the enforceability of the CIP version 4 Standards. The Commission also approved nineteen new or revised definitions associated with the CIP version 5 Standards for inclusion in the Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary). The CIP version 5 Standards identify and categorize Bulk Electric System (BES) Cyber Systems using a new methodology based on whether a BES Cyber System has a Low, Medium, or High Impact on the reliable operation of the bulk electric system. At a minimum, a BES Cyber System must be categorized as a Low Impact asset. Once a BES Cyber System is categorized, a responsible entity must comply with the associated requirements of the CIP version 5 Standards that apply to the impact category. The CIP version 5 Standards include 12 requirements with new cyber security controls, which address Electronic Security Perimeters (CIP-005-5), Systems Security Management (CIP-007-5), Incident Reporting and Response Planning (CIP-008-5), Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems (CIP-009-5), and Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments (CIP- 010-1). Type of Respondents: Entities registered with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Estimate of Annual Burden: \5\ There are three items presenting burden associated with CIP Reliability Standards in the following section. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ The Commission defines burden 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. For further explanation of what is included in the information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first table illustrates burden associated with CIP version 5 Reliability Standards. The second table illustrates burden associated with CIP version 3 and 4 Reliability Standards. The third item (bulleted list) is a sum of the total burden for all active CIP-related Reliability Standards (i.e. CIP Versions 3-5). Annual Burden Related to CIP Reliability Standards (Version 5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Classes of entity's Number of Total hours Total hours Total hours Groups of registered entities facilities entities in year 1 in year 2 in year 3 requiring CIP (hours) (hours) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group A....................... Low............. 41 2,540 2,540 564 Group B....................... Low............. 1,058 554,392 554,392 110,032 Group B....................... Medium.......... 260 128,960 64,896 64,896 [[Page 36802]] Group C....................... Low............. 316 165,584 165,584 32,864 Group C....................... Medium (New).... 78 1,248 19,136 19,136 Group C....................... Low (Blackstart) 283 22,640 \6\ -206,024 \6\ -206,024 Group C....................... Medium or High.. 316 257,856 131,456 131,456 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... ................ .............. 1,133,220 731,980 152,924 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The total annual burden (related to CIP Version 5 only) is 672,708 hours when averaging Years 1-3 [(1,133,220 hours + 731,980 hours + 152,924 hours) / 3 = 672,708 hours]. The total annual cost averaged over Years 1-3 is $50,883,633 (672,708 hours * $75.64 \7\ = $50,883,633). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ These figures (in the context of this table) represent a removal of requirements and burden for Group C (Blackstart) respondents in Years 2 and 3 due to CIP Version 5 changes. Since these numbers are stated as negative figures, they represent a reduction in OMB-approved burden estimate. \7\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $75.64 per Hour = Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure comes from May 2014 data on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm). The figure is a mathematical average of the cost of wages and benefits related to legal services ($129.68), technical employees ($58.17), and administrative support ($39.12). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding CIP standards unaffected by CIP Version 5, the estimated burden has been adjusted to account for a reduction in affected entities.\8\ The applicable estimate related to CIP Version 3 and 4 standards (related to the active components) is provided in the table below. (For display purposes, the numbers in the tables below have been rounded, however exact figures were used in the calculations.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ The estimate has been decreased from 1,475 to 1,415. The NERC Compliance Registry indicated that as of 1/14/2015, 1,415 entities were registered for at least one CIP-related function/ responsibility. Burden Related to CIP Reliability Standards (Version 3 and Version 4) \9\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total annual Number of Annual number of Total number of Average burden & burden hours & Cost per respondents responses per responses cost per total annual respondent ($) respondent response cost (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,415 1 1,415 \10\ 383 \11\ 541,334 $28,937 $28,937 $40,946,496 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following items represent the estimated total annual burden for FERC-725B and includes all burden associated with CIP Reliability Standards.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ Reliability Standards CIP-002-3, CIP003-3, CIP-004-3a, CIP- 005-3a, CIP-006-3a, CIP-007-3c, CIP-008-3, and CIP-009-3. \10\ This figure is rounded for display in the table. The actual number is 382.56813 and is used in the calculations above. \11\ This figure is rounded for display in the table. The actual number is 541,333.91 and is used in the calculations above. \12\ CIP Versions 3 and 4 (remaining components of Version 3 and 4), and 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of respondents: 1,415 (Not all entities with CIP- related functions will be obligated to comply with every CIP reliability standard.) Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,214,042 Total Annual Cost: $91,830,137 (1,214,042 hours * $75.64 = $91,830,137) Average Cost per Respondent: $64,898 \13\ ($91,830,137 / 1,415 entities = $64,898). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ This figure is rounded. The actual number is 64,897.623. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public comments received about the FERC-725B information collection: FERC received one comment from Robert S. Lynch and Associates. The comment pertained to the the burden and cost of responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request related to the FERC-725B and the information collection not being safeguarded against a request under the FOIA. FERC's response to the public comment: The burden related to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission safeguarding of information collection activities against a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request does not have a direct collection cost burden on the regulated entities and, thus, is not included in the reported cost burden. However, to the data vulnerability issue raised by the commenter, the information collected as related to the CIP Reliability Standards is generally protected from FOIA requests because it is retained by the regulated entities themselves and not the Commission. For compliance and enforcement activities of the CIP Reliability Standards, Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) \14\ required the Commission to appoint an Electric Reliability Organization (ERO). The Commission appointed NERC. The ERO and its designated assignees, generally in exercising its compliance and enforcement activities under Section 215 of the FPA, only reviews the information collected by the regulated entities and only takes possession of the information required to process the enforcement actions. The Commission, in furtherance of the Commission's statutory responsibility under Section 215 of the FPA, reviews and approves enforcement actions undertaken by ERO and, in doing so, does receive information collected related to CIP Reliability Standards. However, the information that is received by the Commission for performing its statutory oversight responsibilities is generally devoid of specific sensitive information. Therefore, FERC does not find it [[Page 36803]] necessary to make any changes to the collection at this time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \14\ 16 U.S.C. 824o. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 agency's estimate 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: June 19, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 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b. Date and Time of Meeting: July 7, Description: Compliance filing: 2015– requirements, interventions, protests,
2015; at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1:00 06–19_SMEPA RTO Adder Compliance service, and qualifying facilities filings
p.m. Central Time). Filing to be effective 6/1/2015. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
c. Place: Telephone conference with Filed Date: 6/19/15. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Accession Number: 20150619–5068. other information, call (866) 208–3676
(Corps) and Rye Development, LLC, on Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
behalf of FFP Missouri 2, LLC. Docket Numbers: ER15–1657–001. Dated: June 19, 2015.
d. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at Applicants: SEPG Energy Marketing Kimberly D. Bose,
jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov, or (202) 502– Services, LLC.
Secretary.
6181. Description: Tariff Amendment:
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e. Purpose of Meeting: To discuss the Supplement to MBR Application to be
effective 7/6/2015. BILLING CODE 6717–01P
comments filed by the Corps on May 12,
2015 concerning the operations of the Filed Date: 6/19/15.
proposed projects listed above. Accession Number: 20150619–5060.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
f. A summary of the meeting will be
prepared and filed in the Commission’s Docket Numbers: ER15–1714–000. Federal Energy Regulatory
public file for the projects. Applicants: Targray Americas Inc. Commission
g. All local, state, and federal Description: Supplement to May 14,
2015 Targray Americas Inc. tariff filing. [Docket No. IC15–6–000]
agencies, Indian tribes, and other
interested parties are invited to Filed Date: 6/19/15.
Accession Number: 20150619–5128. Commission Information Collection
participate by telephone. Please contact Activities (FERC–725B); Comment
Jeanne Edwards at jeanne.edwards@ Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15.
Request
ferc.gov, or (202) 502–6181, by close of Docket Numbers: ER15–1952–000.
business Friday, July 2, 2015, to R.S.V.P. Applicants: Pavant Solar LLC. AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
and receive specific instructions on how Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Commission, DOE.
to participate. Initial Baseline—Pavant Solar LLC to be ACTION: Comment request.
effective 8/1/2015.
Dated: June 19, 2015. Filed Date: 6/19/15. SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Kimberly D. Bose, Accession Number: 20150619–5087. requirements of the Paperwork
Secretary. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15. Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
[FR Doc. 2015–15654 Filed 6–25–15; 8:45 am] Docket Numbers: ER15–1953–000. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Regulatory Commission (Commission or
Company. FERC) is submitting its information
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: collection [FERC–725B, Mandatory
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Certificates of Concurrence to be Reliability Standards for Critical
effective 9/1/2011. Infrastructure Protection] to the Office
Federal Energy Regulatory Filed Date: 6/19/15. of Management and Budget (OMB) for
Commission Accession Number: 20150619–5167. review of the information collection
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15. requirements. Any interested person
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission may file comments directly with OMB
Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities and should address a copy of those
received the following electric corporate filings: comments to the Commission as
filings: Docket Numbers: ES15–35–000. explained below. The Commission
Docket Numbers: EC15–157–000. Applicants: Kingsport Power previously issued a Notice in the
Company. Federal Register (80 FR 21230, 4/17/
Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric
Description: Application under 2015) requesting public comments. The
Company, Metropolitan Edison
Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for Commission received one public
Company, Jersey Central Power & Light
Authorization to Issue Securities of comment on the FERC725B. The public
Co., FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC,
Kingsport Power Company. comment and FERC’s response are
Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission,
Filed Date: 6/19/15. provided later in this notice.
LLC.
Description: Application for Accession Number: 20150619–5165. DATES: Comments on the collection of
Authorization Pursuant to Sections Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/15. information are due by July 27, 2015.
203(A)(1)(A) and 203(A)(2) of the The filings are accessible in the ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
Federal Power Act and Request for Commission’s eLibrary system by identified by the OMB Control No.
Waivers of Certain Filing Requirements clicking on the links or querying the 1902–0248, should be sent via email to
of Pennsylvania Electric Company, et al. docket number. the Office of Information and Regulatory
Filed Date: 6/19/15. Any person desiring to intervene or Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov
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Take notice that the Commission Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and telephone at 202–395–0710.
received the following electric rate
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§ 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern A copy of the comments should also
filings: time on the specified comment date. be sent to the Commission, in Docket
Docket Numbers: ER15–1345–001. Protests may be considered, but No. IC15–6–000, by either of the
Applicants: Midcontinent intervention is necessary to become a following methods:
Independent System Operator, Inc., party to the proceeding. • eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
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ANNUAL BURDEN RELATED TO CIP RELIABILITY STANDARDS (VERSION 5)—Continued
Total hours Total hours Total hours
Classes of entity’s facilities requiring Number of
Groups of registered entities in year 1 in year 2 in year 3
CIP entities (hours) (hours) (hours)
Group C ............................................ Low ................................................... 316 165,584 165,584 32,864
Group C ............................................ Medium (New) .................................. 78 1,248 19,136 19,136
Group C ............................................ Low (Blackstart) ............................... 283 22,640 6 ¥206,024 6 ¥206,024
Group C ............................................ Medium or High ................................ 316 257,856 131,456 131,456
Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ 1,133,220 731,980 152,924
The total annual burden (related to CIP (672,708 hours * $75.64 7 = Version 3 and 4 standards (related to the
Version 5 only) is 672,708 hours when $50,883,633). active components) is provided in the
averaging Years 1–3 [(1,133,220 hours + Regarding CIP standards unaffected table below. (For display purposes, the
731,980 hours + 152,924 hours) ÷ 3 = by CIP Version 5, the estimated burden numbers in the tables below have been
672,708 hours]. The total annual cost has been adjusted to account for a rounded, however exact figures were
averaged over Years 1–3 is $50,883,633 reduction in affected entities.8 The used in the calculations.)
applicable estimate related to CIP
BURDEN RELATED TO CIP RELIABILITY STANDARDS (VERSION 3 AND VERSION 4) 9
Annual Total
Average
number of annual
Number of Total number burden & Cost per respondent
responses burden hours
respondents of responses cost per ($)
per & total
response
respondent annual cost
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1)
1,415 1 1,415 10 383 11 541,334 $28,937
$28,937 $40,946,496
The following items represent the to the FERC–725B and the information Commission to appoint an Electric
estimated total annual burden for collection not being safeguarded against Reliability Organization (ERO). The
FERC–725B and includes all burden a request under the FOIA. Commission appointed NERC. The ERO
associated with CIP Reliability FERC’s response to the public and its designated assignees, generally
Standards.12 comment: The burden related to the in exercising its compliance and
• Number of respondents: 1,415 (Not Federal Energy Regulatory Commission enforcement activities under Section
all entities with CIP-related functions safeguarding of information collection 215 of the FPA, only reviews the
will be obligated to comply with every activities against a request under the information collected by the regulated
CIP reliability standard.) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) entities and only takes possession of the
• Total Annual Burden Hours: request does not have a direct collection information required to process the
1,214,042 cost burden on the regulated entities enforcement actions. The Commission,
• Total Annual Cost: $91,830,137 and, thus, is not included in the in furtherance of the Commission’s
(1,214,042 hours * $75.64 = reported cost burden. statutory responsibility under Section
$91,830,137) However, to the data vulnerability 215 of the FPA, reviews and approves
• Average Cost per Respondent: issue raised by the commenter, the enforcement actions undertaken by ERO
$64,898 13 ($91,830,137 ÷ 1,415 entities information collected as related to the and, in doing so, does receive
= $64,898). CIP Reliability Standards is generally information collected related to CIP
Public comments received about the protected from FOIA requests because it
Reliability Standards. However, the
FERC–725B information collection: is retained by the regulated entities
information that is received by the
FERC received one comment from themselves and not the Commission.
Commission for performing its statutory
Robert S. Lynch and Associates. The For compliance and enforcement
comment pertained to the the burden activities of the CIP Reliability oversight responsibilities is generally
and cost of responding to a Freedom of Standards, Section 215 of the Federal devoid of specific sensitive information.
Information Act (FOIA) request related Power Act (FPA) 14 required the Therefore, FERC does not find it
6 These figures (in the context of this table) The figure is a mathematical average of the cost of 10 This figure is rounded for display in the table.
represent a removal of requirements and burden for wages and benefits related to legal services The actual number is 382.56813 and is used in the
Group C (Blackstart) respondents in Years 2 and 3 ($129.68), technical employees ($58.17), and calculations above.
due to CIP Version 5 changes. Since these numbers
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administrative support ($39.12). 11 This figure is rounded for display in the table.
are stated as negative figures, they represent a 8 The estimate has been decreased from 1,475 to The actual number is 541,333.91 and is used in the
reduction in OMB-approved burden estimate.
7 The estimates for cost per response are derived
1,415. The NERC Compliance Registry indicated calculations above.
that as of 1/14/2015, 1,415 entities were registered 12 CIP Versions 3 and 4 (remaining components
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $75.64 per Hour = Average Cost per for at least one CIP-related function/responsibility. of Version 3 and 4), and 5.
9 Reliability Standards CIP–002–3, CIP003–3, 13 This figure is rounded. The actual number is
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from May
2014 data on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site CIP–004–3a, CIP–005–3a, CIP–006–3a, CIP–007–3c, 64,897.623.
(http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm). CIP–008–3, and CIP–009–3. 14 16 U.S.C. 824o.
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collection at this time. agencies; elected officials; to the proceeding must file a motion to
Comments: Comments are invited on: environmental and public interest intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
(1) whether the collection of groups; Native American tribes; Commission’s Rules of Practice and
information is necessary for the proper potentially affected landowners and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only
performance of the functions of the other interested individuals and groups; intervenors have the right to seek
Commission, including whether the newspapers and libraries in the project rehearing of the Commission’s decision.
information will have practical utility; area; and parties to this proceeding. In The Commission grants affected
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate addition, the EA is available for public landowners and others with
of the burden and cost of the collection viewing on the FERC’s Web site environmental concerns intervenor
of information, including the validity of (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. status upon showing good cause by
the methodology and assumptions used; A limited number of copies of the EA stating that they have a clear and direct
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility are available for distribution and public interest in this proceeding which no
and clarity of the information collection; inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory other party can adequately represent.
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of Commission, Public Reference Room, Simply filing environmental comments
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of automated collection techniques or Any person wishing to comment on have your comments considered.
other forms of information technology. the EA may do so. Your comments Additional information about the
Dated: June 19, 2015. should focus on the potential project is available from the
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environmental assessment (EA) for the (1) You can file your comments dockets. This can reduce the amount of
St. Charles Transportation and Keys electronically using the eComment time you spend researching proceedings
Energy Projects (Projects), proposed by feature on the Commission’s Web site by automatically providing you with
Dominion Transmission, Inc. (www.ferc.gov) under the link to notification of these filings, document
(Dominion) in the above-referenced Documents and Filings. This is an easy summaries, and direct links to the
docket. The projects involve installation method for submitting brief, text-only documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
of two new compressors at the Pleasant comments on a project; filing/esubscription.asp.
Valley Compressor Station in Fairfax (2) You can also file your comments Dated: June 19, 2015.
County, VA and appurtenant facilities electronically using the eFiling feature Kimberly D. Bose,
that would provide incremental firm on the Commission’s Web site Secretary.
transportation to proposed power plants (www.ferc.gov) under the link to [FR Doc. 2015–15650 Filed 6–25–15; 8:45 am]
in Charles and Prince George’s Counties, Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
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Maryland, respectively. you can provide comments in a variety
The EA assesses the potential of formats by attaching them as a file
environmental effects of the with your submission. New eFiling
construction and operation of the users must first create an account by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Projects in accordance with the clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select AGENCY
requirements of the National the type of filing you are making. If you
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The are filing a comment on a particular [ER–FRL–9021–6]
FERC staff concludes that approval of project, please select ‘‘Comment on a
Environmental Impact Statements;
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the proposed project, with appropriate Filing’’; or
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mitigating measures, would not (3) You can file a paper copy of your
constitute a major federal action comments by mailing them to the Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
significantly affecting the quality of the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Activities, General Information (202)
human environment. Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
The FERC staff mailed copies of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1 See the previous discussion on the methods for
EA to federal, state, and local 1A, Washington, DC 20426. filing comments.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Comment request. | |
| Dates | Comments on the collection of information are due by July 27, 2015. | |
| Contact | Ellen Brown may be reached by email at [email protected], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at (202) 273-0873. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 36800 |
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