80 FR 46270 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-576); Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 149 (August 4, 2015)

Page Range		46270-46271
FR Document		2015-19058

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-576, Report of Service Interruptions] 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 28991, 5/20/2015) requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC-576 and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC15-8-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-576); Comment
Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Comment request.

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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-576, Report of Service Interruptions] 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 28991, 5/20/2015) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments on the FERC-576 and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by September
3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0004, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be
reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC15-8-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
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 ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 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
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-576, Report of Service Interruptions.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0004.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-576 information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: A natural gas company must obtain Commission
authorization to engage in the transportation, sale, or exchange of
natural gas in interstate commerce under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).\1\
The NGA also empowers the Commission to oversee continuity of service
in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce. The
information collected under FERC-576 notifies the Commission of: (1)
Damage to jurisdictional natural gas facilities as a result of a
hurricane, earthquake, or other natural disaster, or terrorist
activity, (2) serious interruptions to service, and (3) damage to
jurisdictional natural gas facilities due to natural disaster or
terrorist activity, that creates

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the potential for serious delivery problems on the pipeline's own
system or the pipeline grid.
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\1\ Public Law 75 688; 15 U.S.C. 717 & 717w.
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Filings (in accordance with the provisions of section 4(d) of the
NGA) \2\ must contain information necessary to advise the Commission
when a change in service has occurred. Section 7(d) of the NGA \3\
authorizes the Commission to issue a temporary certificate in cases of
emergency to assure maintenance of adequate service or to serve
particular customers, without notice or hearing.
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\2\ (15 U.S.C. 717c).
\3\ (15 U.S.C. 717f).
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Respondents to the FERC-576 are encouraged to submit the reports by
email to pipelineoutage@ferc.gov but also have the option of faxing the
reports to the Director of the Division of Pipeline Certificates. 18
CFR 260.9(b) requires that a report of service interruption or damage
to natural gas facilities state: (1) The location of the service
interruption or damage to natural gas pipeline or storage facilities;
(2) The nature of any damage to pipeline or storage facilities; (3)
Specific identification of the facilities damaged; (4) The time the
service interruption or damage to the facilities occurred; (5) The
customers affected by the service interruption or damage to the
facilities; (6) Emergency actions taken to maintain service; and (7)
Company contact and telephone number. The Commission may contact
pipelines reporting damage or other pipelines to determine availability
of supply, and if necessary, authorize transportation or construction
of facilities to alleviate constraints in response to these reports.
A report required by 18 CFR 260.9(a)(1)(i) of damage to natural gas
facilities resulting in loss of pipeline throughput or storage
deliverability shall be reported to the Director of the Commission's
Division of Pipeline Certificates at the earliest feasible time when
pipeline throughput or storage deliverability has been restored.
In any instance in which an incident or damage report involving
jurisdictional natural gas facilities is required by Department of
Transportation (DOT) reporting requirements under the Natural Gas
Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, a copy of such report shall be submitted
to the Director of the Commission's Division of Pipeline Certificates,
within 30 days of the reportable incident.\4\
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\4\ 18 CFR 260.9(d).
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If the Commission failed to collect these data, it would lose the
ability to monitor and evaluate transactions, operations, and
reliability of interstate pipelines and perform its regulatory
functions. These reports are kept by the Commission Staff as non-public
information and are not made part of the public record.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden \5\: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\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.

FERC-576--Report of Service Interruptions
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Annual number Total annual
Number of of responses Total number Average burden burden hours & Cost per
respondents per of responses & cost per total annual respondent ($)
respondent response \6\ cost
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4) (3) * (4) = (5) / (1)
(3) (5)
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Submittal of Original Email/Fax......................... 22 2 44 1 44 72
$72 $3,168
Submittal of Damage Report.............................. 22 2 44 0.25 11 18
$18 $198
Submittal of DOT Incident Report........................ 22 1 22 0.25 5.5 18
$18 $99
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Total............................................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 60.5 108
$3,465
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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.
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\6\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $72.00 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure comes from
the FERC average salary ($149,489/year). Commission staff believes
the FERC average salary to be representative wage for industry
respondents.

Dated: July 29, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission staff’s issuance of the final Environmental commentors will not be ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
environmental impact statement (FEIS) required to serve copies of filed identified by the OMB Control No.
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the documents on all other parties. 1902–0004, should be sent via email to
EA in the Commission’s public record However, the non-party commentors the Office of Information and Regulatory
for this proceeding or the issuance of a will not receive copies of all documents Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Notice of Schedule for Environmental filed by other parties or issued by the Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Review will serve to notify federal and Commission (except for the mailing of Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
state agencies of the timing for the environmental documents issued by the Officer may also be reached via
completion of all necessary reviews, and Commission) and will not have the right telephone at 202–395–4718.
the subsequent need to complete all to seek court review of the A copy of the comments should also
federal authorizations within 90 days of Commission’s final order. be sent to the Commission, in Docket
the date of issuance of the Commission The Commission strongly encourages No. IC15–8–000, by either of the
staff’s FEIS or EA. electronic filings of comments, protests following methods:
There are two ways to become and interventions in lieu of paper using • eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
involved in the Commission’s review of the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
this project. First, any person wishing to www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file efiling.asp.
obtain legal status by becoming a party electronically should submit an original • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
to the proceedings for this project and 5 copies of the protest or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
should, on or before the comment date intervention to the Federal Energy Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
stated below, file with the Federal regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 NE., Washington, DC 20426. Instructions: All submissions must be
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern formatted and filed in accordance with
a motion to intervene in accordance Time on August 18, 2015. submission guidelines at: http://
with the requirements of the www.ferc.gov/help/submission-
Dated: July 28, 2015.
Commission’s Rules of Practice and guide.asp. For user assistance contact
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) Kimberly D. Bose,
FERC Online Support by email at
and the Regulations under the NGA (18 Secretary.
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party [FR Doc. 2015–19067 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am]
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
status will be placed on the service list BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 502–8659 for TTY.
maintained by the Secretary of the Docket: Users interested in receiving
Commission and will receive copies of automatic notification of activity in this
all documents filed by the applicant and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY docket or in viewing/downloading
by all other parties. A party must submit comments and issuances in this docket
7 copies of filings made with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
Commission and must mail a copy to filing/docs-filing.asp.
the applicant and to every other party in [Docket No. IC15–8–000] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the proceeding. Only parties to the
Commission Information Collection Ellen Brown may be reached by email
proceeding can ask for court review of
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
Commission orders in the proceeding. Activities (FERC–576); Comment
However, a person does not have to Request telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
intervene in order to have comments at (202) 273–0873.
considered. The second way to AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
participate is by filing with the Commission, DOE. Title: FERC–576, Report of Service
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as ACTION: Comment request. Interruptions.
possible, an original and two copies of OMB Control No.: 1902–0004.
comments in support of or in opposition SUMMARY: In compliance with the Type of Request: Three-year extension
to this project. The Commission will requirements of the Paperwork of the FERC–576 information collection
consider these comments in Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. requirements with no changes to the
determining the appropriate action to be 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy reporting requirements.
taken, but the filing of a comment alone Regulatory Commission (Commission or Abstract: A natural gas company must
will not serve to make the filer a party FERC) is submitting its information obtain Commission authorization to
to the proceeding. The Commission’s collection [FERC–576, Report of Service engage in the transportation, sale, or
rules require that persons filing Interruptions] to the Office of exchange of natural gas in interstate
comments in opposition to the project Management and Budget (OMB) for commerce under the Natural Gas Act
provide copies of their protests only to review of the information collection (NGA).1 The NGA also empowers the
the party or parties directly involved in requirements. Any interested person Commission to oversee continuity of
the protest. may file comments directly with OMB service in the transportation of natural
Persons who wish to comment only and should address a copy of those gas in interstate commerce. The
on the environmental review of this comments to the Commission as information collected under FERC–576
project should submit an original and explained below. The Commission notifies the Commission of: (1) Damage
two copies of their comments to the previously issued a Notice in the to jurisdictional natural gas facilities as
Secretary of the Commission. Federal Register (80 FR 28991, 5/20/ a result of a hurricane, earthquake, or
2015) requesting public comments. The
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Environmental commentors will be other natural disaster, or terrorist
placed on the Commission’s Commission received no comments on activity, (2) serious interruptions to
environmental mailing list, will receive the FERC–576 and is making this service, and (3) damage to jurisdictional
copies of the environmental documents, notation in its submittal to OMB. natural gas facilities due to natural
and will be notified of meetings DATES: Comments on the collection of disaster or terrorist activity, that creates
associated with the Commission’s information are due by September 3,
environmental review process. 2015. 1 Public Law 75 688; 15 U.S.C. 717 & 717w.

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the potential for serious delivery identification of the facilities damaged; required by Department of
problems on the pipeline’s own system (4) The time the service interruption or Transportation (DOT) reporting
or the pipeline grid. damage to the facilities occurred; (5) requirements under the Natural Gas
Filings (in accordance with the The customers affected by the service Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, a copy of
provisions of section 4(d) of the NGA) 2 interruption or damage to the facilities; such report shall be submitted to the
must contain information necessary to (6) Emergency actions taken to maintain Director of the Commission’s Division of
advise the Commission when a change service; and (7) Company contact and Pipeline Certificates, within 30 days of
in service has occurred. Section 7(d) of telephone number. The Commission the reportable incident.4
the NGA 3 authorizes the Commission to may contact pipelines reporting damage
issue a temporary certificate in cases of or other pipelines to determine If the Commission failed to collect
emergency to assure maintenance of availability of supply, and if necessary, these data, it would lose the ability to
adequate service or to serve particular authorize transportation or construction monitor and evaluate transactions,
customers, without notice or hearing. of facilities to alleviate constraints in operations, and reliability of interstate
Respondents to the FERC–576 are response to these reports. pipelines and perform its regulatory
encouraged to submit the reports by A report required by 18 CFR functions. These reports are kept by the
email to pipelineoutage@ferc.gov but 260.9(a)(1)(i) of damage to natural gas Commission Staff as non-public
also have the option of faxing the facilities resulting in loss of pipeline information and are not made part of the
reports to the Director of the Division of throughput or storage deliverability public record.
Pipeline Certificates. 18 CFR 260.9(b) shall be reported to the Director of the
requires that a report of service Type of Respondents: Natural gas
Commission’s Division of Pipeline
interruption or damage to natural gas Certificates at the earliest feasible time companies.
facilities state: (1) The location of the when pipeline throughput or storage Estimate of Annual Burden 5: The
service interruption or damage to deliverability has been restored. Commission estimates the annual public
natural gas pipeline or storage facilities; In any instance in which an incident reporting burden for the information
(2) The nature of any damage to pipeline or damage report involving collection as:
or storage facilities; (3) Specific jurisdictional natural gas facilities is

FERC–576—REPORT OF SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
Annual Total annual
number Average
Total burden hours Cost per
Number of of burden & cost
number of & respondent
respondents responses per
responses total ($)
per response 6 annual cost
respondent

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1)

Submittal of Original Email/Fax ............... 22 2 44 1 44 72
$72 $3,168
Submittal of Damage Report ................... 22 2 44 0.25 11 18
$18 $198
Submittal of DOT Incident Report ........... 22 1 22 0.25 5.5 18
$18 $99

Total .................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 60.5 108
$3,465

Comments: Comments are invited on: of automated collection techniques or ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(1) Whether the collection of other forms of information technology. AGENCY
information is necessary for the proper Dated: July 29, 2015.
performance of the functions of the [EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0500; FRL–9931–68–
Kimberly D. Bose, OAR]
Commission, including whether the
Secretary.
information will have practical utility; Notice of Availability of the
[FR Doc. 2015–19058 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am]
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Environmental Protection Agency’s
of the burden and cost of the collection BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Updated Ozone Transport Modeling
of information, including the validity of Data for the 2008 Ozone National
the methodology and assumptions used; Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection; AGENCY: Environmental Protection
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of Agency (EPA).
the collection of information on those ACTION: Notice of data availability
who are to respond, including the use (NODA); request for public comment.
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2 (15 U.S.C. 717c). provide information to or for a Federal agency. For per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
3 (15 U.S.C. 717f). further explanation of what is included in the Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
4 18 CFR 260.9(d). information collection burden, reference 5 Code of FERC average salary ($149,489/year). Commission
5 The Commission defines burden as the total Federal Regulations 1320.3. staff believes the FERC average salary to be
time, effort, or financial resources expended by 6 The estimates for cost per response are derived
representative wage for industry respondents.
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or using the following formula: Average Burden Hours

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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 September 3, 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 46270

80 FR 46270 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-576); Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 149 (August 4, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission