80 FR 61812 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725K); Comment Request; Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 198 (October 14, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-26082

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-725K (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the SERC Region).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC16-1-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725K); Comment
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
currently approved information collection, FERC-725K (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the SERC Region).

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due [insert date
that is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register].

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC16-1-
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, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards for the SERC Region.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0260.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725K information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) requires a
Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to
Commission review and approval. Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by NERC, subject to Commission oversight, or
by the Commission independently.
Reliability Standards that NERC proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are proposed by a Regional Entity to
be effective in that region. In Order No. 672, the Commission noted
that:

As a general matter, we will accept the following two types of
regional differences, provided they are otherwise just, reasonable,
not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the public
interest, as required under the statute: (1) a regional difference
that is more stringent than the continent-wide Reliability Standard,
including a regional difference that addresses matters that the
continent-wide Reliability Standard does not; and (2) a regional
Reliability Standard that is necessitated by a physical difference
in the Bulk-Power System.

When NERC reviews a regional Reliability Standard that would be
applicable on an interconnection-wide basis and that has been proposed
by a Regional Entity organized on an interconnection-wide basis, NERC
must rebuttably presume that the regional Reliability Standard is just,
reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the
public interest. In turn, the Commission must give ``due weight'' to
the technical expertise of NERC and of a Regional Entity organized on
an interconnection-wide basis.
On April 19, 2007, the Commission accepted delegation agreements
between NERC and each of the eight Regional Entities. In the order, the
Commission accepted SERC as a Regional Entity organized on less than an
interconnection-wide basis. As a Regional Entity, SERC oversees Bulk-
Power System reliability within the SERC Region, which covers a
geographic area of approximately 560,000 square miles in a sixteen-
state area in the southeastern and central United States (all of
Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi, and portions of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Florida). The SERC Region is
currently geographically divided into five subregions that are
identified as Southeastern, Central, VACAR, Delta, and Gateway.
Type of Respondents: Entities registered with the North American

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Electric Reliability Corporation (within the SERC region).
Estimate of Annual Burden \1\: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\1\ 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.
\2\ The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including benefits) comes
from the cost of an engineer as posted on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) Web site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17-2071).
\3\ Both figures for PC respondents are not to be totaled. They
represent the same set of respondents.
\4\ The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including benefits) comes
from the cost of an engineer as posted on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) Web site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17-2071).
\5\ Both figures for GO respondents are not to be totaled. They
represent the same set of respondents.
\6\ The hourly cost for GOs uses the hourly reporting cost of
$66.45 per hour is based on the cost (including benefits) of an
engineer to implement the requirements of the rule.
\7\ The record retention cost of $37.50 per hour (including
benefits) comes from Commission staff research on record retention
requirements (wage category 43-4199 for information and record
clerks).

FERC-725K: Mandatory Reliability Standard for the SERC Region
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Total annual
Number of Annual number of Total number of Average burden burden hours and Cost per
respondents (1) responses per responses and cost per total annual cost respondent ($)
respondent (2) (1)*(2)=(3) response \2\ (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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PCs: Design and Document Automatic \3\ 21 1 21 8 168 $532
UFLS Program......................... $532 \4\ $11,172
PCs: Provide Documentation and Data to \3\ 21 1 21 16 336 $1,064
SERC................................. $1,064 $22,344
GOs: Provide Documentation and Data to \5\ 104 1 104 16 1,664 $1,064
SERC................................. $1,064 \6\ $110,656
GOs: Record Retention................. \5\ 104 1 104 4 416 $150
$150 \7\ $15,600
Total............................. ................. ................. ................. 125 2,584 $2,810
$159,772
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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.

Dated: October 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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provide copies of their protests only to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission-certified Electric
the party or parties directly involved in Reliability Organization (ERO) to
the protest. Federal Energy Regulatory develop mandatory and enforceable
Commission Reliability Standards, which are subject
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this [Docket No. IC16–1–000] to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability
project should submit an original and
Commission Information Collection Standards may be enforced by NERC,
two copies of their comments to the
Activities (FERC–725K); Comment subject to Commission oversight, or by
Secretary of the Commission. the Commission independently.
Request; Extension
Environmental commentors will be
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Reliability Standards that NERC
placed on the Commission’s
Commission, Energy. proposes to the Commission may
environmental mailing list, will receive
include Reliability Standards that are
copies of the environmental documents, ACTION: Notice of information collection
proposed by a Regional Entity to be
and will be notified of meetings and request for comments.
effective in that region. In Order No.
associated with the Commission’s 672, the Commission noted that:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
environmental review process.
requirements of the Paperwork As a general matter, we will accept the
Environmental commentors will not be Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. following two types of regional differences,
required to serve copies of filed 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy provided they are otherwise just, reasonable,
documents on all other parties. Regulatory Commission (Commission or not unduly discriminatory or preferential and
However, the non-party commentors FERC) is soliciting public comment on in the public interest, as required under the
will not receive copies of all documents the currently approved information statute: (1) a regional difference that is more
filed by other parties or issued by the collection, FERC–725K (Mandatory stringent than the continent-wide Reliability
Commission (except for the mailing of Standard, including a regional difference that
Reliability Standards for the SERC addresses matters that the continent-wide
environmental documents issued by the Region). Reliability Standard does not; and (2) a
Commission) and will not have the right DATES: Comments on the collection of regional Reliability Standard that is
to seek court review of the information are due [insert date that is necessitated by a physical difference in the
Commission’s final order. 60 days after publication in the Federal Bulk-Power System.
The Commission strongly encourages Register]. When NERC reviews a regional
electronic filings of comments, protests ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Reliability Standard that would be
and interventions in lieu of paper using (identified by Docket No. IC16–1–000) applicable on an interconnection-wide
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// by either of the following methods: basis and that has been proposed by a
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file • eFiling at Commission’s Web site: Regional Entity organized on an
electronically should submit an original http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ interconnection-wide basis, NERC must
and 14 copies of the protest or efiling.asp. rebuttably presume that the regional
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Reliability Standard is just, reasonable,
intervention to the Federal Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, not unduly discriminatory or
regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First preferential, and in the public interest.
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. In turn, the Commission must give ‘‘due
This filing is accessible on-line at Instructions: All submissions must be
weight’’ to the technical expertise of
http://www.ferc.gov, using the formatted and filed in accordance with
NERC and of a Regional Entity
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for submission guidelines at: http://
organized on an interconnection-wide
review in the Commission’s Public www.ferc.gov/help/submission-
basis.
Reference Room in Washington, DC guide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at On April 19, 2007, the Commission
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone accepted delegation agreements between
Web site that enables subscribers to
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) NERC and each of the eight Regional
receive email notification when a
502–8659 for TTY. Entities. In the order, the Commission
document is added to a subscribed accepted SERC as a Regional Entity
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this organized on less than an
Online service, please email interconnection-wide basis. As a
docket or in viewing/downloading
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Regional Entity, SERC oversees Bulk-
comments and issuances in this docket
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Power System reliability within the
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
(202) 502–8659. SERC Region, which covers a
filing/docs-filing.asp.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
geographic area of approximately
Time on October 28, 2015. Ellen Brown may be reached by email 560,000 square miles in a sixteen-state
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone area in the southeastern and central
Dated: October 7, 2015.
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– United States (all of Missouri, Alabama,
Kimberly D. Bose, Tennessee, North Carolina, South
0873.
Secretary. Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2015–26077 Filed 10–13–15; 8:45 am]
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards portions of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky,
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P for the SERC Region. Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas and Florida). The
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OMB Control No.: 1902–0260.
Type of Request: Three-year extension SERC Region is currently geographically
of the FERC–725K information divided into five subregions that are
collection requirements with no changes identified as Southeastern, Central,
to the current reporting requirements. VACAR, Delta, and Gateway.
Abstract: Section 215 of the Federal Type of Respondents: Entities
Power Act (FPA) requires a registered with the North American

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Electric Reliability Corporation (within Estimate of Annual Burden 1: The reporting burden for the information
the SERC region). Commission estimates the annual public collection as:

FERC–725K: MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD FOR THE SERC REGION
Annual number of Average burden Total annual bur- Cost per respond-
Number of re- Total number of
responses per re- and cost per re- den hours and ent
spondents responses
spondent sponse 2 total annual cost ($)
(1) (1)*(2)=(3)
(2) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)÷(1)

PCs: Design and
Document Auto-
matic UFLS Pro-
gram ................. 3 21 1 21 8 168 $532
$532 4 $11,172

PCs: Provide Doc-
umentation and
Data to SERC ... 3 21 1 21 16 336 $1,064
$1,064 $22,344
GOs: Provide Doc-
umentation and
Data to SERC ... 5 104 1 104 16 1,664 $1,064
$1,064 6 $110,656

GOs: Record Re-
tention ............... 5 104 1 104 4 416 $150
$150 7 $15,600

Total .............. .............................. .............................. .............................. 125 2,584 $2,810
$159,772

Comments: Comments are invited on: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY powerhouse containing four 2-megawatt
(1) Whether the collection of Kaplan hydropower turbine-generators
information is necessary for the proper Federal Energy Regulatory having a total combined generating
performance of the functions of the Commission capacity of 8.0 megawatts; (3) one new
Commission, including whether the [Project No. 14710–000] 1000-foot-long by 220-foot-wide tailrace;
information will have practical utility; (4) a new 85-foot-long by 43-foot-high
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of by 3-foot-thick intake retaining wall and
of the burden and cost of the collection Preliminary Permit Application a new 40-foot-long by 43-foot-high by 3-
of information, including the validity of Accepted For Filing and Soliciting foot-thick tailrace retaining wall; (5) a
the methodology and assumptions used; Comments, Motions To Intervene, and new 60-foot-long by 50-foot-wide
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility Competing Applications substation; (6) a new 6.54-mile-long,
and clarity of the information collection; 115-kilovolt transmission line; and (7)
On September 2, 2015, the Energy appurtenant facilities. The project
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of Resources USA Inc. filed an application would have an estimated annual
the collection of information on those for a preliminary permit under section generation of 66.4 gigawatt-hours.
who are to respond, including the use 4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander
of automated collection techniques or to study the feasibility of the proposed Gonzalez, 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite
other forms of information technology. Lock and Dam No.22 Hydroelectric 804, Coral Gables, Florida 33134;
Dated: October 7, 2015. Project No. 14710–000, to be located at telephone +34 932523840.
Kimberly D. Bose, the existing Mississippi River Lock and FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams,
Dam No. 22 on the Mississippi River, (202) 502–6331.
Secretary. Deadline for filing comments, motions
near the City of Hannibal, in Ralls
[FR Doc. 2015–26082 Filed 10–13–15; 8:45 am] to intervene, competing applications
County, Missouri and Pike County,
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Illinois. The Mississippi River Lock and (without notices of intent), or notices of
Dam No. 22 is owned by the United intent to file competing applications: 60
States government and operated by the days from the issuance of this notice.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Competing applications and notices of
The proposed project would consist intent must meet the requirements of 18
of: (1) A new 770-foot-long by 300-foot- CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly
wide earthen intake area; (2) a new 220- encourages electronic filing. Please file
foot by 90-foot reinforced concrete comments, motions to intervene, notices
1 The Commission defines burden as the total site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_ 6 The hourly cost for GOs uses the hourly

time, effort, or financial resources expended by 22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17–2071). reporting cost of $66.45 per hour is based on the
3 Both figures for PC respondents are not to be
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or cost (including benefits) of an engineer to
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

provide information to or for a Federal agency. For totaled. They represent the same set of respondents. implement the requirements of the rule.
4 The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including
further explanation of what is included in the 7 The record retention cost of $37.50 per hour

information collection burden, reference 5 Code of benefits) comes from the cost of an engineer as
(including benefits) comes from Commission staff
posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web
Federal Regulations 1320.3. research on record retention requirements (wage
site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
2 The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including category 43–4199 for information and record
22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17–2071).
benefits) comes from the cost of an engineer as 5 Both figures for GO respondents are not to be clerks).
posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web totaled. They represent the same set of respondents.

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection and request for comments.
Dates		Comments on the collection of information are due [insert date that is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register].
Contact		Ellen Brown may be reached by email at [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 273-0873.
FR Citation		80 FR 61812

80 FR 61812 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725K); Comment Request; Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 198 (October 14, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission