81_FR_15487 81 FR 15431 - Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

81 FR 15431 - Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 56 (March 23, 2016)

Page Range15431-15432
FR Document2016-06510

In Order No. 587-W, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) amended its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest version (Version 3.0) of seven business practice standards applicable to interstate natural gas pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board. Among other matters in that order, the Commission revised the information filed in interstate natural gas pipelines' Index of Customers to reflect the use of the pipelines' proprietary point codes, and made conforming changes in other posting regulations. In this order, the Commission grants rehearing and corrects its regulation regarding the use of point codes in postings of interruptible transportation.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM96-1-039; Order No. 587-X]


Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:  Final rule; order on rehearing.

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SUMMARY: In Order No. 587-W, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) amended its regulations to incorporate by reference the 
latest version (Version 3.0) of seven business practice standards 
applicable to interstate natural gas pipelines adopted by the Wholesale 
Gas Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board. Among other 
matters in that order, the Commission revised the information filed in 
interstate natural gas pipelines' Index of Customers to reflect the use 
of the pipelines' proprietary point codes, and made conforming changes 
in other posting regulations. In this order, the Commission grants 
rehearing and corrects its regulation regarding the use of point codes 
in postings of interruptible transportation.

DATES: Changes to regulatory text will become effective April 22, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley Wolf (technical issues), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426,Telephone: (202) 502-6841, Email: 
[email protected].
Oscar F. Santillana (technical issues), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426,Telephone: (202) 502-6392, Email: 
[email protected],
Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of the General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426, Telephone: (202) 502-8321, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Order Granting Rehearing Order No. 587-X

    1. In this order, in response to requests for rehearing by the 
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and Southern Star 
Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), the Commission grants 
rehearing of Order No. 587-W, the Commission's Final Rule issued in 
this proceeding on October 16, 2015,\1\ and revises section 
284.13(b)(2)(iv) of the Commission's regulations regarding the posting 
of receipt and delivery points for interruptible transportation.
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    \1\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines; Coordination of the Scheduling Process of Interstate 
Natural Gas Pipelines and Public Utilities, Order No. 587-W, 80 FR 
67302 (Nov. 2, 2015), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,373 (2015).
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I. Background

    2. In Order No. 587-W, the Commission amended its regulations to 
incorporate by reference the latest version (Version 3.0) of seven 
business practice standards applicable to interstate natural gas 
pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North 
American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). As relevant here, the Version 
3.0 standards revised the codes used to identify receipt and delivery 
locations in the Index of Customers. Prior to Version 3.0, the postings 
required the pipelines to use an industry common code to refer to 
individual receipt and delivery points. Version 3.0 revised this 
requirement to require the pipelines to use their own proprietary point 
codes for receipt and delivery points and to post additional 
information about these points on the pipelines' internet Web sites.\2\ 
Due to the adoption of proprietary point codes, the Commission revised 
its regulations at 18 CFR 157.14, 157.18, 260.8, and 284.13 to refer to 
the same proprietary

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location point names as used in the NAESB WGQ Version 3.0 Standards.
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    \2\ 18 CFR 284.13(f), as added in Order No. 587-W, states: 
Location codes. An interstate pipeline must maintain a posting on 
its publicly available Internet Web site of the pipeline's location 
names and codes for all current and inactive receipt and delivery 
points on its system, including, for each point: Direction of flow, 
the location of the point, the location zone if such exists, the 
Commission company identification code (CID), if any, of the 
upstream and/or downstream entity, the location type, the current 
status as active and inactive, and the date(s) the point becomes 
active or inactive. The pipeline must provide the information in 
downloadable file formats, in conformity with the requirements of 18 
CFR 284.12 of this chapter.
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    3. In comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR), 
Southern Star and INGAA pointed out that the Commission in the NOPR had 
failed to make conforming changes to certain regulations, including, as 
relevant here, the regulations requiring posting of interruptible 
transportation at 18 CFR 284.13(b)(2)(iv). Based on the regulatory text 
proposed by Southern Star, the Commission revised this regulation to 
require pipelines to post: ``[t]he receipt and delivery points and the 
zones or segments covered by the contract, including the location name 
and code adopted by the pipeline in conformance with paragraph (f) of 
this section for each point, zone or segment.'' (Emphasis added.)
    4. After the issuance of Order No. 587-W, both Southern Star and 
INGAA filed separate requests for rehearing, challenging the inclusion 
of the phrase ``covered by the contract'' in the regulation. They argue 
that the regulatory text adopted for posting of interruptible 
transportation promulgated in 18 CFR 284.13(b)(2)(iv) did not correctly 
reflect the Commission's determination in Order No. 637-A that the 
postings for interruptible transportation should not refer to points 
covered by the contract, but rather to the points over which the 
shipper is permitted to transport natural gas.\3\ INGAA contends the 
Commission rejected that contract-covered language in Order No. 637, 
because that language implied that receipt or delivery points should be 
those in the pro forma or master contracts, rather than the points in 
the subsequent agreement to provide interruptible service.
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    \3\ Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services 
and Regulations of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services, 
Order No. 637. FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,091, clarified, Order No. 
637-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,099, reh'g denied, Order No. 637-B, 
92 FERC ] 61,062 (2000), aff'd in part and remanded in part sub nom. 
Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America v. FERC, 285 F.3d 18 (D.C. 
Cir. 2002), order on remand, 101 FERC ] 61,127 (2002), order on 
reh'g, 106 FERC ] 61,088 (2004), aff'd sub nom. American Gas Ass'n 
v. FERC, 428 F.3d 255 (D.C. Cir. 2005).
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II. Discussion

    5. We grant rehearing, concluding that the language we adopted in 
Order No. 587-W incorrectly includes the ``covered by the contract'' 
language that does not reflect how pipelines arrange for and schedule 
interruptible service. In Order No. 637-A, the Commission recognized 
that shippers obtaining interruptible service frequently execute pro 
forma master contracts for interruptible service, but do not specify 
the price or the receipt and delivery points until nominations are 
made. The Commission, therefore, removed the requirement to post the 
receipt and delivery points ``covered by the contract'' from the 
posting requirements, so that pipelines will post the actual points 
used for transporting natural gas:

    This language [covered by the contract] implies that the receipt 
or delivery points should be those in the master contract, rather 
than the points in the subsequent agreement to provide interruptible 
service. Section 284.13(b)(2)(iv) will be revised to require the 
posting of the receipt and delivery points over which the shipper is 
entitled to transport gas at the rate charged to make clear that the 
pipeline should post the receipt and delivery points in each 
individual agreement to provide interruptible service, not simply 
the receipt and delivery points in the master contract.\4\
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    \4\ Order No. 637-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,099 at 31,619-20.
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    6. Accordingly, we will grant rehearing and revise the regulatory 
text to require pipelines to post the receipt and delivery points 
between which the shipper is entitled to transport gas at the rate 
charged, including the location name and code adopted by the pipeline 
in conformance with paragraph (f) of the section for each point, zone, 
or segment.
    7. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) provides that an agency may 
not conduct or sponsor the collection of information unless the agency 
has published an estimate of the burden that shall result from the 
information collection in advance of adopting or revising such 
collection. Agency rules that require information collection are 
subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), in accordance with the requirements of the PRA. The reporting 
requirements imposed in Order No. 587-W (Docket No. RM96-1-038) were 
submitted to and approved (on December 9, 2015) by OMB.\5\ The 
revisions made in this Order merely clarify those reporting 
requirements and are not expected to modify the burden estimates. This 
Order will be submitted to OMB for information only.
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    \5\ FERC-545 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non-Formal)) is 
covered under OMB Control No. 1902-0154, and FERC-549C (Standards 
for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines) is 
covered under 1902-0174.
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List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284

    Incorporation by reference, Natural gas, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    By the Commission.
    Issued: March 17, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission amends part 284, 
chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 284--CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE 
NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES

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1. The authority citation for part 284 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717z, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; 
43 U.S.C. 1331-1356.


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2. Section 284.13 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(2)(iv) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  284.13  Reporting requirements for interstate pipelines.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iv) The receipt and delivery points between which the shipper is 
entitled to transport gas at the rate charged, including the location 
name and code adopted by the pipeline in conformance with paragraph (f) 
of this section for each point, zone, or segment;
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                                                inspected at CPSC’s Office of the                       Figures 1—5 to Subpart A of Part 1201                   Regulatory Commission, 888 First
                                                Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product                        [Removed]                                               Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
                                                Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330                                                                               Telephone: (202) 502–8321, Email:
                                                East West Highway, Bethesda, MD                         ■ 4. Remove Figures 1 through 5 to                      gary.cohen@ferc.gov.
                                                20814, telephone 301–504–7923.                          subpart A of part 1201.
                                                                                                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          Dated: March 18, 2016.
                                                List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1201
                                                                                                        Todd A. Stevenson,                                    Order Granting Rehearing Order No.
                                                  Administrative practice and                           Secretary, Consumer Product Safety                    587–X
                                                procedure, Consumer protection,                         Commission.
                                                Imports, Incorporation by reference,                    [FR Doc. 2016–06523 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am]             1. In this order, in response to
                                                Labeling, Law enforcement.                                                                                    requests for rehearing by the Interstate
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 6355–01–P
                                                  For the reasons stated in the                                                                               Natural Gas Association of America
                                                preamble, the Commission amends 16                                                                            (INGAA) and Southern Star Central Gas
                                                CFR part 1201 as follows:                                                                                     Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), the
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  Commission grants rehearing of Order
                                                PART 1201—SAFETY STANDARD FOR                                                                                 No. 587–W, the Commission’s Final
                                                                                                        Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                ARCHITECTURAL GLAZING                                                                                         Rule issued in this proceeding on
                                                                                                        Commission
                                                MATERIALS                                                                                                     October 16, 2015,1 and revises section
                                                                                                        18 CFR Part 284                                       284.13(b)(2)(iv) of the Commission’s
                                                ■ 1. The authority citation for part 1201                                                                     regulations regarding the posting of
                                                continues to read as follows:                           [Docket No. RM96–1–039; Order No. 587–                receipt and delivery points for
                                                  Authority: Secs. 2, 3, 7, 9, 14, 19. Pub. L.          X]                                                    interruptible transportation.
                                                92–573, 86 Stat. 1212–17; (15 U.S.C. 2051,
                                                2052, 2056, 2058, 2063, 2068)                           Standards for Business Practices of                   I. Background
                                                ■ 2. Amend § 1201.2 by revising                         Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines
                                                                                                                                                                 2. In Order No. 587–W, the
                                                paragraphs (a)(3) introductory text and                 AGENCY:  Federal Energy Regulatory                    Commission amended its regulations to
                                                (a)(4) introductory text to read as                     Commission.                                           incorporate by reference the latest
                                                follows:                                                ACTION: Final rule; order on rehearing.               version (Version 3.0) of seven business
                                                § 1201.2   Definitions.                                                                                       practice standards applicable to
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:   In Order No. 587–W, the                    interstate natural gas pipelines adopted
                                                  (a) * * *
                                                  (3) Category I products (Class B)                     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission                  by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ)
                                                means any of the following                              (Commission) amended its regulations                  of the North American Energy Standards
                                                Architectural products:                                 to incorporate by reference the latest                Board (NAESB). As relevant here, the
                                                                                                        version (Version 3.0) of seven business               Version 3.0 standards revised the codes
                                                *     *    *      *    *                                practice standards applicable to
                                                  (4) Category II products (Class A)                                                                          used to identify receipt and delivery
                                                                                                        interstate natural gas pipelines adopted              locations in the Index of Customers.
                                                means any of the following architectural
                                                                                                        by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the                  Prior to Version 3.0, the postings
                                                products:
                                                                                                        North American Energy Standards                       required the pipelines to use an
                                                *     *    *      *    *                                Board. Among other matters in that                    industry common code to refer to
                                                ■ 3. Revise § 1201.4 to read as follows:                order, the Commission revised the                     individual receipt and delivery points.
                                                § 1201.4   Test procedures.                             information filed in interstate natural               Version 3.0 revised this requirement to
                                                                                                        gas pipelines’ Index of Customers to                  require the pipelines to use their own
                                                   Except as provided in §§ 1201.1(c)
                                                                                                        reflect the use of the pipelines’                     proprietary point codes for receipt and
                                                and (d), architectural glazing products
                                                                                                        proprietary point codes, and made                     delivery points and to post additional
                                                shall be tested in accordance with all of
                                                                                                        conforming changes in other posting                   information about these points on the
                                                the applicable test provisions of ANSI
                                                                                                        regulations. In this order, the                       pipelines’ internet Web sites.2 Due to
                                                Z97.1–2015 ‘‘American National
                                                                                                        Commission grants rehearing and                       the adoption of proprietary point codes,
                                                Standard for Safety Glazing Materials
                                                                                                        corrects its regulation regarding the use             the Commission revised its regulations
                                                Used in Building—Safety Performance
                                                Specifications and Methods of Test,’’                   of point codes in postings of                         at 18 CFR 157.14, 157.18, 260.8, and
                                                approved March 2015. The Director of                    interruptible transportation.                         284.13 to refer to the same proprietary
                                                the Federal Register approves the                       DATES: Changes to regulatory text will
                                                incorporation by reference in                           become effective April 22, 2016.                        1 Standards for Business Practices of Interstate

                                                accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Natural Gas Pipelines; Coordination of the
                                                                                                                                                              Scheduling Process of Interstate Natural Gas
                                                CFR part 51. You may obtain a copy                      Stanley Wolf (technical issues), Office of            Pipelines and Public Utilities, Order No. 587–W,
                                                from ANSI Customer Service                                Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal               80 FR 67302 (Nov. 2, 2015), FERC Stats. & Regs.
                                                Department, 25 W. 43rd Street, 4th                        Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                   ¶ 31,373 (2015).
                                                                                                                                                                2 18 CFR 284.13(f), as added in Order No. 587–
                                                Floor, New York, NY 10036. You may                        First Street NE., Washington, DC
                                                                                                                                                              W, states: Location codes. An interstate pipeline
                                                inspect a copy at the Office of the                       20426,Telephone: (202) 502–6841,                    must maintain a posting on its publicly available
                                                Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product                          Email: stanley.wolf@ferc.gov.                       Internet Web site of the pipeline’s location names
                                                Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330                       Oscar F. Santillana (technical issues),               and codes for all current and inactive receipt and
                                                East West Highway, Bethesda, MD                           Office of Energy Market Regulation,                 delivery points on its system, including, for each
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                                                                                                                                                              point: Direction of flow, the location of the point,
                                                20814, telephone 301–504–7923, or at                      Federal Energy Regulatory                           the location zone if such exists, the Commission
                                                the National Archives and Records                         Commission, 888 First Street NE.,                   company identification code (CID), if any, of the
                                                Administration (NARA). For                                Washington, DC 20426,Telephone:                     upstream and/or downstream entity, the location
                                                information on the availability of this                   (202) 502–6392, Email:                              type, the current status as active and inactive, and
                                                                                                                                                              the date(s) the point becomes active or inactive. The
                                                material at NARA, call 202–741–6030,                      oscar.santillana@ferc.gov,                          pipeline must provide the information in
                                                or go to: http://www.archives.gov/                      Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of               downloadable file formats, in conformity with the
                                                federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.                  the General Counsel, Federal Energy                 requirements of 18 CFR 284.12 of this chapter.



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                                                location point names as used in the                     the price or the receipt and delivery                   Issued: March 17, 2016.
                                                NAESB WGQ Version 3.0 Standards.                        points until nominations are made. The                Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                   3. In comments on the Notice of                      Commission, therefore, removed the                    Deputy Secretary.
                                                Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR), Southern                    requirement to post the receipt and
                                                Star and INGAA pointed out that the                                                                              In consideration of the foregoing, the
                                                                                                        delivery points ‘‘covered by the
                                                Commission in the NOPR had failed to                                                                          Commission amends part 284, chapter I,
                                                                                                        contract’’ from the posting
                                                make conforming changes to certain                                                                            title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as
                                                                                                        requirements, so that pipelines will post
                                                regulations, including, as relevant here,                                                                     follows:
                                                                                                        the actual points used for transporting
                                                the regulations requiring posting of                    natural gas:                                          PART 284—CERTAIN SALES AND
                                                interruptible transportation at 18 CFR                                                                        TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS
                                                                                                           This language [covered by the contract]
                                                284.13(b)(2)(iv). Based on the regulatory
                                                                                                        implies that the receipt or delivery points           UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY
                                                text proposed by Southern Star, the
                                                                                                        should be those in the master contract, rather        ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED
                                                Commission revised this regulation to
                                                                                                        than the points in the subsequent agreement           AUTHORITIES
                                                require pipelines to post: ‘‘[t]he receipt              to provide interruptible service. Section
                                                and delivery points and the zones or                    284.13(b)(2)(iv) will be revised to require the       ■ 1. The authority citation for part 284
                                                segments covered by the contract,                       posting of the receipt and delivery points            continues to read as follows:
                                                including the location name and code                    over which the shipper is entitled to
                                                adopted by the pipeline in conformance                                                                          Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717z, 3301–3432;
                                                                                                        transport gas at the rate charged to make clear       42 U.S.C. 7101–7352; 43 U.S.C. 1331–1356.
                                                with paragraph (f) of this section for                  that the pipeline should post the receipt and
                                                each point, zone or segment.’’                          delivery points in each individual agreement          ■ 2. Section 284.13 is amended by
                                                (Emphasis added.)                                       to provide interruptible service, not simply          revising paragraph (b)(2)(iv) to read as
                                                   4. After the issuance of Order No.                   the receipt and delivery points in the master         follows:
                                                587–W, both Southern Star and INGAA                     contract.4
                                                filed separate requests for rehearing,                                                                        § 284.13 Reporting requirements for
                                                challenging the inclusion of the phrase                   6. Accordingly, we will grant                       interstate pipelines.
                                                ‘‘covered by the contract’’ in the                      rehearing and revise the regulatory text              *      *    *     *     *
                                                regulation. They argue that the                         to require pipelines to post the receipt                 (b) * * *
                                                regulatory text adopted for posting of                  and delivery points between which the                    (2) * * *
                                                interruptible transportation                            shipper is entitled to transport gas at the              (iv) The receipt and delivery points
                                                promulgated in 18 CFR 284.13(b)(2)(iv)                  rate charged, including the location                  between which the shipper is entitled to
                                                did not correctly reflect the                           name and code adopted by the pipeline                 transport gas at the rate charged,
                                                Commission’s determination in Order                     in conformance with paragraph (f) of the              including the location name and code
                                                No. 637–A that the postings for                         section for each point, zone, or segment.             adopted by the pipeline in conformance
                                                interruptible transportation should not                   7. The Paperwork Reduction Act                      with paragraph (f) of this section for
                                                refer to points covered by the contract,                (PRA) provides that an agency may not                 each point, zone, or segment;
                                                but rather to the points over which the                 conduct or sponsor the collection of                  *      *    *     *     *
                                                shipper is permitted to transport natural               information unless the agency has                     [FR Doc. 2016–06510 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am]
                                                gas.3 INGAA contends the Commission                     published an estimate of the burden that              BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                rejected that contract-covered language                 shall result from the information
                                                in Order No. 637, because that language                 collection in advance of adopting or
                                                implied that receipt or delivery points                 revising such collection. Agency rules                PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
                                                should be those in the pro forma or                     that require information collection are               CORPORATION
                                                master contracts, rather than the points                subject to review and approval by the
                                                in the subsequent agreement to provide                  Office of Management and Budget                       29 CFR Part 4010
                                                interruptible service.                                  (OMB), in accordance with the                         RIN 1212–AB30
                                                                                                        requirements of the PRA. The reporting
                                                II. Discussion                                          requirements imposed in Order No.                     Annual Financial and Actuarial
                                                   5. We grant rehearing, concluding that               587–W (Docket No. RM96–1–038) were                    Information Reporting
                                                the language we adopted in Order No.                    submitted to and approved (on
                                                587–W incorrectly includes the                          December 9, 2015) by OMB.5 The                        AGENCY:  Pension Benefit Guaranty
                                                ‘‘covered by the contract’’ language that               revisions made in this Order merely                   Corporation.
                                                does not reflect how pipelines arrange                  clarify those reporting requirements and              ACTION: Final rule.
                                                for and schedule interruptible service.                 are not expected to modify the burden
                                                In Order No. 637–A, the Commission                      estimates. This Order will be submitted               SUMMARY:    The Pension Benefit Guaranty
                                                recognized that shippers obtaining                      to OMB for information only.                          Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) is amending its
                                                interruptible service frequently execute                                                                      regulation on Annual Financial and
                                                pro forma master contracts for                          List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284                   Actuarial Information Reporting to
                                                interruptible service, but do not specify                                                                     codify provisions of recent legislation
                                                                                                          Incorporation by reference, Natural                 and related guidance that affect
                                                   3 Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas
                                                                                                        gas, Reporting and recordkeeping                      reporting under ERISA section 4010.
                                                Transportation Services and Regulations of
                                                                                                        requirements.                                         The final rule modifies the reporting
                                                Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services,           By the Commission.                                  waiver under the current regulation tied
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                                                Order No. 637. FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,091,
                                                clarified, Order No. 637–A, FERC Stats. & Regs.
                                                                                                                                                              to aggregate plan underfunding of $15
                                                ¶ 31,099, reh’g denied, Order No. 637–B, 92 FERC           4 Order No. 637–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,099    million or less to be based on non-
                                                ¶ 61,062 (2000), aff’d in part and remanded in part     at 31,619–20.                                         stabilized interest rates. In addition, the
                                                sub nom. Interstate Natural Gas Ass’n of America           5 FERC–545 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change
                                                                                                                                                              final rule adds new reporting waivers
                                                v. FERC, 285 F.3d 18 (D.C. Cir. 2002), order on         (Non-Formal)) is covered under OMB Control No.
                                                remand, 101 FERC ¶ 61,127 (2002), order on reh’g,       1902–0154, and FERC–549C (Standards for
                                                                                                                                                              for smaller plans and for plans that must
                                                106 FERC ¶ 61,088 (2004), aff’d sub nom. American       Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas          file solely on the basis of either a
                                                Gas Ass’n v. FERC, 428 F.3d 255 (D.C. Cir. 2005).       Pipelines) is covered under 1902–0174.                statutory lien resulting from missed


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule; order on rehearing.
DatesChanges to regulatory text will become effective April 22, 2016.
ContactStanley Wolf (technical issues), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,Telephone: (202) 502-6841, Email: [email protected] Oscar F. Santillana (technical issues), Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,Telephone: (202) 502-6392, Email: [email protected], Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202) 502-8321, Email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 15431 
CFR AssociatedIncorporation by Reference; Natural Gas and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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