81 FR 54571 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725I); Comment Request; Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)

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 information collection, FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council) which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the information collection requirements.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54571-54572]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19474]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD16-8-000]


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

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, COE.

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 
information collection, FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for 
the Northeast Power Coordinating Council) which will be submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the 
information collection requirements.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due October 17, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. RD16-8-
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 [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], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-725I, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast 
Power Coordinating Council.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0258.
    Type of Request: Three-year approval of the FERC-725I information 
collection requirements, as modified.
    Abstract: On June 9, 2016, the North American Electric Reliability 
Corporation (NERC) and the Northeast Power Coordination Council, Inc. 
(``NPCC'') filed a petition for Commission approval, pursuant to 
section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power Act (``FPA'') \1\ and Section 
39.5 \2\ of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, of 
the retirement of NPCC Regional Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01 
(Disturbance Monitoring) and the two related NPCC regional definitions, 
Current Zero Time and Generating Plant.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012).
    \2\ 18 CFR 39.5 (2015).
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    Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the 
reduction (due to the retirement of Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-
01) in the annual public reporting burden for the information 
collection as follows:
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    \3\ 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.

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                                                  Annual  number                      Average      Total annual
     Information collection          Number of     of  responses   Total number       burden          burden
          requirements              respondents   per respondent   of responses       (hours)         (hours)
                                             (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)
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R13: GO \4\ and TO to have                     1               1               1              10              10
 evidence it acquired and
 installed dynamic disturbance
 recorders and a mutually agreed
 upon implementation schedule
 with the RC (record retention).
R14.5: GO and TO to have                     169              12            2028               5          10,140
 evidence of a maintenance and
 testing program for stand-alone
 disturbance monitoring
 equipment including monthly
 verification of active analog
 quantities.....................
R14.7: GO and TO to record                    33               1              33              10             330
 efforts to return failed units
 to service if it takes longer
 than 90 days \5\...............
R14.7: GO and TO record                       33               1              33              10             330
 retention......................
R17: RC provide certain                        5               1               5               5              25
 disturbance monitoring
 equipment data to the Regional
 Entity upon request............
R17: RC record retention........               5               1               5              10              50
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    Total Reductions............  ..............  ..............           2,105  ..............         10,885
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\4\ For purposes of these charts, generation owner is abbreviated to GO, transmission owner is abbreviated to
  TO, reliability coordinator is abbreviated to RC, and planning coordinator is abbreviated to PC.
\5\ We estimate that an entity will experience a unit failure greater than 90 days once every five years.
  Therefore, 20 percent of NPCC's 169 generator owners and transmission owners will experience a unit failure of
  this duration each year.

    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: August 10, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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