82_FR_32830 82 FR 32695 - Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

82 FR 32695 - Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 135 (July 17, 2017)

Page Range32695-32697
FR Document2017-14908

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) previously issued a 60-day Notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on the revisions to FERC-725A (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System), and FERC-725Z (Mandatory Reliability Standards: IRO Reliability Standards). The Commission received no comments. Another unrelated item is currently pending review at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under FERC-725A. Only one item per OMB Control No. may be pending OMB review at a time. In order to submit this material for Docket No. RD17-4 timely to OMB, the package will be submitted to OMB under FERC-725Z, and a `placeholder' information collection number, FERC-725A(1C) (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Bulk-Power System: Reliability Standard TOP-001-4) rather than under FERC-725A. In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission is submitting the FERC-725A(1C) and FERC-725Z to the OMB for review of the revised 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 135 (Monday, July 17, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 135 (Monday, July 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32695-32697]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14908]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD17-4-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of revised information collections and request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) 
previously issued a 60-day Notice in the Federal Register requesting 
public comments on the revisions to FERC-725A (Mandatory Reliability 
Standards for the Bulk-Power System), and FERC-725Z (Mandatory 
Reliability Standards: IRO Reliability Standards). The Commission 
received no comments.
    Another unrelated item is currently pending review at the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under FERC-725A. Only one item per OMB 
Control No. may be pending OMB review at a time. In order to submit 
this material for Docket No. RD17-4 timely to OMB, the package will be 
submitted to OMB under FERC-725Z, and a `placeholder' information 
collection number, FERC-725A(1C) (Mandatory Reliability Standards for 
Bulk-Power System: Reliability Standard TOP-001-4) rather than under 
FERC-725A.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, the Commission is submitting the FERC-725A(1C) and FERC-725Z 
to the OMB for review of the revised 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.

DATES: Comments on the FERC-725A(1C) and FERC-725Z are due by August 
16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos. 
TBD (for FERC-725A(1C)) and 1902-0276 (for FERC-725Z) should be sent 
via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at: 
[email protected], Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission Desk Officer.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in 
Docket No. RD17-4-000, 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], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at 
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-725A(1C) (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Bulk-
Power System: Reliability Standard TOP-001-4), and FERC-725Z (Mandatory 
Reliability Standards: IRO Reliability Standards)
    OMB Control No.: TBD (FERC-725A(1C)) and 1902-0276 (FERC-725Z).
    Type of Request: Revisions to the information collection FERC-725Z 
and implementation of new `placeholder' information collection FERC-
725A(1C), as discussed in Docket No. RD17-4-000.
    Abstract: In a Petition dated March 6, 2017, the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation (``NERC'') requested Commission 
approval for proposed Reliability Standards IRO-002-5 (Reliability 
Coordination, Monitoring and Analysis) and TOP-001-4 (Transmission 
Operations). NERC stated that the ``proposed Reliability Standards 
address the Commission directives in Order No. 817 related to: (i) 
Transmission operator monitoring of non-bulk electric system (``BES'') 
facilities; (ii) redundancy and diverse routing of transmission 
operator, balancing authority, and reliability coordinator data 
exchange capabilities; and (iii) testing of alternative or less 
frequently used data exchange capabilities.'' In addition, NERC 
requested Commission approval of the retirement of Reliability 
Standards TOP-001-3 and IRO-002-4. In an order on April 17, 2017,\1\ 
the implementation of Reliability Standards IRO-002-5 and TOP-001-4 and 
the retirement of Reliability Standards IRO-002-4 and TOP-001-3 were 
approved.
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    \1\ The Delegated Letter Order is available in the Commission's 
eLibrary at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=14560616.
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    Type of Respondents: Transmission operators (TOP), balancing 
authorities (BA), and reliability coordinators (RC).
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \2\ The Commission estimates the changes 
in the annual public reporting burden and cost due to Docket No. RD17-
4-000 as follows.\3\
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    \2\ Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
    \3\ For the Reliability Standards being retired in Docket No. 
RD17-4, the baseline numbers for respondents, burden, and cost are 
the same figures as those in Order No. 817. The requirements and 
burdens (from the standards being retired) are continuing in the new 
standards, plus there are additional requirements and burdens as 
indicated in the table.

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                                      Changes Due to Docket No. RD17-4-000
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                                  Number of     Annual  number                  Average  burden    Total annual
   Information  collection      respondents &    of  responses    Total number   hours &  cost    burden hours &
         requirements          type  of entity        per        of responses     per response     total annual
                                     \4\          respondent                          ($)           cost  ($)
                               (1)............             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4) \5\........  (3) * (4) = (5)
                                                                           (3)
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                                                    FERC-725A
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Reporting and Recordkeeping    ...............  ..............  ..............  no change......  no change
 Requirements (continuing in
 TOP-001-4 [formerly in TOP-
 001-3]) \6\.
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                                                FERC-725A(1C) \7\
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                                Increases, due to Implementation of TOP-001-4 \8\
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Reporting (R10, R20, & R21),   323 (TOP)......               1             323  11 hrs.;         3,553 hrs.;
 in Yr. 1.                                                                       $707.19.         $228,422.37.
Reporting (R10, R20, & R21),   323 (TOP)......               1             323  3 hrs.; $192.87  969 hrs.;
 in Yr. 2 & ongoing.                                                                              $62,297.01.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1......  323 (TOP)......               1             323  3 hrs.; $113.25  969 hrs.;
                                                                                                  $36,579.75.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 &      323 (TOP)......               1             323  2 hrs.; $75.50.  646 hrs.;
 ongoing.                                                                                         $24,386.50.
Reporting (R23 & R24), in Yr.  99 (BA)........               1              99  8 hrs.; $514.32  792 hrs.;
 1.                                                                                               $50,917.68.
Reporting (R23 & R24), in Yr.  99 (BA)........               1              99  2 hrs.; $128.58  198 hrs.;
 2 & ongoing.                                                                                     $12,729.42.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1......  99 (BA)........               1              99  4 hrs.; $151.00  396 hrs.;
                                                                                                  $14,949.00.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 and    99 (BA)........               1              99  4 hrs.; $151.00  396 hrs.;
 ongoing.                                                                                         $14,949.00.
Increase to FERC-725A(1C) in   ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  5,710 hrs.;
 Year 1.                                                                                          $330,868.80.
Increase to FERC-725A(1C) in   ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  2,209 hrs.;
 Year 2 & ongoing.                                                                                $114,361.93.
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                                                    FERC-725Z
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Reporting and Recordkeeping    ...............  ..............  ..............  no change......  no change
 Requirements (continuing in
 IRO-002-5 [formerly in IRO-
 002-4]) \9\.
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                               Increases, due to Implementation of IRO-002-5 \10\
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Reporting (R2 & R3), in Yr. 1  11 (RC)........               1              11  8 hrs.; $514.32  88 hrs.;
                                                                                                  $5,657.52.
Reporting (R2 & R3), in Yr. 2  11 (RC)........               1              11  2 hrs.; $128.58  22 hrs.;
 & ongoing.                                                                                       $1,414.38.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1......  11 (RC)........               1              11  5 hrs.; $188.75  55 hrs.;
                                                                                                  $2,076.25.
Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 &      11 (RC)........               1              11  4 hrs.; $151.00  44 hrs.;
 ongoing.                                                                                         $1,661.00.
Increase to FERC-725Z in Year  ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  143 hrs.;
 1.                                                                                               $7,733.77.
Increase to FERC-725Z in Year  ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  66 hrs.;
 2 and ongoing.                                                                                   $3,075.38.
TOTAL INCREASE IN YEAR 1, Due  ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  5,853 hrs.;
 To Docket No. RD17-4.                                                                            $338,602.57.
TOTAL INCREASE IN YEAR 2 AND   ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............  2,275 hrs.;
 ONGOING, Due To Docket No.                                                                       $117,437.31.
 RD17-4.
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    (As of 7/5/2017, the total OMB-approved annual burden inventory for

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FERC-725A is 1,642,395 hours; the total OMB-approved annual burden 
inventory for FERC-725Z is 49,331 hours.\11\ Because FERC-725A(1C) is a 
new `placeholder' information collection number, the current inventory 
is 0.)
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    \4\ Our estimates are based on the NERC Compliance Registry of 
12/12/2016, which indicates that, within the United States, there 
are 323 entities registered as TOPs, 99 entities registered as BAs, 
and 11 entities registered as RCs. One entity may be registered as 
having several roles.
    \5\ The hourly cost figures, for salary plus benefits, for the 
new standards are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 
information (at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm), as of 
May 2015. For reporting requirements, an electrical engineer (code 
17-2071) is $64.29/hour; for the recordkeeping requirements, an 
information and record clerk (code 43-4199) is $37.75/hour.
    \6\ The reporting and recordkeeping requirements and the 
associated burden will continue in TOP-001-4 (formerly included in 
TOP-001-3, which is now being retired). The corresponding estimated 
burden for the 196 TOPs and BAs continues to be 96 hours per 
response (or a total estimated burden of 18,816 hours). These 
burdens continue in FERC-725A with no change, so a formal submittal 
for FERC-725A will not be made at this time. The changes are being 
submitted under `placeholder' information collection no. FERC-
725A(1C).
    \7\ The new requirements and burden which would normally be 
submitted to OMB under FERC-725A will be submitted under 
`placeholder' information collection number FERC-725A(1C).
    \8\ Requirement R21 (applicable to TOPs in ongoing yrs.) covers 
quarterly testing and associated reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements. Requirement R24 (applicable to BAs in ongoing yrs.) 
covers quarterly testing and associated engineering and 
recordkeeping requirements.
    \9\ The reporting and recordkeeping requirements and the 
associated burden will continue in IRO-002-5 (burden formerly 
included in IRO-002-4, which is being retired). The corresponding 
estimated burden for the 11 RCs continues to be 24 hours per 
response (or a total estimated burden of 264 hours).
    \10\ Requirement R3 (applicable to RCs in ongoing yrs.) covers 
quarterly testing and associated reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.
    \11\ These figures are the total OMB-approved inventory, prior 
to the revisions in Docket No. RD17-4. In addition, as of 7/5/2017, 
there are proposed revisions pending OMB review for the FERC-725A 
(related to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket No. RM16-20) 
which are not counted in these OMB-approved inventory figures.
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    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of 
information are 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 estimates of the 
burden and cost of the collections of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and 
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: July 6, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                      The filings in the above proceeding                    System: Reliability Standard TOP–001–                 Reliability Standards: IRO Reliability
                                                    are accessible in the Commission’s                       4) rather than under FERC–725A.                       Standards)
                                                    eLibrary system by clicking on the                          In compliance with the requirements                   OMB Control No.: TBD (FERC–
                                                    appropriate link in the above list. They                 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,               725A(1C)) and 1902–0276 (FERC–725Z).
                                                    are also available for review in the                     the Commission is submitting the                         Type of Request: Revisions to the
                                                    Commission’s Public Reference Room in                    FERC–725A(1C) and FERC–725Z to the                    information collection FERC–725Z and
                                                    Washington, DC. There is an                              OMB for review of the revised                         implementation of new ‘placeholder’
                                                    eSubscription link on the Web site that                  information collection requirements.                  information collection FERC–725A(1C),
                                                    enables subscribers to receive email                     Any interested person may file                        as discussed in Docket No. RD17–4–000.
                                                    notification when a document is added                    comments directly with OMB and                           Abstract: In a Petition dated March 6,
                                                    to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance                should address a copy of those                        2017, the North American Electric
                                                    with any FERC Online service, please                     comments to the Commission as                         Reliability Corporation (‘‘NERC’’)
                                                    email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or                      explained below.                                      requested Commission approval for
                                                    call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,                DATES: Comments on the FERC–                          proposed Reliability Standards IRO–
                                                    call (202) 502–8659.                                     725A(1C) and FERC–725Z are due by                     002–5 (Reliability Coordination,
                                                      Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time                   August 16, 2017.                                      Monitoring and Analysis) and TOP–
                                                    on July 14, 2017.                                                                                              001–4 (Transmission Operations). NERC
                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
                                                      Dated: July 6, 2017.                                   identified by the OMB Control Nos. TBD                stated that the ‘‘proposed Reliability
                                                    Kimberly D. Bose,                                        (for FERC–725A(1C)) and 1902–0276                     Standards address the Commission
                                                    Secretary.                                               (for FERC–725Z) should be sent via                    directives in Order No. 817 related to:
                                                                                                             email to the Office of Information and                (i) Transmission operator monitoring of
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–14909 Filed 7–14–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                             Regulatory Affairs at: oira_submission@               non-bulk electric system (‘‘BES’’)
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                             omb.gov, Attention: Federal Energy                    facilities; (ii) redundancy and diverse
                                                                                                             Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.                   routing of transmission operator,
                                                                                                                A copy of the comments should also                 balancing authority, and reliability
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                             be sent to the Commission, in Docket                  coordinator data exchange capabilities;
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                                No. RD17–4–000, by either of the                      and (iii) testing of alternative or less
                                                    Commission                                               following methods:                                    frequently used data exchange
                                                                                                                • eFiling at Commission’s Web site:                capabilities.’’ In addition, NERC
                                                    [Docket No. RD17–4–000]                                                                                        requested Commission approval of the
                                                                                                             http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
                                                                                                             efiling.asp.                                          retirement of Reliability Standards
                                                    Commission Information Collection
                                                                                                                                                                   TOP–001–3 and IRO–002–4. In an order
                                                    Activities; Comment Request                                 • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
                                                                                                                                                                   on April 17, 2017,1 the implementation
                                                                                                             Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                                    AGENCY:  Federal Energy Regulatory                       Secretary of the Commission, 888 First                of Reliability Standards IRO–002–5 and
                                                    Commission.                                              Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.                     TOP–001–4 and the retirement of
                                                    ACTION: Notice of revised information                                                                          Reliability Standards IRO–002–4 and
                                                                                                                Instructions: All submissions must be
                                                    collections and request for comments.                                                                          TOP–001–3 were approved.
                                                                                                             formatted and filed in accordance with
                                                                                                                                                                      Type of Respondents: Transmission
                                                                                                             submission guidelines at: http://
                                                    SUMMARY:   The Federal Energy                                                                                  operators (TOP), balancing authorities
                                                                                                             www.ferc.gov/help/submission-
                                                    Regulatory Commission (Commission or                                                                           (BA), and reliability coordinators (RC).
                                                                                                             guide.asp. For user assistance, contact
                                                    FERC) previously issued a 60-day                                                                                  Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
                                                                                                             FERC Online Support by email at
                                                    Notice in the Federal Register                                                                                 Commission estimates the changes in
                                                                                                             ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
                                                    requesting public comments on the                                                                              the annual public reporting burden and
                                                                                                             at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
                                                    revisions to FERC–725A (Mandatory                                                                              cost due to Docket No. RD17–4–000 as
                                                                                                             502–8659 for TTY.
                                                    Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power                                                                       follows.3
                                                                                                                Docket: Users interested in receiving
                                                    System), and FERC–725Z (Mandatory
                                                                                                             automatic notification of activity in this
                                                    Reliability Standards: IRO Reliability                                                                            1 The Delegated Letter Order is available in the
                                                                                                             docket or in viewing/downloading
                                                    Standards). The Commission received                                                                            Commission’s eLibrary at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/
                                                                                                             comments and issuances in this docket                 idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=14560616.
                                                    no comments.
                                                      Another unrelated item is currently                    may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-                   2 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or


                                                    pending review at the Office of                          filing/docs-filing.asp.                               financial resources expended by persons to
                                                                                                                                                                   generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) under                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      information to or for a Federal agency. For further
                                                    FERC–725A. Only one item per OMB                         Ellen Brown may be reached by email                   explanation of what is included in the information
                                                    Control No. may be pending OMB                           at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by                         collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
                                                                                                             telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax               Regulations 1320.3.
                                                    review at a time. In order to submit this                                                                         3 For the Reliability Standards being retired in
                                                    material for Docket No. RD17–4 timely                    at (202) 273–0873.                                    Docket No. RD17–4, the baseline numbers for
                                                    to OMB, the package will be submitted                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            respondents, burden, and cost are the same figures
                                                    to OMB under FERC–725Z, and a                               Title: FERC–725A(1C) (Mandatory                    as those in Order No. 817. The requirements and
                                                                                                                                                                   burdens (from the standards being retired) are
                                                    ‘placeholder’ information collection                     Reliability Standards for Bulk-Power                  continuing in the new standards, plus there are
                                                    number, FERC–725A(1C) (Mandatory                         System: Reliability Standard TOP–001–
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                                                                                                                                                                   additional requirements and burdens as indicated
                                                    Reliability Standards for Bulk-Power                     4), and FERC–725Z (Mandatory                          in the table.




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                                                                                                             CHANGES DUE TO DOCKET NO. RD17–4–000
                                                                                                                           Annual
                                                                                            Number of                                                                                    Average                                      Total annual
                                                              Information                                                number of
                                                                                          respondents &                                           Total number                       burden hours &                                  burden hours &
                                                               collection                                                responses
                                                                                                type                                              of responses                      cost per response                               total annual cost
                                                             requirements                                                   per
                                                                                             of entity 4                respondent                                                         ($)                                              ($)

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

                                                                                                                                                 FERC–725A

                                                    Reporting and Recordkeeping           .......................     ........................   ........................   no change .............................           no change
                                                      Requirements (continuing in
                                                      TOP–001–4 [formerly in
                                                      TOP–001–3]) 6.

                                                                                                                                            FERC–725A(1C) 7

                                                                                                                    Increases, due to Implementation of TOP–001–4 8

                                                    Reporting (R10, R20, & R21),          323 (TOP) .....                                  1                       323      11 hrs.; $707.19 ...................              3,553 hrs.; $228,422.37.
                                                      in Yr. 1.
                                                    Reporting (R10, R20, & R21),          323 (TOP) .....                                   1                      323      3 hrs.; $192.87 .....................             969 hrs.; $62,297.01.
                                                      in Yr. 2 & ongoing.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1 .........     323 (TOP) .....                                  1                       323      3 hrs.; $113.25 .....................             969 hrs.; $36,579.75.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 & on-         323 (TOP) .....                                  1                       323      2 hrs.; $75.50 .......................            646 hrs.; $24,386.50.
                                                      going.
                                                    Reporting (R23 & R24), in Yr.         99 (BA) ..........                                1                       99      8 hrs.; $514.32 .....................             792 hrs.; $50,917.68.
                                                      1.
                                                    Reporting (R23 & R24), in Yr.         99 (BA) ..........                               1                         99     2 hrs.; $128.58 .....................             198 hrs.; $12,729.42.
                                                      2 & ongoing.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1 .........     99 (BA) ..........                               1                        99      4 hrs.; $151.00 .....................             396 hrs.; $14,949.00.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 and           99 (BA) ..........                               1                        99      4 hrs.; $151.00 .....................             396 hrs.; $14,949.00.
                                                      ongoing.
                                                    Increase to FERC–725A(1C)             .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   5,710 hrs.; $330,868.80.
                                                      in Year 1.
                                                    Increase to FERC–725A(1C)             .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   2,209 hrs.; $114,361.93.
                                                      in Year 2 & ongoing.

                                                                                                                                                 FERC–725Z

                                                    Reporting and Recordkeeping           .......................     ........................   ........................   no change .............................           no change
                                                      Requirements (continuing in
                                                      IRO–002–5 [formerly in
                                                      IRO–002–4]) 9.

                                                                                                                    Increases, due to Implementation of IRO–002–5 10

                                                    Reporting (R2 & R3), in Yr. 1         11 (RC) .........                                1                        11      8 hrs.; $514.32 .....................             88 hrs.; $5,657.52.
                                                    Reporting (R2 & R3), in Yr. 2         11 (RC) .........                                1                        11      2 hrs.; $128.58 .....................             22 hrs.; $1,414.38.
                                                      & ongoing.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 1 .........     11 (RC) .........                                1                        11      5 hrs.; $188.75 .....................             55 hrs.; $2,076.25.
                                                    Recordkeeping, in Yr. 2 & on-         11 (RC) .........                                1                        11      4 hrs.; $151.00 .....................             44 hrs.; $1,661.00.
                                                      going.
                                                    Increase to FERC–725Z in              .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   143 hrs.; $7,733.77.
                                                      Year 1.
                                                    Increase to FERC–725Z in              .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   66 hrs.; $3,075.38.
                                                      Year 2 and ongoing.
                                                    TOTAL INCREASE IN YEAR                .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   5,853 hrs.; $338,602.57.
                                                      1, Due To Docket No.
                                                      RD17–4.
                                                    TOTAL INCREASE IN YEAR                .......................     ........................   ........................   ...............................................   2,275 hrs.; $117,437.31.
                                                      2 AND ONGOING, Due To
                                                      Docket No. RD17–4.
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                                                      (As of 7/5/2017, the total OMB-                                One entity may be registered as having several
                                                    approved annual burden inventory for                             roles.                                                                         6 The reporting and recordkeeping requirements
                                                                                                                       5 The hourly cost figures, for salary plus benefits,                       and the associated burden will continue in TOP–
                                                                                                                     for the new standards are based on Bureau of Labor                           001–4 (formerly included in TOP–001–3, which is
                                                      4 Our estimates are based on the NERC
                                                                                                                     Statistics (BLS) information (at http://www.bls.gov/                         now being retired). The corresponding estimated
                                                                                                                     oes/current/naics2_22.htm), as of May 2015. For                              burden for the 196 TOPs and BAs continues to be
                                                    Compliance Registry of 12/12/2016, which                         reporting requirements, an electrical engineer (code
                                                    indicates that, within the United States, there are                                                                                           96 hours per response (or a total estimated burden
                                                                                                                     17–2071) is $64.29/hour; for the recordkeeping
                                                    323 entities registered as TOPs, 99 entities                     requirements, an information and record clerk (code                          of 18,816 hours). These burdens continue in FERC–
                                                    registered as BAs, and 11 entities registered as RCs.            43–4199) is $37.75/hour.                                                     725A with no change, so a formal submittal for
                                                                                                                                                                                                  FERC–725A will not be made at this time. The


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                                                    FERC–725A is 1,642,395 hours; the total                     Description: Application of ITC                       Docket Numbers: ER10–2739–015;
                                                    OMB-approved annual burden                               Midwest LLC for Approval of                           ER10–1631–008; ER10–1854–008;
                                                    inventory for FERC–725Z is 49,331                        Acquisition of Assets Pursuant to                     ER10–2743–010; ER10–2744–009;
                                                    hours.11 Because FERC–725A(1C) is a                      Section 203 of the FPA.                               ER10–2751–010; ER10–2755–013;
                                                    new ‘placeholder’ information                               Filed Date: 7/6/17.                                ER11–3320–008; ER11–3321–007;
                                                    collection number, the current                              Accession Number: 20170706–5109.                   ER13–2316–006; ER14–19–007; ER14–
                                                    inventory is 0.)                                            Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/17.                   2548–005; ER16–1652–003; ER16–1732–
                                                      Comments: Comments are invited on:                        Docket Numbers: EC17–137–000.                      002; ER16–2405–002; ER16–2406–002;
                                                    (1) Whether the collections of                              Applicants: Luz Solar Partners Ltd.,               ER17–1946–001; ER17–1947–001;
                                                    information are necessary for the proper                 III, Luz Solar Partners Ltd., IV.                     ER17–1948–001; ER17–989–001; ER17–
                                                    performance of the functions of the                         Description: Application of Luz Solar              990–001; ER17–991–001; ER17–992–
                                                    Commission, including whether the                        Partners Ltd., III, et al. for Authorization          001; ER17–993–001.
                                                    information will have practical utility;                 for Disposition of Jurisdictional                        Applicants: LS Power Marketing, LLC,
                                                    (2) the accuracy of the agency’s                         Facilities and Request for Waivers and                Aurora Generation, LLC, Bath County
                                                    estimates of the burden and cost of the                  Expedited Action.                                     Energy, LLC, Bluegrass Generation
                                                    collections of information, including the                   Filed Date: 7/6/17.                                Company, L.L.C., Chambersburg Energy,
                                                    validity of the methodology and                             Accession Number: 20170706–5138.                   LLC, Doswell Limited Partnership,
                                                    assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/17.                   Helix Ironwood, LLC, Helix Maine
                                                    the quality, utility and clarity of the                     Take notice that the Commission                    Wind Development, LLC, Helix
                                                    information collections; and (4) ways to                 received the following electric rate                  Ravenswood, LLC, Hunlock Energy,
                                                    minimize the burden of the collections                   filings:                                              LLC, Las Vegas Power Company, LLC,
                                                    of information on those who are to                                                                             LifeEnergy, LLC, LSP University Park,
                                                                                                                Docket Numbers: ER10–1838–009;
                                                    respond, including the use of automated                                                                        LLC, Ocean State Power LLC,
                                                                                                             ER10–1852–018; ER10–1857–008;
                                                    collection techniques or other forms of                                                                        Renaissance Power, L.L.C., Riverside
                                                                                                             ER10–1899–009; ER10–1915–008;
                                                    information technology.                                                                                        Generating Company, L.L.C., Rockford
                                                                                                             ER10–1932–008; ER10–1935–008;
                                                      Dated: July 6, 2017.                                   ER10–1951–011; ER10–1963–008;                         Power, LLC, Rockford Power II, LLC,
                                                    Kimberly D. Bose,                                        ER10–1967–009; ER10–1968–009;                         Seneca Generation, LLC, Springdale
                                                    Secretary.                                               ER10–1973–008; ER10–1974–019;                         Energy, LLC, University Park Energy,
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–14908 Filed 7–14–17; 8:45 am]              ER10–1975–020; ER10–1990–009;                         LLC, Wallingford Energy LLC, West
                                                                                                             ER10–1993–009; ER11–4462–027;                         Deptford Energy, LLC, Gans Energy,
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                             ER13–752–008; ER14–1630–006; ER15–                    LLC.
                                                                                                             2601–002; ER15–2602–002; ER17–838–                       Description: Notification of Change in
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                     002.                                                  Status of the LS Northeast MBR Sellers.
                                                                                                                Applicants: Backbone Mountain                         Filed Date: 6/30/17.
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                                Windpower LLC, Bayswater Peaking                         Accession Number: 20170630–5477.
                                                    Commission                                               Facility, LLC, Energy Storage Holdings,                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/21/17.
                                                                                                             LLC, FPL Energy Cape, LLC, FPL Energy                    Docket Numbers: ER11–2292–017;
                                                    Combined Notice of Filings #1                            Illinois Wind, LLC, FPL Energy Wyman,                 ER11–3942–016; ER11–2293–017;
                                                       Take notice that the Commission                       LLC, FPL Energy Wyman IV, LLC,                        ER12–2447–015
                                                    received the following electric corporate                Florida Power & Light Company, Green                     Applicants: Brookfield Energy
                                                    filings:                                                 Mountain Storage, LLC, Jamaica Bay                    Marketing Inc., Brookfield Energy
                                                       Docket Numbers: EC17–136–000.                         Peaking Facility, LLC, Manuta Creek                   Marketing LP, Brookfield Energy
                                                       Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC.                          Solar, LLC, Meyersdale Storage, LLC,                  Marketing US LLC, Brookfield Smoky
                                                                                                             Meyersdale Windpower LLC, Mill Run                    Mountain Hydropower LLC.
                                                    changes are being submitted under ‘placeholder’          Windpower, LLC, NEPM II, LLC,                            Description: Updated Market Power
                                                    information collection no. FERC–725A(1C).                NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC,                        Analysis for the Southeast Region of the
                                                      7 The new requirements and burden which would
                                                                                                             NextEra Energy SeaBrook, LLC, NextEra                 Brookfiled Companies.
                                                    normally be submitted to OMB under FERC–725A                                                                      Filed Date: 6/30/17.
                                                    will be submitted under ‘placeholder’ information
                                                                                                             Energy Services Massachusetts, LLC,
                                                    collection number FERC–725A(1C).                         North Jersey Energy Associates, A                        Accession Number: 20170630–5474.
                                                      8 Requirement R21 (applicable to TOPs in               Limited Partnership, Northeast Energy                    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/17.
                                                    ongoing yrs.) covers quarterly testing and associated    Associates, A Limited Partnership,                       Docket Numbers: ER17–1622–001.
                                                    reporting and recordkeeping requirements.                Somerset Windpower, LLC, Waymart                         Applicants: J. Aron & Company LLC.
                                                    Requirement R24 (applicable to BAs in ongoing
                                                    yrs.) covers quarterly testing and associated            Wind Farm, L.P.                                          Description: Notice of Non-Material
                                                    engineering and recordkeeping requirements.                 Description: Northeast Region                      Change in Status of J. Aron & Company
                                                      9 The reporting and recordkeeping requirements         Triennial Market Power Update of the                  LLC.
                                                    and the associated burden will continue in IRO–          NextEra Companies.                                       Filed Date: 6/30/17.
                                                    002–5 (burden formerly included in IRO–002–4,                                                                     Accession Number: 20170630–5476.
                                                    which is being retired). The corresponding
                                                                                                                Filed Date: 6/30/17.
                                                    estimated burden for the 11 RCs continues to be 24          Accession Number: 20170630–5478.                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/21/17.
                                                    hours per response (or a total estimated burden of          Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/17.                      The filings are accessible in the
                                                    264 hours).
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                                                                                                                Docket Numbers: ER10–2141–017;                     Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                      10 Requirement R3 (applicable to RCs in ongoing
                                                                                                             ER16–2187–002.                                        clicking on the links or querying the
                                                    yrs.) covers quarterly testing and associated
                                                    reporting and recordkeeping requirements.                   Applicants: Grand Ridge Energy V                   docket number.
                                                      11 These figures are the total OMB-approved            LLC, Grand Ridge Energy Storage LLC.                     Any person desiring to intervene or
                                                    inventory, prior to the revisions in Docket No.             Description: Triennial Report of                   protest in any of the above proceedings
                                                    RD17–4. In addition, as of 7/5/2017, there are           Grand Ridge Energy V LLC, et al.                      must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                    proposed revisions pending OMB review for the
                                                    FERC–725A (related to the Notice of Proposed
                                                                                                                Filed Date: 6/30/17.                               and 214 of the Commission’s
                                                    Rulemaking in Docket No. RM16–20) which are not             Accession Number: 20170630–5453.                   Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                                    counted in these OMB-approved inventory figures.            Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/17.                   385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern


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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
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of revised information collections and request for comments.
DatesComments on the FERC-725A(1C) and FERC-725Z are due by August 16, 2017.
ContactEllen Brown may be reached by email at [email protected], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at (202) 273-0873.
FR Citation82 FR 32695 

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