83 FR 5255 - Commission Information Collection Activities; (FERC-917 & FERC-918) Comment Request; Extension
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 25 (February 6, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 25 (February 6, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-02323 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 5255-5257] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02323] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. IC18-5-000] Commission Information Collection Activities; (FERC-917 & FERC- 918) Comment Request; Extension AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Notice of information collections and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the information collections, FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) and FERC-918 (Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities, both under OMB Control No. 1902-0233. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due April 9, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC18-5- 000) by either of the following methods:eFiling at Commission's website: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY. Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 273-0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) and FERC-918 (Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities. OMB Control No.: 1902-0233. Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-917 and FERC-918 information collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting requirements. Abstract: On February 17, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 890 to address and remedy opportunities for undue discrimination under the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) adopted in 1996 by Order No. 888.\1\ Through Order No. 890, the Commission: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non- discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar. 14, 1997), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C, 82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (DC Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Adopted pro forma OATT provisions necessary to keep imbalance charges closely related to incremental costs; (2) Increased nondiscriminatory access to the grid by requiring public utilities, working through the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), to develop consistent methodologies for available transfer capability (ATC) calculation and to publish those methodologies to increase transparency. (3) Required an open, transparent, and coordinated transmission planning process thereby increasing the ability of customers to access new generating resources and promote efficient utilization of transmission. (4) Gave the right to customers to request from transmission providers, studies addressing congestion and/or integration of new resource loads in areas of the transmission system where they have encountered transmission problems due to congestion or where they believe upgrades and other investments may be necessary to reduce congestion and to integrate new resources. (5) Required both the transmission provider's merchant function and network customers to include a statement with each application for network service or to designate a new network resource that attests, for each network resource identified, that the transmission customer owns or has committed to purchase the designated network resource and the designated network resource comports with the requirements for designated network resources. The network customer includes this attestation in the customer's comment section of the request when it confirms the request on the Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS). (6) Required with regard to capacity reassignment that: (a) All sales or assignments of capacity be conducted through or otherwise posted on the transmission provider's OASIS on or before the date the reassigned service commences; (b) assignees of transmission capacity execute a service agreement prior to the date on which the reassigned service commences; and (c) transmission providers aggregate and summarize in an electric quarterly report the data contained in these service agreements. (7) Adopted an operational penalties annual filing that provides information regarding the penalty revenue the transmission provider has received and distributed. (8) Required creditworthiness information to be included in a transmission provider's OATT. Attachment L must specify the qualitative and quantitative criteria that the transmission provider uses to determine the level of secured and unsecured credit required. The Commission required a NERC/NAESB \2\ team to draft and review Order No. 890 reliability standards and business practices. The team was to solicit comment from each utility on developed standards and practices and utilities were to implement each, after Commission approval. Public utilities, working through NERC, were to revise reliability standards to require the exchange of data and coordination among transmission providers and, working through NAESB, were to develop complementary business practices. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ NAESB is the North American Energy Standards Board. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Required OASIS postings included: (1) Explanations for changes in ATC values; (2) Capacity benefit margin (CBM) reevaluations and quarterly postings; (3) OASIS metrics and accepted/denied requests; [[Page 5256]] (4) Planning redispatch offers and reliability redispatch data; (5) Curtailment data; (6) Planning and system impact studies; (7) Metrics for system impact studies; (8) All rules. Incorporating the Order No. 890 standards into the Commission's regulations benefits wholesale electric customers by streamlining utility business practices, transactional processes, and OASIS procedures, and by adopting a formal ongoing process for reviewing and upgrading the Commission's OASIS standards and other electric industry business practices. These practices and procedures benefit from the implementation of generic industry standards. The Commission's Order No. 890 regulations can be found in 18 CFR 35.28 (pro forma tariff requirements), and 37.6 and 37.7 (OASIS requirements). Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the current FERC-917 and FERC-918 (Order No. 890) reporting requirements, with no change to the existing requirements. Burden Statement: The FERC-917 and FERC-918 information collections are both approved under the OMB Control Number 1902-0233. The estimated annual public reporting burdens for FERC-917 (requirements in 18 CFR 35.28) and FERC-918 (requirements in 18 CFR 37.6 and 37.7) are reduced from the original estimates made three years ago. The reductions are due to the incorporation and completion of: (1) One-time pro forma tariff and standards changes by utilities in existence at that time, which would not be needed unless the tariff and/or standards are changed again; and (2) completed development and comment solicitation of the required NERC/NAESB reliability standards and business practices. The other activities are annual ongoing requirements. The estimated annual figures follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Average Annual Number Number of burden \3\ Total annual FERC information collection of reponses per hours per burden hours respondents respondent response (1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 CFR 35.28 (FERC-917) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conforming tariff changes....................... 0 0 0 0 Revision of Imbalance Charges................... 0 0 0 0 ATC revisions................................... 0 0 0 0 Planning (Attachment K)......................... 134 1 100 13,400 Congestion studies.............................. 134 1 300 40,200 Attestation of network resource commitment...... 134 1 1 134 Capacity reassignment........................... 134 1 100 13,400 Operational Penalty annual filing............... 134 1 10 1,340 Creditworthiness--include criteria in the tariff 0 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------- FERC-917--Sub Total Part 35................. .............. .............. .............. 68,474 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 CFR 37.6 & 37.7 (FERC-918) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATC-related standards: NERC/NAESB Team to develop.................. 0 0 0 0 Review and comment by utility............... 0 0 0 0 Implementation by each utility.............. 0 0 0 0 Mandatory data exchanges........................ 134 1 80 10,720 Explanation of change of ATC values............. 134 1 100 13,400 Reevaluate CBM and post quarterly............... 134 1 20 2,680 Post OASIS metrics; requests accepted/denied.... 134 1 90 12,060 Post planning redispatch offers and reliability 134 1 20 2,680 redispatch data................................ Post curtailment data........................... 134 1 10 1,340 Post Planning and System Impact Studies......... 134 1 5 670 Posting of metrics for System Impact Studies.... 134 1 100 13,400 Post all rules to OASIS......................... 134 1 5 670 FERC-918--Recordkeeping Requirements............ 134 1 40 5,360 --------------------------------------------------------------- FERC-918 -Sub Total of Part 37 Reporting .............. .............. .............. 57,620 Requirements............................... --------------------------------------------------------------- FERC-918--Sub Total of Reporting and .............. .............. .............. 62,980 Recordkeeping Requirements............. --------------------------------------------------------------- Total FERC-917 and FERC-918 (Part 35 + Part .............. .............. .............. 131,454 37, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements).............................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total combined annual burden for FERC-917 and FERC-918 is 131,454 hours (126,094 reporting hours + 5,360 recordkeeping hours). This is a reduction of 28,300 hours from the combined FERC-917 and FERC-918 burden OMB previously approved. [[Page 5257]] Total combined estimated annual cost for FERC-917 and FERC-918 is $131,454 \4\. This includes: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Commission staff thinks that the average respondent for this collection is similarly situated to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. Based upon FERC's 2017 annual average of $158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is $76.50/hour. (1) Reporting costs of $10,339,708; \5\ (126,094 hours @$82.00 an hour (average cost of attorney ($143.68 per hour), consulting ($89.00), management Analyst ($63.49), and administrative support ($40.89)) and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ This wage figure uses the weighted hourly average wage (plus benefits) for Legal (Occupation Code: 23-0000), management, scientific, and consulting (Occupation Code: 11-0000), management analyst (Occupation Code: 13-1111), Administrative Support (43-0000) and File Clerk (Occupation Code: 43-4071) obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Uses the hourly average wage (plus benefits) for file clerks obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: $32.74/hour (BLS Occupation Code: 43-4071). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Recordkeeping (labor and storage) costs of $7,575,486.40; (labor = $175,486.40; 5,360 hours x $32.74/hour \7\ (file/record clerk @$32.74 an hour) and off-site storage costs = $7,400,000; (8,000 sq. ft. x $925/sq. ft.). The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining, disclosing, and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; (4) training personnel to respond to the collections of information; (5) searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collections of information; and (7) transmitting or otherwise disclosing the information. The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than any one particular function or activity. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 estimate of the burden of the proposed collections of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Dated: January 31, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-02323 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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verbal public comments. Members of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: network customers to include a
the public who have requested to make Ellen Brown may be reached by email statement with each application for
a verbal comment and whose comments at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone network service or to designate a new
have been deemed relevant under the at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– network resource that attests, for each
process described above, will be allotted 0873. network resource identified, that the
no more than three (3) minutes during SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: transmission customer owns or has
this period, and will be invited to speak Title: FERC–917 (Electric committed to purchase the designated
in the order in which their requests Transmission Facilities) and FERC–918 network resource and the designated
were received by the DFO and ADFO. (Standards for Business Practices and network resource comports with the
Communication Protocols for Public requirements for designated network
Brenda S. Bowen,
Utilities. resources. The network customer
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. OMB Control No.: 1902–0233. includes this attestation in the
[FR Doc. 2018–02298 Filed 2–5–18; 8:45 am] Type of Request: Three-year extension customer’s comment section of the
BILLING CODE 3720–58–P of the FERC–917 and FERC–918 request when it confirms the request on
information collection requirements the Open Access Same-Time
with no changes to the current reporting Information System (OASIS).
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY requirements. (6) Required with regard to capacity
Abstract: On February 17, 2007, the reassignment that: (a) All sales or
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 890 to assignments of capacity be conducted
Commission address and remedy opportunities for through or otherwise posted on the
undue discrimination under the pro transmission provider’s OASIS on or
[Docket Nos. IC18–5–000]
forma Open Access Transmission Tariff before the date the reassigned service
Commission Information Collection (OATT) adopted in 1996 by Order No. commences; (b) assignees of
Activities; (FERC–917 & FERC–918) 888.1 Through Order No. 890, the transmission capacity execute a service
Comment Request; Extension Commission: agreement prior to the date on which
(1) Adopted pro forma OATT
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory the reassigned service commences; and
provisions necessary to keep imbalance
Commission, DOE. (c) transmission providers aggregate and
charges closely related to incremental
summarize in an electric quarterly
ACTION: Notice of information costs;
(2) Increased nondiscriminatory report the data contained in these
collections and request for comments.
access to the grid by requiring public service agreements.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the utilities, working through the North (7) Adopted an operational penalties
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the American Electric Reliability annual filing that provides information
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Corporation (NERC), to develop regarding the penalty revenue the
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting consistent methodologies for available transmission provider has received and
public comment on the information transfer capability (ATC) calculation distributed.
collections, FERC–917 (Electric and to publish those methodologies to (8) Required creditworthiness
Transmission Facilities) and FERC–918 increase transparency. information to be included in a
(Standards for Business Practices and (3) Required an open, transparent, and transmission provider’s OATT.
Communication Protocols for Public coordinated transmission planning Attachment L must specify the
Utilities, both under OMB Control No. process thereby increasing the ability of qualitative and quantitative criteria that
1902–0233. customers to access new generating the transmission provider uses to
DATES: Comments on the collection of resources and promote efficient determine the level of secured and
information are due April 9, 2018. utilization of transmission. unsecured credit required.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (4) Gave the right to customers to The Commission required a NERC/
(identified by Docket No. IC18–5–000) request from transmission providers, NAESB 2 team to draft and review Order
by either of the following methods: studies addressing congestion and/or No. 890 reliability standards and
• eFiling at Commission’s website: integration of new resource loads in business practices. The team was to
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ areas of the transmission system where solicit comment from each utility on
efiling.asp. they have encountered transmission developed standards and practices and
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: problems due to congestion or where utilities were to implement each, after
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, they believe upgrades and other Commission approval. Public utilities,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First investments may be necessary to reduce working through NERC, were to revise
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. congestion and to integrate new reliability standards to require the
Instructions: All submissions must be resources. exchange of data and coordination
formatted and filed in accordance with (5) Required both the transmission among transmission providers and,
submission guidelines at: http:// provider’s merchant function and working through NAESB, were to
www.ferc.gov/help/submission- develop complementary business
1 Promoting Wholesale Competition Through
guide.asp. For user assistance contact practices.
Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission
FERC Online Support by email at Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Required OASIS postings included:
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, (1) Explanations for changes in ATC
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC values;
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Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh’g, Order
502–8659 for TTY. No. 888–A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar. 14, 1997), FERC
(2) Capacity benefit margin (CBM)
Docket: Users interested in receiving Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order reevaluations and quarterly postings;
automatic notification of activity in this No. 888–B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g, (3) OASIS metrics and accepted/
docket or in viewing/downloading Order No. 888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d denied requests;
in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access
comments and issuances in this docket Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (DC Cir.
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- 2000), aff’d sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 2 NAESB is the North American Energy Standards
filing/docs-filing.asp. 1 (2002). Board.
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Total combined estimated annual cost collections of information, including the • Mail: Document Control Office
for FERC–917 and FERC–918 is validity of the methodology and (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention
$131,454 4. This includes: assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental
(1) Reporting costs of $10,339,708; 5 the quality, utility and clarity of the Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
(126,094 hours @$82.00 an hour (average cost information to be collected; and (4) Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
of attorney ($143.68 per hour), consulting ways to minimize the burden of the • Hand Delivery: To make special
($89.00), management Analyst ($63.49), and collections of information on those who arrangements for hand delivery or
administrative support ($40.89)) and are to respond, including the use of delivery of boxed information, please
(2) Recordkeeping (labor and storage) costs appropriate automated, electronic, follow the instructions at http://
of $7,575,486.40; (labor = $175,486.40; 5,360 mechanical, or other technological
hours × $32.74/hour 7 (file/record clerk @ www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
$32.74 an hour) and off-site storage costs =
collection techniques or other forms of Additional instructions on
$7,400,000; (8,000 sq. ft. × $925/sq. ft.). information technology, e.g., permitting commenting or visiting the docket,
electronic submission of responses. along with more information about
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources Dated: January 31, 2018. dockets generally, is available at http://
expended to generate, maintain, retain, Kimberly D. Bose, www.epa.gov/dockets.
disclose, or provide the information Secretary. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
including: (1) Reviewing instructions; [FR Doc. 2018–02323 Filed 2–5–18; 8:45 am] technical information contact: Ron
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Carlson, Information Management
utilizing technology and systems for the Division (7407M), Office of Pollution
purposes of collecting, validating, Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
verifying, processing, maintaining, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
disclosing, and providing information; AGENCY Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to telephone number: (202) 564–8631;
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0320; FRL–9970–37]
comply with any previously applicable email address: carlson.ron@epa.gov.
instructions and requirements; (4) Agency Information Collection For general information contact: The
training personnel to respond to the Activities; Proposed Renewal of an TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
collections of information; (5) searching Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
data sources; (6) completing and 1741.08); Comment Request 14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
reviewing the collections of 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
information; and (7) transmitting or AGENCY: Environmental Protection epa.gov.
otherwise disclosing the information. Agency (EPA).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The estimate of cost for respondents ACTION: Notice.
is based upon salaries for professional I. What information is EPA particularly
and clerical support, as well as direct SUMMARY: In compliance with the interested in?
and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
document announces that EPA is Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
include all costs directly attributable to
planning to submit an Information (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA
providing this information, such as
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of specifically solicits comments and
administrative costs and the cost for
Management and Budget (OMB). The information to enable it to:
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an ICR, entitled: ‘‘Correction of 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
organization in support of its mission. Misreported Chemical Substances on collection of information is necessary
These costs apply to activities which the TSCA Inventory’’ and identified by for the proper performance of the
benefit the whole organization rather EPA ICR No. 1741.08 and OMB Control functions of the Agency, including
than any one particular function or No. 2070–0145, represents the renewal whether the information will have
activity. of an existing ICR that is scheduled to practical utility.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether expire on June 30, 2018. Before 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
the proposed collections of information submitting the ICR to OMB for review Agency’s estimates of the burden of the
are necessary for the proper and approval, EPA is soliciting proposed collection of information,
performance of the functions of the comments on specific aspects of the including the validity of the
Commission, including whether the proposed information collection that is methodology and assumptions used.
information will have practical utility; summarized in this document. The ICR 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate and accompanying material are clarity of the information to be
of the burden of the proposed available in the docket for public review collected.
and comment. 4. Minimize the burden of the
4 The Commission staff thinks that the average DATES: Comments must be received on collection of information on those who
respondent for this collection is similarly situated or before April 9, 2018. are to respond, including through the
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. use of appropriate automated electronic,
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Based upon FERC’s 2017 annual average of
$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average identified by docket identification (ID) mechanical, or other technological
hourly cost is $76.50/hour. number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0320, by collection techniques or other forms of
6 This wage figure uses the weighted hourly
one of the following methods: information technology, e.g., permitting
average wage (plus benefits) for Legal (Occupation • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// electronic submission of responses. In
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Code: 23–0000), management, scientific, and
consulting (Occupation Code: 11–0000),
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online particular, EPA is requesting comments
management analyst (Occupation Code: 13–1111), instructions for submitting comments. from very small businesses (those that
Administrative Support (43–0000) and File Clerk Do not submit electronically any employ less than 25) on examples of
(Occupation Code: 43–4071) obtained from the information you consider to be specific additional efforts that EPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Uses the hourly average
wage (plus benefits) for file clerks obtained from the
Confidential Business Information (CBI) could make to reduce the paperwork
Bureau of Labor Statistics: $32.74/hour (BLS or other information whose disclosure is burden for very small businesses
Occupation Code: 43–4071). restricted by statute. affected by this collection.
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