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Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725E, FERC–583,
FERC–512, and FERC–588); Comment
Request
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY:
This subsequent arrangement
will take effect no sooner than August
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–10–000]
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information
collections FERC–725E (Mandatory
Reliability Standards—WECC), FERC–
583 (Annual Kilowatt Generating
Report), FERC–512 (Application for
Preliminary Permit), FERC–588
(Emergency Natural Gas Transportation,
Sale, and Exchange) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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review of the 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. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 19888,
4/2/2014) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments
on the FERC–725E, FERC–583, FERC–
512, or FERC–588 and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by August 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0073 (FERC–512), 1902–0136
(FERC–583), 1902–0144 (FERC–588), or
1902–0246 (FERC–725E) and should be
sent via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs:
oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also
be reached via telephone at 202–395–
4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC14–10–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
https://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: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.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 https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
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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.
FERC–725E, Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Western Electric
Coordinating Council
OMB Control No.: 1902–0246.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725E (OMB Control No.
1902–0246) is required to implement
the statutory provisions of section 215
of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16
U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of the FPA
buttresses the Commission’s efforts to
strengthen the reliability of the
interstate grid through the grant of new
authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards
developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization. Reliability Standards that
the ERO proposes to the Commission
may include Reliability Standards that
are proposed to the ERO by a Regional
Entity.1 A Regional Entity is an entity
that has been approved by the
Commission to enforce Reliability
Standards under delegated authority
from the ERO.2 On June 8, 2008 in an
adjudicatory order, the Commission
approved eight regional Reliability
Standards submitted by the ERO that
were proposed by the Western
Electricity Coordinating Council
(WECC).3
WECC is responsible for coordinating
and promoting electric system
reliability. In addition to promoting a
reliable electric power system in the
Western Interconnection, WECC
supports efficient competitive power
markets, ensures open and nondiscriminatory transmission access
among members, and provides a forum
for resolving transmission access
disputes plus the coordination of
operating and planning activities of its
members.
There are eight Reliability Standards
currently applicable in the WECC
region. These standards generally
require entities to document compliance
with substantive requirements, retain
documentation, and submit reports to
WECC.
• BAL–002–WECC–2 requires
balancing authorities and reserve
sharing groups to document compliance
with the contingency reserve
requirements described in the standard.
• BAL–004–WECC–02 requires
balancing authorities to document that
time error corrections and primary
inadvertent interchange payback were
conducted according the requirements
in the standard.
• FAC–501–WECC–1 requires
transmission owners with certain
transmission paths to have a
transmission maintenance and
inspection plan and to document
maintenance and inspection activities
according to the plan.
• IRO–006–WECC–1 requires
balancing authorities and reliability
coordinators document actions taken to
mitigate unscheduled flow.
• PRC–004–WECC–1 requires
transmission owners, generator owners
and transmission operators to document
their analysis and/or mitigation due to
certain misoperations on major transfer
paths. This standard requires that
documentation be kept for six years.
• TOP–007–WECC–1 requires
transmission operators to document that
when actual flows on major transfer
paths exceed system operating limits
their schedules and actual flows are not
exceeded for longer than a specified
time.
• VAR–002–WECC–1 requires
generator operators and transmission
operators to provide quarterly reports to
the compliance monitor and have
evidence related to their synchronous
generators, synchronous condensers,
and automatic voltage regulators.
• VAR–501–WECC–1 requires
generator operators to provide quarterly
reports to the compliance monitor and
have evidence regarding operation of
their power system stabilizers.
The information generated by these
standards generally serves to ensure
entities are complying with applicable
Reliability Standards.
Type of Respondents: Balancing
authorities, reserve sharing groups,
transmission owners, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as: 4
FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL
Number of
respondents 5
Annual number
of responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours & cost per
response 6
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
(1)
FERC data collection
(2)
(3)
(1)*(2)*(3)
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FERC–725E
Reporting:
Balancing Authorities ................................................................
Generator Operators ................................................................
Transmission Operators applicable to standard VAR–002 7 ....
Transmission Operators that operate qualified transfer paths 8
Transmission Owners that operate qualified transfer paths 9 ..
Reliability Coordinators .............................................................
1 16
U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
3 72 FR 33462, June 18, 2007.
4 The initial public notice did not include the
dollar figures associated with the burden hours
below. The burden hours have not been modified
since the issuance of the initial public notice.
5 Number of respondents derived from the NERC
Compliance Registry as of February 25, 2014.
2 16
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228
86
9
5
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6 The total annual cost is derived from salary
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for three
positions involved in the reporting and recordkeeping associated with this collection. These
figures include salary (https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and other associated benefits
(https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm):
• Manager: $84.72/hour.
• Engineer: $60.70/hour.
• File Clerk: $28.93/hour.
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1
1
4
3
3
1
21, $1,527
10, $727
10, $727
40, $2,908
40, $2,908
1, $73
714, $51,918
2,280, $165,756
3,440, $250,088
1,080, $78,516
600, $43,620
1, $73
This wage for the reporting requirements is an
average of a manager and engineer wages ($72.71).
The wage for recordkeeping requirements is based
on the File Clerk position.
7 Based on estimates in Order 751, Docket No.
RM09–9–000.
8 Based on burden estimates taken from the Order
in Docket No. RR07–11–000 P. 130.
9 Id.
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FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL—Continued
Number of
respondents 5
Annual number
of responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours & cost per
response 6
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
(1)
FERC data collection
(2)
(3)
(1)*(2)*(3)
Reserve Sharing Group ............................................................
3
1
1, $73
3, $219
Total ...................................................................................
............................
............................
............................
8,118, $590,190
.....................................................
Balancing Authorities ................................................
Balancing Authorities (IRO–006) 11 ..........................
Generator Operators ................................................
Transmission Operator (VAR–002) ..........................
Transmission Operator .............................................
Transmission Owner .................................................
Reliability Coordinator 12 ...........................................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
71, $2,054
34, $984
228, $6,596
344, $9,952
108, $3,124
60, $1,736
34, $984
Total ...................................................................
...................................................................................
............................
879, $25,430
Record-keeping 10
FERC–583, Annual Kilowatt Generating
Report (Annual Charges)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0136.
Abstract: The FERC–583 is used by
the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of section 10(e) of
the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
803(e)), which requires the Commission
to collect annual charges from
hydropower licensees for, among other
things, the cost of administering Part I
of the FPA and for the use of United
States dams. In addition, section 3401 of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1986 (OBRA) authorizes the
Commission to ‘‘assess and collect fees
and annual charges in any fiscal year in
amounts equal to all of the costs
incurred by the Commission in that
fiscal year.’’ The information is
collected annually and used to
determine the amounts of the annual
charges to be assessed licensees for
reimbursable government administrative
costs and for the use of government
dams. The Commission implements
these filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
Part 11.
Type of Respondent: FERC-regulated
private and public hydropower
licensees.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–583, ANNUAL KILOWATT GENERATING REPORT
[Annual Charges]
Number of
respondents 13
Annual number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average burden &
cost per response 14
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
517
1
517
2, $141
1,034, $72,897
$141
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FERC–512, Application for Preliminary
Permit
OMB Control No.: 1902–0073.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–512 to
implement the statutory provisions of
sections 4(f), 5 and 7 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA).15 The purpose of
obtaining a preliminary permit is to
maintain priority of the application for
a license for a hydropower facility while
the applicant conducts surveys to
prepare maps, plans, specifications and
estimates; conducts engineering,
economic and environmental feasibility
10 Based on 10% total annual burden hours per
response.
11 Based on record keeping hours for Balancing
Authorities in Order 746 in Docket No. RM09–19–
000 implementing IRO–006–WECC–1.
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studies; and making financial
arrangements. The conditions under
which the priority will be maintained
are set forth in each permit. During the
term of the permit, no other application
for a preliminary permit or application
for a license submitted by another party
can be accepted. The term of the permit
is three years. The information collected
under the designation FERC–512 is in
the form of a written application for a
preliminary permit which is used by
Commission staff to determine an
applicant’s qualifications to hold a
preliminary permit, review the
proposed hydro development for
feasibility and to issue a notice of the
application in order to solicit public and
agency comments. The Commission
implements these mandatory filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 4.31.33, 4.81-.83.
Type of Respondents: Hydropower
facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
12 Based on record keeping hours in Order 746 in
Docket No. RM09–19–000.
13 Based on data from Fiscal Year 2013, there
were 517 projects, owned by 241 FERC-regulated
private and public licensees. Many of the licensees
owned multiple projects.
14 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $70.50 per hour.
15 16 U.S.C. 797, 798, & 800.
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FERC–512: APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PERMIT
Number of
respondents
Annual number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average burden/$ per
response 16
Total annual burden
hours (total annual
cost)
Cost per respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
125
1
125
37,$2,608.50
4,625, $326,062.50
$2,608.50
FERC–588, Emergency Natural Gas
Transportation, Sale, and Exchange
Transportation
OMB Control No.: 1902–0144.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–588 to
implement the statutory provisions of
sections 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) (P.L. 75–688) (15 USC 717–717w)
and provisions of the Natural Gas Policy
Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 USC. 3301–
3432. Under the NGA, a natural gas
company must obtain Commission
approval to engage in the transportation,
sale or exchange of natural gas in
interstate commerce. However, section
7(c) exempts from certificate
requirements ‘‘temporary acts or
operations for which the issuance of a
certificate will not be required in the
public interest.’’ The NGPA also
provides for non-certificated interstate
transactions involving intrastate
pipelines and local distribution
companies.
A temporary operation, or emergency,
is defined as any situation in which an
actual or expected shortage of gas
supply would require an interstate
pipeline company, intrastate pipeline,
local distribution company, or Hinshaw
pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or
provide less than the projected level of
service to the customer. The natural gas
companies which provide the temporary
assistance to the companies which are
having the ‘‘emergency’’ must file the
necessary information described in Part
284, Subpart I of the Commission’s
Regulations with the Commission so
that it may determine if their assisting
transaction/operation qualifies for
exemption. The assisting company may
or may not be under the Commission’s
jurisdiction and if their assisting actions
qualify for the exemption, they will not
become subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction for such actions.
A report within forty-eight hours of
the commencement of the
transportation, sale or exchange, a
request to extend the sixty-day term of
the emergency transportation, if needed,
and a termination report are required.
The data required to be filed for the
forty-eight hour report is specified by 18
CFR 284.270.
Type of Respondents: Natural Gas
Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–588: EMERGENCY NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND EXCHANGE TRANSPORTATION
Number of
respondents
Annual number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average burden/$ per
response 17
Total annual burden
hours (total annual
cost)
Cost per respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
8
1
8
10, $705
80, $5,640
$705
Dated: July 11, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Take notice that on June 27, 2014,
Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute), P.O.
Box 94197, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193–
4197, filed an application in Docket No.
CP14–509–000, pursuant to section 7(c)
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part
157 of the Commission’s regulations, for
authority to construct, and operate
certain pipeline and associated facilities
for its 2015 Elko Area Expansion Project
(Project) located in Elko County,
Nevada. The Project will consist of
construction of approximately 35.2
miles of 8-inch diameter pipeline
extending from a new interconnect with
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. to Paiute’s
existing Elko Lateral near the Elko
Nevada City Gate, all as more fully set
forth in the application, which is on file
with the Commission and open to
public inspection. This filing may also
be viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at
16 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $70.50 per hour.
17 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $70.50 per hour.
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FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Mark
A. Litwin, Vice President/General
Manager, Paiute Pipeline Company, P.O.
Box 94197, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193–
4197 or by calling 702–364–3195.
On October 31, 2013, Commission
staff granted Paiute’s request to use the
pre-filing process and assigned Docket
No. PF14–4–000 to staff activities
involving the project. Now, as of the
filing of this application on June 27,
2014, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for
this project has ended. From this time
forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket No. CP14–509 as
noted in the caption of this Notice.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-10-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725E, FERC-
583, FERC-512, and FERC-588); Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 USC 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information
collections FERC-725E (Mandatory Reliability Standards--WECC), FERC-583
(Annual Kilowatt Generating Report), FERC-512 (Application for
Preliminary Permit), FERC-588 (Emergency Natural Gas Transportation,
Sale, and Exchange) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the 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. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 19888, 4/2/
2014) requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments
on the FERC-725E, FERC-583, FERC-512, or FERC-588 and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 20,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0073 (FERC-512), 1902-0136 (FERC-583), 1902-0144 (FERC-588), or
1902-0246 (FERC-725E) and should be sent via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC14-10-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://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: https://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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the information collection
requirements for all collections described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please note that each collection is
distinct from the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of
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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.
FERC-725E, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western Electric
Coordinating Council
OMB Control No.: 1902-0246.
Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725E (OMB Control
No. 1902-0246) is required to implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section
215 of the FPA buttresses the Commission's efforts to strengthen the
reliability of the interstate grid through the grant of new authority
by providing for a system of mandatory Reliability Standards developed
by the Electric Reliability Organization. Reliability Standards that
the ERO proposes to the Commission may include Reliability Standards
that are proposed to the ERO by a Regional Entity.\1\ A Regional Entity
is an entity that has been approved by the Commission to enforce
Reliability Standards under delegated authority from the ERO.\2\ On
June 8, 2008 in an adjudicatory order, the Commission approved eight
regional Reliability Standards submitted by the ERO that were proposed
by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC).\3\
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\1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
\2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
\3\ 72 FR 33462, June 18, 2007.
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WECC is responsible for coordinating and promoting electric system
reliability. In addition to promoting a reliable electric power system
in the Western Interconnection, WECC supports efficient competitive
power markets, ensures open and non-discriminatory transmission access
among members, and provides a forum for resolving transmission access
disputes plus the coordination of operating and planning activities of
its members.
There are eight Reliability Standards currently applicable in the
WECC region. These standards generally require entities to document
compliance with substantive requirements, retain documentation, and
submit reports to WECC.
BAL-002-WECC-2 requires balancing authorities and reserve
sharing groups to document compliance with the contingency reserve
requirements described in the standard.
BAL-004-WECC-02 requires balancing authorities to document
that time error corrections and primary inadvertent interchange payback
were conducted according the requirements in the standard.
FAC-501-WECC-1 requires transmission owners with certain
transmission paths to have a transmission maintenance and inspection
plan and to document maintenance and inspection activities according to
the plan.
IRO-006-WECC-1 requires balancing authorities and
reliability coordinators document actions taken to mitigate unscheduled
flow.
PRC-004-WECC-1 requires transmission owners, generator
owners and transmission operators to document their analysis and/or
mitigation due to certain misoperations on major transfer paths. This
standard requires that documentation be kept for six years.
TOP-007-WECC-1 requires transmission operators to document
that when actual flows on major transfer paths exceed system operating
limits their schedules and actual flows are not exceeded for longer
than a specified time.
VAR-002-WECC-1 requires generator operators and
transmission operators to provide quarterly reports to the compliance
monitor and have evidence related to their synchronous generators,
synchronous condensers, and automatic voltage regulators.
VAR-501-WECC-1 requires generator operators to provide
quarterly reports to the compliance monitor and have evidence regarding
operation of their power system stabilizers.
The information generated by these standards generally serves to
ensure entities are complying with applicable Reliability Standards.
Type of Respondents: Balancing authorities, reserve sharing groups,
transmission owners, reliability coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as: \4\
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\4\ The initial public notice did not include the dollar figures
associated with the burden hours below. The burden hours have not
been modified since the issuance of the initial public notice.
\5\ Number of respondents derived from the NERC Compliance
Registry as of February 25, 2014.
\6\ The total annual cost is derived from salary figures from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics for three positions involved in the
reporting and record-keeping associated with this collection. These
figures include salary (https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
and other associated benefits (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm):
Manager: $84.72/hour.
Engineer: $60.70/hour.
File Clerk: $28.93/hour.
This wage for the reporting requirements is an average of a
manager and engineer wages ($72.71). The wage for recordkeeping
requirements is based on the File Clerk position.
\7\ Based on estimates in Order 751, Docket No. RM09-9-000.
\8\ Based on burden estimates taken from the Order in Docket No.
RR07-11-000 P. 130.
\9\ Id.
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Total annual
Number of Annual number of Average burden burden hours &
FERC data collection respondents \5\ responses per hours & cost per total annual
respondent response \6\ cost
(1) (2) (3) (1)*(2)*(3)
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FERC-725E
Reporting:
Balancing Authorities............... 34 1 21, $1,527 714, $51,918
Generator Operators................. 228 1 10, $727 2,280, $165,756
Transmission Operators applicable to 86 4 10, $727 3,440, $250,088
standard VAR-002 \7\...............
Transmission Operators that operate 9 3 40, $2,908 1,080, $78,516
qualified transfer paths \8\.......
Transmission Owners that operate 5 3 40, $2,908 600, $43,620
qualified transfer paths \9\.......
Reliability Coordinators............ 1 1 1, $73 1, $73
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Reserve Sharing Group............... 3 1 1, $73 3, $219
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Total........................... ................ ................ ................ 8,118, $590,190
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Record-keeping \10\......................... Balancing Authorities......... ................ 71, $2,054
Balancing Authorities (IRO- ................ 34, $984
006) \11\.
Generator Operators........... ................ 228, $6,596
Transmission Operator (VAR- ................ 344, $9,952
002).
Transmission Operator......... ................ 108, $3,124
Transmission Owner............ ................ 60, $1,736
Reliability Coordinator \12\.. ................ 34, $984
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Total................................... .............................. ................ 879, $25,430
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FERC-583, Annual Kilowatt Generating Report (Annual Charges)
OMB Control No.: 1902-0136.
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\10\ Based on 10% total annual burden hours per response.
\11\ Based on record keeping hours for Balancing Authorities in
Order 746 in Docket No. RM09-19-000 implementing IRO-006-WECC-1.
\12\ Based on record keeping hours in Order 746 in Docket No.
RM09-19-000.
\13\ Based on data from Fiscal Year 2013, there were 517
projects, owned by 241 FERC-regulated private and public licensees.
Many of the licensees owned multiple projects.
\14\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $70.50 per
hour.
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Abstract: The FERC-583 is used by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
(16 U.S.C. 803(e)), which requires the Commission to collect annual
charges from hydropower licensees for, among other things, the cost of
administering Part I of the FPA and for the use of United States dams.
In addition, section 3401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1986 (OBRA) authorizes the Commission to ``assess and collect fees and
annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all of the costs
incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.'' The information is
collected annually and used to determine the amounts of the annual
charges to be assessed licensees for reimbursable government
administrative costs and for the use of government dams. The Commission
implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) under 18 CFR Part 11.
Type of Respondent: FERC-regulated private and public hydropower
licensees.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
FERC-583, Annual Kilowatt Generating Report
[Annual Charges]
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Total annual
Number of Annual number of Total number of Average burden & burden hours & Cost per
respondents \13\ responses per responses cost per response total annual respondent ($)
respondent \14\ cost
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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517 1 517 2, $141 1,034, $72,897 $141
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FERC-512, Application for Preliminary Permit
OMB Control No.: 1902-0073.
Abstract: The Commission uses the information collected under the
requirements of FERC-512 to implement the statutory provisions of
sections 4(f), 5 and 7 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).\15\ The purpose
of obtaining a preliminary permit is to maintain priority of the
application for a license for a hydropower facility while the applicant
conducts surveys to prepare maps, plans, specifications and estimates;
conducts engineering, economic and environmental feasibility studies;
and making financial arrangements. The conditions under which the
priority will be maintained are set forth in each permit. During the
term of the permit, no other application for a preliminary permit or
application for a license submitted by another party can be accepted.
The term of the permit is three years. The information collected under
the designation FERC-512 is in the form of a written application for a
preliminary permit which is used by Commission staff to determine an
applicant's qualifications to hold a preliminary permit, review the
proposed hydro development for feasibility and to issue a notice of the
application in order to solicit public and agency comments. The
Commission implements these mandatory filing requirements in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 4.31-.33, 4.81-.83.
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\15\ 16 U.S.C. 797, 798, & 800.
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Type of Respondents: Hydropower facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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Annual number of Total annual burden
Number of respondents responses per Total number of Average burden/$ per hours (total annual Cost per respondent
respondent responses response \16\ cost) ($)
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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125 1 125 37,$2,608.50 4,625, $326,062.50 $2,608.50
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FERC-588, Emergency Natural Gas Transportation, Sale, and Exchange
Transportation
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\16\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $70.50 per
hour.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0144.
Abstract: The Commission uses the information collected under the
requirements of FERC-588 to implement the statutory provisions of
sections 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (P.L. 75-688) (15 USC 717-
717w) and provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15
USC. 3301-3432. Under the NGA, a natural gas company must obtain
Commission approval to engage in the transportation, sale or exchange
of natural gas in interstate commerce. However, section 7(c) exempts
from certificate requirements ``temporary acts or operations for which
the issuance of a certificate will not be required in the public
interest.'' The NGPA also provides for non-certificated interstate
transactions involving intrastate pipelines and local distribution
companies.
A temporary operation, or emergency, is defined as any situation in
which an actual or expected shortage of gas supply would require an
interstate pipeline company, intrastate pipeline, local distribution
company, or Hinshaw pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or provide
less than the projected level of service to the customer. The natural
gas companies which provide the temporary assistance to the companies
which are having the ``emergency'' must file the necessary information
described in Part 284, Subpart I of the Commission's Regulations with
the Commission so that it may determine if their assisting transaction/
operation qualifies for exemption. The assisting company may or may not
be under the Commission's jurisdiction and if their assisting actions
qualify for the exemption, they will not become subject to the
Commission's jurisdiction for such actions.
A report within forty-eight hours of the commencement of the
transportation, sale or exchange, a request to extend the sixty-day
term of the emergency transportation, if needed, and a termination
report are required. The data required to be filed for the forty-eight
hour report is specified by 18 CFR 284.270.
Type of Respondents: Natural Gas Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\17\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $70.50 per
hour.
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Total annual
Number of Annual number of Total number of Average burden/$ burden hours Cost per
respondents responses per responses per response \17\ (total annual respondent ($)
respondent cost)
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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8 1 8 10, $705 80, $5,640 $705
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Dated: July 11, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-17044 Filed 7-18-14; 8:45 am]
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