Proposed Agency Information Collection, 54696-54698 [2014-21742]

Download as PDF 54696 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 2014 / Notices The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s draft document Energy Sector Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guidance (Guidance). The document is available for a 30 day comment period at https://energy.gov/ node/942856. DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 14, 2014. ADDRESSES: Comments to be submitted electronically must be submitted through the Email address Cyber.Framework@hq.doe.gov using the submission form at https://energy.gov/ node/942856. Written comments may be submitted to Akhlesh Kaushiva, Program Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Akhlesh Kaushiva, Program Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 at Cyber.Framework@hq.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the release of the Cybersecurity Framework by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on February 12, 2014, DOE has collaborated with private sector stakeholders through the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) and the Oil & Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC) forums for the development of the draft Guidance. The DOE, through a notice published in Federal Register on June 20, 2014, requested energy sector organizations to participate in the ESCC and ONG SCC forums. The DOE has also been coordinating with other Sector Specific Agency (SSA) representatives and interested government stakeholders for the development of the draft Guidance and to address cross-sector overlaps. The primary goal of the document is to help energy sector stakeholders develop or align existing cybersecurity risk management programs to meet the objectives of the Cybersecurity Framework. The document will also help energy sector organizations effectively demonstrate and communicate their cybersecurity risk management approach and use of the Framework to both internal and external stakeholders. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Authority: Section 8 (b) Executive Order 13636 ‘‘Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity’’. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:58 Sep 11, 2014 Jkt 232001 Issued at Washington, DC, on September 8, 2014. Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2014–21840 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah Department of Energy. Notice of Open Meeting: Correction. AGENCY: ACTION: On August 14, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on September 11, 2014 of the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah (79 FR 47632). This document makes a correction to that notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Woodard, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, Department of Energy Paducah Site Office, 1017 Majestic Drive, Suite 200, Lexington, Kentucky 40513, (270) 441–6820. SUMMARY: Correction In the Federal Register of August 14, 2014, in FR Doc. 2014–19307, on page 47632, please make the following correction: In that notice under DATES, third column, second paragraph, the meeting date has been changed. The new date is September 25, 2014 instead of September 11, 2014. Issued at Washington, DC, on September 8, 2014. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2014–21841 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RD14–4–000] Proposed Agency Information Collection Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Comment Request. AGENCY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FERC) is submitting the information collection in Docket No. RD14–4–000 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 issued a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 36498, 6/27/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in response to that notice and has made this notation in its submission to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 14, 2014. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the docket number, 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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14–4–000, by either of the following methods: • eFiling at Commission’s Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. • Mail/Hand Delivery: 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, telephone at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection in Docket No. RD14–4–000 relates to a proposed revision to the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT) group of Reliability Standards, developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and submitted to the Commission for E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 2014 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES approval. The proposed revision modifies the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability Standards in response to Commission directives in Order No. 693,1 as well as some other clarifying revisions relating to the ten revised definitions and four new definitions to be added to the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary). One of the revised definitions leads some entities under Reliability Standard IRO–008–1 to perform additional paperwork tasks. The existing information collection requirements contained in the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination, and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination groups of Reliability Standards are contained in FERC–725A (OMB Control Number 1902–0244). The Commission is submitting the new information collection requirements to OMB under new collections FERC–725W (for the new burden under INT–011–1) and FERC–725Z (for the new burden under IRO–008–1).2 On March 16, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 693, approving 83 of the 107 Reliability Standards and associated definitions filed by NERC, including the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination group of Reliability Standards INT–001, INT–003, INT–004, INT–005, INT–006, INT–007, INT–008, INT–009, and INT–010.3 In Order No. 693, the Commission directed NERC to make changes through the Reliability Standards development process to address certain directives. Specifically, the Commission directed NERC to: (1) Develop a modification to INT–001–2 that includes a requirement that interchange information must be submitted for all point-to-point transfers entirely within a balancing authority area, including all grandfathered and ‘‘non-Order No. 888’’ transfers; and (2) to develop a modification to INT–006– 1 through the Reliability Standards development process to make the standard applicable to reliability coordinators and transmission operators, and require reliability 1 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242, at PP 819, 821, 843, 848, 872, 875 & 887, order on reh’g, Order No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). 2 In the initial notice the Commission stated that the new information collection would be under FERC–725A. However, to increase administrative efficiency, the Commission will submit the new requirements to OMB under FERC–725W and FERC–725Z. 3 Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶31,242 at PP 814–887. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:58 Sep 11, 2014 Jkt 232001 coordinators and transmission operators to review energy interchange transactions from the wide-area and local area reliability viewpoints respectively and, where their review indicates a potential detrimental reliability impact, communicate to the sink balancing authorities necessary transaction modifications. In its February 27, 2014 petition, NERC seeks Commission approval of proposed revisions to the currently effective Reliability Standards, as well as one new Reliability Standard to address the Commission’s directives. NERC asserts that, collectively, the five proposed Reliability Standards, consisting of fourteen requirements, consolidate the body of Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability Standards. In its petition, NERC also seeks approval for the retirement of the currently effective Reliability Standards.4 NERC also seeks approval of ten revised definitions and four new definitions to be added to the NERC Glossary. NERC proposes to add the term ‘‘Interchange’’ to the existing definition for ‘‘Operational Planning Analysis.’’ 5 NERC States that ‘‘by explicitly including ‘Interchange’ in the definition of ‘Operational Planning Analysis,’ the Reliability Coordinator must consider Interchange when performing the analysis required in Reliability Standard IRO–008–1.’’ 6 Therefore, the estimates for this information collection are based on the proposed modifications. The Commission estimates a modest increase in information collection and reporting that would result from implementing NERC’s proposed revision to the NERC Glossary definition of ‘‘Operational Planning Analysis’’ and new proposed Reliability Standard INT– 011–1. The estimate reflects NERC’s proposal to include a requirement that interchange information must be submitted for all point-to-point transfers entirely within a balancing authority area, including all grandfathered and ‘‘non-Order No. 888’’ transfers; and NERC’s alternative proposal to address the Commission’s concern regarding INT–006–1, as described above. NERC explains that ‘‘by explicitly including ‘Interchange’ in the definition of ‘Operational Planning Analysis,’ the Reliability Coordinator must consider 4 NERC Petition at 4. is defined in the NERC Glossary as ‘‘Energy transfers that cross Balancing Authority Boundaries. 6 NERC Petition at 32. 5 ‘‘Interchange’’ PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54697 Interchange when performing the analysis required in Reliability Standard IRO–008–1.’’ 7 These administrative burdens fall into three categories of ‘‘Submit Interchange Information,’’ ‘‘Communicate Transaction Modification’’ and ‘‘Submit a Request for Interchange’’ as described in NERC’s petition.8 NERC’s technical justification has shown that when the results of reliability coordinator studies indicate the need for action, the reliability coordinator is required to share the results per Requirement R3 of Reliability Standard IRO–008–1. NERC explains that because energy transfers within a balancing authority area that use point-to-point transmission service can impact transmission congestion, proposed Reliability Standard INT–011– 1 ensures that these transfers are communicated and accounted for in congestion management procedures. If a transfer within a balancing authority area is submitted as a request for interchange or otherwise accounted for in congestion management procedures, it can be evaluated and processed comparable to a request for interchange that crosses balancing authority areas.9 Accordingly, we estimate an increase of one hour needed for ‘‘Submit Interchange Information’’ for balancing authorities, ‘‘Communicate Transaction Modification’’ for the reliability coordinators, and ‘‘Submit a Request for Interchange’’ for the load-serving entities, respectively. With respect to the proposed revisions and retirement of the currently-effective Reliability Standards, the Commission estimates no material change in information collection because the consolidation of the standards does not impact the paperwork burden. Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this proposed collection is estimated as: 7 NERC Petition at 32. Petition, Exhibit E at 1–2. 9 NERC Petition at 22. 10 The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * XX per Hour = Average Cost per Response. The estimates for cost per hour (rounded to the nearest dollar) are derived as follows: • $60/hour, the average salary plus benefits per engineer (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https:// bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm) • $82/hour, the salary plus benefits per manager (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/ oes/current/naics3_221000.htm) • $32/hour, the salary plus benefits per information and record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/ naics3_221000.htm). 8 NERC E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1 54698 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 2014 / Notices FERC–725A Number and type of respondents Annual number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden & cost per response 10 Total annual burden hours & total annual cost Cost per respondent ($) (1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)÷(1) Submit Interchange Information. Communicate Transaction Modification. Submit Request for Interchange, (INT–011–1). Evidence Retention ............. 114, Balancing authority (BA). 21, Reliability coordinator (RC). 502, Load-serving entity (LSE). 637, BA/RC/LSE ................ Total ............................. ............................................. Dated: September 5, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21742 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13135–004] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: License for Major Project-Existing Dam. b. Project No.: P–13135–004. c. Date filed: August 26, 2014. d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New York. e. Name of Project: Delta Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the East Branch of the Mohawk River, in the Town of Rome, Oneida County, NY. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael P. Manning, Mayor, City of Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518–270–3815, Email: mikemanning@ watervliet.com; or Mark Gleason, General Manager, City of Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518–270–3800x122, Email: mgleason@ watervliet.com; or Wendy Jo Carey, P.E., Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205, VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:58 Sep 11, 2014 Jkt 232001 52 5,928 1, $60 12 252 1, $60 12 6,024 1, $60 1 637 1, $32 ........................ 12,841 ........................ Phone: 518–456–7712x401 Email: wendy@albanyengineering.com. i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett, Phone: (202) 502–8393, Email: brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Pursuant to 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: October 25, 2014. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5,928, $355,680 252, $15,120 $3,120 6,024, $361,440 637, $20,384 720 720 32 12,841, $752,624 NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–13135–004. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing 1,016-foot-long, 76foot-high Delta dam, owned by the New York State Canal Corporation; (2) an existing impoundment having a surface area of 2,700 acres and a storage capacity of 63,200 acre-feet at the spillway crest elevation of 551.37 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988; (3) a new 40-foot-diameter cylindrical powerhouse containing one turbinegenerator unit with a total installed capacity of 7.4 megawatts; (4) a new 17,000-foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt underground generator lead; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project would generate about 14,100 megawatthours of electricity annually. o. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site 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 Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. You may also register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54696-54698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21742]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD14-4-000]

Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information
collection in Docket No. RD14-4-000 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 issued a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 36498, 6/
27/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in
response to that notice and has made this notation in its submission to
OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 14,
2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the docket number,
should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oirasubmission@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 Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14-4-000, by
either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery: 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, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection in
Docket No. RD14-4-000 relates to a proposed revision to the Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination (INT) group of Reliability Standards,
developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC), and submitted to the Commission for

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approval. The proposed revision modifies the Interchange Scheduling and
Coordination Reliability Standards in response to Commission directives
in Order No. 693,\1\ as well as some other clarifying revisions
relating to the ten revised definitions and four new definitions to be
added to the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards
(NERC Glossary). One of the revised definitions leads some entities
under Reliability Standard IRO-008-1 to perform additional paperwork
tasks. The existing information collection requirements contained in
the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination, and Interconnection
Reliability Operations and Coordination groups of Reliability Standards
are contained in FERC-725A (OMB Control Number 1902-0244). The
Commission is submitting the new information collection requirements to
OMB under new collections FERC-725W (for the new burden under INT-011-
1) and FERC-725Z (for the new burden under IRO-008-1).\2\
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\1\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System,
Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,242, at PP 819, 821, 843, 848, 872, 875 & 887, order on reh'g,
Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 (2007).
\2\ In the initial notice the Commission stated that the new
information collection would be under FERC-725A. However, to
increase administrative efficiency, the Commission will submit the
new requirements to OMB under FERC-725W and FERC-725Z.
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On March 16, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 693, approving
83 of the 107 Reliability Standards and associated definitions filed by
NERC, including the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination group of
Reliability Standards INT-001, INT-003, INT-004, INT-005, INT-006, INT-
007, INT-008, INT-009, and INT-010.\3\ In Order No. 693, the Commission
directed NERC to make changes through the Reliability Standards
development process to address certain directives. Specifically, the
Commission directed NERC to: (1) Develop a modification to INT-001-2
that includes a requirement that interchange information must be
submitted for all point-to-point transfers entirely within a balancing
authority area, including all grandfathered and ``non-Order No. 888''
transfers; and (2) to develop a modification to INT-006-1 through the
Reliability Standards development process to make the standard
applicable to reliability coordinators and transmission operators, and
require reliability coordinators and transmission operators to review
energy interchange transactions from the wide-area and local area
reliability viewpoints respectively and, where their review indicates a
potential detrimental reliability impact, communicate to the sink
balancing authorities necessary transaction modifications.
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\3\ Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ]31,242 at PP 814-887.
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In its February 27, 2014 petition, NERC seeks Commission approval
of proposed revisions to the currently effective Reliability Standards,
as well as one new Reliability Standard to address the Commission's
directives. NERC asserts that, collectively, the five proposed
Reliability Standards, consisting of fourteen requirements, consolidate
the body of Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability
Standards. In its petition, NERC also seeks approval for the retirement
of the currently effective Reliability Standards.\4\ NERC also seeks
approval of ten revised definitions and four new definitions to be
added to the NERC Glossary. NERC proposes to add the term
``Interchange'' to the existing definition for ``Operational Planning
Analysis.'' \5\ NERC States that ``by explicitly including
`Interchange' in the definition of `Operational Planning Analysis,' the
Reliability Coordinator must consider Interchange when performing the
analysis required in Reliability Standard IRO-008-1.'' \6\ Therefore,
the estimates for this information collection are based on the proposed
modifications.
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\4\ NERC Petition at 4.
\5\ ``Interchange'' is defined in the NERC Glossary as ``Energy
transfers that cross Balancing Authority Boundaries.
\6\ NERC Petition at 32.
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The Commission estimates a modest increase in information
collection and reporting that would result from implementing NERC's
proposed revision to the NERC Glossary definition of ``Operational
Planning Analysis'' and new proposed Reliability Standard INT-011-1.
The estimate reflects NERC's proposal to include a requirement that
interchange information must be submitted for all point-to-point
transfers entirely within a balancing authority area, including all
grandfathered and ``non-Order No. 888'' transfers; and NERC's
alternative proposal to address the Commission's concern regarding INT-
006-1, as described above.
NERC explains that ``by explicitly including `Interchange' in the
definition of `Operational Planning Analysis,' the Reliability
Coordinator must consider Interchange when performing the analysis
required in Reliability Standard IRO-008-1.'' \7\ These administrative
burdens fall into three categories of ``Submit Interchange
Information,'' ``Communicate Transaction Modification'' and ``Submit a
Request for Interchange'' as described in NERC's petition.\8\ NERC's
technical justification has shown that when the results of reliability
coordinator studies indicate the need for action, the reliability
coordinator is required to share the results per Requirement R3 of
Reliability Standard IRO-008-1. NERC explains that because energy
transfers within a balancing authority area that use point-to-point
transmission service can impact transmission congestion, proposed
Reliability Standard INT-011-1 ensures that these transfers are
communicated and accounted for in congestion management procedures. If
a transfer within a balancing authority area is submitted as a request
for interchange or otherwise accounted for in congestion management
procedures, it can be evaluated and processed comparable to a request
for interchange that crosses balancing authority areas.\9\
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\7\ NERC Petition at 32.
\8\ NERC Petition, Exhibit E at 1-2.
\9\ NERC Petition at 22.
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Accordingly, we estimate an increase of one hour needed for
``Submit Interchange Information'' for balancing authorities,
``Communicate Transaction Modification'' for the reliability
coordinators, and ``Submit a Request for Interchange'' for the load-
serving entities, respectively. With respect to the proposed revisions
and retirement of the currently-effective Reliability Standards, the
Commission estimates no material change in information collection
because the consolidation of the standards does not impact the
paperwork burden.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this proposed
collection is estimated as:
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\10\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * XX per Hour =
Average Cost per Response. The estimates for cost per hour (rounded
to the nearest dollar) are derived as follows:
$60/hour, the average salary plus benefits per engineer
(from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3221000.htm)
$82/hour, the salary plus benefits per manager (from
Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3221000.htm)
$32/hour, the salary plus benefits per information and
record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/
oes/current/naics3221000.htm).

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FERC-725A
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Annual number Average Total annual
Number and type of of responses Total number burden & cost burden hours Cost per
respondents per of responses per response & total respondent
respondent \10\ annual cost ($)
(1)......................... (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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Submit Interchange Information............ 114, Balancing authority 52 5,928 1, $60 5,928, $3,120
(BA). $355,680
Communicate Transaction Modification...... 21, Reliability coordinator 12 252 1, $60 252, $15,120 720
(RC).
Submit Request for Interchange, (INT-011- 502, Load-serving entity 12 6,024 1, $60 6,024, 720
1). (LSE). $361,440
Evidence Retention........................ 637, BA/RC/LSE.............. 1 637 1, $32 637, $20,384 32
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Total................................. ............................ .............. 12,841 .............. 12,841,
$752,624
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Dated: September 5, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21742 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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