Proposed Agency Information Collection, 6066-6067 [2015-02112]

Download as PDF 6066 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices Written comments may be sent to William Booth by email at William.booth@eia.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to William Booth at William.booth@eia.gov. The draft form and instructions are available at https:// www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ electricity/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1905–0208; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Quarterly Electricity Imports and Exports Report; (3) Type of Request: Extension, with changes, of a currently approved collection; (4) Purpose: Form EIA–111 collects U. S. electricity import and export data. The data are used to get an accurate measure of the flow of electricity into and out of the United States. The import and export data are reported by U.S. purchasers, sellers and transmitters of wholesale electricity, including persons authorized by Order to export electric energy from the United States to foreign countries, persons authorized by Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, or connect electric power transmission lines that cross the U.S. international border, and U.S. Balancing Authorities that are directly interconnected with foreign Balancing Authorities. Such entities are to report monthly flows of electric energy received or delivered across the border, the cost associated with the transactions, and actual and implemented interchange. The data collected on this form may appear in various EIA publications. (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: The data element ‘‘Transfer Facility’s Presidential Permit numbers’’ is changed to ‘‘Transmission Provider/ Transfer Facility(ies)’’ and the section for reporting Actual Interchange is expanded to collect monthly metered cross border flow over Presidential Permit holders facilities that do not involve interchange. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 158; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 632; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 948; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA estimates that there are no additional costs to respondents associated with the surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Feb 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Pub L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2015. Nanda Srinivasan, Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2015–02158 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RD14–12–000] Proposed Agency Information Collection Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy. 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 FERC) is submitting the FERC–725D information collection in Docket No. RD14–12–000 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 68426, 11/17/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in response to that notice and is making the notation in its submission to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 6, 2015. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer and should be identified by FERC–725D (OMB Control Number 1902–0247), The OMB Desk Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202– 395–0710. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14–12–000, 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, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 information collection changes in Docket No. RD14–12–000 relate to the Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 (Facility Interconnection Requirements) and FAC–002–2 (Facility Interconnection Studies), developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and submitted to the Commission for approval. The Commission received NERC’s petition to approve the proposed Reliability Standards on August 22, 2014. NERC summarizes the FAC group of standards as follows: The Facility Design, Connections, and Maintenance (‘‘FAC’’) Reliability Standards address topics such as facility interconnection requirements, facility ratings, system operating limits, and transfer capabilities.1 In its petition, NERC also summarizes the proposed Reliability Standards’ applicability and requirements: Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–001–2 requires that Transmission Owners and applicable Generator Owners document and make Facility interconnection requirements available so that entities seeking to interconnect have the necessary information. Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–002–2 ensures that the reliability impact of interconnecting new or materially modified Facilities is studied. Collectively, proposed Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and FAC– 002–2 ensure that there is appropriate coordination and communication regarding the interconnection of Facilities, which improves the reliability of the Bulk-Power System.2 Finally, NERC also states that the proposed Reliability Standards improve reliability, clarify requirement language 1 NERC 2 Id. E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM Petition at 3. at 3. 04FEN1 6067 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices and eliminate redundant or unnecessary requirements.3 Burden Statement: Commission staff analyzed the proposed and currently enforced Reliability Standards and has concluded that proposed Reliability Standards merely clarify or eliminate redundancies and thus, the information collection requirements have not changed. Accordingly, the net overall burden and respondent universe 4 remain unchanged, when compared to the burden of the existing standards being replaced.5 The Commission intends to submit a request for approval to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related to the proposed Reliability Standards. For PRA purposes, the information collection requirements in proposed Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and FAC–002–2 are identified as FERC– 725D and OMB Control Number 1902– 0247. The annual reporting burden for the implementation of Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and FAC–002–2 is estimated as follows. FERC–725D, MODIFICATIONS IN RD14–12 Number and type of respondent 6 Annual number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden per response (hours) Total annual burden (hours) Total annual cost 7 (1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) ($) FAC–001–2 Documentation & updates .. Record Retention ................ GO 5 ................................... TO 332 ............................... GO 5 ................................... TO 332 ............................... 1 1 1 1 5 332 5 332 16 16 1 1 80 5,312 5 332 $5,833.60 387,351.04 145.05 9,631.32 FAC–002–2 Study ................................... Record Retention ................ Coordination ........................ Record Retention ................ Total ............................. PC, PC, TO, TO, TP 183 ........................ TP 183 ........................ DP, LSE, GO 216 ....... DP, LSE, GO 216 ....... 1 1 1 1 183 183 216 216 32 1 16 1 5,856 183 3456 216 427,019.52 5,308.83 252,011.52 6,266.16 ............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,093,567.04 Dated: January 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–02112 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC14–16–000] Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC–537, FERC–725F, and FERC–725I); Comment Request Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy. ACTION: Comment request. AGENCY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. SUMMARY: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 3 Id. at 4. affected entities for FAC–001–2 are Transmission Owners (TO) and applicable Generator Owners (GO). The affected entities for FAC–002–2 are Transmission Planners (TP), Planning Coordinators (PC), Generator Owners (GO), Transmission Owners (TO), Distribution Providers (DP), and Load-Serving Entities (LSE). Note that Planning Coordinator (PC) is the new name for Planning Authority—a term still used in NERC’s Compliance Registry. 4 The VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Feb 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collections FERC–537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction, Acquisition and Abandonment), FERC–725F (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination), and FERC–725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council), 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 61068, 10/9/ 2014) requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC–537, FERC–725F, and FERC– 5 The burden for the preceding versions of the standards being replaced was included in: (a) FERC–725M (OMB Control No. 1902–0263) for FAC–001–1, and (b) FERC–725A (OMB Control No. 1902–0244) for FAC–002–1. The corresponding burden will be transferred from FERC–725M and FERC–725A to FERC–725D. 6 The number of respondents is based on the NERC Compliance Registry as of September 24, 2014. Although 2,163 entities are registered as TO, DP, LSE, or GO, we expect at the most 216 entities (ten percent) will seek to interconnect and go PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 725I and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB. Comments on the collections of information are due by March 6, 2015. DATES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos. 1902–0060 (FERC–537), 1902–0249 (FERC–725F), and 1902–0258 (FERC– 725I) 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 202–395–0710. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in Docket No. IC14–16–000, by either of the following methods: • eFiling at Commission’s Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. ADDRESSES: through the study phase that may require coordination in any given year. 7 The estimates for cost per hour are derived as follows: • $72.92/hour, the average of the salary plus benefits for a manager ($84.96/hour) and an electrical engineer ($60.87/hour), from Bureau of Labor and Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/ naics3_221000.htm, as of 9/4/2014 • $29.01/hour, based on a Commission staff study of record retention burden cost. E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6066-6067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02112]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD14-12-000]

Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

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 FERC-725D information
collection in Docket No. RD14-12-000 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 68426,
11/17/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in
response to that notice and is making the notation in its submission to
OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 6,
2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer and should
be identified by FERC-725D (OMB Control Number 1902-0247), The OMB Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-0710.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14-12-000, 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, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection changes in Docket
No. RD14-12-000 relate to the Reliability Standards FAC-001-2 (Facility
Interconnection Requirements) and FAC-002-2 (Facility Interconnection
Studies), developed by the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), and submitted to the Commission for approval. The
Commission received NERC's petition to approve the proposed Reliability
Standards on August 22, 2014.
NERC summarizes the FAC group of standards as follows:

The Facility Design, Connections, and Maintenance (``FAC'')
Reliability Standards address topics such as facility
interconnection requirements, facility ratings, system operating
limits, and transfer capabilities.\1\
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\1\ NERC Petition at 3.

In its petition, NERC also summarizes the proposed Reliability
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Standards' applicability and requirements:

Proposed Reliability Standard FAC-001-2 requires that
Transmission Owners and applicable Generator Owners document and
make Facility interconnection requirements available so that
entities seeking to interconnect have the necessary information.
Proposed Reliability Standard FAC-002-2 ensures that the reliability
impact of interconnecting new or materially modified Facilities is
studied. Collectively, proposed Reliability Standards FAC-001-2 and
FAC-002-2 ensure that there is appropriate coordination and
communication regarding the interconnection of Facilities, which
improves the reliability of the Bulk-Power System.\2\
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\2\ Id. at 3.
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Finally, NERC also states that the proposed Reliability Standards
improve reliability, clarify requirement language

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and eliminate redundant or unnecessary requirements.\3\
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\3\ Id. at 4.
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Burden Statement: Commission staff analyzed the proposed and
currently enforced Reliability Standards and has concluded that
proposed Reliability Standards merely clarify or eliminate redundancies
and thus, the information collection requirements have not changed.
Accordingly, the net overall burden and respondent universe \4\ remain
unchanged, when compared to the burden of the existing standards being
replaced.\5\
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\4\ The affected entities for FAC-001-2 are Transmission Owners
(TO) and applicable Generator Owners (GO). The affected entities for
FAC-002-2 are Transmission Planners (TP), Planning Coordinators
(PC), Generator Owners (GO), Transmission Owners (TO), Distribution
Providers (DP), and Load-Serving Entities (LSE). Note that Planning
Coordinator (PC) is the new name for Planning Authority--a term
still used in NERC's Compliance Registry.
\5\ The burden for the preceding versions of the standards being
replaced was included in: (a) FERC-725M (OMB Control No. 1902-0263)
for FAC-001-1, and (b) FERC-725A (OMB Control No. 1902-0244) for
FAC-002-1. The corresponding burden will be transferred from FERC-
725M and FERC-725A to FERC-725D.
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The Commission intends to submit a request for approval to OMB
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related to the proposed
Reliability Standards. For PRA purposes, the information collection
requirements in proposed Reliability Standards FAC-001-2 and FAC-002-2
are identified as FERC-725D and OMB Control Number 1902-0247.
The annual reporting burden for the implementation of Reliability
Standards FAC-001-2 and FAC-002-2 is estimated as follows.
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\6\ The number of respondents is based on the NERC Compliance
Registry as of September 24, 2014. Although 2,163 entities are
registered as TO, DP, LSE, or GO, we expect at the most 216 entities
(ten percent) will seek to interconnect and go through the study
phase that may require coordination in any given year.
\7\ The estimates for cost per hour are derived as follows:
$72.92/hour, the average of the salary plus
benefits for a manager ($84.96/hour) and an electrical engineer
($60.87/hour), from Bureau of Labor and Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm, as of 9/4/2014
$29.01/hour, based on a Commission staff study of
record retention burden cost.

FERC-725D, modifications in RD14-12
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Annual number
Number and type of of responses Total number Average burden Total annual Total annual
respondent \6\ per of responses per response burden (hours) cost \7\
respondent (hours)
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(1)......................... (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) ($)
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FAC-001-2
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Documentation & updates................... GO 5........................ 1 5 16 80 $5,833.60
TO 332...................... 1 332 16 5,312 387,351.04
Record Retention.......................... GO 5........................ 1 5 1 5 145.05
TO 332...................... 1 332 1 332 9,631.32
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FAC-002-2
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Study..................................... PC, TP 183.................. 1 183 32 5,856 427,019.52
Record Retention.......................... PC, TP 183.................. 1 183 1 183 5,308.83
Coordination.............................. TO, DP, LSE, GO 216......... 1 216 16 3456 252,011.52
Record Retention.......................... TO, DP, LSE, GO 216......... 1 216 1 216 6,266.16
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Total................................. ............................ .............. .............. .............. .............. 1,093,567.04
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Dated: January 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02112 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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