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Dated: October 18, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–14–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–604 & FERC–923);
Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection [FERC–604 (Cash
Management Agreements) and FERC–
923 (Communication of Operational
Information between Natural Gas
Pipelines and Electric Transmission
Operators)] 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 (81 FR 54574,
8/16/2016) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments
on either the FERC–604 or the FERC–
923 and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due November 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0267 (FERC–604) or 1902–0265
(FERC–923) 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. IC16–14–000, 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.
SUMMARY:
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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
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–604, Cash Management
Agreements
OMB Control No.: 1902–0267.
Abstract: Cash management or
‘‘money pool’’ programs typically
concentrate affiliates’ cash assets in
joint accounts for the purpose of
providing financial flexibility and
lowering the cost of borrowing.
In a 2001 investigation, FERC staff
found that balances in cash management
programs affecting FERC-regulated
entities totaled approximately $16
billion. Additionally, other
investigations revealed large transfers of
funds (amounting to more than $1
billion) between regulated pipeline
affiliates and non-regulated parents
whose financial conditions were
precarious. The Commission found that
these and other fund transfers and the
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enormous (mostly unregulated) pools of
money in cash management programs
could detrimentally affect regulated
rates.
To protect customers and promote
transparency, the Commission issued
Order 634–A (2003) requiring entities to
formalize in writing and file with the
Commission their cash management
agreements. At that time, the
Commission obtained OMB clearance
for this new reporting requirement
under the FERC–555 information
collection (OMB Control No. 1902–
0098). Now, the Commission includes
these reporting requirements for cash
management agreements under the
FERC–604 information collection (OMB
Control No. 1902–0267). The
Commission implemented these
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reporting requirements in 18 CFR parts
141.500, 260.400, and 357.5.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities,
natural gas companies, and oil pipeline
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–604, CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden & cost per
response 1
Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
1.5 hrs.; $111.75 ..................
37.5 hrs.; $2,793.75 .............
25 ...........................................
1
FERC–923, Communication of
Operational Information Between
Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric
Transmission Operators
OMB Control No.: 1902–0265.
Abstract: In 2013, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) revised its regulations to
provide explicit authority to interstate
natural gas pipelines and public utilities
that own, operate, or control facilities
used for the transmission of electric
energy in interstate commerce to
voluntarily share non-public,
operational information with each other
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for the purpose of promoting reliable
service and operational planning on
either the pipeline’s or public utility’s
system. This helps ensure the reliability
of natural gas pipeline and public utility
transmission service by permitting
transmission operators to share the
information with each other that they
deem necessary to promote the
reliability and integrity of their systems.
FERC removed actual or perceived
prohibitions to the information sharing
and communications between industry
entities. The communications of
information are not and will not be
$111.75
submitted to FERC. Rather, the nonpublic information is shared voluntarily
between industry entities. FERC does
not prescribe the content, medium,
format, or frequency for the information
sharing and communications. Those
decisions are made by the industry
entities, depending on their needs and
the situation.
Type of Respondent: Natural gas
pipelines and public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–923, COMMUNICATION OF OPERATIONAL INFORMATION BETWEEN NATURAL GAS PIPELINES AND ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION OPERATORS
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden & cost
per response 2
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
(1)
3 164
12
1,968
0.5 hrs.; $37.25 ...........
984 hrs.; $73,308 ........
$447
155
12
1,860
0.5 hrs.; $37.25 ...........
930 hrs.; $69,285 ........
447
........................
3,828
........................
1,914 hrs; $142,593 ....
Public Utility Transmission Operator,
communications.
Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, communications.
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1 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $74.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The Commission staff believes that the
industry’s level and skill set is comparable to
FERC’s with an average hourly cost (wages plus
benefits) of $74.50.
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respondent
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2 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $74.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The Commission staff believes that the
industry’s level and skill set is comparable to
FERC’s with an average hourly cost (wages plus
benefits) of $74.50.
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3 The estimate for the number of respondents is
based on the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) Compliance Registry as of July
29, 2016, minus the Transmission Operators within
ERCOT.
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Dated: October 18, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–25622 Filed 10–21–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0341; FRL–9951–
99–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Plywood and Composite Products
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for
Plywood and Composite Products (40
CFR part 63, subpart DDDD) (Renewal)’’
(EPA ICR No. 1984.06, OMB Control No.
2060–0552), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through October 31, 2016.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register (81
FR 26546) on May 3, 2016 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
An Agency may neither conduct nor
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before November 23,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2013–0341, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
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the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: Owners and operators of
affected facilities are required to comply
with reporting and record keeping
requirements for the NESHAP General
Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A),
as well as for the specific requirements
at 40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDD. This
includes submitting initial notifications,
performance tests and periodic reports
and results, and maintaining records of
the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility, or
any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. These reports are
used by EPA to determine compliance
with the standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Plywood and composite wood products
(PCWP) facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart
DDDD).
Estimated number of respondents:
228 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 11,900 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,250,000 (per
year), which includes $16,000 in either
annualized capital/startup or operation
& maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
adjustment increase in the total
estimated labor hours as currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This increase is not
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due to any program changes. The
change in the labor burden and cost
estimates occurred because of a change
in assumption. This ICR assumes all
existing respondents will have to
familiarize with the regulatory
requirements each year. In addition,
there is a small increase in O&M cost
due to rounding of total cost figure to
three significant figures.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016–25630 Filed 10–21–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0679; FRL–9952–
96–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic
Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming
Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for
Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking
Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and
Sulfur Recovery Units (40 CFR part 63,
subpart UUU) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
1844.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0554),
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
October 31, 2016. Public comments
were requested previously via the
Federal Register (81 FR 26546) on May
3, 2016 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An Agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before November 23,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2012–0679, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC16-14-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-604 & FERC-
923); 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, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information collection [FERC-604 (Cash
Management Agreements) and FERC-923 (Communication of Operational
Information between Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission
Operators)] 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 (81 FR 54574, 8/16/2016) requesting
public comments. The Commission received no comments on either the
FERC-604 or the FERC-923 and is making this notation in its submittal
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due November 23,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0267 (FERC-604) or 1902-0265 (FERC-923) 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. IC16-14-000, 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
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-604, Cash Management Agreements
OMB Control No.: 1902-0267.
Abstract: Cash management or ``money pool'' programs typically
concentrate affiliates' cash assets in joint accounts for the purpose
of providing financial flexibility and lowering the cost of borrowing.
In a 2001 investigation, FERC staff found that balances in cash
management programs affecting FERC-regulated entities totaled
approximately $16 billion. Additionally, other investigations revealed
large transfers of funds (amounting to more than $1 billion) between
regulated pipeline affiliates and non-regulated parents whose financial
conditions were precarious. The Commission found that these and other
fund transfers and the
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enormous (mostly unregulated) pools of money in cash management
programs could detrimentally affect regulated rates.
To protect customers and promote transparency, the Commission
issued Order 634-A (2003) requiring entities to formalize in writing
and file with the Commission their cash management agreements. At that
time, the Commission obtained OMB clearance for this new reporting
requirement under the FERC-555 information collection (OMB Control No.
1902-0098). Now, the Commission includes these reporting requirements
for cash management agreements under the FERC-604 information
collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0267). The Commission implemented
these reporting requirements in 18 CFR parts 141.500, 260.400, and
357.5.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities, natural gas companies, and
oil pipeline companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\1\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $74.50 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The Commission staff believes that
the industry's level and skill set is comparable to FERC's with an
average hourly cost (wages plus benefits) of $74.50.
FERC-604, Cash Management Agreements
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Total annual
Annual number Total number Average burden & burden hours & Cost per
Number of respondents of responses of responses cost per total annual respondent
per respondent response \1\ cost ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)............. (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1)
(3)
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25........................... 1 25 1.5 hrs.; 37.5 hrs.; $111.75
$111.75. $2,793.75.
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FERC-923, Communication of Operational Information Between Natural Gas
Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators
OMB Control No.: 1902-0265.
Abstract: In 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) revised its regulations to provide explicit authority to
interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities that own,
operate, or control facilities used for the transmission of electric
energy in interstate commerce to voluntarily share non-public,
operational information with each other for the purpose of promoting
reliable service and operational planning on either the pipeline's or
public utility's system. This helps ensure the reliability of natural
gas pipeline and public utility transmission service by permitting
transmission operators to share the information with each other that
they deem necessary to promote the reliability and integrity of their
systems. FERC removed actual or perceived prohibitions to the
information sharing and communications between industry entities. The
communications of information are not and will not be submitted to
FERC. Rather, the non-public information is shared voluntarily between
industry entities. FERC does not prescribe the content, medium, format,
or frequency for the information sharing and communications. Those
decisions are made by the industry entities, depending on their needs
and the situation.
Type of Respondent: Natural gas pipelines and public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\2\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $74.50 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The Commission staff believes that
the industry's level and skill set is comparable to FERC's with an
average hourly cost (wages plus benefits) of $74.50.
\3\ The estimate for the number of respondents is based on the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Compliance
Registry as of July 29, 2016, minus the Transmission Operators
within ERCOT.
FERC-923, Communication of Operational Information Between Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators
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Annual number Total annual burden Cost per
Number of of responses Total number Average burden & cost hours & total annual respondent
respondents per respondent of responses per response \2\ cost ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4) (3) * (4) = (5)......... (5) / (1)..............
(3)
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Public Utility Transmission Operator, \3\ 164 12 1,968 0.5 hrs.; $37.25........ 984 hrs.; $73,308...... $447
communications.
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, 155 12 1,860 0.5 hrs.; $37.25........ 930 hrs.; $69,285...... 447
communications.
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Total............................ .............. 3,828 .............. 1,914 hrs; $142,593.....
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Dated: October 18, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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