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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DOD–2016–OS–0033]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, DoD.
ACTION: 60-Day information collection
notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by October 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Department of Defense, Office
of the Deputy Chief Management
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and
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Compliance, Regulatory and Advisory
Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center
Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B,
Alexandria, VA 22350–1700.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
Any associated form(s) for this
collection may be located within this
same electronic docket and downloaded
for review/testing. Follow the
instructions at https://
www.regulations.gov for submitting
comments. Please submit comments on
any given form identified by docket
number, form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to the Leadership and
Organizational Development Office,
2400 Defense Pentagon, Room 5B683,
ATTN: Dr. James Cully, Washington, DC
20301–2400, or call, at 703–695–7386.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: OUSD—Policy Pulse Survey;
OMB Control Number 0704–XXXX.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary to
obtain and record responses from
contractor personnel employed within
the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy and its components.
The survey results are analyzed by the
Leadership and Organizational
Development Office to assess the
progress of the current human capital
strategy and to address emerging human
capital and training issues.
Affected Public: Individual or
households.
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Annual Burden Hours: 76.5.
Number of Respondents: 153.
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Annual Responses: 306.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents are defense contractors
employed by Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy who
provide analytic, administrative, and
operations services. The survey is
administered to all employees of the
Office of Secretary of Defense for Policy
as required by the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy to assess the
effectiveness and progress of the current
human capital strategy. If contractors
are not permitted to take the survey then
the assessment effectively excludes
∼20% of the employee population,
diminishing the accuracy of the survey
and resulting conclusions.
Dated: August 11, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend (with changes) for
three years with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Form
OE–417 Electric Emergency Incident
and Disturbance Report, OMB Control
Number 1901–0288. Form OE–417
enables the U.S. Department of Energy
SUMMARY:
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(DOE) to monitor emergencies and
significant incidents that affect U.S.
electric power systems. The information
gathered allows DOE to conduct postincident reviews examining significant
interruptions of electric power or threats
to the national electric system.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before October 16,
2017. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to OE–417 Recertification, C/O
Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at
202–586–2623, or by email at OE417@
hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Matthew Tarduogno, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, or by phone at
202–586–2892, or by email at
matthew.tardugono@hq.doe.gov.
Additional information may also be
found at: https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/
oe417.aspx.
Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No. 1901–0288.
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Electric Emergency Incident and
Disturbance Report.
(3) Type of Request: Renewal.
(4) Purpose: The U.S Department of
Energy uses Form OE–417 Emergency
Incident and Disturbance Report to
monitor emergencies and incidents that
affect U.S. electric power systems. The
information gathered allows DOE to
conduct post-incident reviews
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examining significant interruptions, or
potential interruptions, of electric
power or threats to the national electric
system. Form OE–417 enables DOE to
meet the Department’s national security
responsibilities and requirements as the
lead agency for Emergency Support
Function (ESF) #12—Energy under the
National Response Framework and the
Sector-Specific Agency for energy under
Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21
and PPD 41. The information may also
be shared with other non-regulatory
federal agencies assisting in emergency
response and recovery operations, or
investigating the causes of an incident
or disturbance to the national electric
system. Public summaries are posted to
the DOE Form OE–417 Web site on a
monthly basis to keep the public
informed.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection: The main proposed change
to Form OE–417 is to incorporate
questions that are or will be included in
the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) EOP–004
Reliability Standard Event Reporting
Form. Currently if an entity submits a
Form OE–417 and elects to have it
submitted to NERC, the entity does not
need to file an EOP–004 Event
Reporting Form; however there were
some questions on EOP–004 Event
Reporting Form that are not covered by
Form OE–417. By incorporating these
additional questions, and aligning
language, entities will only be required
to submit Form OE–417. This will
reduce the reporting burden for the
electric power industry. Additional
changes to Form OE–417 clarify and
improve the flow of questions.
1. The instructions will include a note
that ‘‘NERC has determined that, for
U.S. NERC reporting entities, the
proposed revised Form OE–417 meets
NERC’s submittal requirements’’ (i.e.
Form EOP–004).
2. Alternative methods of filing Form
OE–417 are added to allow the use of
email submissions; however, online
submissions remain the preferred
method.
3. Under ‘‘Criteria for Filing,’’ three
categories of submission will be shown:
‘‘Emergency Alert; Normal Report;
System Report’’ to provide better clarity
and easy reference.
4. Minor edits were made to the Alert
criteria 5 and 6 to align with EOP–004
Reliability Standard terminology.
5. Under ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section:
12 new data elements are added to
collect the additional information that
NERC collects or will collect on under
the EOP–004 Reliability Standard. The
additional questions are in a new
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category of submission called ‘‘System
Report’’ and include:
a. Damage or destruction of a Facility
within its Reliability Coordinator Area,
Balancing Authority Area or
Transmission Operator Area that results
in action(s) to avoid a Bulk Electric
System Emergency;
b. Damage or destruction of its
Facility that results from actual or
suspected intentional human action;
c. Physical threat to its Facility
excluding weather or natural disaster
related threats, which has the potential
to degrade the normal operation of the
Facility. Or suspicious device or activity
at its Facility;
d. Physical threat to its Bulk Electric
System control center, excluding
weather or natural disaster related
threats, which has the potential to
degrade the normal operation of the
control center. OR suspicious device or
activity at its Bulk Electric System
control center;
e. Bulk Electric System Emergency
resulting in voltage deviation on a
Facility; a voltage deviation of equal to
or greater than 10% of nominal voltage
sustained for greater than or equal to 15
continuous minutes;
f. Uncontrolled loss of 200 Megawatts
or more of firm system loads for 15
minutes or more from a single incident
for entities with previous year’s peak
demand less than or equal to 3,000
Megawatts;
g. Total generation loss, within one
minute of: Greater than or equal to 2,000
Megawatts in the Eastern or Western
Interconnection or greater than or equal
to 1,400 Megawatts in the ERCOT
Interconnection;
h. Complete loss of off-site power
(LOOP) affecting a nuclear generating
station per the Nuclear Plant Interface
Requirements;
i. Unexpected Transmission loss
within its area, contrary to design, of
three or more Bulk Electric System
Facilities caused by a common
disturbance (excluding successful
automatic reclosing);
j. Unplanned evacuation from its Bulk
Electric System control center facility
for 30 continuous minutes or more;
k. Complete loss of Interpersonal
Communication and Alternative
Interpersonal Communication capability
affecting its staffed Bulk Electric System
control center for 30 continuous
minutes or more;
l. Complete loss of monitoring or
control capability at its staffed Bulk
Electric System control center for 30
continuous minutes or more.
6. Re-labeled line numbers 1 through
20 to line numbers A through T to
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prevent confusion between line
numbers and alert criteria.
7. Added an Alert status category
‘‘system report,’’ which shall be filed by
the later of 24 hours after the
recognition of the incident OR by the
end of the next business day. This
change aligns with the EOP–004
Reliability Standard. 4:00 p.m. local
time will be definition for the end of the
business day.
8. Under Electric Emergency Incident
and Disturbance Report section, lines J,
K, L were reorganized into ‘‘Cause,
Impact, and Action Taken’’ for clarity
and ease of use and additional items
were added to align with NERC’s EOP–
004 Reliability Standard.
9. The burden per response for
completing Form OE–417 is reduced
from 2.16 hours to 1.8 hours based on
findings from the results from cognitive
research conducted by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
EIA also proposes to amend its data
protection policy for information
reported on Schedule 2 of Form OE–
417. Currently this information is
protected from public release to the
extent that it satisfies the criteria for
exemption under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552,
the DOE regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11
implementing FOIA, and the Trade
Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. EIA
proposes to use the Critical Energy
Infrastructure Information (CEII)
regulations as set forth by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission to
implement the requirements of the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act, Public Law 114–94,
pursuant to section 215A(d) of the
Federal Power Act, as amended, to
protect information reported on
Schedule 2 in addition to continuing to
apply FOIA exemptions and using the
Trade Secrets Act. This change will
strengthen DOE’s ability to protect
information reported on Schedule 2 of
Form OE–417 and authorize DOE to
withhold company identifiable
information from public release.
The new data protection provision for
Form OE–417 will be as follows: The
information reported on Schedule 1 will
be considered ‘‘public information’’ and
may be publicly released in company or
individually identifiable form.
Information on Schedule 2 of Form
OE–417 will not be disclosed to the
public to the extent that it satisfies the
criteria for exemption under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5
U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 CFR
1004.11, implementing the FOIA, the
Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 and
Critical Energy Infrastructure
Information regulations as defined by
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the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission pursuant to section
215A(d) of the Federal Power Act, as
amended.
In accordance with the Federal Energy
Administration Act, the DOE provides
company-specific protected data to
other Federal agencies when requested
for official use. The information
reported on this form may also be made
available, upon request, to another
component of DOE; to any Committee of
Congress, the U.S. Government
Accountability Office, or other Federal
agencies authorized by law to receive
such information. A court of competent
jurisdiction may obtain this information
in response to an order. The information
may be used for any non-statistical
purposes such as administrative,
regulatory, law enforcement, or
adjudicatory purposes.
The data collected on Form OE–417,
Electric Emergency Incident and
disturbance Report, will be used by DOE
to meet its overall national security and
National Response Framework
responsibilities.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,395.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 300.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 5,315.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $391,503.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
In addition, 15 U.S.C. 772(b); 764(a); 764(b);
and 790a, of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (FEA Act), Pub.
L. 93–275, as well as the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
2601, Pub. L. 93–275.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2,
2017.
Devon Streit,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure
Security and Energy Restoration, Office of
Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP17–74–000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Line YM28 & Line FM120
Modernization Project
On March 10, 2017, National Fuel Gas
Supply Corporation (National Fuel)
filed an application in Docket No.
CP17–74–000 requesting an
authorization and a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity pursuant to
Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act to abandon, construct, and operate
certain natural gas pipeline facilities.
The proposed project is known as the
Line YM28 & Line FM120
Modernization Project (Project).
On March 24, 2017, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
of Application for the Project. Among
other things, that notice alerted agencies
issuing federal authorizations of the
requirement to complete all necessary
reviews and to reach a final decision on
a request for a federal authorization
within 90 days of the date of issuance
of the Commission staff’s Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Project. This
instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
planned schedule for the completion of
the EA for the Project.
Schedule for Environmental Review
Issuance of EA September 29, 2017
90-day Federal Authorization Decision
Deadline December 28, 2017
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the Project’s
progress.
Project Description
National Fuel proposes to construct,
operate, and abandon various facilities
in Cameron, Elk, and McKean Counties,
Pennsylvania. According to National
Fuel, the Project would enhance the
reliability and safety of the National
Fuel system, allow for continued
transportation services performed by the
abandoned facilities, and offer better
connectivity for storage and
transportation services to National
Fuel’s backbone transmission pipeline
(Line K).
The Project would consist of the
following:
• Approximately 14.4 miles of new
12-inch-diameter pipeline installed
within existing rights-of-way in McKean
County (designated Line KL);
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends
to extend (with changes) for three years with the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Form OE-417 Electric Emergency Incident and
Disturbance Report, OMB Control Number 1901-0288. Form OE-417 enables
the U.S. Department of Energy
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(DOE) to monitor emergencies and significant incidents that affect U.S.
electric power systems. The information gathered allows DOE to conduct
post-incident reviews examining significant interruptions of electric
power or threats to the national electric system.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before October 16, 2017. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to OE-417 Recertification, C/O
Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-2623, or by email at
OE417@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, or by phone at 202-586-
2892, or by email at matthew.tardugono@hq.doe.gov. Additional
information may also be found at: https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1901-0288.
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Emergency
Incident and Disturbance Report.
(3) Type of Request: Renewal.
(4) Purpose: The U.S Department of Energy uses Form OE-417
Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report to monitor emergencies and
incidents that affect U.S. electric power systems. The information
gathered allows DOE to conduct post-incident reviews examining
significant interruptions, or potential interruptions, of electric
power or threats to the national electric system. Form OE-417 enables
DOE to meet the Department's national security responsibilities and
requirements as the lead agency for Emergency Support Function (ESF)
#12--Energy under the National Response Framework and the Sector-
Specific Agency for energy under Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21
and PPD 41. The information may also be shared with other non-
regulatory federal agencies assisting in emergency response and
recovery operations, or investigating the causes of an incident or
disturbance to the national electric system. Public summaries are
posted to the DOE Form OE-417 Web site on a monthly basis to keep the
public informed.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: The main proposed
change to Form OE-417 is to incorporate questions that are or will be
included in the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
EOP-004 Reliability Standard Event Reporting Form. Currently if an
entity submits a Form OE-417 and elects to have it submitted to NERC,
the entity does not need to file an EOP-004 Event Reporting Form;
however there were some questions on EOP-004 Event Reporting Form that
are not covered by Form OE-417. By incorporating these additional
questions, and aligning language, entities will only be required to
submit Form OE-417. This will reduce the reporting burden for the
electric power industry. Additional changes to Form OE-417 clarify and
improve the flow of questions.
1. The instructions will include a note that ``NERC has determined
that, for U.S. NERC reporting entities, the proposed revised Form OE-
417 meets NERC's submittal requirements'' (i.e. Form EOP-004).
2. Alternative methods of filing Form OE-417 are added to allow the
use of email submissions; however, online submissions remain the
preferred method.
3. Under ``Criteria for Filing,'' three categories of submission
will be shown: ``Emergency Alert; Normal Report; System Report'' to
provide better clarity and easy reference.
4. Minor edits were made to the Alert criteria 5 and 6 to align
with EOP-004 Reliability Standard terminology.
5. Under ``Criteria for Filing'' section: 12 new data elements are
added to collect the additional information that NERC collects or will
collect on under the EOP-004 Reliability Standard. The additional
questions are in a new category of submission called ``System Report''
and include:
a. Damage or destruction of a Facility within its Reliability
Coordinator Area, Balancing Authority Area or Transmission Operator
Area that results in action(s) to avoid a Bulk Electric System
Emergency;
b. Damage or destruction of its Facility that results from actual
or suspected intentional human action;
c. Physical threat to its Facility excluding weather or natural
disaster related threats, which has the potential to degrade the normal
operation of the Facility. Or suspicious device or activity at its
Facility;
d. Physical threat to its Bulk Electric System control center,
excluding weather or natural disaster related threats, which has the
potential to degrade the normal operation of the control center. OR
suspicious device or activity at its Bulk Electric System control
center;
e. Bulk Electric System Emergency resulting in voltage deviation on
a Facility; a voltage deviation of equal to or greater than 10% of
nominal voltage sustained for greater than or equal to 15 continuous
minutes;
f. Uncontrolled loss of 200 Megawatts or more of firm system loads
for 15 minutes or more from a single incident for entities with
previous year's peak demand less than or equal to 3,000 Megawatts;
g. Total generation loss, within one minute of: Greater than or
equal to 2,000 Megawatts in the Eastern or Western Interconnection or
greater than or equal to 1,400 Megawatts in the ERCOT Interconnection;
h. Complete loss of off-site power (LOOP) affecting a nuclear
generating station per the Nuclear Plant Interface Requirements;
i. Unexpected Transmission loss within its area, contrary to
design, of three or more Bulk Electric System Facilities caused by a
common disturbance (excluding successful automatic reclosing);
j. Unplanned evacuation from its Bulk Electric System control
center facility for 30 continuous minutes or more;
k. Complete loss of Interpersonal Communication and Alternative
Interpersonal Communication capability affecting its staffed Bulk
Electric System control center for 30 continuous minutes or more;
l. Complete loss of monitoring or control capability at its staffed
Bulk Electric System control center for 30 continuous minutes or more.
6. Re-labeled line numbers 1 through 20 to line numbers A through T
to
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prevent confusion between line numbers and alert criteria.
7. Added an Alert status category ``system report,'' which shall be
filed by the later of 24 hours after the recognition of the incident OR
by the end of the next business day. This change aligns with the EOP-
004 Reliability Standard. 4:00 p.m. local time will be definition for
the end of the business day.
8. Under Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report
section, lines J, K, L were reorganized into ``Cause, Impact, and
Action Taken'' for clarity and ease of use and additional items were
added to align with NERC's EOP-004 Reliability Standard.
9. The burden per response for completing Form OE-417 is reduced
from 2.16 hours to 1.8 hours based on findings from the results from
cognitive research conducted by the U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
EIA also proposes to amend its data protection policy for
information reported on Schedule 2 of Form OE-417. Currently this
information is protected from public release to the extent that it
satisfies the criteria for exemption under the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11
implementing FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. EIA
proposes to use the Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII)
regulations as set forth by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to
implement the requirements of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94, pursuant to section
215A(d) of the Federal Power Act, as amended, to protect information
reported on Schedule 2 in addition to continuing to apply FOIA
exemptions and using the Trade Secrets Act. This change will strengthen
DOE's ability to protect information reported on Schedule 2 of Form OE-
417 and authorize DOE to withhold company identifiable information from
public release.
The new data protection provision for Form OE-417 will be as
follows: The information reported on Schedule 1 will be considered
``public information'' and may be publicly released in company or
individually identifiable form.
Information on Schedule 2 of Form OE-417 will not be disclosed to
the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria for exemption
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, the DOE
regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11, implementing the FOIA, the Trade Secrets
Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 and Critical Energy Infrastructure Information
regulations as defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
pursuant to section 215A(d) of the Federal Power Act, as amended.
In accordance with the Federal Energy Administration Act, the DOE
provides company-specific protected data to other Federal agencies when
requested for official use. The information reported on this form may
also be made available, upon request, to another component of DOE; to
any Committee of Congress, the U.S. Government Accountability Office,
or other Federal agencies authorized by law to receive such
information. A court of competent jurisdiction may obtain this
information in response to an order. The information may be used for
any non-statistical purposes such as administrative, regulatory, law
enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
The data collected on Form OE-417, Electric Emergency Incident and
disturbance Report, will be used by DOE to meet its overall national
security and National Response Framework responsibilities.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,395.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5,315.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$391,503.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified as 15 U.S.C.
772(b) and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-91, codified
at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. In addition, 15 U.S.C. 772(b); 764(a);
764(b); and 790a, of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
(FEA Act), Pub. L. 93-275, as well as the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601, Pub. L. 93-275.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2017.
Devon Streit,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure Security and Energy
Restoration, Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2017-17255 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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