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servicing, or during flight from the
cockpit. The system includes the fuze,
closure ring, FZU–63 initiator, and
power cable. The hardware is
UNCLASSIFIED.
4. AIM–120 Telemetry Kits NonDevelopment Item/Airborne Instrument
Units (NDI/AIU) hardware are
UNCLASSIFIED. The NDU/AIU
includes a telemetry transmitter, a flight
termination system, a C-band beacon
and upper S-band capability to include
antenna. The NDI/AIU will be used for
Singapore’s participation in Continental
United States (CONUS) based exercises
and shall not be released, transferred, or
exported to Singapore. All data shall
only be collected, transmitted or
reviewed by qualified U.S. personnel.
5. The High-Bandwidth Compact
Telemetry Modules (HCTM) and
Telemetry Cable Kits hardware are
UNCLASSIFIED. HCTM are used for
Joint Direct Attack Munition integration,
developmental, or operational testing;
and will be used for Singapore’s
participation in Continental United
States (CONUS) based exercises and
shall not be released, transferred, or
exported to Singapore. All data shall
only be collected, transmitted or
reviewed by qualified U.S. personnel.
6. If a technologically advanced
adversary were to obtain knowledge of
the specific hardware and software
elements, the information could be used
to develop countermeasures that might
reduce weapon system effectiveness or
be used in the development of a system
with similar or advanced capabilities.
7. A determination has been made
that Singapore can provide substantially
the same degree of protection for the
sensitive technology being released as
the U.S. Government. This proposed
sale is necessary to further the U.S.
foreign policy and national security
objectives outlined in the Policy
Justification.
8. All defense articles and services
listed on this transmittal are authorized
for release and export to the
Government of Singapore.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL18–43–000]
Notice of Petition for Declaratory
Order; Alabama Power Company,
Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power
Company, Mississippi Power Company
Take notice that on November 28,
2017, pursuant to Rule 207 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207,
Southern Company Services, Inc., acting
as agent for Alabama Power Company,
Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power
Company, and Mississippi Power
Company (collectively, Southern
Companies), filed a petition for
declaratory order and request to hold
proceedings in abeyance. The filing
seeks clarification regarding whether
Southern Companies’ Open Access
Transmission Tariff provides the
flexibility to allow for a ratemaking
adjustment so as to avoid a potential
violation of normalization requirements,
and the filing is made contingent upon,
and requests that this proceeding be
held in abeyance pending the receipt of,
a Private Letter Ruling being sought
from the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the potential normalization
violation.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in this proceeding must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Petitioners.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above proceeding
are accessible in the Commission’s
eLibrary system by clicking on the
appropriate link in the above list. They
are also available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the Web site that
enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or
call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
on December 28, 2017.
Dated: December 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–1–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator
Status or Foreign Utility Company
Status).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due February 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC18–1–000)
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.
DATES:
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regulation of holding companies,
PUHCA 2005 also provided an
exemption from such regulation for
those holding companies that are
subject to Commission regulation as
holding companies solely due to their
holding exempt wholesale generators
(EWG) and foreign utility companies
(FUCO).4 To carry out this statutory
directive, the Commission amended its
regulations (in Order No. 667 5) to,
among other things, add procedures for
not only defining what entities would
qualify as EWGs and FUCOs, but also
the self-certification by entities seeking
EWG and FUCO status, coupled with
the self-certification of the exemption of
their holding companies, in turn, from
Commission regulation.6 This selfcertification for EWGs and FUCOs is
similar to the process available to
entities that seek qualifying facility
status.7
An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person
engaged directly, or indirectly through
one or more affiliates . . . and
exclusively in the business of owning or
operating, or both owning and
operating, all or part of one or more
eligible facilities and selling electric
energy at wholesale.’’ 8 A FUCO is
defined as ‘‘any company that owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) Derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
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:
Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for
Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status or Foreign Utility
Company Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0166.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–598 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
data in the FERC–598 information
collection to implement the statutory
provisions of Title XII, subtitle F of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).1
EPAct 2005 repealed the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935),2 and adopted in its
place the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005).3
While providing for the Commission’s
the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
[n]either the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’ 9
An EWG, FUCO, or its representative
seeking to self-certify its status as an
EWG or FUCO must file with the
Commission a notice of self-certification
(FERC–598) demonstrating that it
satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO.
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also
file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the
facility is located and that person must
also represent to the Commission in its
submission that it has filed a copy of the
notice with the appropriate state
regulatory authority.10
Submission of the information
collected by FERC–598 is necessary for
the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities under section 1266(a) of
EPAct 2005.11 The Commission
implements its responsibilities through
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
Title 18, Part 366. These filing
requirements are mandatory for entities
seeking to self-certify their EWG or
FUCO status, in order to, in turn,
exempt their holding companies from
Commission regulation.
Type of Respondents: EWGs and
FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 12 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 13 for this information
collection as follows.
FERC–598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
Number of respondents
(EWGs and FUCOs)
Annual number of
responses
per respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden hours
and cost ($) per
response
Total annual burden
hours and total
annual cost
Average cost
per respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
6 hrs.; $459 ...............
882 hrs.; $67,473 ......
147 .................................
1
147
$459
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
119 Stat. 594, 972 et seq. (2005) (codified at 42
U.S.C. 16451 et seq.).
2 Id. § 1263, 119 Stat. 594, 974.
3 Id. § 1261, 119 Stat. 594, 972.
4 Id. § 1266(a), 119 Stat. 594, 975 (codified at 42
U.S.C. 16454(a)).
5 Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,197 (2005), order on rehearing,
Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶
31,213 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B, 71
FR 42750, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,244 (2006),
order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118 FERC ¶
61,133 (2007).
6 18 CFR 366.1, 366.3(a), 366.4, 366.7.
7 18 CFR 292.207.
8 18 CFR 366.1.
9 Id.
10 18 CFR 366.7.
11 42 U.S.C. 16454(a).
12 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
13 Subject matter experts found that industry
employment costs (for salary plus benefits) for the
FERC–598 information collection closely resemble
the Commission’s. FERC’s 2017 average annual
salary plus benefits per FTE (full-time equivalent)
is $158,754 (or $76.50 per hour).
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(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: December 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Project No. 3309–020]
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Marlow Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To
File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, Approving Use
of the Traditional Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 3309–020.
c. Date Filed: October 13, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Marlow Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Nash Mill Dam
Project.
f. Location: On the Ashuelot River,
near the town of Marlow, in Cheshire
County, New Hampshire. No federal
lands are occupied by the project works
or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact:
Anthony B. Rosario, 139 Henniker
Street, Hillsborough, NH 03244; (603)
494–1854; email t-iem@tds.net.
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Crile at (202)
502–8042; or email at patrick.crile@
ferc.gov.
j. Marlow Hydro, LLC filed its request
to use the Traditional Licensing Process
on October 13, 2017. Marlow Hydro,
LLC provided public notice of its
request on October 12, 2017. In a letter
dated December 5, 2017, the Director of
the Division of Hydropower Licensing
approved Marlow Hydro, LLC’s request
to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries
under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-
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Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are
also initiating consultation with the
New Hampshire Division of Historical
Resources, as required by section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act,
and the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
Marlow Hydro, LLC as the
Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out
consultation pursuant to section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act.
m. Marlow Hydro, LLC filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including
a proposed process plan and schedule)
with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
subsequent license for Project No. 3309.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20 each
application for a subsequent license and
any competing license applications
must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the existing license. All applications
for license for this project must be filed
by November 30, 2020.
p. 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.
Dated: December 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Number: PR18–11–000.
Applicants: Dow Pipeline Company.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b)(2)+(g): DPL Rate Petition to
be effective 12/1/2017;
Filed Date: 11/30/17.
Accession Number: 201711305088.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/21/17.
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
1/29/18.
Docket Number: PR18–12–000.
Applicants: Rocky Mountain Natural
Gas LLC.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b),(e)+(g): Revised Statement of
Operating Conditions to be effective
11/1/2017;
Filed Date: 11/30/17.
Accession Number: 201711305130.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/21/17.
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
1/29/18.
Docket Numbers: RP18–232–000.
Applicants: High Island Offshore
System, L.L.C.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: FT–2
Contract Amendment to be effective
11/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/4/17.
Accession Number: 20171204–5102.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/18/17.
Docket Numbers: RP18–233–000.
Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
December 2017 Permanent Relocations
& Assignments to be effective
12/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/4/17.
Accession Number: 20171204–5103.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/18/17.
Docket Numbers: RP18–234–000.
Applicants: Northern Border Pipeline
Company.
Description: Compliance filing
Settlement Compliance Period 1 Jan18–
Mar18 Docket No. RP12–1093–000 to be
effective 1/1/2018.
Filed Date: 12/4/17.
Accession Number: 20171204–5104.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/18/17.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-1-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-598); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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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 soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator Status or Foreign Utility Company
Status).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due February 9,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC18-1-
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.
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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 [email protected], 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 [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-598, Self-Certification for Entities Seeking Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status or Foreign Utility Company Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0166.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-598 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the data in the FERC-598 information
collection to implement the statutory provisions of Title XII, subtitle
F of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).\1\
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\1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, 119 Stat. 594,
972 et seq. (2005) (codified at 42 U.S.C. 16451 et seq.).
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EPAct 2005 repealed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935),\2\ and adopted in its place the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005).\3\ While providing for the
Commission's regulation of holding companies, PUHCA 2005 also provided
an exemption from such regulation for those holding companies that are
subject to Commission regulation as holding companies solely due to
their holding exempt wholesale generators (EWG) and foreign utility
companies (FUCO).\4\ To carry out this statutory directive, the
Commission amended its regulations (in Order No. 667 \5\) to, among
other things, add procedures for not only defining what entities would
qualify as EWGs and FUCOs, but also the self-certification by entities
seeking EWG and FUCO status, coupled with the self-certification of the
exemption of their holding companies, in turn, from Commission
regulation.\6\ This self-certification for EWGs and FUCOs is similar to
the process available to entities that seek qualifying facility
status.\7\
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\2\ Id. Sec. 1263, 119 Stat. 594, 974.
\3\ Id. Sec. 1261, 119 Stat. 594, 972.
\4\ Id. Sec. 1266(a), 119 Stat. 594, 975 (codified at 42 U.S.C.
16454(a)).
\5\ Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and
Enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR
75592, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,197 (2005), order on rehearing,
Order 667-A, 71 FR 28446, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,213 (2006), order
on rehearing, Order 667-B, 71 FR 42750, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,244
(2006), order on rehearing, Order 667-C, 118 FERC ] 61,133 (2007).
\6\ 18 CFR 366.1, 366.3(a), 366.4, 366.7.
\7\ 18 CFR 292.207.
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An EWG is defined as ``any person engaged directly, or indirectly
through one or more affiliates . . . and exclusively in the business of
owning or operating, or both owning and operating, all or part of one
or more eligible facilities and selling electric energy at wholesale.''
\8\ A FUCO is defined as ``any company that owns or operates facilities
that are not located in any state and that are used for the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light,
or power, if such company: (1) Derives no part of its income, directly
or indirectly, from the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electric energy for sale or the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or power, within the United States;
and (2) [n]either the company nor any of its subsidiary companies is a
public-utility company operating in the United States.'' \9\
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\8\ 18 CFR 366.1.
\9\ Id.
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An EWG, FUCO, or its representative seeking to self-certify its
status as an EWG or FUCO must file with the Commission a notice of
self-certification (FERC-598) demonstrating that it satisfies the
definition of EWG or FUCO. In the case of EWGs, the person filing a
notice of self-certification must also file a copy of the notice of
self-certification with the state regulatory authority of the state in
which the facility is located and that person must also represent to
the Commission in its submission that it has filed a copy of the notice
with the appropriate state regulatory authority.\10\
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\10\ 18 CFR 366.7.
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Submission of the information collected by FERC-598 is necessary
for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under section
1266(a) of EPAct 2005.\11\ The Commission implements its
responsibilities through the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title
18, Part 366. These filing requirements are mandatory for entities
seeking to self-certify their EWG or FUCO status, in order to, in turn,
exempt their holding companies from Commission regulation.
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\11\ 42 U.S.C. 16454(a).
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Type of Respondents: EWGs and FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \12\ The Commission estimates the total
annual burden and cost \13\ for this information collection as follows.
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\12\ ``Burden'' is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
\13\ Subject matter experts found that industry employment costs
(for salary plus benefits) for the FERC-598 information collection
closely resemble the Commission's. FERC's 2017 average annual salary
plus benefits per FTE (full-time equivalent) is $158,754 (or $76.50
per hour).
FERC-598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
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Annual number of
Number of respondents (EWGs responses per Total number of Average burden hours and Total annual burden hours Average cost per
and FUCOs) respondent responses cost ($) per response and total annual cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)......................... (3) * (4) = (5)............ (5) / (1)
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147........................... 1 147 6 hrs.; $459................ 882 hrs.; $67,473.......... $459
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
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(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and cost of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dated: December 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26653 Filed 12-8-17; 8:45 am]
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