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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AC18–55–000]
[Docket No. NJ17–10–003]
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Filing
Take notice that on February 28, 2018,
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to change the accounting for the
transmission related billings under the
Restated Agreement to Coordinate
Planning and Operations and
Interchange Power and Energy between
Northern States Power Company
(Minnesota) and Northern States Power
Company (Wisconsin).
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protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
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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 Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
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the City of Dover, Delaware submitted
its tariff filing: Compliance Filing
Docket Nos. NJ17–10–002 and EL17–
78–000 to be effective 6/1/2017.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
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 Applicant and
all the parties in this proceeding.
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electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
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should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on April 2, 2018.
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Dated: March 22, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725F); 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–
725F (Mandatory Reliability Standard
for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination) and submitting the
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. 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
published a Notice in the Federal
Register in Docket No. IC18–3–000 (82
FR 60980, December 26, 2017)
requesting public comments. FERC
received no comments in response to
the Notice and is indicating that in its
submittal to the OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0249, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC18–3–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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/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.
SUMMARY:
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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 725F, Mandatory
Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant
Interface Coordination.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0249.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725F information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires
the information collected by the FERC–
725F to implement the statutory
provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On
August 8, 2005, the Electricity
Modernization Act of 2005, which is
Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was
enacted into law.1 EPAct 2005 added a
new section 215 to the FPA, which
required a Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
FERC–725F
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New or Modifications
to Existing Agreements (Reporting).
New or Modifications
to Existing Agreements (Record
Keeping).
Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent
(2)
Number of
respondents
(1)
60 nuclear plants +
120 transmission
entities11.
60 nuclear plants +
120 transmission
entities.
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number of
responses
(1)*(2)=(3)
safe operation and shutdown.7 The
Nuclear Reliability Standard applies to
nuclear plant generator operators
(generally nuclear power plant owners
and operators, including licensees) and
transmission entities, defined in the
Reliability Standard as including a
nuclear plant’s suppliers of off-site
power and related transmission and
distribution services. To account for the
variations in nuclear plant design and
grid interconnection characteristics, the
Reliability Standard defines
transmission entities as all entities that
are responsible for providing services
related to Nuclear Plant Interface
Requirements (NPIRs), and lists eleven
types of functional entities (heretofore
described as transmission entities) that
could provide services related to
NPIRs.8
FERC–725F information collection
requirements include establishing and
maintaining interface agreements,
including record retention
requirements. These agreements are not
filed with FERC, but with the
appropriate entities as established by
the Reliability Standard.
Type of Respondents: Nuclear
operators, nuclear plants, transmission
entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 9 The
Commission estimates the average
annual burden and cost 10 for this
information collection as follows.
Average burden
hours & cost
per response ($)
(rounded)
(4)
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($) (rounded)
(3)*(4)=(5)
2
360
66.67 hrs.; $5,616 ....
24,001 hrs.;
$2,021,621.
2
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16
U.S.C. 824o.
2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
3 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of
Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No.
672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,212 (2006).
4 Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear
Plant Interface Coordination, Order No. 716, 125
FERC 61,065, at P 189 & n.90 (2008), order on reh’g,
Order No. 716–A, 126 FERC 61,122 (2009).
5 North American Electric Reliability Corporation,
130 FERC 61,051 (2010). When the revised
Reliability Standard was approved, the Commission
did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed that
the changes made did not substantively affect the
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Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.2
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.3 Pursuant to
Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
as the ERO. The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by
the Commission apply to users, owners
and operators of the Bulk-Power System
as set forth in each Reliability Standard.
On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its
petition for Commission approval of the
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination
Reliability Standard, designated NUC–
001–1. In Order No. 716, issued October
16, 2008, the Commission approved the
standard while also directing certain
revisions.4 Revised Reliability Standard,
NUC–001–2, was filed with the
Commission by NERC in August 2009
and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.5 On
November 4, 2014, in Docket No. RD14–
13, the Commission approved revised
Reliability Standard NUC–001–3.6
The purpose of Reliability Standard
NUC -001–3 is to require coordination
between Nuclear Plant Generator
Operators and Transmission Entities for
the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant
360
6.67 hrs.; $218 .........
2,401 hrs.; $78,615 ..
information collection and therefore a formal
submission to OMB was not needed.
The most recent OMB approval for FERC–725F
was issued on 6/15/2015.
6 The Letter Order is posted at https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?
fileID=13675845.
7 See Reliability Standard NUC–001–3 at https://
www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/
NUC-001-3.pdf.
8 The list of functional entities consists of
transmission operators, transmission owners,
transmission planners, transmission service
providers, balancing authorities, reliability
coordinators, planning coordinators, distribution
providers, load-serving entities, generator owners
and generator operators.
9 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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Cost per
respondent
($) (rounded)
(5)÷(1)
$11,231
$437
information to or for a Federal agency. Refer to 5
CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
10 The wage and benefit figures are based on the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data (at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) for May
2016 for Sector 22, Utilities. (The benefits figure is
based on BLS data as of September 8, 2017, which
indicates that wages are 69.6% and benefits are
30.4% of total salary (https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).)
The estimated hourly cost (for wages plus
benefits) for reporting requirements is $84.23/hour,
based on the average for an electrical engineer
(occupation code 17–2071, $68.12/hour), legal
(occupation code 23–0000, $143.68/hour), and
office and administrative support (occupation code
43–0000, $40.89/hour).
The estimated hourly cost (wages plus benefits)
for record keeping is $32.74/hour for a file clerk
(occupation code 43–4071).
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Number of
respondents
(1)
Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent
(2)
..................................
........................
FERC–725F
Total ..................
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;
(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: March 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
[Public Notice: 2018–6008]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Final Collection; Comment
Request
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review and
comments request.
AGENCY:
The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (EXIM), as a part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
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SUMMARY:
11 This figure of 120 transmission entities is based
on the assumption that each agreement will be
between 1 nuclear plant and 2 transmission entities
(60 × 2 = 120). However, there is some double
counting in this figure because some transmission
entities may be party to multiple agreements with
multiple nuclear plants. The double counting does
not affect the burden estimate, and the correct
number of unique respondents will be reported to
OMB.
12 The 180 respondents affected by the reporting
requirements are also affected by the recordkeeping
requirements.
13 The reporting requirements have not changed.
The decrease in the number of respondents is due
to: a) normal fluctuations in industry (e.g.,
companies merging and splitting, and coming into
and going out of business), and b) no new
agreements being issued due to the lack of new
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number of
responses
(1)*(2)=(3)
12 360
Average burden
hours & cost
per response ($)
(rounded)
(4)
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general public and other Federal
Agencies to comment on the proposed
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This form will enable EXIM to
identify the specific details of the
proposed co-financing transaction
between a U.S. exporter, EXIM, and a
foreign export credit agency; the
information collected includes vital
facts such as the amount of U.S.-made
content in the export, the amount of
financing requested from EXIM, and the
proposed financing amount from the
foreign export credit agency. These
details are necessary for approving this
unique transaction structure and
coordinating our support with that of
the foreign export credit agency to
ultimately complete the transaction and
support U.S. exports—and U.S. jobs.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before May 29, 2018 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically on
www.regulations.gov (EIB 11–04) or by
email to Mia.Johnson@exim.gov, or by
mail to Mia L. Johnson, Export-Import
Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20571. The
form can be viewed at: https://
www.exim.gov/sites/default/files/pub/
pending/eib11-04.pdf.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles and Form Number: EIB11–04,
Co-Financing with Foreign Export
Credit Agency.
OMB Number: 3048–0037.
Type of Review: Regular.
Need and Use: The information
collected will provide information
needed to determine compliance and
creditworthiness for transaction
requests submitted to the Export Import
Bank under its insurance, guarantee,
and direct loan programs.
Affected Public: This form affects
entities involved in the export of U.S.
goods and services.
Annual Number of Respondents: 60.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 15
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 15 hours.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: As
needed.
Government Expenses:
Reviewing Time per Year: 15 hours.
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burden hours &
total annual cost
($) (rounded)
(3)*(4)=(5)
26,402 hrs.;13
$2,100,236.
Cost per
respondent
($) (rounded)
(5)÷(1)
........................
Average Wages per Hour: $42.50.
Average Cost per Year: $637.50 (time
* wages).
Benefits and Overhead: 20%.
Total Government Cost: $765.
Bassam Doughman,
IT Specialist.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1003]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725F); 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-725F (Mandatory Reliability Standard for
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination) and submitting the information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 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 published a Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No.
IC18-3-000 (82 FR 60980, December 26, 2017) requesting public comments.
FERC received no comments in response to the Notice and is indicating
that in its submittal to the OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due April 27,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by OMB Control No. 1902-
0249, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC18-3-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's website: 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 [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
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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 725F, Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant
Interface Coordination.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0249.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725F information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires the information collected by the
FERC-725F to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On August 8, 2005, the
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle A,
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into law.\1\
EPAct 2005 added a new section 215 to the FPA, which required a
Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to
Commission review and approval. Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO subject to Commission oversight,
or the Commission can independently enforce Reliability Standards.\2\
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\1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, Title XII,
Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 824o.
\2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
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On February 3, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 672,
implementing section 215 of the FPA.\3\ Pursuant to Order No. 672, the
Commission certified one organization, North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC), as the ERO. The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by the Commission apply to users,
owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System as set forth in each
Reliability Standard.
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\3\ Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,204, order on reh'g, Order No. 672-A, FERC
Stats. & Regs. 31,212 (2006).
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On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its petition for Commission
approval of the Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Reliability
Standard, designated NUC-001-1. In Order No. 716, issued October 16,
2008, the Commission approved the standard while also directing certain
revisions.\4\ Revised Reliability Standard, NUC-001-2, was filed with
the Commission by NERC in August 2009 and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.\5\ On November 4, 2014, in Docket No.
RD14-13, the Commission approved revised Reliability Standard NUC-001-
3.\6\
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\4\ Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination, Order No. 716, 125 FERC 61,065, at P 189 & n.90
(2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 716-A, 126 FERC 61,122 (2009).
\5\ North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 130 FERC
61,051 (2010). When the revised Reliability Standard was approved,
the Commission did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed that
the changes made did not substantively affect the information
collection and therefore a formal submission to OMB was not needed.
The most recent OMB approval for FERC-725F was issued on 6/15/
2015.
\6\ The Letter Order is posted at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=13675845.
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The purpose of Reliability Standard NUC -001-3 is to require
coordination between Nuclear Plant Generator Operators and Transmission
Entities for the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant safe operation and
shutdown.\7\ The Nuclear Reliability Standard applies to nuclear plant
generator operators (generally nuclear power plant owners and
operators, including licensees) and transmission entities, defined in
the Reliability Standard as including a nuclear plant's suppliers of
off-site power and related transmission and distribution services. To
account for the variations in nuclear plant design and grid
interconnection characteristics, the Reliability Standard defines
transmission entities as all entities that are responsible for
providing services related to Nuclear Plant Interface Requirements
(NPIRs), and lists eleven types of functional entities (heretofore
described as transmission entities) that could provide services related
to NPIRs.\8\
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\7\ See Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 at https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/NUC-001-3.pdf.
\8\ The list of functional entities consists of transmission
operators, transmission owners, transmission planners, transmission
service providers, balancing authorities, reliability coordinators,
planning coordinators, distribution providers, load-serving
entities, generator owners and generator operators.
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FERC-725F information collection requirements include establishing
and maintaining interface agreements, including record retention
requirements. These agreements are not filed with FERC, but with the
appropriate entities as established by the Reliability Standard.
Type of Respondents: Nuclear operators, nuclear plants,
transmission entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \9\ The Commission estimates the average
annual burden and cost \10\ for this information collection as follows.
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\9\ Burden is defined as 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. Refer to
5 CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
\10\ The wage and benefit figures are based on the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) data (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) for May 2016 for Sector 22, Utilities. (The benefits
figure is based on BLS data as of September 8, 2017, which indicates
that wages are 69.6% and benefits are 30.4% of total salary (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).)
The estimated hourly cost (for wages plus benefits) for
reporting requirements is $84.23/hour, based on the average for an
electrical engineer (occupation code 17-2071, $68.12/hour), legal
(occupation code 23-0000, $143.68/hour), and office and
administrative support (occupation code 43-0000, $40.89/hour).
The estimated hourly cost (wages plus benefits) for record
keeping is $32.74/hour for a file clerk (occupation code 43-4071).
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Annual number Total annual burden Cost per
Number of respondents of responses Total number Average burden hours hours & total annual respondent ($)
FERC-725F (1) per respondent of responses & cost per response cost ($) (rounded) (rounded) (5)/
(2) (1)*(2)=(3) ($) (rounded) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (1)
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New or Modifications to Existing 60 nuclear plants + 2 360 66.67 hrs.; $5,616... 24,001 hrs.; $11,231
Agreements (Reporting). 120 transmission $2,021,621.
entities\11\.
New or Modifications to Existing 60 nuclear plants + 2 360 6.67 hrs.; $218...... 2,401 hrs.; $78,615.. $437
Agreements (Record Keeping). 120 transmission
entities.
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Total.......................... ..................... .............. \12\ 360 ..................... 26,402 hrs.;\13\ ..............
$2,100,236.
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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; (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.
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\11\ This figure of 120 transmission entities is based on the
assumption that each agreement will be between 1 nuclear plant and 2
transmission entities (60 x 2 = 120). However, there is some double
counting in this figure because some transmission entities may be
party to multiple agreements with multiple nuclear plants. The
double counting does not affect the burden estimate, and the correct
number of unique respondents will be reported to OMB.
\12\ The 180 respondents affected by the reporting requirements
are also affected by the recordkeeping requirements.
\13\ The reporting requirements have not changed. The decrease
in the number of respondents is due to: a) normal fluctuations in
industry (e.g., companies merging and splitting, and coming into and
going out of business), and b) no new agreements being issued due to
the lack of new nuclear plants being developed.
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-06191 Filed 3-27-18; 8:45 am]
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