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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–6–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities: (FERC–65, FERC–65a,
FERC–65b, FERC–725v) Consolidated
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
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 information
collections, FERC–65 (Notice of Holding
Company Status), FERC–65A
(Exemption Notification of holding
Company Status), and FERC–65B
(Waiver Notification of Holding
Company Status), and FERC–725V
(Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM
Reliability Standards) which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a review of the
information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due June 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0218 and OMB Control No. 1902–0277,
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–
8528.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC18–6–000 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
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SUMMARY:
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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–65 (Notice of Holding
Company Status), FERC–65A
(Exemption Notification of Holding
Company Status), and FERC–65B
(Waiver Notification of Holding
Company Status).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0218.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–65, FERC–65A and FERC–
65B information collection requirements
with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The Pursuant to section
366.4 of the Commission’s rules and
regulations, persons who meet the
definition of a holding company shall
provide the Commission notification of
holding company status.
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing outlined in the
Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The
FERC–65 must be submitted within 30
days of becoming a holding company.1
While the Commission does not require
the information to be reported in a
specific format, the filing needs to
consist of the name of the holding
company, the name of public utilities,
the name of natural gas companies in
the holding company system, and the
names of service companies. In
addition, the Commission requires the
filing to include the names of specialpurpose subsidiaries (which provide
non-power goods and services) and the
names of all affiliates and subsidiaries
(and their corporate interrelationship) to
each other. Filings may be submitted in
1 Persons that meet the definition of a holding
company as provided by § 366.1 as of February 8,
2006 shall notify the Commission of their status as
a holding company no later than June 15, 2006.
Holding companies formed after February 8, 2006
shall notify the Commission of their status as a
holding company, no later than the latter of June
15, 2006 or 30 days after they become holding
companies.
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hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s eFiling system.
FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of
Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined
requirements of the FERC–65, the
Commission has allowed for an
exemption from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a
FERC–65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any
person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company; or if any class of
transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company. Persons seeking
this exemption file the FERC–65A,
which must include a form of notice
suitable for publication in the Federal
Register. Those who file a FERC–65A in
good faith will have a temporary
exemption upon filing, after 60 days if
the Commission has taken no action, the
exemption will be deemed granted.
Commission regulations within 18 CFR
366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity.
1. FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
If an entity meets the requirements in
18 CFR 366.3(c), they may file a FERC–
65B waiver notification pursuant to the
procedures outlined in 18 CFR 366.4.
Specifically, the Commission waives the
requirement of providing it with a
FERC–65 for any holding company with
respect to one or more of the following:
(1) Single-state holding company
systems; (2) holding companies that
own generating facilities that total 100
MW or less in size and are used
fundamentally for their own load or for
sales to affiliated end-users; or (3)
investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in
hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s website.
Type of Respondent: Public utility
companies, natural gas companies,
electric wholesale generators, foreign
utility holding companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
2 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.
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FERC–65 (NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS), FERC–65A (EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING
COMPANY STATUS), AND FERC–65B (WAIVER NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden and
cost per
response 3
Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
($) (5) ÷ (1)
FERC–65 .................................................
FERC–65A ...............................................
FERC–65B ...............................................
12
4
4
1
1.25
1.75
12
5
7
3; $229.50
1; $76.50
1; $76.50
36; $2,754
5; $382.50
7; $535.50
$229.50
$95.63
$133.88
Total ..................................................
........................
........................
24
........................
48; $3,672
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Title: FERC–725V, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: COM Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0277.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725V information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 15, 2016, the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for
Commission approval, pursuant to
section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power
Act (‘‘FPA’’) 4 and Section 39.5 5 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, for
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
(Communications), the associated
Implementation Plan, retirement of
currently-effective Reliability Standard
COM–001–2.1, and Violation Risk
Factors (‘‘VRFs’’) and Violation Severity
Levels (‘‘VSLs’’) associated with new
Requirements R12 and R13 in
Reliability Standard COM–001–3.
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
reflects revisions developed under
Project 2015–07 Internal
Communications Capabilities, in
compliance with the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 888 that NERC
‘‘develop modifications to COM–001–2,
or develop a new standard, to address
the Commission’s concerns regarding
ensuring the adequacy of internal
communications capability whenever
internal communications could directly
affect the reliability opera.
Reliability Standards COM–001–2 and
COM–002–4 do not require responsible
entities to file information with the
Commission. COM–001–2 requires that
transmission operators, balancing
authorities, reliability coordinators,
distribution providers, and generator
operators must maintain documentation
of Interpersonal Communication
capability and designation of Alternate
Interpersonal Communication, as well
as evidence of testing of the Alternate
Interpersonal Communication facilities.
COM–002–4 requires balancing
authorities, distribution providers,
reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and generator operators to
develop and maintain documented
communication protocols, and to be
able to provide evidence of training on
the protocols and of their annual
assessment of the protocols.
Additionally, all applicable entities
(balancing authorities, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators, and distribution
providers) must be able to provide
evidence of three-part communication
when issuing or receiving an Operating
Instruction during an Emergency.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 6 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–725V, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS: COM RELIABILITY STANDARDS
Number of
respondents
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Total number
of responses
Average burden and
cost per response 7
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
(1)
(One-time) 8 Development of Communication Protocols [COM–
002–4 R1].
(On-going) 9 Maintain evidence of
Interpersonal
Communication
capability
[COM–001–2 R7
and R8].
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
($) (5) ÷ (1)
201 (BA, RC & TOP)
1
201
8 hrs. & $288 ............
1,608 hrs. & $57,888
288
1,180 (DP & GOP) ....
1
1,180
4 hrs. & $144 ............
4,720 hrs. & $169,920
144
3 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: 2017 Average Burden
Hours per Response * $76.50 per Hour = Average
Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure of $76.50
is the average FERC employee wage plus benefits.
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We assume for FERC–65, FERC–65A and FERC–65B
that respondents earn at a similar rate.
4 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012).
5 18 CFR 39.5 (2015).
6 The Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
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persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
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FERC–725V, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS: COM RELIABILITY STANDARDS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Total ..............
Total number
of responses
Average burden and
cost per response 7
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
(1)
(On-going) Maintain evidence of
training and assessments
[COM–002–4
R2, R4, R5 and
R6].
(On-going) Maintain evidence of
training [COM–
002–4 R3 and
R6].
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
($) (5) ÷ (1)
201 (BA, RC & TOP)
1
201
8 hrs. & $288 ............
1,608 hrs. & $57,888
288
1,880 (DP & GOP) ....
1
1,180
8 hrs. & $288 ............
15,040 hrs. &
$541,440.
288
....................................
........................
2,762
....................................
22,976 hrs. &
$827,136.
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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.
Dated: May 10, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
7 The loaded hourly wage figure (includes
benefits) is based on the occupational categories for
2016 found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics
website (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm):
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071):
$68.12 (review and documentation).
Office and Administrative Support (Occupation
Code: 43–0000): $40.89 ($68.12 + 40.89 = 109.01 ÷
3 = $36.34. This figure is rounded to $36.00 for use
in collection FERC–725V for calculating wage
figures in this renewal calculation.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–384–000]
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization: Southern Star Central
Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Take notice that on April 30, 2018,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
(Southern Star), 4700 Highway 56,
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed in
the above referenced docket, a prior
notice request pursuant to sections
157.205, 157.208, 157.210, 157.211, and
157.216 of the Commission’s regulations
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and
Southern Star’s blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82–479–000, for
authorization to construct, own, and
operate a total of approximately 14.27
miles in seven non-contiguous 20- and
24-inch-diameter pipeline segments,
and subsequently to abandon the
equivalent existing segments of Line V
in Oklahoma and Logan Counties,
Oklahoma (Line V Replacement Project).
The replacement is required due to the
age and condition of the acetylenewelded pipe and to enable in-line
assessments of the Line V pipeline, all
as more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
The filing may also be viewed on the
web at 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, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
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free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any questions concerning this prior
notice request should be directed to
Cindy Thompson, Manager, Regulatory,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.,
4700 Highway 56, Owensboro,
Kentucky 42301, by phone (270) 852–
4655, or by email Cindy.C.Thompson@
sscgp.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
for this proposal. The filing of the EA
in the Commission’s public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s EA.
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the
Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
or notice of intervention. Any person
filing to intervene or the Commission’s
staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission’s Regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-6-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities: (FERC-65, FERC-65a,
FERC-65b, FERC-725v) Consolidated Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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 information collections,
FERC-65 (Notice of Holding Company Status), FERC-65A (Exemption
Notification of holding Company Status), and FERC-65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company Status), and FERC-725V (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: COM Reliability Standards) which will be
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of
the information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by OMB Control No. 1902-
0218 and OMB Control No. 1902-0277, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-8528.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC18-6-000 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.
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-65 (Notice of Holding Company Status), FERC-65A
(Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status), and FERC-65B
(Waiver Notification of Holding Company Status).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0218.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-65, FERC-65A and
FERC-65B information collection requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Pursuant to section 366.4 of the Commission's rules
and regulations, persons who meet the definition of a holding company
shall provide the Commission notification of holding company status.
The FERC-65 is a one-time informational filing outlined in the
Commission's regulations at 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4.
The FERC-65 must be submitted within 30 days of becoming a holding
company.\1\ While the Commission does not require the information to be
reported in a specific format, the filing needs to consist of the name
of the holding company, the name of public utilities, the name of
natural gas companies in the holding company system, and the names of
service companies. In addition, the Commission requires the filing to
include the names of special-purpose subsidiaries (which provide non-
power goods and services) and the names of all affiliates and
subsidiaries (and their corporate interrelationship) to each other.
Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission's eFiling system.
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\1\ Persons that meet the definition of a holding company as
provided by Sec. 366.1 as of February 8, 2006 shall notify the
Commission of their status as a holding company no later than June
15, 2006. Holding companies formed after February 8, 2006 shall
notify the Commission of their status as a holding company, no later
than the latter of June 15, 2006 or 30 days after they become
holding companies.
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FERC-65A (Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined requirements of the FERC-65,
the Commission has allowed for an exemption from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a FERC-65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company; or if
any class of transactions is not relevant to the jurisdictional rates
of a public utility or natural gas company. Persons seeking this
exemption file the FERC-65A, which must include a form of notice
suitable for publication in the Federal Register. Those who file a
FERC-65A in good faith will have a temporary exemption upon filing,
after 60 days if the Commission has taken no action, the exemption will
be deemed granted. Commission regulations within 18 CFR 366.3 describe
the criteria in more specificity.
1. FERC-65B (Waiver Notification of Holding Company Status)
If an entity meets the requirements in 18 CFR 366.3(c), they may
file a FERC-65B waiver notification pursuant to the procedures outlined
in 18 CFR 366.4. Specifically, the Commission waives the requirement of
providing it with a FERC-65 for any holding company with respect to one
or more of the following: (1) Single-state holding company systems; (2)
holding companies that own generating facilities that total 100 MW or
less in size and are used fundamentally for their own load or for sales
to affiliated end-users; or (3) investors in independent transmission-
only companies. Filings may be made in hardcopy or electronically
through the Commission's website.
Type of Respondent: Public utility companies, natural gas
companies, electric wholesale generators, foreign utility holding
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \2\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\2\ 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.
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FERC-65 (Notification of Holding Company Status), FERC-65A (Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status), and FERC-65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
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Total annual
Number of Annual number Total number Average burden burden hours Cost per
respondents of responses of responses and cost per and total respondent
per respondent response \3\ annual cost
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4) (3) * (4) = ($) (5) / (1)
(3) (5)
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FERC-65................................................. 12 1 12 3; $229.50 36; $2,754 $229.50
FERC-65A................................................ 4 1.25 5 1; $76.50 5; $382.50 $95.63
FERC-65B................................................ 4 1.75 7 1; $76.50 7; $535.50 $133.88
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Total............................................... .............. .............. 24 .............. 48; $3,672 ..............
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Title: FERC-725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM Reliability
Standards.
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\3\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: 2017 Average Burden Hours per Response * $76.50
per Hour = Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure of
$76.50 is the average FERC employee wage plus benefits. We assume
for FERC-65, FERC-65A and FERC-65B that respondents earn at a
similar rate.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0277.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725V information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: On August 15, 2016, the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for Commission
approval, pursuant to section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power Act
(``FPA'') \4\ and Section 39.5 \5\ of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's regulations, for Reliability Standard COM-001-3
(Communications), the associated Implementation Plan, retirement of
currently-effective Reliability Standard COM-001-2.1, and Violation
Risk Factors (``VRFs'') and Violation Severity Levels (``VSLs'')
associated with new Requirements R12 and R13 in Reliability Standard
COM-001-3. Reliability Standard COM-001-3 reflects revisions developed
under Project 2015-07 Internal Communications Capabilities, in
compliance with the Commission's directive in Order No. 888 that NERC
``develop modifications to COM-001-2, or develop a new standard, to
address the Commission's concerns regarding ensuring the adequacy of
internal communications capability whenever internal communications
could directly affect the reliability opera.
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\4\ 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012).
\5\ 18 CFR 39.5 (2015).
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Reliability Standards COM-001-2 and COM-002-4 do not require
responsible entities to file information with the Commission. COM-001-2
requires that transmission operators, balancing authorities,
reliability coordinators, distribution providers, and generator
operators must maintain documentation of Interpersonal Communication
capability and designation of Alternate Interpersonal Communication, as
well as evidence of testing of the Alternate Interpersonal
Communication facilities. COM-002-4 requires balancing authorities,
distribution providers, reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and generator operators to develop and maintain documented
communication protocols, and to be able to provide evidence of training
on the protocols and of their annual assessment of the protocols.
Additionally, all applicable entities (balancing authorities,
reliability coordinators, transmission operators, generator operators,
and distribution providers) must be able to provide evidence of three-
part communication when issuing or receiving an Operating Instruction
during an Emergency.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \6\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\6\ The Commission defines burden 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. For further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
FERC-725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM Reliability Standards
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Annual number
Number of respondents of responses Total number Average burden and cost per Total annual burden hours & total Cost per
per respondent of responses response \7\ annual cost respondent
(1)............................... (2) (1) * (2) = (4)............................... (3) * (4) = (5)................... ($) (5) / (1)
(3)
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(One-time) \8\ Development of 201 (BA, RC & TOP)................ 1 201 8 hrs. & $288..................... 1,608 hrs. & $57,888.............. 288
Communication Protocols [COM-002-4
R1].
(On-going) \9\ Maintain evidence of 1,180 (DP & GOP).................. 1 1,180 4 hrs. & $144..................... 4,720 hrs. & $169,920............. 144
Interpersonal Communication
capability [COM-001-2 R7 and R8].
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(On-going) Maintain evidence of 201 (BA, RC & TOP)................ 1 201 8 hrs. & $288..................... 1,608 hrs. & $57,888.............. 288
training and assessments [COM-002-4
R2, R4, R5 and R6].
(On-going) Maintain evidence of 1,880 (DP & GOP).................. 1 1,180 8 hrs. & $288..................... 15,040 hrs. & $541,440............ 288
training [COM-002-4 R3 and R6].
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Total........................... .................................. .............. 2,762 .................................. 22,976 hrs. & $827,136............ ..............
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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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\7\ The loaded hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based
on the occupational categories for 2016 found on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics website (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm):
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17-2071): $68.12 (review
and documentation).
Office and Administrative Support (Occupation Code: 43-0000):
$40.89 ($68.12 + 40.89 = 109.01 / 3 = $36.34. This figure is rounded
to $36.00 for use in collection FERC-725V for calculating wage
figures in this renewal calculation.
Dated: May 10, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-10401 Filed 5-15-18; 8:45 am]
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