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Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
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party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
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service, and qualifying facilities filings
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other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: July 23, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Dated: July 19, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18.
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
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD18–4–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725G2 1); Comment
Request; Revision
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 submitting its
information collection, FERC–725G2 1
(Reliability Standards for the Bulk
Power System: PRC Reliability
Standards) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements.
SUMMARY:
1 Commission staff is using the FERC–725G2 is a
temporary ‘‘place holder’’ information collection for
this 30-day notice. FERC–725G information
collection (OMB Control No. 1902–0252) is pending
review at OMB in an unrelated item and only one
item per OMB Control No. can be pending OMB
review at a time. In order to submit this timely, to
OMB, we are using a temporary place holder.
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Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register on May 16, 2018,
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–725G2 and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due August 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.:
1902–0281, 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. RD18–4–
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.
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–725G2, Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System:
PRC Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0281.
Type of Request: Revision of FERC–
725G2 information collection
requirements as discussed in Docket No.
RD18–4.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725G2 is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of
the FPA buttresses the Commission’s
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efforts to strengthen the reliability of the
interstate grid.
On March 16, 2018, the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC, the Commissionapproved ERO) submitted for
Commission approval proposed
Reliability Standard PRC–025–2.
Reliability Standard PRC–025–2
addresses setting load-responsive
protective relays associated with
generation facilities at a level to prevent
unnecessary tripping of generators
during a system disturbance for
conditions that do not pose a risk of
damage to the associated equipment.
Reliability Standard PRC–025–2 also
improves upon the retired Reliability
Standard PRC–025–1 2 by addressing
certain relay setting application issues
and by clarifying certain terminology
and references. NERC requested that the
Commission approve the Reliability
Standard and find that the approved
standard is just, reasonable, not unduly
discriminatory or preferential, and in
the public interest. NERC also requested
that the Commission approve: (i) The
associated Implementation Plan; (ii) the
associated Violation Risk Factors (VRFs)
and Violation Severity Levels (VSLs),
which remain unchanged from
Reliability Standard PRC–025–1; and
(iii) the retirement of currently-effective
Reliability Standard PRC–025–1.
Reliability Standard PRC–025–2
became effective on 7/1/2018, the first
day of the first calendar quarter after the
effective date of the applicable
governmental authority’s order
approving the standard. NERC’s
Implementation Plan approved phasedin compliance dates after the effective
date of Reliability Standard
PRC–025–2.3
On May 2, 2018, pursuant to the
relevant authority delegated to the
Director, Office of Electric Reliability
under 18 CFR 385.713 (2017) Reliability
Standard PRC–025–2 and the retirement
of Reliability Standard PRC–025–1 was
approved.
Type of Respondents: Generator
Owner (GO), Transmission Owner (TO),
and Distribution Provider (DP).
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 Details
follow on the changes in Docket No.
RD18–4–000 to Reliability Standard
FERC–725G2.
Net Effect to Burden for FERC–725G2:
Due to the retirement of Reliability
Standard PRC–025–1 and
implementation of Reliability Standard
PRC–025–2, the number of respondents
is reduced by 25, and the number of
annual burden hours is reduced by 550
hours. (The net changes are due to a
change in the number of affected
entities on the NERC Registry.) The
burden per respondent for Reliability
Standard PRC–025–2 remains 22 hours
(total for both one-time and ongoing
burden, similar to the now-retired
Reliability Standard PRC–025–1.)
FERC–725G2, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD PRC–025–2, IN DOCKET NO. RD18–4–000
Number of
respondents 5
(One-time) Review & documentation of
relay settings to ensure compliance.
(On-going) Record Retention (of compliance records for R1 and M1, for 3
years or until mitigation complete).
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Annual
number of
responses
Average burden
hours and cost per
response 6
($)
Total annual
burden hours and
total annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Entity
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
994 GO/TO/DP ........
1
994
20 hrs.; $1,298.20 ...
994 GO/TO/DP ........
1
994
2 hrs.; $62.32 ..........
19,880 hours;
$1,290,410.80.
1,988 hours;
$61,946.08.
$1,298.20
62.32
FERC–725G, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD PRC–025–1, RETIREMENT IN DOCKET NO. RD18–4–000
Number of
respondents
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(One-time) Review & documentation
of relay settings to ensure compliance,(reduction).
(On-going) Record Retention (of compliance records for R1 and M1, for 3
years or until mitigation complete)
(reduction).
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Annual
number of
responses
Average burden
hours and cost 7 per
response
($)
Total annual
burden hours and
total annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent 8
($)
(1)
Entity
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
1,019 GO/DP/TO ....
1
1,019
20 hrs.; $1,192.40
(reduction).
1,019 GO/DP/TO ....
1
1,019
2 hrs.; $57.90 (reduction).
2 https://www.nerc.net/standardsreports/
standardssummary.aspx.
3 See NERC’s Implementation Plan at https://
www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Project%20201604%20
Modifications%20to%20PRC0251%20DL/Project_
2016_04_Implementation_Plan_Clean_
01092018.pdf.
4 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. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
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collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
5 According to the NERC compliance registry as
of March 9, 2018, NERC has registered 415
distribution providers (DP), 985 generator owners
(GO) and 336 transmission owners (TO). However,
under NERC’s compliance registration program,
entities may be registered for multiple functions, so
these numbers incorporate some double counting.
The number of unique entities responding will be
approximately 994 entities registered as a
transmission owner, a distribution provider, or a
generator owner that is also a transmission owner
and/or a distribution owner. This estimate assumes
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20,380 hours;
$1,215,055.60
(reduction).
2,038 hours;
$59,000.10 (reduction).
$1,192.40 (reduction).
57.90 (reduction).
all of the unique entities apply load-responsive
protective relays.
6 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May
2017, for two positions involved in the reporting
and recordkeeping requirements. These figures
include salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are: Engineer:
$64.91/hour, and File Clerk: $31.16/hour. Hourly
cost for the engineer are used for the one-time costs,
and hourly cost for the file clerk are used for the
ongoing record retention.
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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: July 19, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–16015 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ID–8512–000]
Miller, Paul J.; Notice of Filing
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Take notice that on July 18, 2018,
Paul J. Miller, submitted for filing an,
application for authority to hold
interlocking positions, pursuant to
section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act,
16 U.S.C. 825d(b) and section 45.8 of
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR part
45.8 (2018).
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
7 GO = Generator Owner, DP = Distribution
Provider, TO = Transmission Owner, each of which
applies load-responsive protective relays at the
terminals of the Elements listed in the proposed
standard at section 3.2 (Facilities).
8 The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits)
are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
information May 2014, (at https://bls.gov/oes/
current/naics3_221000.htm#17-0000) for an
electrical engineer ($59.62/hour for review and
documentation), and for a file clerk ($28.95/hour for
record retention). Those figures (and the number of
respondents) were used when the standard was
approved and added to the OMB inventory. Hourly
cost for the engineer are used for the one-time costs,
and hourly cost for the file clerk are used for the
ongoing record retention.
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appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than 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.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on
the website 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 August 8, 2018.
Dated: July 19, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–523–000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on July 13, 2018,
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite
700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed
in the above referenced docket, a prior
notice request pursuant to sections
157.205 and 157.216 of the
Commission’s regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Columbia’s
blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP83–76–000, for authorization to (1)
plug and abandon four injection/
withdrawal (I/W) wells (Benton Well
9507 and Laurel Wells 9097, 9239, and
9285), (2) abandon and convert one I/W
well to an observation well (Benton
Well 7612), and (3) abandon associated
pipelines and appurtenances located at
Benton and Laurel Storage Fields in
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Hocking County, Ohio, 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
free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application may be directed to Linda
Farquhar, Manager, Project
Determinations & Regulatory
Administration, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana
Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas
77002–2700, at (832) 320–5685 or fax
(832) 320–6685 or linda_farquhar@
transcanada.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
the time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD18-4-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G2 \1\);
Comment Request; Revision
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\1\ Commission staff is using the FERC-725G2 is a temporary
``place holder'' information collection for this 30-day notice.
FERC-725G information collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0252) is
pending review at OMB in an unrelated item and only one item per OMB
Control No. can be pending OMB review at a time. In order to submit
this timely, to OMB, we are using a temporary place holder.
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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 submitting its information collection, FERC-725G2 \1\
(Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System: PRC Reliability
Standards) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of
the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments
to the Commission as explained below. The Commission previously issued
a Notice in the Federal Register on May 16, 2018, requesting public
comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC-725G2 and is
making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due August 27,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.:
1902-0281, 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. RD18-4-000, 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-725G2, Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System:
PRC Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0281.
Type of Request: Revision of FERC-725G2 information collection
requirements as discussed in Docket No. RD18-4.
Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725G2 is required
to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the
Commission's
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efforts to strengthen the reliability of the interstate grid.
On March 16, 2018, the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC, the Commission-approved ERO) submitted for
Commission approval proposed Reliability Standard PRC-025-2.
Reliability Standard PRC-025-2 addresses setting load-responsive
protective relays associated with generation facilities at a level to
prevent unnecessary tripping of generators during a system disturbance
for conditions that do not pose a risk of damage to the associated
equipment. Reliability Standard PRC-025-2 also improves upon the
retired Reliability Standard PRC-025-1 \2\ by addressing certain relay
setting application issues and by clarifying certain terminology and
references. NERC requested that the Commission approve the Reliability
Standard and find that the approved standard is just, reasonable, not
unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest. NERC
also requested that the Commission approve: (i) The associated
Implementation Plan; (ii) the associated Violation Risk Factors (VRFs)
and Violation Severity Levels (VSLs), which remain unchanged from
Reliability Standard PRC-025-1; and (iii) the retirement of currently-
effective Reliability Standard PRC-025-1.
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Reliability Standard PRC-025-2 became effective on 7/1/2018, the
first day of the first calendar quarter after the effective date of the
applicable governmental authority's order approving the standard.
NERC's Implementation Plan approved phased-in compliance dates after
the effective date of Reliability Standard PRC-025-2.\3\
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\3\ See NERC's Implementation Plan at https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Project%20201604%20Modifications%20to%20PRC0251%20DL/Project_2016_04_Implementation_Plan_Clean_01092018.pdf.
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On May 2, 2018, pursuant to the relevant authority delegated to the
Director, Office of Electric Reliability under 18 CFR 385.713 (2017)
Reliability Standard PRC-025-2 and the retirement of Reliability
Standard PRC-025-1 was approved.
Type of Respondents: Generator Owner (GO), Transmission Owner (TO),
and Distribution Provider (DP).
Estimate of Annual Burden: \4\ Details follow on the changes in
Docket No. RD18-4-000 to Reliability Standard FERC-725G2.
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\4\ 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. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
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Net Effect to Burden for FERC-725G2: Due to the retirement of
Reliability Standard PRC-025-1 and implementation of Reliability
Standard PRC-025-2, the number of respondents is reduced by 25, and the
number of annual burden hours is reduced by 550 hours. (The net changes
are due to a change in the number of affected entities on the NERC
Registry.) The burden per respondent for Reliability Standard PRC-025-2
remains 22 hours (total for both one-time and ongoing burden, similar
to the now-retired Reliability Standard PRC-025-1.)
FERC-725G2, Mandatory Reliability Standard PRC-025-2, in Docket No. RD18-4-000
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Annual number Average burden hours Total annual burden
Entity Number of respondents of responses Annual number and cost per response hours and total Cost per
\5\ per respondent of responses \6\ ($) annual cost ($) respondent ($)
(1).................. (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4).................. (3) * (4) = (5)..... (5) / (1) = (6)
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(One-time) Review & documentation 994 GO/TO/DP......... 1 994 20 hrs.; $1,298.20... 19,880 hours; $1,298.20
of relay settings to ensure $1,290,410.80.
compliance.
(On-going) Record Retention (of 994 GO/TO/DP......... 1 994 2 hrs.; $62.32....... 1,988 hours; 62.32
compliance records for R1 and M1, $61,946.08.
for 3 years or until mitigation
complete).
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\5\ According to the NERC compliance registry as of March 9,
2018, NERC has registered 415 distribution providers (DP), 985
generator owners (GO) and 336 transmission owners (TO). However,
under NERC's compliance registration program, entities may be
registered for multiple functions, so these numbers incorporate some
double counting. The number of unique entities responding will be
approximately 994 entities registered as a transmission owner, a
distribution provider, or a generator owner that is also a
transmission owner and/or a distribution owner. This estimate
assumes all of the unique entities apply load-responsive protective
relays.
\6\ The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses the figures
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2017, for two positions
involved in the reporting and recordkeeping requirements. These
figures include salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are: Engineer: $64.91/hour, and File Clerk:
$31.16/hour. Hourly cost for the engineer are used for the one-time
costs, and hourly cost for the file clerk are used for the ongoing
record retention.
FERC-725G, Mandatory Reliability Standard PRC-025-1, Retirement in Docket No. RD18-4-000
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Annual number Average burden hours Total annual burden
Entity Number of of responses Annual number and cost \7\ per hours and total Cost per respondent
respondents per respondent of responses response ($) annual cost ($) \8\ ($)
(1)................. (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)................. (3) * (4) = (5).... (5) / (1) = (6)
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(One-time) Review & documentation 1,019 GO/DP/TO...... 1 1,019 20 hrs.; $1,192.40 20,380 hours; $1,192.40
of relay settings to ensure (reduction). $1,215,055.60 (reduction).
compliance,(reduction). (reduction).
(On-going) Record Retention (of 1,019 GO/DP/TO...... 1 1,019 2 hrs.; $57.90 2,038 hours; 57.90 (reduction).
compliance records for R1 and (reduction). $59,000.10
M1, for 3 years or until (reduction).
mitigation complete) (reduction).
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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\ GO = Generator Owner, DP = Distribution Provider, TO =
Transmission Owner, each of which applies load-responsive protective
relays at the terminals of the Elements listed in the proposed
standard at section 3.2 (Facilities).
\8\ The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits) are based
on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) information May 2014, (at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm#17-0000) for an electrical
engineer ($59.62/hour for review and documentation), and for a file
clerk ($28.95/hour for record retention). Those figures (and the
number of respondents) were used when the standard was approved and
added to the OMB inventory. Hourly cost for the engineer are used
for the one-time costs, and hourly cost for the file clerk are used
for the ongoing record retention.
Dated: July 19, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-16015 Filed 7-26-18; 8:45 am]
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