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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–21–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725G); 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 currently
approved information collection, FERC–
725G (Reliability Standards for the Bulk
Power System: PRC Reliability
Standards, OMB Control No. 1902–
0252).
As part of this extension request,
FERC will transfer the information
collection requirements and burden of
the FERC–725G1 (OMB Control No.
1902–0284) and FERC–725G4 (OMB
Control No. 1902–0282) into FERC–
725G. FERC–725G1 and FERC–725G4
information collections will eventually
be discontinued.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due December 17, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC18–21–000)
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
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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–725G (Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System:
PRC Reliability Standards).1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0252.
Type of Request: Request a three-year
extension of the FERC–725G
information collection requirements
(including the information collection
requirements transferred from the
FERC–725G1 and FERC–725G4) with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725G is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA).2 Section 215 of the FPA
buttresses the Commission’s efforts to
strengthen the reliability of the
interstate bulk power grid.
The FERC–725G information
collection currently contains the
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for the following
Reliability Standards:
• PRC–002–2 (Disturbance Monitoring
and Reporting Requirements)
• PRC–006–2 (Automatic
Underfrequency Load Shedding)
• PRC–012–2 (Remedial Action
Schemes)
• PRC–019–1 (Coordination of
Generating Unit or Plant
Capabilities, Voltage Regulating
Controls, and Protection)
• PRC–023–4 (Transmission Relay
Loadability)
• PRC–024–1 (Generator Frequency and
Voltage Protective Relay Settings)
• PRC–025–1 (Generator Relay
Loadability)
• PRC–026–1 (Relay Performance
During Stable Power Swings)
1 The current information collection requirements
of the FERC–725G1 (OMB Control No. 1902–0284)
and FERC–725G4 (OMB Control No. 1902–0282) are
being transferred into the FERC–725G.
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• PRC–027–1 (Coordination of
Protection Systems for Performance
During Faults)
Additionally, the information
collection requirements of the following
Reliability Standards will be
incorporated into FERC–725G:
• PRC–004–5(i) 3 (Protection System
Misoperation Identification and
Correction) and
• PRC–010–2 4 (Undervoltage Load
Shedding)
Each of these Reliability Standards
has three components that impose
burden upon affected industry:
• Requirements (e.g., denoted in each
Reliability Standard as R1, R2. . .)
• Measures (e.g., denoted in each
Reliability Standard as M1, M2. . .)
• Evidence Retention
These three components can be
reviewed for the Reliability Standards in
NERC petitions in FERC’s eLibrary
system (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp) or on NERC’s own website
(www.nerc.com).
Type of Respondents: Transmission
owners, generator owners, distribution
providers, planning coordinators and
transmission planners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 6 for the
information collection as:
3 This standard is currently contained in the
FERC–725G1 information collection. FERC–725G1
will eventually be discontinued.
4 This standard is currently contained in the
FERC–725G4 information collection. FERC–725G4
will eventually be discontinued.
5 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, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
6 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May
2017. Unless otherwise specified, this figure
includes salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) for an Electrical
Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071, $66.90/hour)
and an Information and Record Clerk (Occupation
Code: 43–4199, $39.68/hour). All of the reporting
requirements use the electrical engineer rate for cost
calculation. Similarly, all of the record-keeping
requirements use the information and record clerk
rate for cost calculation.
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FERC–725G—MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS: PRC RELIABILITY STANDARDS
Reliability standards
Number of respondents 7
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden
& cost ($)
(rounded) per
response
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost ($) (rounded)
Cost per
respondent
(rounded) ($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4) 8
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
42.445 hrs.;
$2,840.
73.729 hrs.;
$4,932.
47 hrs.; $3,144 ..
31,452 hrs.;
$2,104,139.
38,413 hrs.;
$2,569,830.
3,760 hrs.;
$251,544.
78,147 hrs.;
$5,228,034.
12,546 hrs.;
$839,327.
12,546 hrs.;
$839,327.
6,748 hrs.;
$451,441.
8,592 hrs.;
$574,805.
34,120 hrs.;
$2,282,628.
5,184 hrs.;
$346,810.
936 hrs.; $62,618 ...
$2,840
380,769 hrs.;
$15,108,914.
16,463 hrs.;
$653,252.
400 hrs.; $15,872 ...
38,684 hrs.;
$1,543,981.
0 hrs.; $0 ................
0 hrs.; $0 ................
2,083 hrs.; $82,653
13,104 hrs.;
$519,967.
27,380 hrs.;
$1,086,438.
7,776 hrs.;
$308,552.
312 hrs.; $12,380 ...
20,390
Reporting Requirements
PRC–023–4 ...................................
741 (TO, GO, DP, PC) .................
1
741
PRC–002–2 ...................................
521 (TO, GO) ...............................
1
521
PRC–006–2 ...................................
80 (TO, DP) ..................................
1
80
PRC–012–2 ...................................
3,291 (RC, PC, TO, GO, DP) ......
1
3,291
PRC–019–1 ...................................
738 (GO, TO) ...............................
1
738
23.746 hrs.;
$1,589.
17 hrs.; $1,137 ..
PRC–024–1 ...................................
738 (GO) ......................................
1
738
17 hrs.; $1,137 ..
PRC–025–1 ...................................
1,019 (GO, TO, DP) .....................
1
1,019
6.622 hrs.; $443
PRC–026–1 ...................................
1,092 (GO, PC, TO) .....................
1
1,092
PRC–027–1 ...................................
1,727 (TO, GO, DP) .....................
1
1,727
PRC–004–5(i) 9
(formerly
in
FERC–725G1).
PRC–010–2 (formerly in FERC–
725G4).
648 (TO, GO, DP) ........................
1
648
7.868 hrs.;
$1,092.
19.757 hrs.;
$1,322.
8 hrs.10; $535 ....
26 (PC, TP, DP) ...........................
1
26
36 hrs.; $2,408 ..
4,932
3,144
1,589
1,137
1,137
443
1.092
1,322
535
2,408
Record-Keeping (Evidence Retention) Requirements
PRC–023–4 ...................................
741 (TO, GO, DP, PC) .................
1
741
PRC–002–2 ...................................
521 (TO, GO) ...............................
1
521
PRC–006–2 ...................................
PRC–012–2 ...................................
80 (TO, DP) ..................................
3,291 (RC, PC, TO, GO, DP) ......
1
1
80
3,291
PRC–019–2
PRC–024–1
PRC–025–1
PRC–026–1
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
738 (GO, TO) ...............................
738 (GO) ......................................
1,019 (GO, TO, DP) .....................
1,092 (GO, PC, TO) .....................
1
1
1
1
738
738
1,019
1,092
PRC–027–1 ...................................
1,727 (TO, GO, DP) .....................
1
1,727
PRC–004–5(i) (formerly in FERC–
725G1).
PRC–010–2 (formerly in FERC–
725G4).
648 (TO, GO, DP) ........................
1
648
15.854 hrs.;
$629.
12 hrs.; $476 .....
26 (PC, TP, DP) ...........................
1
26
12 hrs.; $476 .....
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements.
Subtotal for Record-keeping
Requirements.
Total ................................
.......................................................
........................
........................
...........................
.......................................................
........................
........................
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.......................................................
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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7 GO
= generator owner, TO = transmission
owner, DP = distribution planner; PC = planning
coordinator and TP = transmission planners, RC =
Reliability Coordinator.
8 The average costs per response are rounded to
the nearest dollar.
9 Reliability Standard PRC–004–5(i) is an updated
standard that neither added nor removed reporting
and record keeping requirements (and
corresponding burden) as compared to Reliability
Standards PRC–004–3 and PRC–004–4.
10 The reporting requirements for Reliability
Standards PRC–004–5(i) are reduced by 2 hours/
response (annually) due to completion of a one-time
requirement imposed by the Order in Docket No.
RD14–14–000).
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513.858 hrs.;
$20,390.
31.599 hrs.;
$1,254.
5 hrs.; $198 .......
11.754 hrs.;
$466.
0 hrs.; $0 ...........
0 hrs.; $0 ...........
2.044 hrs.; $81 ..
12 hrs.; $476 .....
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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232,444 hrs.;
$15,550,504.
486,971 hrs.;
$19,323,009.
719,415 hrs.;
$34,873,513.
1,254
198
466
0
0
81
476
629
476
476
........................
........................
........................
Dated: October 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-21-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G); 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 currently approved
information collection, FERC-725G (Reliability Standards for the Bulk
Power System: PRC Reliability Standards, OMB Control No. 1902-0252).
As part of this extension request, FERC will transfer the
information collection requirements and burden of the FERC-725G1 (OMB
Control No. 1902-0284) and FERC-725G4 (OMB Control No. 1902-0282) into
FERC-725G. FERC-725G1 and FERC-725G4 information collections will
eventually be discontinued.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due December 17,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC18-21-
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-725G (Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System:
PRC Reliability Standards).\1\
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\1\ The current information collection requirements of the FERC-
725G1 (OMB Control No. 1902-0284) and FERC-725G4 (OMB Control No.
1902-0282) are being transferred into the FERC-725G.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0252.
Type of Request: Request a three-year extension of the FERC-725G
information collection requirements (including the information
collection requirements transferred from the FERC-725G1 and FERC-725G4)
with no changes to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725G is required to
implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA).\2\ Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the Commission's
efforts to strengthen the reliability of the interstate bulk power
grid.
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\2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o.
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The FERC-725G information collection currently contains the
reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the following Reliability
Standards:
PRC-002-2 (Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements)
PRC-006-2 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding)
PRC-012-2 (Remedial Action Schemes)
PRC-019-1 (Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant
Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection)
PRC-023-4 (Transmission Relay Loadability)
PRC-024-1 (Generator Frequency and Voltage Protective Relay
Settings)
PRC-025-1 (Generator Relay Loadability)
PRC-026-1 (Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings)
PRC-027-1 (Coordination of Protection Systems for Performance
During Faults)
Additionally, the information collection requirements of the
following Reliability Standards will be incorporated into FERC-725G:
PRC-004-5(i) \3\ (Protection System Misoperation
Identification and Correction) and
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\3\ This standard is currently contained in the FERC-725G1
information collection. FERC-725G1 will eventually be discontinued.
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PRC-010-2 \4\ (Undervoltage Load Shedding)
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\4\ This standard is currently contained in the FERC-725G4
information collection. FERC-725G4 will eventually be discontinued.
Each of these Reliability Standards has three components that
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impose burden upon affected industry:
Requirements (e.g., denoted in each Reliability Standard as
R1, R2. . .)
Measures (e.g., denoted in each Reliability Standard as M1,
M2. . .)
Evidence Retention
These three components can be reviewed for the Reliability
Standards in NERC petitions in FERC's eLibrary system (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) or on NERC's own website
(www.nerc.com).
Type of Respondents: Transmission owners, generator owners,
distribution providers, planning coordinators and transmission
planners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \5\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \6\ for the information collection as:
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\5\ 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, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\6\ The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses the figures
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2017. Unless otherwise
specified, this figure includes salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) for an Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17-2071,
$66.90/hour) and an Information and Record Clerk (Occupation Code:
43-4199, $39.68/hour). All of the reporting requirements use the
electrical engineer rate for cost calculation. Similarly, all of the
record-keeping requirements use the information and record clerk
rate for cost calculation.
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Annual number Average burden & cost Total annual burden Cost per
Reliability standards Number of respondents of responses Total number ($) (rounded) per hours & total annual respondent
\7\ per respondent of responses response cost ($) (rounded) (rounded) ($)
(1).................. (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) \8\.............. (3)*(4)=(5).......... (5)/(1)
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Reporting Requirements
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PRC-023-4.......................... 741 (TO, GO, DP, PC). 1 741 42.445 hrs.; $2,840.. 31,452 hrs.; $2,840
$2,104,139.
PRC-002-2.......................... 521 (TO, GO)......... 1 521 73.729 hrs.; $4,932.. 38,413 hrs.; 4,932
$2,569,830.
PRC-006-2.......................... 80 (TO, DP).......... 1 80 47 hrs.; $3,144...... 3,760 hrs.; $251,544. 3,144
PRC-012-2.......................... 3,291 (RC, PC, TO, 1 3,291 23.746 hrs.; $1,589.. 78,147 hrs.; 1,589
GO, DP). $5,228,034.
PRC-019-1.......................... 738 (GO, TO)......... 1 738 17 hrs.; $1,137...... 12,546 hrs.; $839,327 1,137
PRC-024-1.......................... 738 (GO)............. 1 738 17 hrs.; $1,137...... 12,546 hrs.; $839,327 1,137
PRC-025-1.......................... 1,019 (GO, TO, DP)... 1 1,019 6.622 hrs.; $443..... 6,748 hrs.; $451,441. 443
PRC-026-1.......................... 1,092 (GO, PC, TO)... 1 1,092 7.868 hrs.; $1,092... 8,592 hrs.; $574,805. 1.092
PRC-027-1.......................... 1,727 (TO, GO, DP)... 1 1,727 19.757 hrs.; $1,322.. 34,120 hrs.; 1,322
$2,282,628.
PRC-004-5(i) \9\ (formerly in FERC- 648 (TO, GO, DP)..... 1 648 8 hrs.\10\; $535..... 5,184 hrs.; $346,810. 535
725G1).
PRC-010-2 (formerly in FERC-725G4). 26 (PC, TP, DP)...... 1 26 36 hrs.; $2,408...... 936 hrs.; $62,618.... 2,408
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Record-Keeping (Evidence Retention) Requirements
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PRC-023-4.......................... 741 (TO, GO, DP, PC). 1 741 513.858 hrs.; $20,390 380,769 hrs.; 20,390
$15,108,914.
PRC-002-2.......................... 521 (TO, GO)......... 1 521 31.599 hrs.; $1,254.. 16,463 hrs.; $653,252 1,254
PRC-006-2.......................... 80 (TO, DP).......... 1 80 5 hrs.; $198......... 400 hrs.; $15,872.... 198
PRC-012-2.......................... 3,291 (RC, PC, TO, 1 3,291 11.754 hrs.; $466.... 38,684 hrs.; 466
GO, DP). $1,543,981.
PRC-019-2.......................... 738 (GO, TO)......... 1 738 0 hrs.; $0........... 0 hrs.; $0........... 0
PRC-024-1.......................... 738 (GO)............. 1 738 0 hrs.; $0........... 0 hrs.; $0........... 0
PRC-025-1.......................... 1,019 (GO, TO, DP)... 1 1,019 2.044 hrs.; $81...... 2,083 hrs.; $82,653.. 81
PRC-026-1.......................... 1,092 (GO, PC, TO)... 1 1,092 12 hrs.; $476........ 13,104 hrs.; $519,967 476
PRC-027-1.......................... 1,727 (TO, GO, DP)... 1 1,727 15.854 hrs.; $629.... 27,380 hrs.; 629
$1,086,438.
PRC-004-5(i) (formerly in FERC- 648 (TO, GO, DP)..... 1 648 12 hrs.; $476........ 7,776 hrs.; $308,552. 476
725G1).
PRC-010-2 (formerly in FERC-725G4). 26 (PC, TP, DP)...... 1 26 12 hrs.; $476........ 312 hrs.; $12,380.... 476
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Subtotal for Reporting ..................... .............. .............. ..................... 232,444 hrs.; ..............
Requirements. $15,550,504.
Subtotal for Record-keeping ..................... .............. .............. ..................... 486,971 hrs.; ..............
Requirements. $19,323,009.
Total...................... ..................... .............. .............. ..................... 719,415 hrs.; ..............
$34,873,513.
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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, TO = transmission owner, DP =
distribution planner; PC = planning coordinator and TP =
transmission planners, RC = Reliability Coordinator.
\8\ The average costs per response are rounded to the nearest
dollar.
\9\ Reliability Standard PRC-004-5(i) is an updated standard
that neither added nor removed reporting and record keeping
requirements (and corresponding burden) as compared to Reliability
Standards PRC-004-3 and PRC-004-4.
\10\ The reporting requirements for Reliability Standards PRC-
004-5(i) are reduced by 2 hours/response (annually) due to
completion of a one-time requirement imposed by the Order in Docket
No. RD14-14-000).
Dated: October 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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