Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725k); Comment Request, 10055-10056 [2019-05047]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 53 / Tuesday, March 19, 2019 / Notices require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Menice Santistevan at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the telephone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Committees either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Menice Santistevan at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. 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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 published a Notice in the Federal Register on December 10, 2018 (83 FR 63494), requesting public SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Mar 18, 2019 Jkt 247001 comments. The Commission received no comments and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by April 18, 2019. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 1902–0260, 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. IC19–9–000, 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, by telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax at (202) 273–0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards for the SERC Region. OMB Control No.: 1902–0260. Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC–725K information collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting requirements. Abstract: Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) requires 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 NERC, subject to Commission oversight, or by the Commission independently. Reliability Standards that NERC proposes to the Commission may include Reliability Standards that are proposed by a Regional Entity to be effective in that region. In Order No. 672, the Commission noted that: PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10055 As a general matter, we will accept the following two types of regional differences, provided they are otherwise just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the public interest, as required under the statute: (1) A regional difference that is more stringent than the continent-wide Reliability Standard, including a regional difference that addresses matters that the continent-wide Reliability Standard does not; and (2) a regional Reliability Standard that is necessitated by a physical difference in the Bulk-Power System. When NERC reviews a regional Reliability Standard that would be applicable on an interconnection-wide basis and that has been proposed by a Regional Entity organized on an interconnection-wide basis, NERC must rebuttably presume that the regional Reliability Standard is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest. In turn, the Commission must give ‘‘due weight’’ to the technical expertise of NERC and of a Regional Entity organized on an interconnection-wide basis. On April 19, 2007, the Commission accepted delegation agreements between NERC and each of the eight Regional Entities. In the order, the Commission accepted SERC as a Regional Entity organized on less than an interconnection-wide basis. As a Regional Entity, SERC oversees BulkPower System reliability within the SERC Region, which covers a geographic area of approximately 560,000 square miles in a sixteen-state area in the southeastern and central United States (all of Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and portions of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Florida). The SERC Region is currently geographically divided into five subregions that are identified as Southeastern, Central, VACAR, Delta, and Gateway. Type of Respondents: Entities registered with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (within the SERC region). Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The Commission estimates the annual reporting burden and cost for the information collection as: 1 ‘‘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. E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1 10056 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 53 / Tuesday, March 19, 2019 / Notices FERC–725K—MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE SERC REGION Annual number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden hrs. & cost per response 2 Total annual burden hours & total annual cost Cost per respondent ($) (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 3 21 1 21 8 hrs.; $535.20 .................... 168 hrs.; $11,239.20 ........... $535.20 3 21 1 21 16 hrs.; $1,070.40 ............... 336 hrs.; $22,478.40 ........... 1,070.40 4 104 1 104 16 hrs.; $1,070.40 ............... 1,664 hrs.; $111,321.60 ...... 1,070.40 4 104 1 104 4 hrs.; $267.60 .................... 416 hrs.; $27,830.40 ........... 267.60 ........................ ........................ 125 .............................................. 2,584 hrs.; $172,869.60 ...... 2,943.60 PCs: Design and Document Automatic UFLS Program. PCs: Provide Documentation and Data to SERC. GOs: Provide Documentation and Data to SERC. GOs: Record Retention ................ Total ....................................... Number of respondents 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 11, 2019. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2019–05047 Filed 3–18–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2814–025] Great Falls Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed 2 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) provided in this section is based on the salary figures (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_ 22.htm) and benefits (https://www.bls.gov/ news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) for May 2017 posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector. The hourly estimates for salary plus benefits are $66.90/hour based on the Engineering career (Occupation Code: 17–2071). 3 Both figures for PC respondents are not to be totaled. They represent the same set of respondents. 4 Both figures for GO respondents are not to be totaled. They represent the same set of respondents. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:27 Mar 18, 2019 Jkt 247001 with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 2814–025. c. Date Filed: February 28, 2019. d. Applicant: Great Falls Hydroelectric Company and the City of Paterson, New Jersey, as co-licensees. e. Name of Project: Great Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Passaic River, near the City of Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. The project does not occupy federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825 (r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Gates, Senior Vice President of Operations, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, 65 Madison Avenue, Suite 500, Morristown, NJ 07960; (973) 998–8400; email—bob.gates@eaglecreekre.com and/or Ben-David Seligman, 2nd Assistant Corp. Counsel, City of Paterson, 155 Market Street, Paterson, NJ; (973) 321–1366; email—bseligman@ patersonnj.gov. i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard at (202) 502–8256; or email at christopher.millard@ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: April 29, 2019. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–2814–025. m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The existing project works consist of: (1) The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures dam, an overflow granite stone gravity structure about 315 feet long, with a maximum height of 15 feet and having a crest elevation of 114.6 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 202 acres and a storage capacity of 1,415 acre-feet at elevation 114.6 feet msl; (3) a forebay inlet structure; (4) a headgate control structure containing three trashracks and three steel gates; (5) three penstocks, each 8.5 feet in diameter and approximately 55 feet long; (6) a powerhouse containing three turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 10.95 megawatts; (7) a 37foot-long 4.16-kilovolt (kV) underground transmission line connecting the powerhouse to a 4.16/ 26.4-kV step-up transformer which in turn is connected to a 26.4-kV E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10055-10056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05047]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC19-9-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725k); Comment
Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Comment request.

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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-725K (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the SERC Region) 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 published a Notice in the Federal Register on
December 10, 2018 (83 FR 63494), requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by April 18,
2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0260, 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. IC19-9-000, 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 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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards for the SERC Region.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0260.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725K information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) requires 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 NERC, subject to Commission oversight, or
by the Commission independently.
Reliability Standards that NERC proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are proposed by a Regional Entity to
be effective in that region. In Order No. 672, the Commission noted
that:

As a general matter, we will accept the following two types of
regional differences, provided they are otherwise just, reasonable,
not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the public
interest, as required under the statute: (1) A regional difference
that is more stringent than the continent-wide Reliability Standard,
including a regional difference that addresses matters that the
continent-wide Reliability Standard does not; and (2) a regional
Reliability Standard that is necessitated by a physical difference
in the Bulk-Power System.

When NERC reviews a regional Reliability Standard that would be
applicable on an interconnection-wide basis and that has been proposed
by a Regional Entity organized on an interconnection-wide basis, NERC
must rebuttably presume that the regional Reliability Standard is just,
reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the
public interest. In turn, the Commission must give ``due weight'' to
the technical expertise of NERC and of a Regional Entity organized on
an interconnection-wide basis.
On April 19, 2007, the Commission accepted delegation agreements
between NERC and each of the eight Regional Entities. In the order, the
Commission accepted SERC as a Regional Entity organized on less than an
interconnection-wide basis. As a Regional Entity, SERC oversees Bulk-
Power System reliability within the SERC Region, which covers a
geographic area of approximately 560,000 square miles in a sixteen-
state area in the southeastern and central United States (all of
Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi, and portions of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Florida). The SERC Region is
currently geographically divided into five subregions that are
identified as Southeastern, Central, VACAR, Delta, and Gateway.
Type of Respondents: Entities registered with the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (within the SERC region).
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
reporting burden and cost for the information collection as:
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\1\ ``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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FERC-725K--Mandatory Reliability Standards for the SERC Region
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden hrs. & cost per response Total annual burden hours & total annual Cost per
respondents per respondent of responses \2\ cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)....................................... (3) * (4) = (5)........................... (5) / (1)
(3)
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PCs: Design and Document Automatic UFLS \3\ 21 1 21 8 hrs.; $535.20........................... 168 hrs.; $11,239.20...................... $535.20
Program.
PCs: Provide Documentation and Data to \3\ 21 1 21 16 hrs.; $1,070.40........................ 336 hrs.; $22,478.40...................... 1,070.40
SERC.
GOs: Provide Documentation and Data to \4\ 104 1 104 16 hrs.; $1,070.40........................ 1,664 hrs.; $111,321.60................... 1,070.40
SERC.
GOs: Record Retention................... \4\ 104 1 104 4 hrs.; $267.60........................... 416 hrs.; $27,830.40...................... 267.60
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Total............................... .............. .............. 125 .......................................... 2,584 hrs.; $172,869.60................... 2,943.60
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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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\2\ The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) provided in
this section is based on the salary figures (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) for May 2017 posted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector. The hourly estimates for
salary plus benefits are $66.90/hour based on the Engineering career
(Occupation Code: 17-2071).
\3\ Both figures for PC respondents are not to be totaled. They
represent the same set of respondents.
\4\ Both figures for GO respondents are not to be totaled. They
represent the same set of respondents.

Dated: March 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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