Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-923); Comment Request; Extension, 71912-71913 [2019-28120]
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k. Project Description: The existing
Scopan Hydroelectric Project consists
of: (1) A 750-foot-long dam that
includes: (a) A 330-foot-long, 45-foothigh earthen embankment section (north
embankment) with a 194-foot-long, 49foot-high concrete retaining wall at the
downstream end of the embankment; (b)
a 24-foot-long, 45-foot-high concrete
gravity spillway section with a crest
elevation of 590 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD) and a
single 13.5-foot-high spillway gate with
two 10-inch-diameter minimum flow
butterfly valves; (c) a 26-foot-long, 48foot-high concrete intake and
powerhouse section that includes: (i)
Two 12-inch-wide head gates and
trashracks with 3-inch clear-bar spacing;
and (ii) a 26-foot-long, 49-foot-high
concrete powerhouse with a single 1.5megawatt vertical propeller turbinegenerator unit; and (d) a 370-foot-long,
45-foot-high earthen embankment
section (south embankment) with a
135.5-foot-long, 45-foot-high concrete
retaining wall at the downstream end of
the embankment; (2) an approximately
15-mile-long, 5,000-acre impoundment
(Scopan Lake) with a useable storage
volume of 57,920 acre-feet between
elevations 590.5 and 603.2 feet NGVD;
(3) three 13.45/2.4-kilovolt transformers
and switch gear that connect the
generator to Emera, Maine’s regional
transmission line; and (4) appurtenant
facilities.
The project operates in a store and
release mode in which the
impoundment is drawdown from
January through March of each year to
meet electricity demand in the winter.
During the spring and summer, the
impoundment is maintained at or near
the full pond levels to protect and
enhance fisheries, wetlands, wildlife
and recreational resources. Algonquin
manages the project to augment flows in
the Aroostook River downstream of the
project for generation at the Aroostook
River Project No. 2367 and the Tinker
Falls Project, the latter of which is
located in New Brunswick Canada and
is not a FERC-licensed project. The
Scopan Project had an average annual
generation of approximately 878,913
kilowatt-hours from 2012 through 2018.
The project’s current license requires
Algonquin to: (1) To maintain Scopan
Lake water levels as follows: (a) From
May 15 to July 31, fluctuate Scopan
Lake by no more than one foot; (b) from
July 16 to Labor Day, target Scopan Lake
between 601.0 to 603.0 feet NGVD; and
(c) from October 1 to November 15,
maintain Scopan Lake at or above 601.0
feet NGVD; (2) release minimum flows
of 21 cubic feet per second (cfs) from
December 1 through May 15, and 25 cfs
from May 16 through November 30; (3)
close one of the two minimum flow
valves if Scopan Lake falls below 601.5
feet NGVD; (4) close both minimum
flow valves if Scopan Lake falls below
601 feet NGVD; and (5) limit the
maximum discharge from the project to
not more than 600 cfs from April 1 to
November 30.
Algonquin proposes to: (1) Maintain
Scopan Lake water surface elevations as
follows: (a) From June 1 to July 31 limit
water level fluctuations in Scopan Lake
to no more than 0.5 vertical foot upward
or 1.0 vertical foot downward within
any 28-day period from June 1 through
July 31;(b) from August 1 through Labor
Day, maintain the water elevation of
Scopan Lake between 601.0 and 603.0
feet NGVD; (c) from October 1 through
November 15, maintain the water
elevation of Scopan Lake above 601.0
feet NGVD; (d) limit winter drawdowns
of Scopan Lake to no lower than 595.3
feet NGVD from November 16 to May
14; (2) limit the maximum discharge
from the project to not more than 600
cfs from June 1 to November 30; and (3)
continue to release a continuous
minimum flow of 21 cfs including
leakage from the minimum flow valves
unless water levels in Scopan Lake fall
below 601.5 feet NGVD from May 16
through November 30, in which case
one valve would be closed.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s website 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, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction the Ashland Community
Library, 57 Exchange Street, Ashland,
Maine 04732.
m. You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target Date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .......................................................................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .....................................................
Commission issues Environmental Assessment .....................................................................................................................
Comments on the EA ..............................................................................................................................................................
Modified terms and conditions .................................................................................................................................................
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o. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 17, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
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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 requirements
and burden of the information
collection described below.
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–923); Comment
Request; Extension
[FR Doc. 2019–28071 Filed 12–27–19; 8:45 am]
April 2020.
June 2020.
September 2020.
October 2020.
December 2020.
Comments on the collection of
information are due February 28, 2020.
DATES:
You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC20–5–000)
by either of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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• 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.
Please identify the specific
information collection number and/or
title in your comments.
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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements described below with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.
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
estimates 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.
FERC–923, Communication of
Operational Information between
Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric
Transmission Operators
OMB Control No.: 1902–0265.
Abstract: In 2013, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) revised its regulations to
provide explicit authority to interstate
natural gas pipelines and public utilities
that own, operate, or control facilities
used for the transmission of electric
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energy in interstate commerce to
voluntarily share non-public,
operational information with each other
for the purpose of promoting reliable
service and operational planning on
either the pipeline’s or public utility’s
system. This helped ensure the
reliability of natural gas pipeline and
public utility transmission services by
permitting transmission operators to
share with each other the information
that they deem necessary to promote the
reliability and integrity of their systems.
FERC removed actual or perceived
prohibitions to the information sharing
and communications between industry
entities. The communications of
information are not submitted to FERC.
Rather, the non-public information is
shared voluntarily between industry
entities. FERC does not prescribe the
content, medium, format, or frequency
for the information sharing and
communications. Those decisions are
made by the industry entities,
depending on their needs and the
situation.
Type of Respondent: Natural gas
pipelines and public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 2 for FERC–
923 as:
FERC–923
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost ($)
per response
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
3 165
12
1,980
0.5 hrs.; $40 .....
990 hrs.; $79,200 ..
$480
4 181
12
2,172
0.5 hrs.; $40 .....
1,086 hrs.; $86,880
480
........................
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4,152
...........................
2,076 hrs.;
$166,080.
Public Utility Transmission Operator, communications.
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines,
communications.
Total .......................................
........................
Dated: December 20, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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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. See 5 CFR
1320 for additional information on the definition of
information collection burden.
2 Commission staff estimates that the industry’s
skill set (wages and benefits) for FERC–923 is
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comparable to the Commission’s skill set. The FERC
2019 average salary plus benefits for one FERC fulltime equivalent (FTE) is $167,091/year (or $80/hour
[rounded]).
3 The estimate for the number of respondents is
based on the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) Compliance Registry as of
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December 6, 2019, minus the Transmission
Operators within ERCOT.
4 The estimate is based on the number of
respondents to the 2018 FERC Forms 2 and 2A
(Major and Non-major Natural Gas Pipeline Annual
Reports).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC20-5-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-923); 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 requirements and burden of
the information collection described below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due February 28,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC20-5-
000) by either of the following methods:
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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.
Please identify the specific information collection number and/or
title in your comments.
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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the information collection
requirements described below with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
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 estimates 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.
FERC-923, Communication of Operational Information between Natural Gas
Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators
OMB Control No.: 1902-0265.
Abstract: In 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) revised its regulations to provide explicit authority to
interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities that own,
operate, or control facilities used for the transmission of electric
energy in interstate commerce to voluntarily share non-public,
operational information with each other for the purpose of promoting
reliable service and operational planning on either the pipeline's or
public utility's system. This helped ensure the reliability of natural
gas pipeline and public utility transmission services by permitting
transmission operators to share with each other the information that
they deem necessary to promote the reliability and integrity of their
systems. FERC removed actual or perceived prohibitions to the
information sharing and communications between industry entities. The
communications of information are not submitted to FERC. Rather, the
non-public information is shared voluntarily between industry entities.
FERC does not prescribe the content, medium, format, or frequency for
the information sharing and communications. Those decisions are made by
the industry entities, depending on their needs and the situation.
Type of Respondent: Natural gas pipelines and public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \2\ for FERC-923 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. See 5
CFR 1320 for additional information on the definition of information
collection burden.
\2\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set
(wages and benefits) for FERC-923 is comparable to the Commission's
skill set. The FERC 2019 average salary plus benefits for one FERC
full-time equivalent (FTE) is $167,091/year (or $80/hour [rounded]).
\3\ The estimate for the number of respondents is based on the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Compliance
Registry as of December 6, 2019, minus the Transmission Operators
within ERCOT.
\4\ The estimate is based on the number of respondents to the
2018 FERC Forms 2 and 2A (Major and Non-major Natural Gas Pipeline
Annual Reports).
FERC-923
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden hours & Total annual burden hours & Cost per
respondents per respondent of responses cost ($) per response total annual cost ($) respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)..................... (3) * (4) = (5)............. (5) / (1)
(3)
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Public Utility Transmission \3\ 165 12 1,980 0.5 hrs.; $40........... 990 hrs.; $79,200........... $480
Operator, communications.
Interstate Natural Gas \4\ 181 12 2,172 0.5 hrs.; $40........... 1,086 hrs.; $86,880......... 480
Pipelines, communications.
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Total....................... .............. .............. 4,152 ........................ 2,076 hrs.; $166,080........ ..............
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Dated: December 20, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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