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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. Ic20–6–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725a(1b); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
ACTION:
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–
725A(1B), (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System)
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due April 27, 2020.
DATES:
You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC20–6–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725A(1B), (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power
System).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0292.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725A(1B) information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725A(1B) Under
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA),1the Commission proposes to
approve Reliability Standards TOP–
ADDRESSES:
010–1 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring
and Analysis Capabilities) submitted by
North American Electric Corporation
(NERC). In this order, the Reliability
Standards build on monitoring, realtime assessments and support effective
situational awareness. The Reliability
Standards accomplish this by requiring
applicable entities to: (1) Provide
notification to operators of real-time
monitoring alarm failures; (2) provide
operators with indications of the quality
of information being provided by their
monitoring and analysis capabilities;
and (3) address deficiencies in the
quality of information being provided
by their monitoring and analysis
capabilities. FERC–725A(1B) address
situational awareness objectives by
providing for operator awareness when
key alarming tools are not performing as
intended. These collections will
improve real-time situational awareness
capabilities and enhance reliable
operations by requiring reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
and balancing authorities to provide
operators with an improved awareness
of system conditions analysis
capabilities, including alarm
availability, so that operators may take
appropriate steps to ensure reliability.
These functions include planning,
operations, data sharing, monitoring,
and analysis.
Type of Respondent: Balancing
Authority (BA),Transmission
Operations (TOP) and Reliability
Coordinators (RC).
Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 2 for this information
collection in the table below.
FERC–725A(1B), CHANGES DUE TO TOP–010–1 IN DOCKET NO. IC20–6–000 3
Requirements &
period
Entity
BA 6 .............................
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TOP 7 ..........................
Number of
respondents 4
Annual number of responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden &
cost per
response 5
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Year 1 Implementation (one-time reporting).
Starting in Year 2
(annual reporting).
Year 1 Implementation (one-time reporting).
1 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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 Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
2 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
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98
1
98
70 hrs.; $4,494.00 .....
6,860 hrs.;
$440,412.00.
$4,494.00
98
1
98
42 hrs.; $2,696.40 .....
$2,696.40
169
1
169
70 hrs.; $4,494.00 .....
4,116 hrs.;
$264,247.20.
11,830 hrs.;
$759,486.00.
3 Our estimates are based on the NERC
Compliance Registry Summary of Entities and
Functions as of January 31, 2019, which indicates
there are registered as BA and TOP.
4 The number of respondents is the number of
entities in which a change in burden from the
current standards to the proposed exists, not the
total number of entities from the current or
proposed standards that are applicable.
5 The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits)
are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
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$4,494.00
information, as of May 2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/naics2_22.htm, with updated benefits
information for March 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), for an electrical
engineer (code 17–2071, $68.17/hour), and for
information and record clerks record keeper (code
43–4199, $40.84/hour). The hourly figure for
engineers is used for reporting; the hourly figure for
information and record clerks is used for document
retention.
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FERC–725A(1B), CHANGES DUE TO TOP–010–1 IN DOCKET NO. IC20–6–000 3—Continued
Requirements &
period
Entity
BA/TOP .......................
Total Burden
Hours Per Year.
Number of
respondents 4
Annual number of responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden &
cost per
response 5
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Starting in Year 2
(annual reporting).
Annual Record Retention.
...................................
169
1
169
40 hrs.; $2,568.00 .....
267
1
267
2 hrs.; $75.38 ............
........................
........................
........................
...................................
Averaging One-Time Burden and
Responses for FERC–725A(1B), Changes
Due to TOP–010–1 in Docket No. IC20–
6–000 Over Years 1–3
—Year 1 has 19,224 hrs. of burden and
record retention
—Years 2 and 3 have on-going annual
burden and record retention of 11,410
hrs.
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For purposes of this OMB clearance,
the 19,224 one-time burden hours will
be averaged over Years 1–3. After Year
3, the one-time burden hours will then
be removed from the inventory. The
estimated additional burden due to this
Order is 14,014 [consisting of (19,224
+11,410 + 11,410) ÷ 3].
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.
6 Balancing Authority (BA). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
balancing authorities: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R2: Quality monitoring logs and the
data errors and corrective action logs.
7 Transmission Operations (TOP). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
transmission operators: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R3: Alarm process monitor
performance logs to maintain performance logs and
corrective action plans.
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Dated: February 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10005–70–OECA]
Applicability Determination Index Data
System Posting: EPA Formal
Responses to Inquiries Concerning
Compliance With Clean Air Act
Stationary Source Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This document announces
applicability determinations, alternative
monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations that EPA has made with
regard to the New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS); the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP); the Emission
Guidelines and Federal Plan
Requirements for existing sources; and/
or the Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An
electronic copy of each complete
document posted on the Applicability
Determination Index (ADI) data system
is available on the internet through the
Resources and Guidance Documents for
Compliance Assistance page of the
Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring
website under ‘‘Air’’ at: https://
www2.epa.gov/compliance/resourcesand-guidance-documents-complianceassistance. The letters and memoranda
on the ADI may be located by author,
date, office of issuance, subpart,
citation, control number, or by string
word searches. For questions about the
ADI or this document, contact Maria
SUMMARY:
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6,760 hrs.;
$433,992.00.
534 hrs.; $20,126.46
$2,568.00
$75.38
19,224 hrs.
$1,220,024.46
(Year 1); 11,410
hrs. $718,365.66
per year, (starting
in Year 2).
Malave, Monitoring, Assistance and
Media Programs Division by phone at:
(202) 564–7027, or by email at:
malave.maria@epa.gov. For technical
questions about individual applicability
determinations or monitoring decisions,
refer to the contact person identified in
the individual documents, or in the
absence of a contact person, refer to the
author of the document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The General Provisions of the NSPS
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 60 and the General Provisions of
the NESHAP in 40 CFR part 61 provide
that a source owner or operator may
request a determination of whether
certain intended actions constitute the
commencement of construction,
reconstruction, or modification. 40 CFR
60.5 and 61.06. The General Provisions
in 40 CFR part 60 also apply to Federal
and EPA-approved state plans for
existing sources in 40 CFR part 62. See
40 CFR 62.02(b)(2). The EPA’s written
responses to source or facility-specific
inquiries on provisions in 40 CFR parts
60, 61 and 62 are commonly referred to
as applicability determinations.
Although the NESHAP 40 CFR part 63
regulations [which include Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
standards and/or Generally Available
Control Technology (GACT) standards]
contain no specific regulatory provision
providing that sources may request
applicability determinations, the EPA
also responds to written inquiries
regarding applicability for the 40 CFR
part 63 regulations. In addition, the
General Provisions in 40 CFR parts 60
and 63 allow sources to seek permission
to use monitoring or recordkeeping that
is different from the promulgated
requirements. See 40 CFR 60.13(i),
61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and 63.10(f).
The EPA’s written responses to these
inquiries are commonly referred to as
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. Ic20-6-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-725a(1b);
Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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-725A(1B), (Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the Bulk Power System)
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due April 27,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC20-6-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's website: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725A(1B), (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk
Power System).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0292.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725A(1B)
information collection requirements with no changes to the current
reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: The FERC-725A(1B) Under section 215 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA),1the Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standards
TOP-010-1 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities)
submitted by North American Electric Corporation (NERC). In this order,
the Reliability Standards build on monitoring, real-time assessments
and support effective situational awareness. The Reliability Standards
accomplish this by requiring applicable entities to: (1) Provide
notification to operators of real-time monitoring alarm failures; (2)
provide operators with indications of the quality of information being
provided by their monitoring and analysis capabilities; and (3) address
deficiencies in the quality of information being provided by their
monitoring and analysis capabilities. FERC-725A(1B) address situational
awareness objectives by providing for operator awareness when key
alarming tools are not performing as intended. These collections will
improve real-time situational awareness capabilities and enhance
reliable operations by requiring reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and balancing authorities to provide operators with an
improved awareness of system conditions analysis capabilities,
including alarm availability, so that operators may take appropriate
steps to ensure reliability. These functions include planning,
operations, data sharing, monitoring, and analysis.
Type of Respondent: Balancing Authority (BA),Transmission
Operations (TOP) and Reliability Coordinators (RC).
Estimate of Annual Burden:\1\ The Commission estimates the total
annual burden and cost \2\ for this information collection in the table
below.
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\1\ ``Burden'' is 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 Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\2\ Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage figures
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for May 2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (at
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
\3\ Our estimates are based on the NERC Compliance Registry
Summary of Entities and Functions as of January 31, 2019, which
indicates there are registered as BA and TOP.
\4\ The number of respondents is the number of entities in which
a change in burden from the current standards to the proposed
exists, not the total number of entities from the current or
proposed standards that are applicable.
\5\ The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits) are based
on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) information, as of May 2019 (at
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm, with updated benefits
information for March 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), for an electrical engineer (code 17-2071, $68.17/
hour), and for information and record clerks record keeper (code 43-
4199, $40.84/hour). The hourly figure for engineers is used for
reporting; the hourly figure for information and record clerks is
used for document retention.
FERC-725A(1B), Changes Due to TOP-010-1 in Docket No. IC20-6-000 \3\
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Number of Annual number Average burden & Total annual
Entity Requirements & respondents of responses Total number cost per burden hours & Cost per
period \4\ per respondent of responses response \5\ total annual cost respondent ($)
................. (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4).............. (3) * (4) = (5).. (5) / (1)
(3)
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BA \6\......................... Year 1 98 1 98 70 hrs.; 6,860 hrs.; $4,494.00
Implementation $4,494.00. $440,412.00.
(one-time
reporting).
Starting in Year 98 1 98 42 hrs.; 4,116 hrs.; $2,696.40
2 (annual $2,696.40. $264,247.20.
reporting).
TOP \7\........................ Year 1 169 1 169 70 hrs.; 11,830 hrs.; $4,494.00
Implementation $4,494.00. $759,486.00.
(one-time
reporting).
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Starting in Year 169 1 169 40 hrs.; 6,760 hrs.; $2,568.00
2 (annual $2,568.00. $433,992.00.
reporting).
BA/TOP......................... Annual Record 267 1 267 2 hrs.; $75.38... 534 hrs.; $75.38
Retention. $20,126.46.
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Total Burden Hours Per Year ................. .............. .............. .............. ................. 19,224 hrs.
$1,220,024.46
(Year 1); 11,410
hrs. $718,365.66
per year,
(starting in
Year 2).
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Averaging One-Time Burden and Responses for FERC-725A(1B), Changes Due
to TOP-010-1 in Docket No. IC20-6-000 Over Years 1-3
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\6\ Balancing Authority (BA). The following Requirements and
associated measures apply to balancing authorities: Requirement R1:
A revised data specification and writing the required operating
process/operating procedure; and Requirement R2: Quality monitoring
logs and the data errors and corrective action logs.
\7\ Transmission Operations (TOP). The following Requirements
and associated measures apply to transmission operators: Requirement
R1: A revised data specification and writing the required operating
process/operating procedure; and Requirement R3: Alarm process
monitor performance logs to maintain performance logs and corrective
action plans.
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--Year 1 has 19,224 hrs. of burden and record retention
--Years 2 and 3 have on-going annual burden and record retention of
11,410 hrs.
For purposes of this OMB clearance, the 19,224 one-time burden
hours will be averaged over Years 1-3. After Year 3, the one-time
burden hours will then be removed from the inventory. The estimated
additional burden due to this Order is 14,014 [consisting of (19,224
+11,410 + 11,410) / 3].
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: February 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-03698 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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