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Authority for This Rulemaking
Title 49 of the United States Code
specifies the FAA’s authority to issue
rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I,
section 106, describes the authority of
the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII:
Aviation Programs, describes in more
detail the scope of the Agency’s
authority.
The FAA is issuing this rulemaking
under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section
44701: ‘‘General requirements.’’ Under
that section, Congress charges the FAA
with promoting safe flight of civil
aircraft in air commerce by prescribing
regulations for practices, methods, and
procedures the Administrator finds
necessary for safety in air commerce.
This regulation is within the scope of
that authority because it addresses an
unsafe condition that is likely to exist or
develop on products identified in this
rulemaking action.
2020–08–01 General Electric Company:
Amendment 39–21107; Docket No.
FAA–2019–0665; Project Identifier
2019–NE–25–AD.
Regulatory Findings
This AD will not have federalism
implications under Executive Order
13132. This AD will not have a
substantial direct effect on the States, on
the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I
certify that this AD:
(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ under Executive Order 12866,
(2) Will not affect intrastate aviation
in Alaska, and
(3) Will not have a significant
economic impact, positive or negative,
on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
(e) Unsafe Condition
This AD was prompted by an in-flight
failure of a fan blade that led to an in-flight
shutdown. The FAA is issuing this AD to
prevent failure of the fan blade. The unsafe
condition, if not addressed, could result in
failure of one or more engines, loss of thrust
control, and loss of the airplane.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation
safety, Incorporation by reference,
Safety.
Adoption of the Amendment
Accordingly, under the authority
delegated to me by the Administrator,
the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as
follows:
PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS
DIRECTIVES
1. The authority citation for part 39
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.
§ 39.13
[Amended]
2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding
the following new airworthiness
directive (AD):
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(a) Effective Date
This AD is effective May 15, 2020.
(b) Affected ADs
None.
(c) Applicability
This AD applies to General Electric
Company (GE) CF34–1A, CF34–3A, CF34–
3A1, CF34–3A2, CF34–3B, and CF34–3B1
model turbofan engines having a fan blade
with a part number listed in Planning
Information, paragraph 1.A., of GE Service
Bulletin (SB) CF34–AL S/B 72–0314, dated
September 27, 2017 or of GE SB CF34–BJ S/
B 72–0306, dated September 27, 2017, and
with any serial number listed in paragraph 4.,
Appendix A, of GE SB CF34–AL S/B 72–0314
or of GE SB CF34–BJ S/B 72–0306.
(d) Subject
Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC)
Code 7220, Turbine Engine Inlet Section.
(f) Compliance
Comply with this AD within the
compliance times specified, unless already
done.
(j) Related Information
For more information about this AD,
contact Christopher McGuire, Aerospace
Engineer, ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District
Avenue, Burlington, MA, 01803; phone: 781–
238–7120; fax: 781–238–7199; email:
chris.mcguire@faa.gov.
(k) Material Incorporated by Reference
(1) The Director of the Federal Register
approved the incorporation by reference
(IBR) of the service information listed in this
paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51.
(2) You must use this service information
as applicable to do the actions required by
this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(i) General Electric Company (GE) Service
Bulletin (SB) CF34–BJ S/B 72–0306, dated
September 27, 2017.
(ii) GE SB CF34–AL S/B 72–0314, dated
September 27, 2017.
(3) For GE service information identified in
this AD, contact General Electric Company,
GE Aviation, Room 285, 1 Neumann Way,
Cincinnati, OH, 45215; phone: 513–552–
3272; email: aviation.fleetsupport@ge.com.
(4) You may view this service information
at FAA, Engine and Propeller Standards
Branch, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington,
MA, 01803. For information on the
availability of this material at the FAA, call
781–238–7759.
(5) You may view this service information
that is incorporated by reference at the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For information on
the availability of this material at NARA,
email fedreg.legal@nara.gov, or go to: https://
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html.
(g) Required Actions
Remove the affected fan blades from
service within 90 days after the effective date
of this AD and replace with a part eligible for
installation.
Issued on April 3, 2020.
Lance T. Gant,
Director, Compliance & Airworthiness
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
(h) Definition
A part that is eligible for installation is any
fan blade other than those identified by
paragraph (c) of this AD or a fan blade that
has been repaired per GE SB CF34–AL S/B
72–0148, Revision 05, dated July 23, 2015; or
GE SB CF34–BJ S/B 72–0123, Revision 04,
dated October 21, 2015.
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(i) Alternative Methods of Compliance
(AMOCs)
(1) The Manager, ECO Branch, FAA, has
the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD,
if requested using the procedures found in 14
CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19,
send your request to your principal inspector
or local Flight Standards District Office, as
appropriate. If sending information directly
to the manager of the certification office,
send it to the attention of the person
identified in paragraph (j) of this AD. You
may email your request to ANE-AD-AMOC@
faa.gov.
(2) Before using any approved AMOC,
notify your appropriate principal inspector,
or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local flight standards district office/
certificate holding district office.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM20–11–000; Order No. 869]
Reporting of Transmission
Investments
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final action.
AGENCY:
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
clarifies its filing instructions for form
FERC–730. The Commission makes no
modifications or amendments to the
Code of Federal Regulations.
DATES: This final action is effective
April 10, 2020.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Farkas, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–6060,
laura.farkas@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
1. By this instant final action, the
Commission is amending form FERC–
730, originally adopted in Order No.
679.1 This form must be filed on an
annual basis by public utilities that have
been granted incentive rate treatment for
transmission projects.2 This instant final
action does not amend or modify the
text of the Code of Federal Regulations
nor does it amend or modify the
information collected by the form. This
instant final action imposes no new
reporting or other obligations on public
utilities or on the public. Rather, at the
request of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), this instant final action
clarifies the instructions to the form, as
explained below.
II. Background
2. On July 20, 2006, the Commission
promulgated Order No. 679, which,
pursuant to section 219 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA),3 provides incentives
for transmission infrastructure
investment.4 The Commission
determined that it needed to collect
certain data in order to meet the
objectives of section 219, thus, the
Commission adopted the reporting
requirement FERC–730.5 The form was
included as an appendix to the rule,6
but the form itself was not codified in
the Commission’s regulations.7
III. Discussion
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3. The Commission is amending form
FERC–730 at the request of OMB,8 to
ensure compliance with the
Administrative Procedure Act and the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).9 Specifically, the Commission is
clarifying the filing instructions. The
Commission is not, however, changing
1 Promoting Transmission Investment through
Pricing Reform, Order No. 679, 71 FR 43294 (July
31, 2006), 116 FERC ¶ 61,057 at PP 367–76, app. A
(2006), order on reh’g, Order No. 679–A, 72 FR 1152
(Jan. 10, 2007), 117 FERC ¶ 61,345 at PP 117–20
(2006).
2 18 CFR 35.35(h).
3 16 U.S.C. 824.
4 Order No. 679, 116 FERC ¶ 61,057.
5 Id. P 78.
6 Id. at app. A.
7 See 18 CFR 35.35(h).
8 The three-year PRA renewal of FERC–730 was
initiated in Docket No. IC19–15. FERC–730 was
submitted to OMB on May 10, 2019 and is currently
pending OMB review.
9 See generally 5 U.S.C. 500 et seq.; 44 U.S.C.
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the data being collected. Public utilities
subject to filing form FERC–730 will not
be compelled to file new, additional, or
different information.10 The frequency
of filing will also remain unchanged.
4. Examples of changes to the
instructions include inserting headers,
incorporating instructions for eFiling,
minor edits to make existing
instructions clearer, and adding
information about the PRA. These
changes have no impact on the
obligations of filers, but rather serve to
improve the form and ensure
compliance with Federal law. The
revised form FERC–730 is attached to
this Order. It will be posted in the
Commission’s eLibrary but will not be
published in the Federal Register or
Code of Federal Regulations.
IV. Information Collection Statement
5. OMB’s regulations require approval
of certain information collection
requirements imposed by agency
rules.11 OMB has previously assigned
this information collection OMB Control
Number 1902–0239. The clarifications
to the instructions in this order will be
submitted to OMB to supplement the
pending review and request for
approval. Respondents subject to the
filing requirements of this action will
not be penalized for failing to respond
to this collection of information unless
the collection of information displays a
valid OMB control number. Interested
persons may obtain information on the
reporting requirements by contacting:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426 [Attention: Ellen Brown, Office of
the Executive Director, Phone: (202)
502–8663, email: ellen.brown@ferc.gov].
6. This instant final action results in
no new, additional, or different public
reporting burden. The public reporting
burden will be the same as originally
determined and discussed in Order No.
679.12 This instant final action does not
require public utilities to file new,
additional, or different information, and
it does not change the frequency with
which they must file.
V. Environmental Analysis
7. The Commission is required to
prepare an Environmental Assessment
or an Environmental Impact Statement
for any action that may have a
significant adverse effect on the human
environment.13 Issuance of this final
10 18
CFR 35.35(h).
CFR 1320.13.
12 Order No. 679, 116 FERC ¶ 61,057 at PP 406–
07.
13 Regulations Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Order No. 486,
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action does not represent a major
Federal action having a significant
adverse effect on the human
environment under the Commission’s
regulations implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Part
380 of the Commission’s regulations
lists exemptions to the requirement to
draft an Environmental Analysis or
Environmental Impact Statement.
Included is an exemption for rules that
are clarifying, corrective, or procedural
or that do not substantially change the
effect of the regulations being
amended.14 This rulemaking is exempt
under that provision.
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act
8. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980 (RFA) 15 generally requires a
description and analysis of final rules
that will have significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. This instant final action
clarifies the instructions of form FERC–
730, without creating any additional
requirements for filers. The Commission
certifies that it will not have a
significant economic impact upon
participants in Commission
proceedings. An analysis under the RFA
is therefore not required.
VII. Document Availability
9. In addition to publishing the
instant final action without the form
itself in the Federal Register, the
Commission provides all interested
persons an opportunity to view and/or
print the contents of this document via
the internet through the Commission’s
Home Page (https://www.ferc.gov) and in
Commission’s Public Reference Room
during normal business hours (8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First
Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC
20426.
10. From the Commission’s Home
Page on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of
this document is available on eLibrary
in PDF and Microsoft Word format for
viewing, printing, and/or downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary,
type the docket number excluding the
last three digits of this document in the
docket number field.
11. User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours from
FERC Online Support at (202) 502–6652
(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the
Public Reference Room at (202) 502–
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52 FR 47897 (1987), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,783
(1987) (cross-referenced at 41 FERC ¶ 61,284).
14 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii).
15 5 U.S.C. 601–12.
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8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the
Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
VIII. Effective Date and Congressional
Notification
12. The Commission is issuing this
document as an instant final action
without a period for public comment.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3), notice and
comment procedures are unnecessary
when the agency finds that notice and
public procedure are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. This instant final action is such
a rulemaking, as it merely clarifies the
instructions of form FERC–730 to ensure
that they are unambiguous and comply
with relevant federal law. This instant
final action does not require public
utilities to file new, additional, or
different information, and it does not
change the frequency with which they
must file. This instant final action does
not render a determination concerning
the rights or interests of affected parties,
and it will not significantly affect public
utilities or the general public.
13. This action is effective April 10,
2020. The Commission requires public
utilities that have been granted
incentive rate treatment for transmission
projects to file a Form 730 by April 18th
of each year.16 The changes adopted in
this instant final action will be effective
for the filings due April 18, 2020.
By the Commission.
Issued: March 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Note: The following appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Appendix A
OMB Control Number: 1902–0239
Expiration Date: 06/30/20XX
Annual Due Date: April 18
FERC–730, Report of Transmission
Investment Activity
Company Name: lllll
TABLE 1—ACTUAL AND PROJECTED ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CAPITAL SPENDING
Actual at
December 31
20ll
Projected investment
(incremental investment by year for each of the succeeding five calendar years)
20ll
20ll
20ll
20ll
20ll
Capital Spending On Electric Transmission Facilities ($ Thousands) (1).
Instructions for completing ‘‘Table 1: Actual and Projected Electric Transmission Capital Spending’’:
(1) Transmission facilities are defined to be transmission assets as specified in the Uniform System of Accounts in account numbers 350
through 359 (see, 18 CFR. Part 101, Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the Provisions of the
Federal Power Act, for account definitions). The Transmission Plant accounts include: Accounts 350 (Land and Land Rights), 351 (Energy Storage Equipment-Transmission), 352 (Structures and Improvements), 353 (Station Equipment), 354 (Towers and Fixtures), 355 (Poles and Fixtures), 356 (Overhead Conductors and Devices), 357 (Underground Conduit), 358 (Underground Conductors and Devices), and 359 (Roads and
Trails).
TABLE 2—PROJECT DETAIL (1)
Project
description (2)
Expected project
completion date
(month/year)
Project type (3)
Completion
status (4)
Is project
on schedule?
(Y/N)
If project not on
schedule, indicate
reasons for delay (5)
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Instructions for completing ‘‘Table 2: Project Detail’’:
(1) Respondents must list all projects included in Table 1 above, Actual and Projected Electric Transmission Capital Spending, excluding those
projects with projected costs less than $20 million. Respondents should add as many additional rows as are necessary to list all relevant
projects.
(2) Respondents should include voltage level in the Project Description column.
(3) Respondents should select between the following Project Types to complete the Project Type column: New Build, Upgrade of Existing, Refurbishment/Replacement, or Generator Direct Connection.
(4) Respondents should select between the following designations to complete the Completion Status column: Complete, Under Construction,
Pre-Engineering, Planned, Proposed, and Conceptual.
(5) Respondents should select between the following delay designations to complete the Reasons for Delay column: Siting, Permitting, Construction, Delayed Completion of New Generator, or Other (specify).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
requires us to inform you the information
collected in the FERC–730 is necessary for
the Commission to evaluate its incentive
rates policies, and to demonstrate the
effectiveness of these policies. Further, the
FERC–730 filing requirement allows the
Commission to track the progress of electric
transmission projects granted incentive-based
rates, providing an accurate assessment of the
state of the industry with respect to
transmission investment, and ensuring that
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incentive rates are effective in encouraging
the development of appropriate transmission
infrastructure. Responses are mandatory. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
Public reporting burden for reviewing the
instructions, completing, and filling out this
form is estimated to be 30 hours per
response. This form has been assigned OMB
Control Number 1902–0239. Send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any other
aspect of this form to DataClearance@
FERC.gov, or to the Office of the Executive
Director, Information Clearance Officer,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First St. NE, Washington, DC 20426.
To file this form, respondents should
follow the instructions for eFiling available at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 35
[Docket No. RM20-11-000; Order No. 869]
Reporting of Transmission Investments
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final action.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission)
clarifies its filing instructions for form FERC-730. The Commission
makes no modifications or amendments to the Code of Federal
Regulations.
DATES: This final action is effective April 10, 2020.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Farkas, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502-6060, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
1. By this instant final action, the Commission is amending form
FERC-730, originally adopted in Order No. 679.\1\ This form must be
filed on an annual basis by public utilities that have been granted
incentive rate treatment for transmission projects.\2\ This instant
final action does not amend or modify the text of the Code of Federal
Regulations nor does it amend or modify the information collected by
the form. This instant final action imposes no new reporting or other
obligations on public utilities or on the public. Rather, at the
request of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), this instant
final action clarifies the instructions to the form, as explained
below.
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\1\ Promoting Transmission Investment through Pricing Reform,
Order No. 679, 71 FR 43294 (July 31, 2006), 116 FERC ] 61,057 at PP
367-76, app. A (2006), order on reh'g, Order No. 679-A, 72 FR 1152
(Jan. 10, 2007), 117 FERC ] 61,345 at PP 117-20 (2006).
\2\ 18 CFR 35.35(h).
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II. Background
2. On July 20, 2006, the Commission promulgated Order No. 679,
which, pursuant to section 219 of the Federal Power Act (FPA),\3\
provides incentives for transmission infrastructure investment.\4\ The
Commission determined that it needed to collect certain data in order
to meet the objectives of section 219, thus, the Commission adopted the
reporting requirement FERC-730.\5\ The form was included as an appendix
to the rule,\6\ but the form itself was not codified in the
Commission's regulations.\7\
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\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824.
\4\ Order No. 679, 116 FERC ] 61,057.
\5\ Id. P 78.
\6\ Id. at app. A.
\7\ See 18 CFR 35.35(h).
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III. Discussion
3. The Commission is amending form FERC-730 at the request of
OMB,\8\ to ensure compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act and
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).\9\ Specifically, the
Commission is clarifying the filing instructions. The Commission is
not, however, changing the data being collected. Public utilities
subject to filing form FERC-730 will not be compelled to file new,
additional, or different information.\10\ The frequency of filing will
also remain unchanged.
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\8\ The three-year PRA renewal of FERC-730 was initiated in
Docket No. IC19-15. FERC-730 was submitted to OMB on May 10, 2019
and is currently pending OMB review.
\9\ See generally 5 U.S.C. 500 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.
\10\ 18 CFR 35.35(h).
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4. Examples of changes to the instructions include inserting
headers, incorporating instructions for eFiling, minor edits to make
existing instructions clearer, and adding information about the PRA.
These changes have no impact on the obligations of filers, but rather
serve to improve the form and ensure compliance with Federal law. The
revised form FERC-730 is attached to this Order. It will be posted in
the Commission's eLibrary but will not be published in the Federal
Register or Code of Federal Regulations.
IV. Information Collection Statement
5. OMB's regulations require approval of certain information
collection requirements imposed by agency rules.\11\ OMB has previously
assigned this information collection OMB Control Number 1902-0239. The
clarifications to the instructions in this order will be submitted to
OMB to supplement the pending review and request for approval.
Respondents subject to the filing requirements of this action will not
be penalized for failing to respond to this collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control
number. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting
requirements by contacting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen Brown, Office
of the Executive Director, Phone: (202) 502-8663, email:
[email protected]].
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\11\ 5 CFR 1320.13.
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6. This instant final action results in no new, additional, or
different public reporting burden. The public reporting burden will be
the same as originally determined and discussed in Order No. 679.\12\
This instant final action does not require public utilities to file
new, additional, or different information, and it does not change the
frequency with which they must file.
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\12\ Order No. 679, 116 FERC ] 61,057 at PP 406-07.
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V. Environmental Analysis
7. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\13\
Issuance of this final action does not represent a major Federal action
having a significant adverse effect on the human environment under the
Commission's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969. Part 380 of the Commission's regulations lists exemptions
to the requirement to draft an Environmental Analysis or Environmental
Impact Statement. Included is an exemption for rules that are
clarifying, corrective, or procedural or that do not substantially
change the effect of the regulations being amended.\14\ This rulemaking
is exempt under that provision.
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\13\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 (1987), FERC Stats. & Regs.
] 30,783 (1987) (cross-referenced at 41 FERC ] 61,284).
\14\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii).
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VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act
8. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \15\ generally
requires a description and analysis of final rules that will have
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This instant final action clarifies the instructions of form FERC-730,
without creating any additional requirements for filers. The Commission
certifies that it will not have a significant economic impact upon
participants in Commission proceedings. An analysis under the RFA is
therefore not required.
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\15\ 5 U.S.C. 601-12.
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VII. Document Availability
9. In addition to publishing the instant final action without the
form itself in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of
this document via the internet through the Commission's Home Page
(https://www.ferc.gov) and in Commission's Public Reference Room during
normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888
First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.
10. From the Commission's Home Page on the internet, this
information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is
available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type
the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in
the docket number field.
11. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at (202)
502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
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8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].
VIII. Effective Date and Congressional Notification
12. The Commission is issuing this document as an instant final
action without a period for public comment. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3),
notice and comment procedures are unnecessary when the agency finds
that notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest. This instant final action is such a
rulemaking, as it merely clarifies the instructions of form FERC-730 to
ensure that they are unambiguous and comply with relevant federal law.
This instant final action does not require public utilities to file
new, additional, or different information, and it does not change the
frequency with which they must file. This instant final action does not
render a determination concerning the rights or interests of affected
parties, and it will not significantly affect public utilities or the
general public.
13. This action is effective April 10, 2020. The Commission
requires public utilities that have been granted incentive rate
treatment for transmission projects to file a Form 730 by April 18th of
each year.\16\ The changes adopted in this instant final action will be
effective for the filings due April 18, 2020.
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\16\ 18 CFR 35.35(h).
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By the Commission.
Issued: March 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Appendix A
OMB Control Number: 1902-0239
Expiration Date: 06/30/20XX
Annual Due Date: April 18
FERC-730, Report of Transmission Investment Activity
Company Name: _____
Table 1--Actual and Projected Electric Transmission Capital Spending
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Actual at Projected investment (incremental investment by year for each of the
December 31 succeeding five calendar years)
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20__ 20__ 20__ 20__ 20__ 20__
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Capital Spending On Electric Transmission Facilities ($
Thousands) (1).........................................
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Instructions for completing ``Table 1: Actual and Projected Electric Transmission Capital Spending'':
(1) Transmission facilities are defined to be transmission assets as specified in the Uniform System of Accounts in account numbers 350 through 359
(see, 18 CFR. Part 101, Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the Provisions of the Federal Power Act,
for account definitions). The Transmission Plant accounts include: Accounts 350 (Land and Land Rights), 351 (Energy Storage Equipment-Transmission),
352 (Structures and Improvements), 353 (Station Equipment), 354 (Towers and Fixtures), 355 (Poles and Fixtures), 356 (Overhead Conductors and
Devices), 357 (Underground Conduit), 358 (Underground Conductors and Devices), and 359 (Roads and Trails).
Table 2--Project Detail (1)
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If project not on
Project Expected project Completion Is project on schedule,
description (2) Project type (3) completion date status (4) schedule? (Y/N) indicate reasons
(month/year) for delay (5)
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Instructions for completing ``Table 2: Project Detail'':
(1) Respondents must list all projects included in Table 1 above, Actual and Projected Electric Transmission
Capital Spending, excluding those projects with projected costs less than $20 million. Respondents should add
as many additional rows as are necessary to list all relevant projects.
(2) Respondents should include voltage level in the Project Description column.
(3) Respondents should select between the following Project Types to complete the Project Type column: New
Build, Upgrade of Existing, Refurbishment/Replacement, or Generator Direct Connection.
(4) Respondents should select between the following designations to complete the Completion Status column:
Complete, Under Construction, Pre-Engineering, Planned, Proposed, and Conceptual.
(5) Respondents should select between the following delay designations to complete the Reasons for Delay column:
Siting, Permitting, Construction, Delayed Completion of New Generator, or Other (specify).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) Statement: The PRA (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) requires us to inform you the information
collected in the FERC-730 is necessary for the Commission to
evaluate its incentive rates policies, and to demonstrate the
effectiveness of these policies. Further, the FERC-730 filing
requirement allows the Commission to track the progress of electric
transmission projects granted incentive-based rates, providing an
accurate assessment of the state of the industry with respect to
transmission investment, and ensuring that incentive rates are
effective in encouraging the development of appropriate transmission
infrastructure. Responses are mandatory. An agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number.
Public reporting burden for reviewing the instructions,
completing, and filling out this form is estimated to be 30 hours
per response. This form has been assigned OMB Control Number 1902-
0239. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other
aspect of this form to [email protected], or to the Office of
the Executive Director, Information Clearance Officer, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE, Washington, DC
20426.
To file this form, respondents should follow the instructions
for eFiling available at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
[FR Doc. 2020-06707 Filed 4-9-20; 8:45 am]
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