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the project docket number (CP20–12–
000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Any person seeking to become a party
to the proceeding must file a motion to
intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214). Motions
to intervene are more fully described at
https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/
how-to.asp. Only intervenors have the
right to seek rehearing or judicial review
of the Commission’s decision. The
Commission may grant affected
landowners and others with
environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by
stating that they have a clear and direct
interest in this proceeding which no
other party can adequately represent.
Simply filing environmental comments
will not give you intervenor status, but
you do not need intervenor status to
have your comments considered.
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Amendment is available from the
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Dated: May 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Project No. 2155–053]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
Sacramento Municipal Utility District;
Notice of Application for Transfer of
License and Soliciting Comments,
Motions To Intervene, and Protests
On March 25, 2020, Pacific Gas and
Electric Company (transferor) and
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Sacramento Municipal District
(transferee) filed a joint application for
the transfer of license of the Chili Bar
Hydroelectric Project No. 2155. The
project is located on the South Fork
American River in El Dorado County,
California.
The applicants seek Commission
approval to transfer the license for the
Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project from the
transferor to the transferee.
Applicants Contact: For Transferor:
Annette Faraglia, Chief Counsel, Hydro
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, 77 Beale Street, B30A–3005,
San Francisco, CA 94105, phone: (415)
973–7145, fax: (415) 973–5520, Email:
annette.faraglia@pge.com and Jan
Nimick, Vice President—Power
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, 245 Market Street, Room
1163, San Francisco, CA 94105, phone:
(415) 973–0629, Email: jan.nimick@
pge.com.
For Transferee: Joe Schofield, Deputy
General Counsel, Sacramento Municipal
Utility District, 6201 S Street,
Sacramento, CA 95817, phone: (916)
732–5446, fax: (916) 732–6581, Email:
joe.schofield@smud.org and Ross Gould,
Director Power Generation, Sacramento
Municipal District, 4401 Bradshaw Rd.,
Mail Stop EA 405, Sacramento, CA
95827, phone: (916) 732–6584, Email:
ross.gould@smud.org.
FERC Contact: Anumzziatta
Purchiaroni, (202) 502–6191,
anumzziatta.purchiaroni@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, and protests: 30 days from
the date that the Commission issues this
notice. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document 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://
ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically may
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mail similar pleadings to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–2155–053.
Dated: May 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC20–06–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725A(1B)); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection FERC–
725A(1B) (Certification of Electric
Reliability Organization; Procedures for
Electric Reliability Standards) and
submitting the information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. Any interested
person may file comments directly with
OMB and should address a copy of
those comments to the Commission as
explained below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due June 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725A(1B) to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB control number
(1902–0292) in the subject line. Your
comments should be sent within 30
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. Please submit copies
of your comments to the Commission
(identified by Docket No. IC20–06–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, at Health
and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Instructions
OMB submissions: Must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Using the search function
under the Currently Under Review field
select Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission; click ‘‘submit’’ and select
omment to the right of the subject
collection.
FERC 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).
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 and
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), the 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, 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
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)
BA 6 ...........................
TOP 7 .........................
BA/TOP .....................
Annual reporting .....
Annual reporting .....
Annual Record Retention.
98
169
267
1
1
1
98
169
267
42 hrs.; $2,696.40 ...
40 hrs.; $2,568.00 ...
2 hrs.; $75.38 ..........
4,116 hrs.; $264,247.20 ..
6,760 hrs.; $433,992.00 ..
534 hrs.; $20,126.46 .......
Total Burden Hours
Per Year.
.................................
........................
........................
........................
.................................
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), TOP–
010–1 in Docket No. IC20–6–000
Summary and Response to Public
Comment
$2,696.40
2,568.00
$75.38
........................
—For purposes of this OMB clearance,
the annual burden and record
retention of 11,410 hrs.
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
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 April 24, 2020, 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.
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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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: May 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP20–312–000]
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Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application
Take notice that on April 30, 2020,
Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 2200 Energy
Drive, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania,
15317, filed in the above referenced
docket an application pursuant to
section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), and a notice pursuant to section
4 of the NGA requesting the
Commission to authorize the
abandonment of approximately 191
miles of certificated gathering lines,
nine certificated compressor station
units, approximately 736 miles of noncertificated gathering lines, nine noncertificated compressor station units,
and any appurtenant facilities located in
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
(Equitrans Gathering System). All as
more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. The
filing is available for review on the
Commission’s website web 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, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659. At this time, the Commission
has suspended access to the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19),
issued by the President on March 13,
2020.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Matthew
T. Eggerding, Assistant General Counsel,
Equitrans, L.P., 2200 Energy Drive,
Canonsburg, PA 15317, by phone at
(412) 553–5786; or by email to
MEggerding@equitransmidstream.com.
Equitrans requests approval to
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System using a two-step process.
Equitrans states that, as part of the twostep process it will attempt to abandon
the gathering facilities by sale and, if
that is not successful, Equitrans will
abandon the gathering facilities in place.
Equitrans requests approval to remove
Rate Schedule AGS and references
thereto from its Tariff.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9),
within 90 days of this Notice, the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
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rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list and will be
notified of any meetings associated with
the Commission’s environmental review
process. Environmental commentors
will not be required to serve copies of
filed documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s
website (https://www.ferc.gov) under the
e-Filing link.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on May 28, 2020.
Dated: May 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC20–19–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–561); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
561 (Annual Report of Interlocking
Positions).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due July 13, 2020.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC20-06-000]
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) (Certification of Electric
Reliability Organization; Procedures for Electric Reliability
Standards) and submitting the information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments
to the Commission as explained below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-725A(1B) to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB control number (1902-
0292) in the subject line. Your comments should be sent within 30 days
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Please submit
copies of your comments to the Commission (identified by Docket No.
IC20-06-000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
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Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, at Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Instructions
OMB submissions: Must be formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Using the
search function under the Currently Under Review field select Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission; click ``submit'' and select omment to the
right of the subject collection.
FERC 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).
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] and 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), the 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).
FERC-725A(1B), Changes Due to TOP-010-1 in Docket No. IC20-6-000 3
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Annual number
Requirements & Number of of responses Total number Average burden & Total annual Cost per
Entity period respondents 4 per of responses cost per response burden hours & respondent
respondent 5 total annual cost ($)
................. (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4).............. (3) * (4) = (5).. (5) / (1)
(3)
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BA \6\......................... Annual reporting. 98 1 98 42 hrs.; 4,116 hrs.; $2,696.40
$2,696.40. $264,247.20.
TOP \7\........................ Annual reporting. 169 1 169 40 hrs.; 6,760 hrs.; 2,568.00
$2,568.00. $433,992.00.
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.... ................. .............. .............. .............. ................. 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), TOP-010-1 in
Docket No. IC20-6-000
--For purposes of this OMB clearance, the annual burden and record
retention of 11,410 hrs.
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\3\ Our estimates are based on the NERC Compliance Registry
Summary of Entities and Functions as of April 24, 2020, 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.
\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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Summary and Response to Public Comment
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
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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: May 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-10256 Filed 5-12-20; 8:45 am]
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