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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[Docket No. IC21–9–000]
[FR Doc. 2021–03804 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725u); Comment
Request; Extension
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
[Docket No. AD21–10–000]
SUMMARY:
AGENCY:
Modernizing Electricity Market Design;
Notice of Technical Conference on
Resource Adequacy in the Evolving
Electricity Sector
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Take notice that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
will convene a Commissioner-led
technical conference in the abovereferenced proceeding on Tuesday
March 23, 2021 from approximately
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday
March 24, 2021 from approximately
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
The conference will be held remotely.
The Commission will issue a
supplemental notice providing the
agenda for the technical conference.
The conference will be open for the
public to attend remotely. There is no
fee for attendance. Information on this
event will be posted on the Calendar of
Events on the Commission’s website,
www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
The conference will be transcribed.
Transcripts will be available for a fee
from Ace Reporting (202–347–3700).
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov
or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
or 202–208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
technical conference, please contact
David Rosner at david.rosner@ferc.gov
or Emma Nicholson at
emma.nicholson@ferc.gov. For
information related to logistics, please
contact Sarah McKinley at
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov or (202) 502–
8368.
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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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 a renewal of
currently approved information
collection, FERC–725U (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: Reliability
Standard CIP–014–2), which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
the information collections to OMB
through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Please identify the OMB Control
Number (1902–0274) in the subject line
of your comments. Comments should be
sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC21–9–000)
by one of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov.
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
• Delivery of filings other than by
eFiling or the U.S. Postal Service should
be delivered to Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 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 ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
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and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725U (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: Reliability
Standard CIP–014–2).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0274.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725U information
collection requirements, with no
changes to the reporting or
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005,
which is Title XII of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted
into law. EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the Federal Power Act
(FPA),1 which requires a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO) to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability
Standards, subject to Commission
review and approval. Once approved,
the Reliability Standards may be
enforced by the ERO, subject to
Commission oversight, or by the
Commission independently. Section 215
of the FPA requires a Commissioncertified ERO to develop mandatory and
enforceable Reliability Standards,
subject to Commission review and
approval. Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight or by
the Commission independently. In
2006, the Commission certified NERC
(now called the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation) as the ERO
pursuant to section 215 of the FPA.
Reliability Standard CIP–014–2 requires
applicable transmission owners and
transmission operators to identify and
protect transmission stations and
transmission substations, and their
associated primary control centers that
if rendered inoperable or damaged
resulting from a physical attack could
result in widespread instability,
uncontrolled separation, or cascading
within an Interconnection.
In terms of information collection
requirements, an applicable entity must
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create or maintain documentation
showing compliance, when appropriate,
with each requirement of the Reliability
Standard. This Reliability Standard
CIP–014–2 has six requirements.
Transmission owners and transmission
operators must keep data or evidence to
show compliance with the standard for
three years unless directed by its
Compliance Enforcement Authority. If a
responsible entity is found noncompliant, it must keep information
related to the non-compliance until
mitigation is complete and approved, or
for three years, whichever is longer.
Type of Respondents: Intrastate
natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden 2 and
Cost 3: The Commission estimates the
total Public Reporting Burden for the
FERC–725U information collection as:
FERC–725U
[Mandatory reliability standards: Reliability standard CIP–014]
Number of
respondents 4
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total number
of
responses
Average burden
hours & cost
per response
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Average
annual
cost per
respondent
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping.
Total FERC–725U
336
1
336
32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 ..
10,991 hrs.; $912,253
$2,714,93
336
1
336
32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 ..
10,991 hrs.; $912,253
$2,714.93
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 18, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–03802 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3409–032]
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Boyne USA, Inc.; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
On January 31, 2020, Boyne USA, Inc.
filed an application for a subsequent
minor license to continue operating the
existing, licensed, 250-kilowatt Boyne
River Hydroelectric Project No. 3409
2 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
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(Boyne River Project). The project is
located on the Boyne River in Boyne
Valley Township, Charlevoix County,
Michigan. The project does not occupy
federal land.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on November 24, 2020,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA notice, staff
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to license the Boyne River
Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Commission issues EA ..................
June 2021.1
3 Commission staff estimates that the industry’s
skill set and cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC–
725U are approximately the same as the
Commission’s average cost. The FERC 2020 average
salary plus benefits for one FERC full-time
equivalent (FTE) is $172,329/year (or $83.00/hour).
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Milestone
Comments on EA ..........................
Target date
July 2021.
1 The
Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal action
agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare an EA
for the Boyne River Project. Therefore, in accordance
with CEQ’s regulations, the EA must be issued within
1 year of the issuance date of this notice.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Patrick Ely at
patrick.ely@ferc.gov or (202) 502–8570.
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. AD21–6–000; AD20–6–000]
RTO/ISO Credit Principles and
Practices; Credit Reforms in Organized
Wholesale Electric Markets
Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
As first announced in the Notice of
Technical Conference issued in this
proceeding on November 4, 2020, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) will convene a staff-led
technical conference in the above
referenced proceeding on Thursday,
4 The total number of transmission owners and
operators equals 336, this represents the unique US
entities taken from October 2, 2020 NERC
Compliance registry information.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-9-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-725u); 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 a renewal of currently approved
information collection, FERC-725U (Mandatory Reliability Standards:
Reliability Standard CIP-014-2), which will be submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due March 26,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on the information collections to OMB
through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB Control
Number (1902-0274) in the subject line of your comments. Comments
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No. IC21-9-000) by
one of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: https://www.ferc.gov.
U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons unable to file
electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Delivery of filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 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 ``comment'' to the right of the subject collection. FERC
submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725U (Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability
Standard CIP-014-2).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0274.
Type of Request: Three-year approval of the FERC-725U information
collection requirements, with no changes to the reporting or
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the Electricity Modernization Act of
2005, which is Title XII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005),
was enacted into law. EPAct 2005 added a new section 215 to the Federal
Power Act (FPA),\1\ which requires a Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, subject to Commission review and approval. Once
approved, the Reliability Standards may be enforced by the ERO, subject
to Commission oversight, or by the Commission independently. Section
215 of the FPA requires a Commission-certified ERO to develop mandatory
and enforceable Reliability Standards, subject to Commission review and
approval. Once approved, the Reliability Standards may be enforced by
the ERO subject to Commission oversight or by the Commission
independently. In 2006, the Commission certified NERC (now called the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation) as the ERO pursuant to
section 215 of the FPA. Reliability Standard CIP-014-2 requires
applicable transmission owners and transmission operators to identify
and protect transmission stations and transmission substations, and
their associated primary control centers that if rendered inoperable or
damaged resulting from a physical attack could result in widespread
instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading within an
Interconnection.
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In terms of information collection requirements, an applicable
entity must
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create or maintain documentation showing compliance, when appropriate,
with each requirement of the Reliability Standard. This Reliability
Standard CIP-014-2 has six requirements. Transmission owners and
transmission operators must keep data or evidence to show compliance
with the standard for three years unless directed by its Compliance
Enforcement Authority. If a responsible entity is found non-compliant,
it must keep information related to the non-compliance until mitigation
is complete and approved, or for three years, whichever is longer.
Type of Respondents: Intrastate natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden \2\ and Cost \3\: The Commission
estimates the total Public Reporting Burden for the FERC-725U
information collection as:
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\2\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
\3\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set and
cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC-725U are approximately the
same as the Commission's average cost. The FERC 2020 average salary
plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $172,329/
year (or $83.00/hour).
FERC-725U
[Mandatory reliability standards: Reliability standard CIP-014]
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Number of Annual number Total annual burden Average annual
respondents of responses Total number Average burden hours & hours & total annual cost per
\4\ per respondent of responses cost per response cost respondent
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)..................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
(3)
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Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping... 336 1 336 32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93... 10,991 hrs.; $912,253.. $2,714,93
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Total FERC-725U.................. 336 1 336 32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93... 10,991 hrs.; $912,253.. $2,714.93
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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\4\ The total number of transmission owners and operators equals
336, this represents the unique US entities taken from October 2,
2020 NERC Compliance registry information.
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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