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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No., 11150–095]
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Grand River Power Company, Inc.;
Notice of Application for Amendment
of License and Request To
Permanently Resume Generation,
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Proceeding: Application for
non-capacity amendment of license.
b. Project No.: 11150–095.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2021.
d. Licensee: Grand River Power
Company, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Smithville and
Mix Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Grand River, in the City of Eaton
Rapids, in Eaton County, Michigan.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Licensee Contact: Roy Davis, Grand
River Power Company, Inc., 332 S
Waverly Rd., Eaton Rapids, MI 48827,
(616) 318–4191, wastetoenergy@
charter.net.
i. FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
(202) 502–6778, christopher.chaney@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
interventions, and protests Deadline for
filing comments, motions to intervene,
and protests: May 27, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, and protests using
the Commission’s eFiling system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
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Rockville, MD 20852. The first page of
any filing should include docket
number P–11150–095. Comments
emailed to Commission staff are not
considered part of the Commission
record.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. Description of Request: The project
consists of two developments—the
Smithville Development, which is
located about two miles upstream of
Eaton Rapids, and the Mix
Development, which is located within
Eaton Rapids. For both developments,
the applicant proposes to modify the
elevation datum used to specify the
impoundment elevation requirements of
Article 402, and to remove the
requirement for pre-high flow
drawdowns from Article 403. Under the
proposed amendment, operations and
water levels would not change;
however, the elevation datum would
change from mean sea level (msl) to the
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD29). Additionally, the
applicant proposes to ensure passage of
the 10-cubic-foot-per-second minimum
flow at the Mix Development required
by Article 403 by maintaining and
monitoring a minimum elevation at the
Mix dam. The applicant will continue to
maintain and monitor the impoundment
elevation required by Article 402 at the
Mix powerhouse.
The applicant filed the amendment
application in order to resolve the
outstanding compliance issues from a
November 26, 2014 Order to Cease
Generation issued for the project.
Therefore, the applicant is seeking
authorization to permanently resume
generation upon the approval of this
amendment application.
l. Locations of the Application: This
filing may be viewed on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. You may
also register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
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email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for
TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may
obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
respectively. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents:
Any filing must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth
in the heading the name of the applicant
and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
commenting, protesting or intervening;
and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
motions to intervene, or protests must
set forth their evidentiary basis. Any
filing made by an intervenor must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
385.2010.
Dated: April 27, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD21–2–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725B2); Comment
Request; Revision
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
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In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on revisions to the
information collection FERC–725B2
(Mandatory Reliability Standards for
Critical Infrastructure Protection [CIP]
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 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725B2 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB control number
(1902–0304) 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 (identified by Docket No.
RD21–2–000) to the Commission as
noted below. Electronic filing through
https://www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
• Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
• Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 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 ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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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 and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725B2, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for Critical
Infrastructure Protection [CIP]
Reliability Standards.1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0304.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of proposed changes as described in
Docket No. RD21–2–000.
Abstract: The North American
Electric Relaibility Corportation filed a
petition with the Commission on
December 14, 2020. The docket was
noticed on January 7 with a 21-day
comment/intervention period, ending
on January 28, 2021. In response to the
Notice of Information Collection and
Request for Comments published in the
Federal Register on February 22, 2021
(86 FR 11760), the Commission received
no comments on the 60-day Paperwork
Reduction Act notice. FERC issued a
Commission Letter Order on March 18,
2021.2
FERC–725B2 contains the following
information collection elements.
Pursuant to Reliability Standard CIP–
013–2 Requirement R1, responsible
entities should update their supply
chain risk management plans to include
Electronic Access Control or Monitoring
Systems and Physical Access Control
Systems. The act of implementing the
modified plans and procedures may
result in additional documentation, as
required by Reliability Standard CIP–
013–2, Requirement R2. In addition to
the above one-time paperwork
requirements, pursuant to Reliability
Standard CIP–013–1, Requirement R3,
responsible entities are required to
review their supply chain risk
management plan and associated
procedures every 15 months.
1 The reporting and recordkeeping requirements
proposed in Docket No. RD21–2–000 would
normally be included in FERC–725B (OMB Control
No. 1902–0248). However another unrelated item
under FERC–725B is pending review by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), and only one
item per OMB Control No. can be pending review
at a time.
We are submitting the additional requirements
(and related burden estimates) described in Docket
No. RD21–2–000 to OMB under the interim
information collection number FERC–725B2 in
order to submit the request to OMB timely. FERC–
725B continues to cover the current requirements
and burden of the standards, before implementation
of the additional requirements of Docket No. RD21–
2–000.
2 The Commission Letter Order is available on
FERC’s eLibrary system (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/
eLibrary/search) by searching in Docket Number
RD21–2.
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The technical requirements in
Reliability Standard CIP–005–7,
Requirement R3.1 and Requirement
R3.2 are likely to result in
documentation burden in year one to
implement new reporting requirements.
Reliability Standard CIP–010–4,
Requirement R1.6 will require
modification of certain procedures, as
well as initial implementation and
documentation of said procedures.
The compliance-related
recordkeeping requirements of the
above-mentioned standards will
continue on an ongoing basis beginning
in year one.
Type of Respondent: Businesses or
other for-profit institutions; not-forprofit institutions.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3
The Commission estimates the total
annual burden and cost 4 for this
information collection in the table
below. For hourly cost (for wages and
benefits) for the reporting requirements,
we estimate that
• 2% of the time is spent by Electrical
Engineers (Occupation Code: 17–2071,
at $70.19/hr.),
• 15% of the time is spent by Legal
(Occupation Code: 23–0000, at $142.65/
hr.),
• 31.5% of the time is spent by
Information Security Analysts
(Occupation Code: 15–1122, at $71.47/
hr.),
• 10% of the time is spent by
Computer and Information Systems
Managers (Occupation Code: 11–3021,
at $101.58/hr.),
• 10% of the time is spent by
Management (Occupation Code: 11–
0000, at $97.15/hr.), and
• 31.5% of the time is spent by
Management Analyst (Occupation Code:
43–0000 at $66.23/hr.).
Therefore, for reporting requirements,
we use the weighted hourly cost (for
wages and benefits) of $86.05.
For recordkeeping requirements, for
hourly cost (for wages and benefits), we
are using $41.03 for Information and
Record Clerks (Occupation Code: 43–
4199).
The proposed standards are not
changing the reporting or recordkeeping
requirements, however the proposed
3 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
4 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits information issued
March 19, 2020 (at https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
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standards are expanding the types of
assets to which the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements apply.
assets to which the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements apply.
FERC–725B2, ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL ANNUAL BURDEN DUE TO DOCKET NO. RD21–2
Type and number of
respondents 5
Type of reporting or
recordkeeping
requirement
I
I
(A)
Total
number of
annual
responses
Average annual
burden hours
& cost ($)
per response
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
and cost
($)
(A) × (B) = (C)
(D)
(C) × (D)
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Annual
number of
respondents
I
(B)
Reliability Standard CIP–013–2
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
Sub-Total for CIP–
013–2.
Reporting, Implementation
(one-time in Year 1).
Reporting (ongoing starting in Year 2).
Recordkeeping (ongoing
starting in Year 1).
343
1
343
136 hrs.; $11,702.80 ........
343
1
343
30 hrs.; $2,581.50 ............
46,648 hrs.;
$4,014,060.40.
10,290 hrs.; $885,454.50.
343
1
343
5 hrs.; $205.15 .................
1,715 hrs.; $70,366.45.
..........................................
........................
........................
........................
..........................................
58,653 hrs.;
$4,969,881.35.
Reliability Standard CIP–005–7
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
Sub-Total for CIP–
005–7.
Reporting, Implementation
(one-time in Year 1).
Recordkeeping (ongoing
starting in Year 1).
..........................................
343
1
343
12 hrs.; $1,032.60 ............
4,116 hrs.; $354,181.80.
343
1
343
3 hrs.; $123.09 .................
1,029 hrs.; $42,219.87.
........................
........................
........................
..........................................
5,145 hrs.; $396,401.67.
I
I
I
Reliability Standard CIP–010–4
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP,
RC, TO, and TOP).
Sub-Total for CIP–
010–4.
Total Annual Burden Hrs. and
Cost, due to
RD21–2.
Reporting, Implementation
(one-time in Yr. 1).
Recordkeeping (ongoing
starting in Year 1).
343
1
343
12 hrs.; $1,032.60 ............
4116 hrs.; $354,181.80.
343
1
343
3 hrs.; $123.09 .................
1,029 hrs.; $42,219.87.
..........................................
........................
........................
........................
..........................................
5,145 hrs.; $396,401.67.
..........................................
........................
........................
........................
..........................................
68,943 hrs.;
$5,762,684.69.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC21–83–000.
Applicants: ReEnergy Livermore Falls
LLC, ReEnergy Stratton LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of ReEnergy
Livermore Falls LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 4/28/21.
Accession Number: 20210428–5157.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/21.
Docket Numbers: EC21–84–000.
Applicants: Seneca Energy II, LLC,
Innovative Energy Systems, LLC,
Sunshine Gas Producers, LLC, Rice
Acquisition Corporation, PEI Power
LLC, PEI Power II, LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Seneca Energy II,
LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 4/28/21.
Accession Number: 20210428–5279.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG21–135–000.
Applicants: SP Garland Solar Storage,
LLC.
Description: Self-Certification of EG or
FC of SP Garland Solar Storage, LLC.
Filed Date: 4/28/21.
Accession Number: 20210428–5179.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/21.
Docket Numbers: EG21–136–000.
Applicants: SP Tranquillity Solar
Storage, LLC.
5 There are 1,494 unique registered entities in the
NERC compliance registry as of February 5, 2021.
Of this total, we estimate that 343 entities
(Balancing Authority [BA], Distribution Provider
[DP], Generator Owner [GO], Generator Operator
[GOP], Reliability Coordinator [RC], Transmission
Owner [TO], and Transmission Operator [TOP])
will face an increased paperwork burden due to
Docket No. RD21–2.
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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.
Dated: April 29, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD21-2-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725B2);
Comment Request; Revision
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 revisions to the information
collection FERC-725B2 (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical
Infrastructure Protection [CIP] 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 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-725B2 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB control number (1902-
0304) 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 (identified by Docket No.
RD21-2-000) to the Commission as noted below. Electronic filing through
https://www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture
format.
For those unable to file electronically, comments may be
filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery.
Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Hand (Including Courier) Delivery: Deliver to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD
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] and telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725B2, Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical
Infrastructure Protection [CIP] Reliability Standards.\1\
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\1\ The reporting and recordkeeping requirements proposed in
Docket No. RD21-2-000 would normally be included in FERC-725B (OMB
Control No. 1902-0248). However another unrelated item under FERC-
725B is pending review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
and only one item per OMB Control No. can be pending review at a
time.
We are submitting the additional requirements (and related
burden estimates) described in Docket No. RD21-2-000 to OMB under
the interim information collection number FERC-725B2 in order to
submit the request to OMB timely. FERC-725B continues to cover the
current requirements and burden of the standards, before
implementation of the additional requirements of Docket No. RD21-2-
000.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0304.
Type of Request: Three-year approval of proposed changes as
described in Docket No. RD21-2-000.
Abstract: The North American Electric Relaibility Corportation
filed a petition with the Commission on December 14, 2020. The docket
was noticed on January 7 with a 21-day comment/intervention period,
ending on January 28, 2021. In response to the Notice of Information
Collection and Request for Comments published in the Federal Register
on February 22, 2021 (86 FR 11760), the Commission received no comments
on the 60-day Paperwork Reduction Act notice. FERC issued a Commission
Letter Order on March 18, 2021.\2\
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\2\ The Commission Letter Order is available on FERC's eLibrary
system (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search) by searching in
Docket Number RD21-2.
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FERC-725B2 contains the following information collection elements.
Pursuant to Reliability Standard CIP-013-2 Requirement R1, responsible
entities should update their supply chain risk management plans to
include Electronic Access Control or Monitoring Systems and Physical
Access Control Systems. The act of implementing the modified plans and
procedures may result in additional documentation, as required by
Reliability Standard CIP-013-2, Requirement R2. In addition to the
above one-time paperwork requirements, pursuant to Reliability Standard
CIP-013-1, Requirement R3, responsible entities are required to review
their supply chain risk management plan and associated procedures every
15 months.
The technical requirements in Reliability Standard CIP-005-7,
Requirement R3.1 and Requirement R3.2 are likely to result in
documentation burden in year one to implement new reporting
requirements.
Reliability Standard CIP-010-4, Requirement R1.6 will require
modification of certain procedures, as well as initial implementation
and documentation of said procedures.
The compliance-related recordkeeping requirements of the above-
mentioned standards will continue on an ongoing basis beginning in year
one.
Type of Respondent: Businesses or other for-profit institutions;
not-for-profit institutions.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\
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\3\ ``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.
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The Commission estimates the total annual burden and cost \4\ for
this information collection in the table below. For hourly cost (for
wages and benefits) for the reporting requirements, we estimate that
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\4\ 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
issued March 19, 2020 (at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
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2% of the time is spent by Electrical Engineers
(Occupation Code: 17-2071, at $70.19/hr.),
15% of the time is spent by Legal (Occupation Code: 23-
0000, at $142.65/hr.),
31.5% of the time is spent by Information Security
Analysts (Occupation Code: 15-1122, at $71.47/hr.),
10% of the time is spent by Computer and Information
Systems Managers (Occupation Code: 11-3021, at $101.58/hr.),
10% of the time is spent by Management (Occupation Code:
11-0000, at $97.15/hr.), and
31.5% of the time is spent by Management Analyst
(Occupation Code: 43-0000 at $66.23/hr.).
Therefore, for reporting requirements, we use the weighted hourly
cost (for wages and benefits) of $86.05.
For recordkeeping requirements, for hourly cost (for wages and
benefits), we are using $41.03 for Information and Record Clerks
(Occupation Code: 43-4199).
The proposed standards are not changing the reporting or
recordkeeping requirements, however the proposed
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standards are expanding the types of assets to which the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements apply.
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\5\ There are 1,494 unique registered entities in the NERC
compliance registry as of February 5, 2021. Of this total, we
estimate that 343 entities (Balancing Authority [BA], Distribution
Provider [DP], Generator Owner [GO], Generator Operator [GOP],
Reliability Coordinator [RC], Transmission Owner [TO], and
Transmission Operator [TOP]) will face an increased paperwork burden
due to Docket No. RD21-2.
FERC-725B2, Estimated Additional Annual Burden Due to Docket No. RD21-2
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Annual number
Type of reporting or Annual number of responses Total number Average annual Estimated total
Type and number of respondents \5\ recordkeeping of per of annual burden hours & cost annual burden hours
requirement respondents respondent responses ($) per response and cost ($)
(A) (B) (A) x (B) = (D).................. (C) x (D)
(C)
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Reliability Standard CIP-013-2
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343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Reporting, 343 1 343 136 hrs.; $11,702.80. 46,648 hrs.;
TOP). Implementation (one- $4,014,060.40.
time in Year 1).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Reporting (ongoing 343 1 343 30 hrs.; $2,581.50... 10,290 hrs.;
TOP). starting in Year 2). $885,454.50.
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Recordkeeping 343 1 343 5 hrs.; $205.15...... 1,715 hrs.;
TOP). (ongoing starting in $70,366.45.
Year 1).
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Sub-Total for CIP-013-2........ ..................... .............. .............. .............. ..................... 58,653 hrs.;
$4,969,881.35.
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Reliability Standard CIP-005-7
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343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Reporting, 343 1 343 12 hrs.; $1,032.60... 4,116 hrs.;
TOP). Implementation (one- $354,181.80.
time in Year 1).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Recordkeeping 343 1 343 3 hrs.; $123.09...... 1,029 hrs.;
TOP). (ongoing starting in $42,219.87.
Year 1).
Sub-Total for CIP-005-7........ ..................... .............. .............. .............. ..................... 5,145 hrs.;
$396,401.67.
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Reliability Standard CIP-010-4
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343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Reporting, 343 1 343 12 hrs.; $1,032.60... 4116 hrs.;
TOP). Implementation (one- $354,181.80.
time in Yr. 1).
343 (BA, DP, GO, GOP, RC, TO, and Recordkeeping 343 1 343 3 hrs.; $123.09...... 1,029 hrs.;
TOP). (ongoing starting in $42,219.87.
Year 1).
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Sub-Total for CIP-010-4........ ..................... .............. .............. .............. ..................... 5,145 hrs.;
$396,401.67.
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Total Annual Burden Hrs. ..................... .............. .............. .............. ..................... 68,943 hrs.;
and Cost, due to RD21-2. $5,762,684.69.
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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.
Dated: April 29, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-09356 Filed 5-3-21; 8:45 am]
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