Sunshine Act Meetings, 26221-26222 [2021-10049]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 91 / Thursday, May 13, 2021 / Notices No. 760,1 to detect potential anticompetitive or manipulative behavior or ineffective market rules by requiring Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and Independent System Operators (ISO) to electronically submit, on a continuous basis, data relating to physical and virtual offers and bids, market awards, resource outputs, marginal cost estimates, shift factors, financial transmission rights, internal bilateral contracts, uplift, and interchange pricing. Although provision was made by the Commission that market monitoring units (MMUs) may provide datasets, all data for this collection has (and is expected to continue to) come from each RTO or ISO and not the MMUs. Therefore, any associated burden is counted as burden on RTO and ISO. While the ongoing delivery of data under FERC–921 is continuous and routine, each RTO or ISO makes sporadic changes to its individual market with Commission approval. When those changes occur, the RTO or ISO may need to change the data being routinely sent to the Commission to ensure compliance with Order No. 760. 26221 Such changes typically require respondents to alter the ongoing delivery of data under FERC–921. The burden associated with a change varies considerably based on the significance of the specific change; therefore, the estimate below is intended to reflect the incremental burden for an average change. Based on historical patterns, staff estimates there to be about one and a half changes of this nature per RTO or ISO per year. Type of Respondent: Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and Independent System Operators (ISO). FERC–921 (ONGOING ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DATA FROM REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS AND INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS) Category Number of respondents Annual number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden & cost per response Total annual burden hours & cost Annual cost per respondent ($) (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) Ongoing electronic delivery of data. Data Delivery Changes over the year. 6 1 66 52 hrs.; $4,034.68 ..... 312 hrs.; $24,208.08 $4,034.68 6 1 76 480 hrs.; $37,243.20 2,880 hrs.; $223,459.20. 37,243.20 Total .................... 6 2 12 .................................... 3,192 hrs.; $247,667.28. 41,277.88 Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The Commission estimates the total annual burden and cost 3 for this information collection as follows. The ongoing electronic delivery of data requires the following occupations (which includes wages and benefits): 4 • 75% of the time is spent by Computer Systems Analysts (Occupational Code: 15–1211) at $67.75/hr., • 12.5% of the time is spent by Legal (Occupation Code: 23–0000) at $142.25/ hr., and • 12.5% of the time is spent by Database Administrators and Architects (Occupational Code: 15–1245) at $71.92/hr. Therefore, we use the weighted hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $77.59.5 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: May 7, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 1 Enhancement of Electricity Market Surveillance and Analysis through Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data from Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, Order No. 760, 139 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2012). 2 ‘‘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. 3 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on the mean wage estimate by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program from May 2020 (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm.) and benefits information, accounting for 70.3% of average employment (released March 2021) for private industry workers (https://www.bls.gov/ news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). We estimate the total time required per change to be 320 hours. Because a response encompasses one year where there are, on average, 1.5 changes, the total time per response is 480 hours (1.5 × 320 hours). 4 The loaded hourly wage for each occupation is as follows: • Computer Systems Analysts: $47.63 (base hourly wage) ÷ 70.3% (benefits) = $67.75. • Legal: $100 (base hourly wage) ÷ 70.3% (benefits) = $142.25. • Database Administrators and Architects: $50.65 (base hourly wage) ÷ 70.3% (benefits) = $71.92. 5 The rounded weighted hourly cost breakdown includes: [(0.75 * $67.75) + (0.125 * $142.25) + (0.125 * $71.92)]= $77.59 6 Each RTO/ISO electronically submits data daily. To match with past filings, we are considering the collection of daily responses to be a single response. 7 Each RTO/ISO is estimated to make one and a half changes yearly. To be consistent with the formulation that the submissions over the course of a year constitute a single response, for the purpose of this calculation, we are assuming that each response requires one and a half changes over the course of the year and estimating burden accordingly. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [FR Doc. 2021–10111 Filed 5–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meetings May 13, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Secure video conference. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Non-public investigations and inquiries, enforcement related matters. TIME AND DATE: PLACE: E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1 26222 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 91 / Thursday, May 13, 2021 / Notices Notice of Meeting, Notice of Vote, Explanation of Action Closing Meeting and List of Persons to Attend The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: Agency Holding Meeting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Chairman Glick and Commissioners Chatterjee, Danly, Clements, and Christie voted to hold a closed meeting on May 13, 2021. The certification of the General Counsel explaining the action closing the meeting is available for public inspection on https:// www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/eLibrary. The Chairman and the Commissioners, their assistants, the Commission’s Secretary, and a stenographer are expected to attend the meeting. Other staff members from the Commission’s program offices who will advise the Commissioners in the matters discussed will also be present. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Telephone (202) 502–8400. Dated: May 6, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–10049 Filed 5–11–21; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA R9–2021–02; FRL–10021–96–Region 9] Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent With De Minimis Parties at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Los Angeles County, California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (‘‘Settlement Agreement’’), with twenty-six parties that sent between one and three tons of waste and one party that sent just over four tons of waste (the ‘‘Settling De Minimis Parties’’) to a solvent and SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 refrigerant recyling facility that operated between 1976 and 1991 in Whittier, California, called the Omega Chemical Corporation. Under the Settlement Agreement, the Settling De Minimis Parties agree to pay EPA $1,222,328.66 to resolve their liability for both past and future costs associated with the cleanup of the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site (‘‘Omega Site’’) in Los Angeles County California. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 14, 2021. ADDRESSES: Please contact Keith Olinger at olinger.keith@epa.gov or (415) 972– 3125 to request a copy of the Settlement Agreement. Comments on the Settlement Agreement should be submitted in writing to Mr. Olinger at olinger.keith@epa.gov. Comments should reference the Omega Site and the EPA Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA R9–2021–02. If for any reason you are not able to submit a comment by email, please contact Mr. Olinger at (415) 972–3125 to make alternative arrangements for submitting your comment. EPA will post its response to comments at https:// cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/ csitinfo.cfm?id=0903349, EPA’s web page for the Omega Site. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Olinger, Enforcement Officer (SFD–7–5), Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; email: olinger.keith@epa.gov; Phone (415) 972– 3125. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this proposed Settlement Agreement is made in accordance with the Section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i). The Settlement Agreement is a de minimis settlement agreement pursuant to Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), whereby the Settling De Minimis Parties, which are identified below, collectively agree to pay EPA $1,222,328.66. The Settlement Agreement resolves the Settling De Minimis Parties’ liability for both past and future response costs at the Omega Site and provides the Settling De Minimis Parties with a site-wide covenant not to sue pursuant to Section 122(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(2). Groundwater contamination extends approximately four-and-onehalf miles south, southwest from the former Omega Chemical Corporation facility, where the Settling De Minimis Parties sent hazardous waste. Much of the plume of groundwater contamination at the Omega Site lies beneath a large commercial/industrial area where chemicals released at other facilities have commingled with the PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 contamination originating at the former Omega Chemical facility. Pursuant to a Consent Decree entered on March 31, 2017, Docket No. 2:16–cv–02696 (Central District, California), between the United States and other potentially responsible parties (‘‘PRPs’’) at the Omega Site, EPA is obligated to share seventy percent of the money collected from certain Settling De Minimis Parties under this Settlement Agreement with certain PRPs that have incurred significant costs cleaning up contamination at the Omega Site and will continue to incur cleanup costs in the future. As of January 1, 2021, EPA had incurred more than $45 million in costs related to the Omega Site and EPA had recovered more than $35 million of its costs. EPA will consider all comments received on the Settlement Agreement in accordance with the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this Notice and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Parties to the Proposed Settlement Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc.; Air Distribution Technologies, Inc.; City of Montclair; Denso Products and Services Americas, Inc.; Eco-Air Products, Inc.; FAA Stevens Creek, Inc.; Fairway Chevrolet Co.; Grove Auto Body; Haddick’s Towing, Inc.; Hawthorne Machinery Co.; Lacey Collision Center; Materion Precision Optics and Thin Film Coatings, Inc.; Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc., as successor to Southwest Aerospace Corp.; Metal Surfaces International, LLC; Microsemi Corp.; National Oilwell Varco, as successor to Varco International, Inc.; New Bedford Panoramex Corp.; Ontario Nissan; Orion TV Productions, Inc.; Pierce Pacific Manufacturing, Inc.; Puregro Company, successor to Brea Agricultural Service, Inc.; Roberts Consolidated Industries, Inc.; Rocliff Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a United Truck Dismantlers; Shoreham Towers Homeowners’ Association; Tom Holmes, Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association; Western Allied Corporation. Dated: May 7, 2021. Enrique Manzanilla, Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region 9. [FR Doc. 2021–10141 Filed 5–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 91 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26221-26222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10049]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: May 13, 2021, 4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Secure video conference.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Non-public investigations and inquiries, 
enforcement related matters.

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Notice of Meeting, Notice of Vote, Explanation of Action Closing 
Meeting and List of Persons to Attend

    The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to Section 
3(a) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94-409), 5 U.S.C. 
552b:
    Agency Holding Meeting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    Chairman Glick and Commissioners Chatterjee, Danly, Clements, and 
Christie voted to hold a closed meeting on May 13, 2021. The 
certification of the General Counsel explaining the action closing the 
meeting is available for public inspection on https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/eLibrary.
    The Chairman and the Commissioners, their assistants, the 
Commission's Secretary, and a stenographer are expected to attend the 
meeting. Other staff members from the Commission's program offices who 
will advise the Commissioners in the matters discussed will also be 
present.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 
Telephone (202) 502-8400.

     Dated: May 6, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-10049 Filed 5-11-21; 4:15 pm]
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