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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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.
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