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Shoppers prefer the ‘‘no human
contact’’ that they get from ordering
online and picking up their purchases at
a locker. Home grocery delivery
companies are seeing demand increase
dramatically and expect e-commerce
adoption to continue. They expect many
customers not to return to traditional
shopping after this change. In addition,
one of the leading home grocery
delivery companies projected a demand
for 1000 lockers annually (prior to the
increased demand created by COVID–
19). We strongly expect this entire
market to see an increased demand
based on the changing consumer
shopping behavior accelerated by the
recent concerns of the COVID crisis.
Conclusion
The Smart Exchange Locker is
designed for limited access short-term
storage of products to facilitate
consumer pickup of electronically
purchased items and it is not a
traditional refrigerator or freezer
merchandiser. Hussmann Corporation
petitions DOE to grant the use of an
Alternate Test Procedure and an Interim
Waiver from DOE’s current requirement
to test Commercial Refrigerators,
Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers for
the Smart Exchange Locker. Without
such requested relief, Hussmann
Corporation will not be able to meet
market demand for a product supporting
critical temperature short-term storage
of e-commerce products. A grant of this
petition is required to align a test
procedure with the actual product usage
profiles thereby allowing compliance
with the requisite energy standards.
Sincerely,
/s/
Daniel C. Conrad, Ph.D.,
Director Reliability & Testing.
Appendix I—Smart Locker
Basic Models for Which a Waiver Is
Requested
A waiver is requested for the Hussmann
branded Smart Locker basic model(s) which
will be distributed in commerce. These
models are identified as:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–24–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–537); 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 a renewal of
currently approved information
collection, FERC–537 (Gas Pipeline
Certificates: Construction, Acquisition,
and Abandonment), which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due August 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–537 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0060) 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. IC21–24–000)
by one of the following methods:
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.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ 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.
SUMMARY:
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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).
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/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–537 (Gas Pipeline
Certificates: Construction, Acquisition,
and Abandonment).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0060.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–537 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–537 information
collection requires natural gas
companies to file the necessary
information with FERC in order for the
Commission to determine if the
requested certificate should be
authorized. The data required to be
submitted in a normal certificate filing
consists of identification of the
company and responsible officials,
factors considered in the location of the
facilities and the impact on the area for
environmental considerations. Also to
be submitted are the following, as
applicable to the specific request:
• Flow diagrams showing the design
capacity for engineering design
verification and safety determination;
• Cost of proposed facilities, plans for
financing, and estimated revenues and
expenses related to the proposed facility
for accounting and financial evaluation.
• Existing and proposed storage
capacity and pressures and reservoir
engineering studies for requests to
increase storage capacity;
• An affidavit showing the consent of
existing customers for abandonment of
service requests.
Certain self-implementing
construction and abandonment
programs do not require the filing of
applications. However, those types of
programs do require the filing of annual
reports, so many less significant actions
can be reported in a single filing/
response and less detail would be
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required. Additionally, requests for an
increase of pipeline capacity must
include a statement that demonstrates
compliance with the Commission’s
Certificate Policy Statement by making
a showing that the cost of the expansion
will not be subsidized by existing
customers and that there will not be
adverse economic impacts to existing
customers, competing pipelines or their
customers, nor to landowners and to
surrounding communities.
The Commission reviews and
analyses the information filed under the
regulations subject to FERC–537 to
determine whether to approve or deny
the requested authorization. If the
Commission failed to collect these data,
it would lose its ability to review
relevant information to determine
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whether the requested certificate should
be authorized. The 60-day notice
published on May 21, 2021 1 and
received no comments.
Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional
natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden 2: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–537 (GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT) 3
18 CFR 157.5–.11 (Interstate
Certificate and Abandonment Applications).
18 CFR 157.53 (Pipeline Purging/Testing Exemptions).
18 CFR 157.201–.209;
157.211; 157.214–.218
(Blanket Certificates Prior to
Notice Filings).
18 CFR 157.201–.209;
157.211; 157.214–.218
(Blanket Certificates—Annual Reports).
18 CFR 284.11 (NGPA Section 311 Construction—Annual Reports).
18 CFR 284.8 6 (Request for
Waiver of Capacity Release
Regulations).
18 CFR 284.13(e) and
284.126(a) (Interstate and
Intrastate Bypass Notice).
18 CFR 284.221 (Blanket Certificates).
18 CFR 284.224 (Hinshaw
Blanket Certificates).
18 CFR 157.5–.11; 157.13–.20
(Non-facility Certificate or
Abandonment Applications.
Total ..................................
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of
responses
Average annual burden &
cost per response 4
Total average
annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) 5
31
1.39
43.09
500 hrs.; $41,500 ...................
21,545 hrs; $1,788,235 ..........
$57,685
1
1
1
50 hrs.; $4,150 .......................
50 hrs.; $4,150 .......................
4,150
24
2.125
51
200 hrs.; $16,600 ...................
10,200 hrs.; $846,600 ............
35,275
162
1
162
50 hrs.; $4,150 .......................
8,100 hrs.; $672,300 ..............
4,150
75
1
75
50 hrs.; $4,150 .......................
3,750 hrs.; $311,250 ..............
4,150
31
1.39
43.09
10 hrs.; $830 ..........................
430.90 hrs.; $35,764.70 .........
1,153.70
2
1
2
30 hrs.; $2,490 .......................
60 hrs.; $4,980 .......................
2,490
1
1
1
100 hrs.; $8,300 .....................
100 hrs.; $8,300 .....................
8,300
1
1
1
75 hrs.; $6,225 .......................
75 hrs.; $6,225 .......................
6,225
11
1.36
14.96
75 hrs.; $6,225 .......................
1,122 hrs.; $93,126 ................
8,466
........................
........................
394.14
.................................................
45,432.90 hrs.; $3,770,930.70
........................
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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
1 86
FR 27589.
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. Refer to 5
CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
3 Changes to estimated number of respondents
were based on average number of respondents over
the past three years.
2 Burden
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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: July 22, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $83.00/hour = Average cost/
response. The figure is the 2020 FERC average
hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $83.00 (and
an average annual salary of $172,329/year).
Commission staff is using the FERC average salary
because we consider any reporting requirements
completed in response to the FERC–537 to be
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compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC
employees.
5 Each of the figures in this column are rounded
to the nearest dollar.
6 A Certificate Abandonment Application would
require waiver of the Commission’s capacity release
regulations in 18 CFR 284.8; therefore this activity
is associated with Interstate Certificate and
Abandonment Applications.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-24-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-537); 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-537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates:
Construction, Acquisition, and Abandonment), which will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due August 27,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-537 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB Control Number (1902-
0060) 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. IC21-24-000)
by one of the following methods:
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.
[cir] Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
[cir] 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/ferc-online/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction,
Acquisition, and Abandonment).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0060.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-537 information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC-537 information collection requires natural gas
companies to file the necessary information with FERC in order for the
Commission to determine if the requested certificate should be
authorized. The data required to be submitted in a normal certificate
filing consists of identification of the company and responsible
officials, factors considered in the location of the facilities and the
impact on the area for environmental considerations. Also to be
submitted are the following, as applicable to the specific request:
Flow diagrams showing the design capacity for engineering
design verification and safety determination;
Cost of proposed facilities, plans for financing, and
estimated revenues and expenses related to the proposed facility for
accounting and financial evaluation.
Existing and proposed storage capacity and pressures and
reservoir engineering studies for requests to increase storage
capacity;
An affidavit showing the consent of existing customers for
abandonment of service requests.
Certain self-implementing construction and abandonment programs do
not require the filing of applications. However, those types of
programs do require the filing of annual reports, so many less
significant actions can be reported in a single filing/response and
less detail would be
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required. Additionally, requests for an increase of pipeline capacity
must include a statement that demonstrates compliance with the
Commission's Certificate Policy Statement by making a showing that the
cost of the expansion will not be subsidized by existing customers and
that there will not be adverse economic impacts to existing customers,
competing pipelines or their customers, nor to landowners and to
surrounding communities.
The Commission reviews and analyses the information filed under the
regulations subject to FERC-537 to determine whether to approve or deny
the requested authorization. If the Commission failed to collect these
data, it would lose its ability to review relevant information to
determine whether the requested certificate should be authorized. The
60-day notice published on May 21, 2021 \1\ and received no comments.
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Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden \2\: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the 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. Refer to
5 CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
FERC-537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction, Acquisition, and Abandonment) \3\
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Annual number Total average annual Cost per
Number of of responses Total number Average annual burden & burden hours & total respondent
respondents per respondent of responses cost per response \4\ annual cost ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)..................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1) \5\
(3)
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18 CFR 157.5-.11 (Interstate 31 1.39 43.09 500 hrs.; $41,500....... 21,545 hrs; $1,788,235. $57,685
Certificate and Abandonment
Applications).
18 CFR 157.53 (Pipeline Purging/ 1 1 1 50 hrs.; $4,150......... 50 hrs.; $4,150........ 4,150
Testing Exemptions).
18 CFR 157.201-.209; 157.211; 157.214- 24 2.125 51 200 hrs.; $16,600....... 10,200 hrs.; $846,600.. 35,275
.218 (Blanket Certificates Prior to
Notice Filings).
18 CFR 157.201-.209; 157.211; 157.214- 162 1 162 50 hrs.; $4,150......... 8,100 hrs.; $672,300... 4,150
.218 (Blanket Certificates--Annual
Reports).
18 CFR 284.11 (NGPA Section 311 75 1 75 50 hrs.; $4,150......... 3,750 hrs.; $311,250... 4,150
Construction--Annual Reports).
18 CFR 284.8 \6\ (Request for Waiver 31 1.39 43.09 10 hrs.; $830........... 430.90 hrs.; $35,764.70 1,153.70
of Capacity Release Regulations).
18 CFR 284.13(e) and 284.126(a) 2 1 2 30 hrs.; $2,490......... 60 hrs.; $4,980........ 2,490
(Interstate and Intrastate Bypass
Notice).
18 CFR 284.221 (Blanket Certificates) 1 1 1 100 hrs.; $8,300........ 100 hrs.; $8,300....... 8,300
18 CFR 284.224 (Hinshaw Blanket 1 1 1 75 hrs.; $6,225......... 75 hrs.; $6,225........ 6,225
Certificates).
18 CFR 157.5-.11; 157.13-.20 (Non- 11 1.36 14.96 75 hrs.; $6,225......... 1,122 hrs.; $93,126.... 8,466
facility Certificate or Abandonment
Applications.
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Total............................ .............. .............. 394.14 ........................ 45,432.90 hrs.; ..............
$3,770,930.70.
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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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\3\ Changes to estimated number of respondents were based on
average number of respondents over the past three years.
\4\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $83.00/hour =
Average cost/response. The figure is the 2020 FERC average hourly
cost (for wages and benefits) of $83.00 (and an average annual
salary of $172,329/year). Commission staff is using the FERC average
salary because we consider any reporting requirements completed in
response to the FERC-537 to be compensated at rates similar to the
work of FERC employees.
\5\ Each of the figures in this column are rounded to the
nearest dollar.
\6\ A Certificate Abandonment Application would require waiver
of the Commission's capacity release regulations in 18 CFR 284.8;
therefore this activity is associated with Interstate Certificate
and Abandonment Applications.
Dated: July 22, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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