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Filed Date: 12/21/21.
Accession Number: 20211221–5165.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–702–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Revisions to OATT Sch. 12-Appendices
re: 2022 RTEP Annual Cost Allocations
to be effective 1/1/2022.
Filed Date: 12/21/21.
Accession Number: 20211221–5175.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/11/22.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following PURPA
210(m)(3) filings:
Docket Numbers: QM22–6–000.
Applicants: South Texas Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
Description: Application of South
Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. to
Terminate Its Mandatory Purchase
Obligation under the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Filed Date: 12/21/21.
Accession Number: 20211221–5143.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/22.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric
reliability filings:
Docket Numbers: RR21–3–001.
Applicants: North American Electric
Reliability Corporation.
Description: Joint Compliance Filing
of The North American Electric
Reliability Corporation and Texas
Reliability Entity, Inc. for Approval of
Amendment to the Bylaws of Texas
Reliability Entity, Inc.
Filed Date: 12/21/21.
Accession Number: 20211221–5174.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/11/22.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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Dated: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15239–000]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Application Accepted for Filing
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed
an application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the Crooked Creek Pumped
Storage Project (Crooked Creek Project
or project) to be located near Valley
Falls, Lake County, Oregon. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if
issued, is to grant the permit holder
priority to file a license application
during the permit term. A preliminary
permit does not authorize the permit
holder to perform any land-disturbing
activities or otherwise enter upon lands
or waters owned by others without the
owners’ express permission.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) An upper reservoir
with a surface area of 52 acres and a
storage volume of approximately 2,344
acre-feet created by a 4,200-foot-long,
100-foot-high embankment dam; (2) a
lower reservoir with a surface area of 50
acres and a storage volume of
approximately 2,052 acre-feet created by
a 4,300-foot-long, 130 foot-high
embankment dam; (3) a 2-mile-long
excavated tunnel and 1.3-mile-long steel
penstock totaling 3.3 miles with a
diameter of 18-feet connecting the upper
reservoir with the powerhouse/pump
station; (4) a 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide
concrete powerhouse/pump station
located on the lower reservoir shoreline
containing three 167-megawatt
generating/pumping units; (5) a 19.7mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line
interconnecting to PacifiCorp’s existing
Mile Hi substation in Lakeview, Oregon;
(6) an 8.7 mile underground pipeline
diverting water from the Chewaucan
River to the project for initial and
maintenance fill; and, (7) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Crooked Creek Project
would be 1,460 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet,
Managing Director, Renewable Energy
Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE
Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, OR
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97232; email: Tim.Hemstreet@
pacificorp.com; phone: (503) 813–6170.
FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email:
kristen.sinclair@ferc.gov; phone: (202)
502–6587.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications 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. 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,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–15239–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–15239) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–28203 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD21–6–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activity (FERC–725B4); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
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Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
ACTION:
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 the information
collection requirements associated with
Reliability Standards CIP–004–7 and
CIP–011–3 in Docket No. RD21–6–000.
The burden for the requirements will be
included in FERC–725B4 (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for Critical
Infrastructure Protection [CIP]
Reliability Standards).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due February 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments (identified by Docket No.
RD21–6–000) on FERC–725B4 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: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
SUMMARY:
A.
Number of
respondents 3
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, or by
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725B4, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: Critical
Infrastructure Protection Reliability
Standards CIP–004–7 and CIP–011–3.1
OMB Control No.: TBD.
Type of Request: Approval of
proposed changes as described in
Docket No. RD21–6–000.
Abstract: On September 15, 2021 the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition
requesting approval of two Reliability
Standards CIP–004–7 (Cyber Security,
Personnel and Training) and CIP–011–3
(Cyber Security, Information
Protection). NERC described the
proposed Reliability Standards as
‘‘Addressing Bulk Electric System Cyber
System Information Access
Management.’’ The petition was noticed
on September 22, 2021, with
interventions and comments due by
October 6, 2021.2 The Commission did
not receive any interventions or
comments.
On December 7, 2021, the Designated
Letter Order (DLO) in Docket No. RD21–
6–000 approved the proposed
B.
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
D.
Average burden
hours 4 & cost
per response 5
C.
Total number
of responses
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Reliability Standards, and found that
the modified Reliability Standards
enhance security as discussed below.
At present, Reliability Standards CIP–
004–6 require Responsible Entities to
control access to Bulk Electric System
Cyber System Information (BCSI) by
managing access to a designated storage
location, such as an electronic
document or physical file room.
Reliability Standard CIP–004–7 removes
references to ‘‘designated storage
locations’’ of BCSI and requires an
access management program to
authorize, verify and revoke provisioned
access to BCSI. This change updates
CIP–004 by focusing on controls at the
file level (e.g., rights, permissions,
privileges) of BCSI and reduces the need
for access to only a physical, designated
storage location for BCSI.
Reliability Standard CIP–011–3
clarifies the requirements of protecting
and handling BCSI with the goal of
providing flexibility for Responsible
Entities to use third-party data storage
and analysis systems. Specifically,
Reliability Standard CIP–011–3 requires
Responsible Entities to implement
specific controls related to BCSI during
storage handling use, and disposal of
information when implementing
services provided by third parties.
Type of Respondents: Businesses and
other for-profit entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates 686 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of
10 hours and $850.20. The total
estimated burdens per year are 6,860
hours and $583,237.20. These burdens
are itemized in the following table:
E.
Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost 6
F.
Cost per respondent
($)
(Column C × Column D)
(Column E ÷ Column A)
CIP–004–7 ........
CIP–011–3 ........
343
343
1
1
343
343
10 hours & $850.20 ....
10 hours & $850.20 ....
3,430 hours & $291,619.60
3,430 hours & $291,619.60
10 hours & $850.20.
10 hours & $850.20.
Totals .........
........................
........................
686
.....................................
6,860 hours & $583,237.20
20 hours & $1,700.40
1 FERC–725B4 is an interim information
collection number to accommodate the need to seek
timely approval during the pendency of an
unrelated information collection request pertaining
to FERC–725B (OMB Control No. 1902–0248). In
addition, the implementation plan for CIP–004–7
and CIP–011–3 provides that those Reliability
Standards become effective on the first day of the
first calendar quarter that is 24 calendar months
after the effective date of the Commission’s order,
so that Responsible Entities have sufficient time to
come into compliance with the revised Reliability
Standards. Thus, FERC–725B continues to cover the
current requirements of the standards, before
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implementation of the revised requirements of
Docket No. RD21–6–000.
2 86 FR 52667, at 52668.
3 The number of respondents is based on the
NERC Compliance Registry as of June 22, 2021.
Currently there are 1,508 unique NERC Registered
Entities, subtracting 16 Canadians Entities yields
1,492 U.S. NERC Registered Entities subject to the
CIP Standards. However, only those NERC
Registered Entities that own Medium Impact or
High Impact BES Cyber System are subject to the
CIP Standards in this filing which is estimated to
be 343 NERC Registered Entities.
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4 Of the average estimated twenty (20) hours per
response, all twenty (20) hours are for the one-time
effort of updating or changing documentation for
record-keeping burden that is already accounted
for.
5 Commission staff estimates that the average
industry hourly cost for this information collection
is $85.02/hour based on the following occupations
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: (1) Manager
(Occupational Code: 11–0000): $97.89/hour; and (2)
Electrical Engineer (Occupational Code 17–2071):
$72.15/hour. Source: https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3_221000.htm, as of June 2021.
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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: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–28206 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15246–000]
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PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Application Accepted for Filing
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed
an application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the Winter Ridge Pumped
Storage Project (Winter Ridge Project or
project) to be located near Summer Lake
and Paisley, Lake County, Oregon. The
sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if
issued, is to grant the permit holder
priority to file a license application
during the permit term. A preliminary
permit does not authorize the permit
holder to perform any land-disturbing
activities or otherwise enter upon lands
or waters owned by others without the
owners’ express permission.
Two alternatives are being considered
for the Winter Ridge Project. Alternative
1 would consist of the following: (1) An
upper reservoir approximately two
miles west of Summer Lake with a
surface area of 85 acres and a storage
volume of approximately 4,285 acre-feet
created by a 4,700-foot-long, 120-foothigh embankment dam; (2) a lower
reservoir with a surface area of 43.6
acres and a storage volume of
approximately 2,156 acre-feet created by
a 5,320-foot-long, 80-foot-high
embankment dam; (3) a 2.23-mile-long
steel penstock with a diameter of 15-feet
connecting the upper reservoir with the
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powerhouse/pump station; (4) a 150foot-long, 50-foot-wide concrete
powerhouse/pump station located on
the lower reservoir shoreline containing
three 167-megawatt generating/pumping
units; (5) a 9.3-mile, 500-kilovolt
transmission line interconnecting to
PacifiCorp’s jointly owned Sycan
substation; (6) a 19.2 mile underground
pipeline diverting water from the
Chewaucan River near Paisley to the
project for initial and maintenance fill;
and, (7) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative 2 would consist of the
same facilities described in alternative 1
except: (1) The lower reservoir would
have a surface area of 50 acres and a
storage volume of approximately 2,000
acre-feet created by a 4,100-foot-long,
170-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the
upper reservoir would connect to the
powerhouse/pump station by a 0.9-milelong excavated tunnel and 1.5-mile-long
steel penstock both having a diameter of
15-feet; and (3) the transmission line
would be 9.8 miles in length
interconnecting to the same substation.
The estimated annual generation of
the Winter Ridge Project would be 1,460
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet,
Managing Director, Renewable Energy
Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE
Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, OR
97232; email: Tim.Hemstreet@
pacificorp.com; phone: (503) 813–6170.
FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email:
kristen.sinclair@ferc.gov; phone: (202)
502–6587.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications 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. 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
PO 00000
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Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–15246–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–15246) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–28207 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD21-6-000]
Commission Information Collection Activity (FERC-725B4); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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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 the information collection
requirements associated with Reliability Standards CIP-004-7 and CIP-
011-3 in Docket No. RD21-6-000. The burden for the requirements will be
included in FERC-725B4 (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical
Infrastructure Protection [CIP] Reliability Standards).
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due February 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by Docket No. RD21-
6-000) on FERC-725B4 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: All 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], or by telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725B4, Mandatory Reliability Standards: Critical
Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards CIP-004-7 and CIP-011-
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\1\ FERC-725B4 is an interim information collection number to
accommodate the need to seek timely approval during the pendency of
an unrelated information collection request pertaining to FERC-725B
(OMB Control No. 1902-0248). In addition, the implementation plan
for CIP-004-7 and CIP-011-3 provides that those Reliability
Standards become effective on the first day of the first calendar
quarter that is 24 calendar months after the effective date of the
Commission's order, so that Responsible Entities have sufficient
time to come into compliance with the revised Reliability Standards.
Thus, FERC-725B continues to cover the current requirements of the
standards, before implementation of the revised requirements of
Docket No. RD21-6-000.
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OMB Control No.: TBD.
Type of Request: Approval of proposed changes as described in
Docket No. RD21-6-000.
Abstract: On September 15, 2021 the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed a petition requesting approval of
two Reliability Standards CIP-004-7 (Cyber Security, Personnel and
Training) and CIP-011-3 (Cyber Security, Information Protection). NERC
described the proposed Reliability Standards as ``Addressing Bulk
Electric System Cyber System Information Access Management.'' The
petition was noticed on September 22, 2021, with interventions and
comments due by October 6, 2021.\2\ The Commission did not receive any
interventions or comments.
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\2\ 86 FR 52667, at 52668.
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On December 7, 2021, the Designated Letter Order (DLO) in Docket
No. RD21-6-000 approved the proposed Reliability Standards, and found
that the modified Reliability Standards enhance security as discussed
below.
At present, Reliability Standards CIP-004-6 require Responsible
Entities to control access to Bulk Electric System Cyber System
Information (BCSI) by managing access to a designated storage location,
such as an electronic document or physical file room. Reliability
Standard CIP-004-7 removes references to ``designated storage
locations'' of BCSI and requires an access management program to
authorize, verify and revoke provisioned access to BCSI. This change
updates CIP-004 by focusing on controls at the file level (e.g.,
rights, permissions, privileges) of BCSI and reduces the need for
access to only a physical, designated storage location for BCSI.
Reliability Standard CIP-011-3 clarifies the requirements of
protecting and handling BCSI with the goal of providing flexibility for
Responsible Entities to use third-party data storage and analysis
systems. Specifically, Reliability Standard CIP-011-3 requires
Responsible Entities to implement specific controls related to BCSI
during storage handling use, and disposal of information when
implementing services provided by third parties.
Type of Respondents: Businesses and other for-profit entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates 686 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of 10 hours and $850.20. The total
estimated burdens per year are 6,860 hours and $583,237.20. These
burdens are itemized in the following table:
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\3\ The number of respondents is based on the NERC Compliance
Registry as of June 22, 2021. Currently there are 1,508 unique NERC
Registered Entities, subtracting 16 Canadians Entities yields 1,492
U.S. NERC Registered Entities subject to the CIP Standards. However,
only those NERC Registered Entities that own Medium Impact or High
Impact BES Cyber System are subject to the CIP Standards in this
filing which is estimated to be 343 NERC Registered Entities.
\4\ Of the average estimated twenty (20) hours per response, all
twenty (20) hours are for the one-time effort of updating or
changing documentation for record-keeping burden that is already
accounted for.
\5\ Commission staff estimates that the average industry hourly
cost for this information collection is $85.02/hour based on the
following occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: (1)
Manager (Occupational Code: 11-0000): $97.89/hour; and (2)
Electrical Engineer (Occupational Code 17-2071): $72.15/hour.
Source: https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm, as of June
2021.
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B. Annual
A. Number of number of C. Total number of D. Average burden hours \4\ E. Total annual burden hours &
respondents responses per responses & cost per response \5\ total annual cost \6\ F. Cost per respondent ($)
\3\ respondent
(Column A x Column B) (Column C x Column D).............. (Column E / Column A)
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CIP-004-7........................ 343 1 343 10 hours & $850.20........... 3,430 hours & $291,619.60.......... 10 hours & $850.20.
CIP-011-3........................ 343 1 343 10 hours & $850.20........... 3,430 hours & $291,619.60.......... 10 hours & $850.20.
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Totals....................... .............. .............. 686 ............................. 6,860 hours & $583,237.20.......... 20 hours & $1,700.40
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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: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-28206 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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