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¶ 61,050 (2024).
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Dated: January 19, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01463 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–8–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
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 the currently
approved information collection FERC–
598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator or
Foreign Utility Company Status).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–8–000)
by any of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
• Effective July 1, 2020, delivery of
filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
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: ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
SUMMARY:
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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: Jean
Sonneman may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov or by
telephone at (202) 502–6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for
Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale
Generator or Foreign Utility Company
Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0166.
Type of Request: Three-year renewal
of FERC–598.
Abstract: Under 42 U.S.C. 16452(a),
public utility holding companies and
their associates must maintain, and
make available to the Commission,
certain books, accounts, memoranda,
and other records. The pertinent records
are those that the Commission has
determined: (1) are relevant to costs
incurred by a public utility or natural
gas company that is an associate
company of such holding company; and
(2) are necessary or appropriate for the
protection of utility customers with
respect to jurisdictional rates.
Public utility holding companies and
their associates may seek exemption
from this requirement. The pertinent
statutory and regulatory provisions, 42
U.S.C. 16454 and 18 CFR 366.7,
authorize such entities to file with the
Commission a notice of self-certification
demonstrating that they are ‘‘exempt
wholesale generators’’ (EWGs) or
‘‘foreign utility companies’’ (FUCOs). If
the Commission takes no action on a
good-faith self-certification filing within
60 days after the date of filing, the
applicant is exempt from the
requirements of 42 U.S.C. 16452(a).
An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person
engaged directly, or indirectly through
one or more affiliates . . . and
exclusively in the business of owning or
operating, or both owning and
operating, all or part of one or more
eligible facilities and selling electric
energy at wholesale.’’ 1 A FUCO is
defined as ‘‘any company that owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
the distribution at retail of natural or
1
18 CFR 366.1.
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manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
[n]either the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’ 2
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also
file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the
facility is located. In addition, that
person must represent to the
Commission in its submission that it has
filed a copy of the notice with the
appropriate state regulatory authority.3
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Type of Respondents: EWGs and
FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 5 for this information
collection as follows.
FERC–598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
A.
Number of respondents
(EWGs and
FUCOs)
B.
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
D.
Average
burden hrs.
& cost ($)
per response
C.
Total
number of
responses
(Column A ×
Column B)
300 .......................................
1
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: January 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01381 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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[Project No. 3240–040—New Hampshire
Rolfe Canal Hydroelectric Project; Project
No. 6689–018—New Hampshire Penacook
Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project; Project
No. 3342–025—New Hampshire Penacook
Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project]
300
6 hrs.; $600 ........................
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) a copy of its applications
for Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1)
water quality certifications filed with
the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services, in conjunction
with the above captioned projects.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and section
[4.34(b)(5), 5.23(b), 153.4, or 157.22] of
the Commission’s regulations,1 we
hereby notify the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services
of the following:
Date of Receipt of the Certification
Requests: November 28, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on
the Certification Requests: One year,
November 28, 2024.
If the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services fails or refuses
to act on the water quality certification
requests on or before the above date,
then the agency certifying authority is
deemed waived pursuant to section
401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
Dated: January 19, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01469 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of
Waiver Period for Water Quality
Certification Application
On November 28, 2023, Briar Hydro
Associates, LLC submitted to the
Id.
18 CFR 366.7(a).
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
2
3
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to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
5 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
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E.
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
F.
Average
cost per
respondent
($)
(Column C × Column D)
(Column E ÷
Column 1)
1,800 hrs.; $180,000 ...............
$600
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER24–935–000]
Frederick Energy Storage LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Frederick Energy Storage LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is February 8,
2024.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based upon FERC’s FY 2024 annual full-time
equivalent average of $207,786 (for salary plus
benefits), the average hourly cost is $100 per hour.
1 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22].
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC24-8-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-598); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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 currently approved
information collection FERC-598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator or Foreign Utility Company Status).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due March 25,
2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC24-8-
000) by any of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons unable to file
electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Effective July 1, 2020, delivery of filings other than by
eFiling or the U.S. Postal Service should be delivered to Health and
Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 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: Jean Sonneman may be reached by email
at [email protected] or by telephone at (202) 502-6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-598, Self-Certification for Entities Seeking Exempt
Wholesale Generator or Foreign Utility Company Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0166.
Type of Request: Three-year renewal of FERC-598.
Abstract: Under 42 U.S.C. 16452(a), public utility holding
companies and their associates must maintain, and make available to the
Commission, certain books, accounts, memoranda, and other records. The
pertinent records are those that the Commission has determined: (1) are
relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural gas company
that is an associate company of such holding company; and (2) are
necessary or appropriate for the protection of utility customers with
respect to jurisdictional rates.
Public utility holding companies and their associates may seek
exemption from this requirement. The pertinent statutory and regulatory
provisions, 42 U.S.C. 16454 and 18 CFR 366.7, authorize such entities
to file with the Commission a notice of self-certification
demonstrating that they are ``exempt wholesale generators'' (EWGs) or
``foreign utility companies'' (FUCOs). If the Commission takes no
action on a good-faith self-certification filing within 60 days after
the date of filing, the applicant is exempt from the requirements of 42
U.S.C. 16452(a).
An EWG is defined as ``any person engaged directly, or indirectly
through one or more affiliates . . . and exclusively in the business of
owning or operating, or both owning and operating, all or part of one
or more eligible facilities and selling electric energy at wholesale.''
\1\ A FUCO is defined as ``any company that owns or operates facilities
that are not located in any state and that are used for the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light,
or power, if such company: (1) derives no part of its income, directly
or indirectly, from the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electric energy for sale or the distribution at retail of natural or
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manufactured gas for heat, light, or power, within the United States;
and (2) [n]either the company nor any of its subsidiary companies is a
public-utility company operating in the United States.'' \2\
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\1\ 18 CFR 366.1.
\2\ Id.
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In the case of EWGs, the person filing a notice of self-
certification must also file a copy of the notice of self-certification
with the state regulatory authority of the state in which the facility
is located. In addition, that person must represent to the Commission
in its submission that it has filed a copy of the notice with the
appropriate state regulatory authority.\3\
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\3\ 18 CFR 366.7(a).
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Type of Respondents: EWGs and FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \4\ The Commission estimates the total
annual burden and cost \5\ for this information collection as follows.
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\4\ ``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 5 CFR 1320.3.
\5\ The Commission staff thinks that the average respondent for
this collection is similarly situated to the Commission, in terms of
salary plus benefits. Based upon FERC's FY 2024 annual full-time
equivalent average of $207,786 (for salary plus benefits), the
average hourly cost is $100 per hour.
FERC-598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
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B. Annual D. Average E. Total annual
A. Number of respondents number of C. Total burden hrs. & burden hours & F. Average
(EWGs and FUCOs) responses per number of cost ($) per total annual cost per
respondent responses response cost respondent ($)
(Column A x (Column C x (Column E /
Column B) Column D). Column 1)
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300.......................... 1 300 6 hrs.; $600.... 1,800 hrs.; $600
$180,000.
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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: January 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-01381 Filed 1-24-24; 8:45 am]
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