[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64885-64886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25523]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC20-4-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725I); 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 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission 
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved 
information collection, FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for 
the Northeast Power Coordinating Council) which will be submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the 
information collection requirements.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 24, 
2020.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC20-4-
000) by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Website: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support 
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast 
Power Coordinating Council).
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0258.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725I with no 
changes to the current reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Abstract: The Regional Reliability standard PRC-006-NPCC-1 
(Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) provides regional requirements 
for Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding to applicable entities in 
NPCC. UFLS requirements have been in place at a continent-wide level 
and within NPCC for many years prior to the implementation of federally 
mandated reliability standards in 2007. NPCC and its members think that 
a region-wide, fully coordinated single set of UFLS requirements is 
necessary to create an effective and efficient UFLS program, and their 
experience has supported that belief.
    Information collection burden for Reliability Standard PRC-006-
NPCC-01 is based on the time needed for planning coordinators and 
generator owners to incrementally gather data, run studies, and analyze 
study results to design or update the UFLS programs that are required 
in the regional Reliability Standard (in addition to the requirements 
of the NERC Reliability Standard PRC-006-3). There is also burden on 
the generator owners to maintain data.
    Type of Respondent: Generator Owners and Planning Coordinators
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The number of respondents is based 
on NERC's Registry as of July 26, 2019. Entities registered for more 
than one applicable function type have been accounted for in the 
figures below. The Commission estimates the annual public reporting 
burden and cost \2\ for the information collection as:
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    \1\ ``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.
    \2\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set and 
cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC-725I are approximately the 
same as the Commission's average cost. The FERC 2019 average salary 
plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $167,091/
year (or $80.00/hour).

                                                                                            FERC-725I
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                                                           Annual number
   Information collection requirements       Number of     of responses    Total number       Average burden hours & cost ($) per      Total annual burden hours & total annual      Cost per
                                            respondents   per respondent   of responses                    response                                    cost ($)                   respondent ($)
                                                     (1)             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4).......................................  (3) * (4) = (5)...........................       (5) / (1)
                                                                                     (3)
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PCs design and document automatic UFLS                 6               1               6  8 hrs.; $640..............................  48 hrs.; $3,840...........................            $640
 program.
PCs update and maintain UFLS program                   6               1               6  16 hrs.; $1,280...........................  96 hrs.; $7,680...........................           1,280
 database.
GOs provide documentation and data to                136               1             136  16 hrs.; $1,280...........................  2,176 hrs.; $174,080......................           1,280
 the planning coordinator.
GOs: record retention...................             136               1             136  4 hrs.; $320..............................  544 hrs.; $43,520.........................             320
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    Total...............................  ..............  ..............             284  ..........................................  2,864 hrs.; $229,120......................  ..............
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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 estimates 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: November 19, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25523 Filed 11-22-19; 8:45 am]
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