[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3751-3752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1467]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD11-10-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725A); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507(a)(1) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the
information collection described below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments
directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the
Commission as explained below. In compliance with section 3506 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Commission previously issued a Notice in
the Federal Register (76 FR 65504, 10/21/2011) requesting public
comments. FERC received no comments on FERC-725A and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due February 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by docket number, may be filed in the
following ways:
Electronic Filing through http://www.ferc.gov. Documents
created electronically using word processing software should be filed
in native applications or print-to-PDF format and not in a scanned
format.
Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable to file electronically
may mail or hand-deliver an original of their comments to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection in
Docket No. RD11-10-000 relates to Reliability Standard, FAC-008-3--
Facility Ratings, developed by the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) and approved by the Commission in an order dated
November 17, 2011, with a January 1, 2013 effective date for the
mandatory compliance with the revised Reliability Standard.\1\
Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 modifies the currently effective version
Reliability Standard FAC-008-1 and subsumes Reliability Standard FAC-
009-1. Concurrent with the effective date of FAC-008-3, Reliability
Standards FAC-008-1 and FAC-009-1 will be retired. The information
collection requirements contained in Reliability Standards FAC-008 and
FAC-009 are contained in FERC-725A (OMB Control Number 1902-0244).
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\1\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 137 FERC ] 61,123
(2011).
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There is a net increase in information collection and reporting
that will result from implementing Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 and
retiring the two superseded Reliability Standards. The breakdown is as
follows:
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Additional reporting beyond FAC-008-1 Additional recordkeeping beyond FAC-008-1
FAC-008-3 Applies to: and FAC-009-1 and FAC-009-1
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R1.................................. Generator owners............ None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
from R1 of FAC-008-1.
R2.................................. Generator owners............ None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
from R1 of FAC-008-1.
R3.................................. Transmission owners......... None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
from R1 of FAC-008-1.
R4.................................. Generator owners and None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
Transmission owners. from R2 of FAC-008-1.
R5.................................. Generator owners and None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
Transmission owners. from R3 of FAC-008-1.
R6.................................. Generator owners and None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
Transmission owners. from R1 of FAC-008-1.
R7.................................. Generator owners............ None, this requirement is derived Retention period increased by 2 years.
from R2 of FAC-008-1.
R8.................................. Generator owners that are Newly added reporting of the next New retention period of 3 years.
subject to R2 and most limiting equipment and the
Transmission owners. thermal rating for the next most
limiting equipment.
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Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this proposed
collection is estimated as:
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Number of respondents
per compliance registry Number of Hours per Total annual
Additional proposed burden in FERC- summary as of August responses per respondent hours
725A 29, 2011 respondent per response
(A)..................... (B) (C) ( A x B x C)
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Report the next most limiting \2\ 83 Generator owners. 1 80 6,640
equipment and the thermal rating for
the next most limiting equipment.
Report the next most limiting 342 Transmission owners. 1 \3\ 20 6,840
equipment and the thermal rating for
the next most limiting equipment.
Increase in retention time by 2 years 833 Generator owners.... 1 2 1,666
for R1 through R7.
Increase in retention time by 2 years 342 Transmission owners. 1 2 684
for R1 through R7.
Compliance sub-total.................. ........................ .............. .............. 13,480
Recordkeeping sub-total............... ........................ .............. .............. 2,350
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Total............................. ........................ .............. .............. 15,830
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is $1,683,400; [i.e., (13,480
hours @ $120 an hour (compliance cost)) + (2,350 hours @ $28 an hour
(recordkeeping cost))]. The reporting burden includes the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide the information including: (1) Reviewing
instructions, (2) developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining, disclosing and providing
information, (3) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements, (4) training
personnel to respond to a collection of information, (5) searching data
sources, (6) completing and reviewing the collection of information,
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information.
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\2\ Requirement R8 applies to generator owners that own
facilities between the step-up transformer and the point of
interconnection. We estimate that 10% of all NERC registered
generator owners own such facilities.
\3\ Transmission Owner estimate based on the supplemental work
required to report the next most limiting equipment and assumes all
prerequisite work was performed in compliance with currently
effective Reliability Standard FAC-008-1.
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The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any particular function or activity.
Dated: January 18, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1467 Filed 1-24-12; 8:45 am]
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