Agency Information Collection; Proposed New Survey
| Citation | 88 FR 59887 |
| Published date | 30 August 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-18729 |
| Court | Energy Department,Energy Information Administration |
| Section | Notices |
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Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
August 24, 2023, by Maria Robinson,
Director, Grid Deployment Office,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document
with the original signature and date is
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requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
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document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC on August 25,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–18720 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection;
Proposed New Survey
AGENCY
: U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION
: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY
: DOE requests a three-year
extension, with changes, to Form DOE–
417 Electric Emergency Incident and
Disturbance Report, OMB Control
Number 1901–0288, as required under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Form DOE–417 collects information for
DOE to monitor electric emergency
incidents and disturbances in the
United States (including all 50 States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S.
Territories). The information collected
allows DOE to conduct post-incident
reviews examining significant
interruptions of electric power or threats
to the national electric system.
DATES
: DOE must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than October 30, 2023. If you
anticipate any difficulties in submitting
your comments by the deadline, contact
the person listed in the
ADDRESSES
section of this notice as soon as
possible.
ADDRESSES
: Written comments may be
sent to DOE–417 Recertification, C/O
Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585, or by email
at OE417@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585,
matthew.tardugono@hq.doe.gov, (202)
586–2892. The forms and instructions
are available online at: https://
www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx. You
can view DOE–417 Electric Emergency
Incident and Disturbance Report online
at https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/
oe417.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1901–0288.
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Electric Emergency Incident and
Disturbance Report.
(3) Type of Request: Renewal with
changes.
(4) Purpose: DOE uses Form DOE–417
Emergency Incident and Disturbance
Report to monitor electric emergency
incidents and disturbances in the
United States (including all 50 States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S.
Territories) and to investigate significant
interruptions of electric power or threats
to the electric system reliability. Form
DOE–417 also enables DOE to meet the
Department’s national security
responsibilities as the coordinating
agency for Emergency Support Function
(ESF) #12—Energy, under the National
Response Framework, and the Sector-
Specific Agency for the energy sector,
pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive
21—Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience, Presidential Policy Directive
41—United States Cyber Incident
Coordination, and the Fixing Americas
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act,
Public Law 114–94. The information
may also be shared with other non-
regulatory federal agencies assisting in
emergency response and recovery
operations or investigating the causes of
an incident or disturbance to the
national electric system. Public
summaries are published on Form DOE–
417 web page at https://www.oe.netl.
doe.gov/oe417.aspx on a monthly basis
to keep the public informed.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection: Proposed changes to Form
DOE–417 continue to ensure future
alignment with the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
CIP–008–6 Reliability Standard, as well
as the NERC EOP–004–6 Reliability
Standard, and potential future changes.
The continued alignment between Form
OE–417 and NERC reporting
requirements helps minimize confusion
among industry stakeholders about
where and how to file reports and
enable industry stakeholders to train
personnel to report using a single form.
Additional changes to Form DOE–417
clarify reporting criteria and updates
types of entities that are required to
submit certain criteria. A summary of
these and other changes to Form DOE–
417 is provided below:
•Minor edit to alert criteria 2 to add
‘‘as defined in the NERC Glossary of
Terms’’
•Under ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section,
added alert criteria 27, ‘‘Uncontrolled
loss of a total of 500 MW of more from
inverter-based resource(s) for greater
than 30 minutes at a common point of
interconnection to the bulk electric
system.’’
•Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of
Emergency’’ section, added the
following subcategories to physical
attack:
ÆBallistic
ÆArson
ÆExplosive device
ÆOther
•Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of
Emergency’’ section, added the
following subcategories to suspicious
activity:
ÆAircraft or Unmanned Aerial System
(UAS)
ÆTrespassing or non-destructive
intrusion
ÆSurveillance
ÆVandalism
ÆOther
•Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of
Emergency’’, combined ‘‘Cyber event
information technology’’ and ‘‘Cyber
Event (operational technology)’’ and
added the following subcategories:
ÆInformation Technology
ÆOperational Technology
•Updated Instructions: Replaced
‘‘Office of Electricity’’ with ‘‘Office of
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and
Emergency Response.
•Updated Instructions: Replaced
‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ with ‘‘Director.’’
•Update Instructions: Appendix A.
Replace ‘‘What is Excluded’’ text for
generating entities with ‘‘For entities
who have 300 MW or more of
generation there are no exclusions
allowed. All items need to be
addressed.’’
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1,749.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 400.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 4,175.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $364,728.
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18 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 157.9.
Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
have a practical utility; (b) DOE’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) DOE
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) DOE can minimize the burden
of the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b),
764(b); 764(a); and 790a and 42 U.S.C.
7101 et seq. and the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2601, Pub. L. 93–275.
Signed in Washington, DC, on August 24,
2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods &
Research, U. S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–18729 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas and
Oil Pipeline Rate and Refund Report
filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP23–977–000.
Applicants: Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP.
Description: Compliance filing:
Termination of Rate Schedules X–6, X–
57, and X–75 Compliance Filing to be
effective 9/2/2023.
Filed Date: 8/24/23.
Accession Number: 20230824–5016.
Comment Date: 5 pm ET 9/5/23.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202)502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: August 24, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–18741 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP23–531–00]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Application
and Establishing Intervention Deadline
Take notice that on August 18, 2023,
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box
1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an
application under section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and part 157 of
the Commission’s regulations requesting
authorization for its Abandonment of
South Marsh Island 147 to South Marsh
Island 130 Project (Project). The Project
consists of the abandonment of its
offshore transmission lateral extending
from South Marsh Island Block 147 to
a subsea tie-in in South Marsh Island
Block 130 and auxiliary facilities,
Offshore, Louisiana. Transco states that
the Project will permit it to eliminate
costs and risks associated with retention
of the SMI 147 to SMI 130 Lateral.
Transco estimates the total cost of the
Project to be $2.56 million, all as more
fully set forth in the application which
is on file with the Commission and open
for public inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page
(www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. Enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. At
this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission’s
Public Reference Room. For assistance,
contact the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at FercOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676
or TTY (202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding the proposed
project should be directed to Andre
Pereira, Regulatory Analyst, Lead; P.O.
Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251; by
phone at: 713–215–4362; or by email at:
Andre.S.Pereira@Williams.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure,
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within 90 days of this
Notice the Commission staff will either:
complete its environmental review and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or environmental assessment (EA) for
this proposal. The filing of an EA in the
Commission’s public record for this
proceeding or the issuance of a Notice
of Schedule for Environmental Review
will serve to notify Federal and State
agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
Federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Public Participation
There are three ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project: you can file comments on
the project, you can protest the filing,
and you can file a motion to intervene
in the proceeding. There is no fee or
cost for filing comments or intervening.
The deadline for filing a motion to
intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
September 13, 2023. How to file
protests, motions to intervene, and
comments is explained below.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
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