Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725V); Comment Request; Extension
| Published date | 12 May 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 26019 |
| Record Number | 2021-10008 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Energy Department,Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26019-26020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10008]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-23-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725V); 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, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM
Reliability Standards.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21-23-000) by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through http://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: http://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 http://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0277.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725V information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 15, 2016, the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for Commission
approval, pursuant to section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power Act
(``FPA'') \1\ and Section 39.5 \2\ of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's regulations, for Reliability Standard COM-001-3
(Communications), the associated Implementation Plan, retirement of
currently-effective Reliability Standard COM-001-2.1, and Violation
Risk Factors (``VRFs'') and Violation Severity Levels (``VSLs'')
associated with new Requirements R12 and R13 in Reliability Standard
COM-001-3. Reliability Standard COM-001-3 reflects revisions developed
under Project 2015-07 Internal Communications Capabilities, in
compliance with the Commission's directive in Order No. 888 that NERC
``develop modifications to COM-001-2, or develop a new standard, to
address the Commission's concerns regarding ensuring the adequacy of
internal communications capability whenever internal communications
could directly affect the reliability opera.
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\1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012).
\2\ 18 CFR 39.5 (2015).
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Reliability Standards COM-001-3 and COM-002-4 do not require
responsible entities to file information with the Commission. COM-001-3
requires that transmission operators, balancing authorities,
reliability coordinators, distribution providers, and generator
operators must maintain documentation of Interpersonal Communication
capability and designation of Alternate Interpersonal Communication, as
well as evidence of testing of the Alternate Interpersonal
Communication facilities. COM-002-4 requires balancing authorities,
distribution providers, reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and generator operators to develop and maintain documented
communication protocols, and to be able to provide evidence of training
on the protocols and of their annual assessment of the protocols.
Additionally, all applicable entities (balancing authorities,
reliability coordinators, transmission operators, generator operators,
and distribution providers) must be able to provide evidence of three-
part communication when issuing or receiving an Operating Instruction
during an Emergency.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\3\ The Commission defines burden as 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, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
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FERC-725V--Mandatory Reliability Standards: COM Reliability Standards
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Annual number
Number of of responses Total number Average burden and Total annual burden hours Cost per
respondents per of responses cost per response 4 and total annual cost ($) respondent
respondent ($)
(1)................. (2) (1) * (2) = (4)................. (3) * (4) = (5)............. (5) / (1)
(3)
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(On-going) Maintain evidence of 1,313 (BA, DP, GOP, 1 1,313 4 hrs.; $228........ 5,252 hrs.; $299,364........ $228
Interpersonal Communication RC & TOP).
capability 5.
(On-going) Maintain evidence of 199 (BA, RC & TOP).. 1 199 8 hrs.; 456......... 1,592 hrs.; 90,744.......... 456
training and assessments 6.
(On-going) Maintain evidence of 1,257 (DP & GOP).... 1 1,257 8 hrs.; 456......... 10,056 hrs.; 573,192........ 456
training 7.
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Total........................ .................... .............. 2,769 .................... 16,900 hrs.; 963,300........ ...........
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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.
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\4\ The estimates for cost per response are loaded hourly wage
figure (includes benefits) is based on two occupational categories
for 2020 found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm): The hourly estimates for
salary plus benefits are: (a) Electrical Engineer (code 17-2071),
$70.19; (b) Information and Record Clerk (code 43-4199), $43.38. The
average hourly cost (salary plus benefits), weighting both skill
sets equally, is $56.79. For these calculations, we round the figure
to $57.00 per hour.
\5\ For COM-001-3 the BA, RC, TOP, GOP, DP were taken as
aggregate to eliminate overlap if the same entity has multiple
registrations.
\6\ For COM-002-4 the BA, RC and TOP were taken as aggregate to
eliminate overlap if the same entity has multiple registration.
\7\ For COM-002-4 the DP and GOP were taken as aggregate to
eliminate overlap if the same entity has multiple registrations.
Dated: May 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-10008 Filed 5-11-21; 8:45 am]
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