OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at
this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor
an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting
statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule
stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public
comments on the ICR. This action has no effect on any current
approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number,
the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For
future submissions of this information collection, please reference
the OMB Control Number provided.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
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0
0
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On January 25, 2012, NERC submitted
two separate but contemporaneous petitions pursuant to the
directives in Order No. 743, separately presenting: (1) NERC's
proposed revision to the definition of bulk electric system, and
(2) revisions to NERC's Rules of Procedure to add a procedure for
requesting and receiving exceptions from the
US Code:
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USC 824o Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
The Commission proposes to
adopt the modified definition of the nation's bulk electric system
which will require an increase in burden. The increase in burden is
necessary to ensure that certain facilities needed for the reliable
operation of the nation's bulk electric system are subject to
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards. As described in
the supporting statement, entities will be required to review their
systems and create lists of qualified assets, file exception
requests where necessary, and in some instances, develop an
implementation plan and begin complying with certain Reliability
Standards. In regards to the last category, the Commission has
other information collections currently approved by OMB for
specific Reliability Standards. Once respondents are in compliance
with the Reliability Standards, the Commission will begin counting
the responses for this category under the individual collection for
the Reliability Standards. The Commission intends to leave the
other information collection elements related to this rulemaking
under this collection. These tasks are deemed necessary in order to
maintain the reliable operation of the nation's bulk electric
system.
$8,765
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David O'Conner 202
502-6695
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
errata_20120629-3007.doc
NERC Petition on BES Exception Process 1-25-2012.pdf
Implementation Plans and Compliance