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. It is requested that FERC work with the small entity respondents affected by this proposed rule in order to minimize the burden for small entities in the final rulemaking.
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In a Supplemental NOPR in Dockets RM12-1 and RM13-9, the Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard TPL-001-4. The new consolidated Reliability Standard TPL-001-4 does not impose entirely new burden. Much of the work had to be done under prior Reliability Standards TPL-001-0 through TPL-004-0. The net average annual burden change is 15,471 hours. After year three, the FERC will request to remove the one-time burden hours from the inventory.
The underlying information collection requirements in the Reliability Standards (TPL-001-0 through TPL-004-0) are approved by OMB under FERC-725A (1902-0244). We are submitting this proposed rule under a new collection number and control number because of other rulemakings also affecting the FERC-725A collection. This new collection (FERC-725N) will only contain the information collection requirements that are part of the Supplemental NOPR in Dockets RM12-1 and RM13-9.
The proposal would ensure that planning coordinators and transmission planners establish transmission system planning performance requirements within the planning horizon to develop a bulk electric system that will operate reliably and meet specified performance requirements over a broad spectrum of system conditions to meet present and future system needs.
The Commission estimates that the proposed Reliability Standard TPL-001-4 affects 183 transmission planners and planning coordinators.
US Code:
16 USC 824o
Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
The change in burden is the result of the consolidated TPL-001 Reliability Standard. If this standard and the associated information collection requirements did not exist there would be a reliability gap in the transmission planning, leading the system to potentially operate in a more unreliable condition.
[The standards being superseded are included in FERC-725A.)
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.
final RM12-1 & 13-9 NOPR Supporting Statement 7-10-13.docx
NERC Petition RM12-1 and RM13-9.pdf
Burden from RM12-11/RM13-9 Proposed Rule (one-time and ongoing)