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Dated: November 7, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–27056 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD14–12–000]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
invites public comment in Docket No.
RD14–12–000 on a proposed change to
a collection of information that the
Commission is developing for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.

SUMMARY:

Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 16,
2015.

DATES:

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

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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 handdeliver 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
changes in Docket No. RD14–12–000
relate to the proposed Reliability
Standards FAC–001–2 (Facility
Interconnection Requirements) and
FAC–002–2 (Facility Interconnection
Studies), developed by the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), and submitted to
the Commission for approval. The
Commission received NERC’s petition to
approve the proposed Reliability
Standards on August 22, 2014.
NERC summarizes the FAC group of
standards as follows:
The Facility Design, Connections, and
Maintenance (‘‘FAC’’) Reliability Standards
address topics such as facility
interconnection requirements, facility
ratings, system operating limits, and transfer
capabilities.1

In its petition, NERC also summarizes
the proposed Reliability Standards’
applicability and requirements:
Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–001–2
requires that Transmission Owners and
applicable Generator Owners document and
make Facility interconnection requirements
available so that entities seeking to
interconnect have the necessary information.
Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–002–2
ensures that the reliability impact of
interconnecting new or materially modified
Facilities is studied. Collectively, proposed
Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and FAC–
002–2 ensure that there is appropriate
coordination and communication regarding
the interconnection of Facilities, which
improves the reliability of the Bulk-Power
System.2

Finally, NERC also states that the
proposed Reliability Standards improve
1 NERC
2 Id.

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at 3.

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reliability, clarify requirement language
and eliminate redundant or unnecessary
requirements.3
Burden Statement: Commission staff
analyzed the proposed and currently
enforced Reliability Standards and has
concluded that proposed Reliability
Standards merely clarify or eliminate
redundancies and thus, the information
collection requirements have not
changed. Accordingly, the net overall
burden and respondent universe 4
remain unchanged, when compared to
the burden of the existing standards
being replaced.5
The Commission intends to submit a
request for approval to OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related
to the proposed Reliability Standards.
For PRA purposes, the information
collection requirements in proposed
Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and
FAC–002–2 are identified as FERC–
725D and OMB Control Number 1902–
0247.
The annual reporting burden for the
implementation of Reliability Standards
FAC–001–2 and FAC–002–2 is
estimated as follows.
3 Id.

at 4.
affected entities for FAC–001–2 are
Transmission Owners (TO) and applicable
Generator Owners (GO). The affected entities for
FAC–002–2 are Transmission Planners (TP),
Planning Coordinators (PC), Generator Owners
(GO), Transmission Owners (TO), Distribution
Providers (DP), and Load-Serving Entities (LSE).
Note that Planning Coordinator (PC) is the new
name for Planning Authority—a term still used in
NERC’s Compliance Registry.
5 The burden for the preceding versions of the
standards being replaced was included in: (a)
FERC–725M (OMB Control No. 1902–0263) for
FAC–001–1, and (b) FERC–725A (OMB Control No.
1902–0244) for FAC–002–1.
6 The number of respondents is based on the
NERC Compliance Registry as of September 24,
2014. Although 2,163 entities are registered as TO,
DP, LSE, or GO, we expect at the most 216 entities
(ten percent) will seek to interconnect and go
through the study phase that may require
coordination in any given year.
7 The estimates for cost per hour are derived as
follows:
• $72.92/hour, the average of the salary plus
benefits for a manager ($84.96/hour) and an
electrical engineer ($60.87/hour), from Bureau of
Labor and Statistics at http://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3_221000.htm, as of 9/4/2014
• $29.01/hour, based on a Commission staff
study of record retention burden cost.
4 The

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FERC–725D, MODIFICATIONS IN RD14–12
Number and type of
respondent 6

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden
(hours)

Total annual
cost 7

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2) = (3)

(4)

(3)*(4) = (5)

($)

FAC–001–2
Documentation & updates ..
Record Retention ................

GO 5 ...................................
TO 332 ...............................
GO 5 ...................................
TO 332 ...............................

1
1
1
1

5
332
5
332

16
16
1
1

80
5312
5
332

$5,833.60
387,351.04
145.05
9,631.32

FAC–002–2
Study ...................................
Record Retention ................
Coordination ........................
Record Retention ................
Total .............................

PC,
PC,
TO,
TO,

TP 183 ........................
TP 183 ........................
DP, LSE, GO 216 .......
DP, LSE, GO 216 .......

1
1
1
1

183
183
216
216

32
1
16
1

5856
183
3456
216

427,019. 52
5,308.83
252,011.52
6,266.16

.............................................

........................

........................

........................

........................

1,093,567.04

The total estimated annual burden
cost to respondents is: $1,093,567.04.
Dated: November 7, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12636–002]

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Mohawk Hydro Corporation; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major
License
b. Project No.: 12636–002
c. Date filed: October 24, 2014
d. Applicant: Mohawk Hydro
Corporation
e. Name of Project: Middle Mohawk
Hydroelectric Project
f. Location: The project would be
located on the Mohawk River, in
Schenectady and Montgomery Counties,
New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Wendy Jo
Carey, Mohawk Hydro Corporation, 5
Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205;
or at (518) 456–7712.
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury,
(202) 502–6736 or monir.chowdhury@
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j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: December 23, 2014.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
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page of any filing should include docket
number P–12636–002.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The proposed project would be
located at eight existing lock and dam
facilities (Lock Numbers: E8 through
E15) that are owned by the New York
State Canal Corporation. The proposed
run-of-river project would consist of the
following eight developments:
Lock E8 Scotia Development would
consist of: (1) An existing 530-foot-long,
14-foot-high bridge type dam; (2) an
existing 336-acre impoundment at an
elevation of 223.44 feet North Atlantic
Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); (3)
two new identical modular steel
transportable barges, with each barge
resting on a foundation consisting of
four steel reinforced concrete pylons
and consisting of: (a) A steel intake
structure approximately 130 feet long by
40 feet wide by 15 feet high and (b) an
approximately 130-foot-long by 40-footwide by 10-foot-high steel powerhouse
containing nine turbine-generator units
having a capacity of 220 kilowatts (kW)
each; (4) a new short transmission line
connecting a new transportable 40-footlong by 8-foot-wide by 8-foot-high grid
interface unit to an existing 34.5kilovolt (kV) or lower voltage grid
distribution or sub-transmission line;
and (5) appurtenant facilities. The
development would have an annual
generation of 15,473 megawatt-hours
(MWh).
Lock E9 Rotterdam Junction
Development would consist of: (1) An
existing 530-foot-long, 15-foot-high
bridge type dam; (2) an existing 428-acre
impoundment at an elevation of 238.78
feet NAVD 88; (3) two new identical
modular steel transportable barges, with

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