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provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original
and 14 copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy
regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected], or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on October 28, 2015.
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC16–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725K); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC–725K (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the SERC
Region).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due [insert date that is
60 days after publication in the Federal
Register].
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC16–1–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
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:
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the SERC Region.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0260.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725K information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: Section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) requires a
SUMMARY:

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Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by NERC,
subject to Commission oversight, or by
the Commission independently.
Reliability Standards that NERC
proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are
proposed by a Regional Entity to be
effective in that region. In Order No.
672, the Commission noted that:
As a general matter, we will accept the
following two types of regional differences,
provided they are otherwise just, reasonable,
not unduly discriminatory or preferential and
in the public interest, as required under the
statute: (1) a regional difference that is more
stringent than the continent-wide Reliability
Standard, including a regional difference that
addresses matters that the continent-wide
Reliability Standard does not; and (2) a
regional Reliability Standard that is
necessitated by a physical difference in the
Bulk-Power System.

When NERC reviews a regional
Reliability Standard that would be
applicable on an interconnection-wide
basis and that has been proposed by a
Regional Entity organized on an
interconnection-wide basis, NERC must
rebuttably presume that the regional
Reliability Standard is just, reasonable,
not unduly discriminatory or
preferential, and in the public interest.
In turn, the Commission must give ‘‘due
weight’’ to the technical expertise of
NERC and of a Regional Entity
organized on an interconnection-wide
basis.
On April 19, 2007, the Commission
accepted delegation agreements between
NERC and each of the eight Regional
Entities. In the order, the Commission
accepted SERC as a Regional Entity
organized on less than an
interconnection-wide basis. As a
Regional Entity, SERC oversees BulkPower System reliability within the
SERC Region, which covers a
geographic area of approximately
560,000 square miles in a sixteen-state
area in the southeastern and central
United States (all of Missouri, Alabama,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and
portions of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky,
Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas and Florida). The
SERC Region is currently geographically
divided into five subregions that are
identified as Southeastern, Central,
VACAR, Delta, and Gateway.
Type of Respondents: Entities
registered with the North American

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Electric Reliability Corporation (within
the SERC region).

Estimate of Annual Burden 1: The
Commission estimates the annual public

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reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–725K: MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD FOR THE SERC REGION
Number of respondents
(1)
PCs: Design and
Document Automatic UFLS Program .................

Annual number of
responses per respondent
(2)

3 21

1

Average burden
and cost per response 2
(4)

21

Total annual burden hours and
total annual cost
(3)*(4)=(5)

8
$532

4 $11,172

168

Cost per respondent
($)
(5)÷(1)

$532

PCs: Provide Documentation and
Data to SERC ...

3 21

1

21

16
$1,064

336
$22,344

$1,064

GOs: Provide Documentation and
Data to SERC ...

5 104

1

104

16
$1,064

1,664

$1,064

6 $110,656

GOs: Record Retention ...............
Total ..............

5 104

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

1
..............................

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.
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Total number of
responses
(1)*(2)=(3)

1 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.
2 The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including
benefits) comes from the cost of an engineer as
posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web

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4
$150
125

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14710–000]

Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted For Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On September 2, 2015, the Energy
Resources USA Inc. filed an application
for a preliminary permit under section
4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing
to study the feasibility of the proposed
Lock and Dam No.22 Hydroelectric
Project No. 14710–000, to be located at
the existing Mississippi River Lock and
Dam No. 22 on the Mississippi River,
near the City of Hannibal, in Ralls
County, Missouri and Pike County,
Illinois. The Mississippi River Lock and
Dam No. 22 is owned by the United
States government and operated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The proposed project would consist
of: (1) A new 770-foot-long by 300-footwide earthen intake area; (2) a new 220foot by 90-foot reinforced concrete
site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17–2071).
3 Both figures for PC respondents are not to be
totaled. They represent the same set of respondents.
4 The $66.45 hourly cost figure (including
benefits) comes from the cost of an engineer as
posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web
site: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm#11-0000 (wage category 17–2071).
5 Both figures for GO respondents are not to be
totaled. They represent the same set of respondents.

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$150

7 $15,600

2,584
$159,772

$2,810

powerhouse containing four 2-megawatt
Kaplan hydropower turbine-generators
having a total combined generating
capacity of 8.0 megawatts; (3) one new
1000-foot-long by 220-foot-wide tailrace;
(4) a new 85-foot-long by 43-foot-high
by 3-foot-thick intake retaining wall and
a new 40-foot-long by 43-foot-high by 3foot-thick tailrace retaining wall; (5) a
new 60-foot-long by 50-foot-wide
substation; (6) a new 6.54-mile-long,
115-kilovolt transmission line; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The project
would have an estimated annual
generation of 66.4 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander
Gonzalez, 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite
804, Coral Gables, Florida 33134;
telephone +34 932523840.
FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams,
(202) 502–6331.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices
6 The hourly cost for GOs uses the hourly
reporting cost of $66.45 per hour is based on the
cost (including benefits) of an engineer to
implement the requirements of the rule.
7 The record retention cost of $37.50 per hour
(including benefits) comes from Commission staff
research on record retention requirements (wage
category 43–4199 for information and record
clerks).

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