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authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.

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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 commenters 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 commenters will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commenters,
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 seven copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

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Dated: October 20, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD16–8–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725I); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information
collection [FERC–725I (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Northeast
Power Coordinating Council)] to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information
collection requirements. Any interested
person may file comments directly with
OMB and should address a copy of
those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (81 FR 54571, 8/16/
2016) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments in
response to the RD16–8–000 60-day
notice and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by November 25,
2016.
SUMMARY:

Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0258, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. RD16–8–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.

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• 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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725I, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Northeast
Power Coordinating Council.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0258.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725I information collection
requirements, as modified.
Abstract: On June 9, 2016, the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) and the Northeast
Power Coordination Council, Inc.
(‘‘NPCC’’) 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, of the
retirement of NPCC Regional Reliability
Standard PRC–002–NPCC–01
(Disturbance Monitoring) and the two
related NPCC regional definitions,
Current Zero Time and Generating
Plant.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the reduction
(due to the retirement of Reliability
Standard PRC–002–NPCC–01) in the
annual public reporting burden for the
information collection as follows:
1 16

U.S.C. 824o (2012).
CFR 39.5 (2015).
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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Information collection requirements

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden hours

Total annual
burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

R13: GO 4 and TO to have evidence it acquired and installed dynamic disturbance recorders and a mutually
agreed upon implementation schedule with the RC
(record retention) ..............................................................
R14.5: GO and TO to have evidence of a maintenance
and testing program for stand-alone disturbance monitoring equipment including monthly verification of active
analog quantities ..............................................................
R14.7: GO and TO to record efforts to return failed units
to service if it takes longer than 90 days 5 .......................
R14.7: GO and TO record retention ....................................
R17: RC provide certain disturbance monitoring equipment
data to the Regional Entity upon request ........................
R17: RC record retention .....................................................
TOTAL REDUCTIONS .................................................

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 20, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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1

1

10

10

169

12

2,028

5

10,140

33
33

1
1

33
33

10
10

330
330

5
5

1
1

5
5

5
10

25
50

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10,885

a free service called eSubscription
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp).

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP15–138–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Revised
Schedule for Environmental Review of
the Atlantic Sunrise Project
This notice identifies the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) staff’s revised schedule
for the completion of the environmental
impact statement (EIS) for
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC’s (Transco) Atlantic
Sunrise Project. The first notice of
schedule, issued on March 9, 2016,
identified October 21, 2016 as the EIS
issuance date. Based on additional
information filed by Transco, however,
we intend to issue a draft General
Conformity Determination for the
Atlantic Sunrise Project with a 30-day
comment period. Commission staff has
therefore revised the schedule for
issuance of the final EIS.

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Schedule for Environmental Review

4 For purposes of these charts, generation owner
is abbreviated to GO, transmission owner is
abbreviated to TO, reliability coordinator is
abbreviated to RC, and planning coordinator is
abbreviated to PC.
5 We estimate that an entity will experience a unit
failure greater than 90 days once every five years.
Therefore, 20 percent of NPCC’s 169 generator
owners and transmission owners will experience a
unit failure of this duration each year.

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Issuance of Notice of Availability of
the final EIS—December 30, 2016.
90-day Federal Authorization
Decision Deadline—March 30, 2017.
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, an additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the project’s
progress.
Additional Information
In order to receive notification of the
issuance of the EIS and to keep track of
all formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets, the Commission offers

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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2485–073]

FirstLight Hydro Generating Company;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Application
for Temporary Amendment of Minimum
and Maximum Reservoir Elevation
Requirement.
b. Project No.: 2485–073.
c. Date Filed: September 16, 2016.
d. Applicant: FirstLight Hydro
Generating Company (FirstLight).
e. Name of Project: Northfield
Mountain Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the east side of the Connecticut River,
in the towns of Northfield and Erving,
in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gus Bakas,
Director—Massachusetts Hydro,
FirstLight Hydro Generating Company,
Northfield Mountain Station, 99 Millers

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