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DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick
Licari.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD
Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center
Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09,
Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
Dated: January 24, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC17–3–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–603); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of 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–603, Critical Energy/
Electric Infrastructure Information (CEII)
Request.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC17–3–000)
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.

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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: FERC–603, Critical Energy/
Electric Infrastructure Information (CEII)
Request.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0197.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–603 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: This collection is used by
the Commission to implement
procedures for individuals with a valid
or legitimate need for access to Critical
Energy/Electric Infrastructure
Information (CEII), which is exempt
from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), subject
to a non-disclosure agreement.
On February, 21, 2003, the
Commission issued Order No. 630 (66
FR 52917) to address the appropriate
treatment of CEII in the aftermath of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and
to restrict access due to the ongoing
terrorism threat. Given that such
information would typically be exempt
from mandatory disclosure pursuant to
FOIA, the Commission determined that
it was important to have a process for
individuals with a valid or legitimate
need to access certain sensitive energy
infrastructure information. As such, the
Commission’s CEII process is designed
to limit the distribution of sensitive
infrastructure information to those
individuals with a need to know in
order to avoid having sensitive
information fall into the hands of those
who may use it to attack the Nation’s
infrastructure.1 This collection was
prepared as part of the implementation
of the CEII request process.
On December 4, 2015, the President
signed the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act) into law,
which directed the Commission to issue
regulations aimed at securing and
sharing sensitive infrastructure
information.2 On November 17, 2016, in
1 The Commission defined CEII to include
information about ‘‘existing or proposed critical
infrastructure that: (i) Relates to the production,
generation, transportation, transmission, or
distribution of energy; (ii) could be useful to a
person planning an attack on critical infrastructure;
(iii) is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, and (iv) does not
simply give the location of the critical
infrastructure. Critical infrastructure means existing
and proposed systems and assets, whether physical
or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which
would negatively affect security, economic security,
public health or safety, or any combination of those
matters.
2 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act,
Public Law 114–94, 61,003, 129 Stat. 1312, 1773–

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Order No. 833 (in Docket No. RM16–15),
the Commission adopted a Final Rule
implementing the FAST Act by
amending its regulations that pertain to
the designation, protection, and sharing
of Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure
Information (CEII). The Final Rule will
be effective on February 19, 2017.3
FERC–603, Critical Energy/Electric
Infrastructure Information (CEII) request
form is largely unchanged from the
previously approved version. As in the
previous version, a person seeking
access to CEII must file a request for that
information by providing information
about their identity and the reason the
individual needs the information. With
that information, the Commission is
able to assess the requester’s need for
the information against the sensitivity of
the information. When Order No. 833
becomes effective, the form will be
updated to refer to CEII as Critical
Energy/Electric Infrastructure
Information (CEII) as opposed to Critical
Energy Infrastructure Information
(CEII).4 The form will also be updated
to provide clarification about the
statement of need that CEII requesters
must provide by referring individuals to
the regulations.5 Compliance with these
requirements is mandatory. A sample
updated CEII request form is attached to
this notice.
Type of Respondents: Persons seeking
access to CEII.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 6 The
Commission estimates the total annual
1779 (2015) (to be codified at 16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.)
(FAST Act).
3 Because the Final Rule is not yet effective, the
sample CEII Request Form attached to this notice
does not appear on the FERC Web site and will not
be published in the Federal Register. The sample
CEII Request Form will be posted with this Notice
in Docket No. IC17–3 in eLibrary.
4 Section 215A(a)(3) of the FAST Act defined
Critical Electric Infrastructure Information to
include information that qualifies as critical energy
infrastructure information under the Commission’s
regulations. The Commission therefore defined the
term ‘‘Critical Electric Infrastructure Information’’
to include ‘‘Critical Energy Infrastructure
Information’’ as defined under the Commission’s
existing regulations and determined to refer to both
types of information, collectively, as CEII.
5 Specifically, 18 CFR 388.113(g)(5)(i)(b) states
that a Statement of Need must include: The extent
to which a particular function is dependent upon
access to the information; why the function cannot
be achieved or performed without access to the
information; an explanation of whether other
information is available to the requester that could
facilitate the same objective; how long the
information will be needed; whether or not the
information is needed to participate in a specific
proceeding (with that proceeding identified); and
an explanation of whether the information is
needed expeditiously.
6 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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

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burden and cost 7 for this information
collection as follows.

FERC–603—CRITICAL ENERGY/ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION REQUEST
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden and
cost per
response

Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

200 .......................................................................................

200

Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP17–283–000.
Applicants: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company.
Description: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC submits tariff
filing per 154.204: DPEs—WGL to be
effective 1/21/2017.
Filed Date: 12/21/16.
Accession Number: 20161221–5248.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–284–000.
Applicants: Dauphin Island Gathering
Partners.
Description: Dauphin Island
Gathering Partners submits tariff filing

per 154.204: Negotiated Rate Filing 12–
21–2016 to be effective 1/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/21/16.
Accession Number: 20161221–5267.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–285–000.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC submits tariff filing per 154.204:
2016–12–21 Electric to PCT to be
effective 1/22/2017.
Filed Date: 12/21/16.
Accession Number: 20161221–5337.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–286–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing
per 154.204: AIM Non-Conforming
Agreements and Negotiated Rates to be
effective 1/4/2017.
Filed Date: 12/21/16.
Accession Number: 20161221–5372.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP13–316–000.
Applicants: Tallgrass Interstate Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Tallgrass Interstate Gas
Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing
per 154.501: TIGT 2016 Reconcilation
Filing to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 12/22/16.
Accession Number: 20161222–5143.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–287–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America.
Description: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America LLC submits tariff
filing per 154.204: Tenaska Marketing
Ventures Negotiated Rate to be effective
1/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/22/16.
Accession Number: 20161222–5074.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–288–000.
Applicants: USG Pipeline Company,
LLC.

of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.

7 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.

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: January 23, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

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$22.35.

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Description: USG Pipeline Company,
LLC submits tariff filing per 154.204:
Housekeeping Tariff Revisions to be
effective 1/22/2017.
Filed Date: 12/22/16.
Accession Number: 20161222–5350.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/17.
Docket Numbers: RP17–289–000.
Applicants: Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP.
Description: Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP submits tariff filing
per 154.204: Chevron k911109 Releases
to ConocoPhillips for 1–1–2017 to be
effective 1/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/23/16.
Accession Number: 20161223–5048.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/17.
Any person desiring to protest in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Based upon FERC’s 2016 annual average of
$154,647 (for salary plus benefits), the average
hourly cost is $74.50/hour.

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