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other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: May 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–09939 Filed 5–16–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD17–1–000]

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

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection FERC–725R (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards) which will be submitted 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 (82 FR 9565, 2/7/2017)

SUMMARY:

FERC 725R,
reductions due to
RD17–1–000

Retirement of current standard
BAL–004–0 (currently in FERC–
725R).

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Total Reduction
(Rounded).

requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–725R and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by June 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0268 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 202–395–0710.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. RD17–1–000, by 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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725R, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0268.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of FERC–725R information collection
requirement, as modified.
Abstract: On November 10, 2016, the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for
Commission approval of retirement,
pursuant to section 215(d)(1) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) and Section
39.5 of the Commission’s regulations, of
currently-effective Reliability Standard
BAL–004–0 (Time Error Correction).
NERC explains that since Reliability
Standard BAL–004–0 became effective,
improvements have been made to
mandatory Reliability Standards (such
as the development of Reliability
Standards BAL–003–1.1 and BAL–001–
2 and the Interconnection Reliability
Operations and Coordination (IRO)
Standards) that help ensure continued
adherence to frequency approximating
60 Hertz over long-term averages and
make Reliability Standard BAL–004–0
redundant.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden 1: The
Commission estimates the reduction
(due to the retirement of Reliability
Standard BAL–004–0) in the annual
public reporting burden for the
information collection as follows:

Number of
respondents 2

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden hours
& cost per
response 3

Annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

(1)

(2)

(1)×(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)×(4)=(5)

¥1

¥110

3 hrs. ($167) [(Eng.) 2 hrs.
($129); (R.K.) 1 hr. ($38)]

¥330 hrs.; ¥$18,370 [Eng.,
¥220 hrs., ¥$14,190; R.K.
¥110 hrs., ¥$4,180]

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

¥110

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

¥330 hours; ¥$18,370

110 (BA 99; RC 11)

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

The reduction to total annual burden
and cost will be 330 hours and $18,370.

Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the

1 Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

2 The estimated number of respondents is based
on the NERC compliance registry as of December
12, 2016. According to the NERC compliance
registry, there are 99 U.S. balancing authorities (BA)
and 11 reliability coordinators (RC).
3 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Burden Hours per
Response $/hour = Cost per Response. The $64.29/

hour figure for an engineer(rounded to $129 for two
hours in the above table and the $37.75/hour figure
for a record clerk (rounded to $38) are based on the
average salary plus benefits from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm), May 2015, Section 22, Utilities. In
the burden table, engineering is abbreviated as Eng.,
and record keeping is abbreviated as R.K.

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Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates 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: May 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–09944 Filed 5–16–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Dated: May 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

[Docket No. ER17–1577–000]

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Reuel Energy LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization

[FR Doc. 2017–09953 Filed 5–16–17; 8:45 am]
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This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Reuel
Energy LLC‘s application for marketbased rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is May 31,
2017.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
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eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic 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.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1267–119]

Greenwood County, South Carolina;
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 Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and is available for public
inspection:
a. Type of Application: Non-project
use of project lands and water.
b. Project No: 1267–119.
c. Date Filed: February 15, 2017 and
supplemented on April 12, 2017.
d. Applicant: Greenwood County,
South Carolina (licensee).
e. Name of Project: Buzzards Roost
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Lake Greenwood in
Laurens County, South Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Toby Chappell,
County Manager, Greenwood County,
South Carolina, 600 Monument Street,
Box P–103, Suite 10, Greenwood, South
Carolina 29646; phone (864) 942–8596.
i. FERC Contact: Ms. Joy Kurtz at 202–
502–6760, or [email protected].

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j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests is 30
days from the issuance of this notice by
the Commission. The Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing.
Please file motions to intervene,
protests, and comments using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (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 NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–1267–119.
k. Description of Request: The
licensee requests Commission approval
to grant Laurens County Water and
Sewer Commission permission to use
project lands and water within the
project boundary to construct a raw
water intake and raw water line on Lake
Greenwood in order to meet demands
for public drinking water. Construction
activities within the project boundary
would include installation of an intake
pipe and air burst line, placement of rip
rap along the stream bank and intake
pipe, and installation of intake
screening and supporting structures for
the screening. The through-slot velocity
at the intake screen will not exceed 0.5
feet per second. The raw water line
would leave the project boundary and
follow road right of ways to a water
treatment plant, which is not yet
constructed. Once constructed, the
facility would withdrawal up to 18
million gallons per day (mgd) from Lake
Greenwood. Of the 18 mgd withdrawn
from Lake Greenwood, up to 2.7 mgd
would be transferred to the Broad River
Basin (i.e. an ‘‘interbasin transfer’’),
pending approval from the South
Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
202–502–8371. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. You may also register online

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