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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. RD17–5–000 and IC17–6–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725E); Comment
Request; Revision and Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of revised 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 revisions to the
information collection, FERC–725E
(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the
Western Electric Coordinating Council)
and will be submitting FERC–725E to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information
collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Nos. RD17–5–000
and IC17–6–000 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: FERC–725E, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Western
Electric Coordinating Council.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0246.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725E information

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collection requirements, as modified by
Docket No. RD17–5–000.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725E is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of
the FPA buttresses the Commission’s
efforts to strengthen the reliability of the
interstate grid through the grant of new
authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards
developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO). Reliability
Standards that the ERO proposes to the
Commission may include Reliability
Standards that are proposed to the ERO
by a Regional Entity.1 A Regional Entity
is an entity that has been approved by
the Commission to enforce Reliability
Standards under delegated authority
from the ERO.2 On June 8, 2008, the
Commission approved eight regional
Reliability Standards submitted by the
ERO that were proposed by the Western
Electricity Coordinating Council
(WECC).3
WECC promotes bulk electric system
reliability in the Western
Interconnection. WECC is the Regional
Entity responsible for compliance
monitoring and enforcement. In
addition, WECC provides an
environment for the development of
Reliability Standards and the
coordination of the operating and
planning activities of its members as set
forth in the WECC Bylaws.
There are several regional Reliability
Standards in the WECC region. These
regional Reliability Standards generally
require entities to document compliance
with substantive requirements, retain
documentation, and submit reports to
WECC.
BAL–002–WECC–2a (Contingency
Reserve) 4 requires balancing authorities
and reserve sharing groups to document
compliance with the contingency
1 16

U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
3 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 119
FERC 61,260 (2007).
4 BAL–002–WECC–2 is included in the OMBapproved inventory for FERC–725E. On November
9, 2016, NERC and WECC submitted a joint petition
for approval of an interpretation of BAL–002–
WECC–2, to be designated BAL–002–WECC–2a.
BAL–002–WECC–2a was approved by order in
Docket No. RD17–3–000 on January 24, 2017. The
Order determined: The proposed interpretation
provides clarification regarding the types of
resources that may be used to satisfy Contingency
Reserve requirements in regional Reliability
Standard BAL–002–WECC–2. BAL–002–WECC–2a
did not trigger the Paperwork Reduction Act and
did not affect the burden estimate. BAL–002–
WECC–2a is being included in this Notice and the
Commission’s submittal to OMB as part of the
FERC–725E.
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reserve requirements described in the
standard.
• BAL–004–WECC–02 (Automatic
Time Error Correction) requires
balancing authorities to document that
time error corrections and primary
inadvertent interchange payback were
conducted according the requirements
in the standard.
• FAC–501–WECC–1 (Transmission
Maintenance) requires transmission
owners with certain transmission paths
to have a transmission maintenance and
inspection plan and to document
maintenance and inspection activities
according to the plan.
• IRO–006–WECC–2 (Qualified
Transfer Path Unscheduled Flow (USF)
Relief) 5 requires balancing authorities
and reliability coordinators document
actions taken to mitigate unscheduled
flow.
• PRC–004–WECC–2 (Protection
System and Remedial Action Scheme
Misoperation) 6 requires transmission
owners, generator owners and
transmission operators to document
their analysis and/or mitigation due to
certain misoperations on major transfer
5 On December 20, 2013, NERC and WECC
submitted a joint petition for approval of IRO–006–
WECC–2 and retirement of IRO–006–WECC–1.
IRO–006–WECC–2 was approved by order in
Docket No. RD14–9–000 on May 13, 2014. Because
the reporting burden for IRO–006–WECC–2 did not
increase for entities that operate within the Western
Interconnection, FERC submitted the order to OMB
for information only. The burden related to IRO–
006–WECC–2 does not differ from the burden of
IRO–006–WECC–1, which is included in the OMBapproved inventory. IRO–006–WECC–2 is being
included in this Notice and the Commission’s
submittal to OMB as part of FERC–725E.
6 Order No. 818, issued on November 19, 2015 in
Docket Nos. RM15–7, RM15–12, and RM15–13,
stated in part: ‘‘NERC requested approval of the
following Reliability Standards to incorporate the
proposed definition of Remedial Action Scheme
and eliminate use of the term Special Protection
System: . . . PRC–004–WECC–2, . . . NERC did not
propose any changes to the Violation Risk Factors
or Violation Severity Levels for the modified
standards.’’ Revisions to Emergency Operations
Reliability Standards; Revisions to Undervoltage
Load Shedding Reliability Standards; Revisions to
the Definition of ‘‘Remedial Action Scheme’’ and
Related Reliability Standards, Order No. 818, 153
FERC ¶ 61,228, at P 23 n.31 (2015). In addition,
Order No. 818 stated: ‘‘The Commission approved
the definition of Special Protection System
(Remedial Action Scheme) in Order No. 693. We
approve a revision to the previously approved
definition. The revisions to the Remedial Action
Scheme definition and related Reliability Standards
are not expected to result in changes to the scope
of systems covered by the Reliability Standards and
other Reliability Standards that include the term
Remedial Action Scheme. Therefore, the
Commission does not expect the revisions to affect
applicable entities’ current reporting burden.’’ Id. P
67. The change to the definition did not affect the
burden of PRC–004–WECC–1 (which is included in
the current OMB-approved inventory). PRC–004–
WECC–2 (the current version of the standard) is
being included in this Notice and the Commission’s
submittal to OMB as part of the FERC–725E.

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paths. This standard requires that
documentation be kept for six years.
• VAR–002–WECC–2 (Automatic
Voltage Regulators (AVR)) 7 requires
generator operators and transmission
operators to provide quarterly reports to
the compliance monitor and have
evidence related to their synchronous
generators, synchronous condensers,
and automatic voltage regulators.
The associated reporting and
recordkeeping requirements included in
the standards above are not being
revised, and the Commission will be
submitting a request to OMB to extend
these requirements for three years. The
Commission’s request to OMB will also
reflect the following:
• Eliminating the burden associated
with regional Reliability Standard TOP–
007–WECC–1a, which is being retired
(addressed in Docket No. RD16–10); 8
and

• Implementing the regional
Reliability Standard VAR–501–WECC–3
and the retirement of regional
Reliability Standard VAR–501–WECC–2
(addressed in Docket No. RD17–5 and
discussed below).
On March 10, 2017, NERC and WECC
filed a joint petition in Docket No.
RD17–5–000 9 requesting Commission
approval of: (a) Regional Reliability
Standard VAR–501–WECC–3 (Power
System Stabilizers), and (b) the
retirement of then-existing regional
Reliability Standard VAR–501–WECC–
2. The petition states: ‘‘Regional
Reliability Standard VAR–501–WECC–3
establishes the performance criteria for
power system stabilizers to help ensure
the Western Interconnection is operated
in a coordinated manner under normal
and abnormal conditions.’’ VAR–501–
WECC–3 was approved by order in
Docket No. RD17–5–000 on April 28,

2017. In this document, we provide
estimates of the burden and cost related
to those revisions to FERC–725E.
Type of Respondents: Balancing
authorities, reserve sharing groups,
transmission owners, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators, and generator
owners.
Estimate of Annual Burden 10: Details
follow on the changes in Docket No.
RD17–5–000, and on the continuing
burdens, which will be submitted to
OMB for approval in a consolidated
package under FERC–725E.
Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to
Docket No. RD17–5: The joint petition
requested Commission approval of
regional Reliability Standard VAR–501–
WECC–3 and retirement of then-existing
regional Reliability Standard VAR–501–
WECC–2. The estimated effects on
burden and cost 11 are as follow:

FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL, CHANGES IN
DOCKET NO. RD17–5–000
Entity

Number of
respondents 12

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Annual
number of
responses

Average burden hrs. &
cost per response
($)

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1) = (6)

Retirement Of Former Standard VAR–501–WECC–2 and Associated Reductions
Reporting Requirements (Annually)
Generator Operators ........................

249

4

996

1 hr.; $76.22 ...............

996 hrs.; $75,915.12
(reduction).

$304.88 (reduction)

Recordkeeping Requirements (Annually)
Generator Operators ........................

249

4

996

0.5 hrs.; $31.19 ..........

$62.38 (reduction)

Reductions (Annually) ......................

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498 hrs.; $15,532.62
(reduction).
1,494 hrs.; $91,447.74
(reduction).

New Standard VAR–501–WECC–3

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Reporting Requirements.
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 1.
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 2 and Ongoing.
Recordkeeping Requirements
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 1.
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 2 and Ongoing.
New Burden, in Year 1 ....................
New Burden, in Year 2 & Ongoing ..
Net Burden Change in Year 1 .........

291

3

873

1 hr.; $76.99 ...............

873 hrs.; $67,212.27 ..

$230.97

291

2

582

1 hr.; $76.99 ...............

582 hrs.; $44,808.18 ..

$153.98

291

3

873

1 hr.; $31.19 ...............

873 hrs.; $27,228.87 ..

$93.57

291

2

582

0.5 hrs.; $15.595 ........

291 hrs.; $9,076.29 ....

$31.19

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1,746 hrs.; $94,441.14
873 hrs.; $53,884.47 ..
+252 hrs (increase) ....

7 VAR–002–WECC–2 was approved by order in
Docket No. RD15–1 on March 3, 2015. Regional
Reliability Standard VAR–002–WECC–2 made a
non-material or non-substantive change to the
reporting and recordkeeping requirements
associated with VAR–002–WECC–1 (currently
included in the OMB-approved inventory). VAR–
002–WECC–2 (the current version of the standard)
is being included in this Notice and the
Commission’s submittal to OMB as part of FERC–
725E.
8 The Commission approved the retirement of
regional Reliability Standard TOP–007–WECC–1a
(System Operating Limits (SOL)) by order in Docket
No. RD16–10–000 on March 10, 2017. On March 31,
2017, the Commission issued a 60-day Notice

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requesting public comment on the effect on burden.
The Notice is available at 82 FR 16823 (April 6,
2017). Comments are due in Docket No. RD16–10–
000 by June 5, 2017. See Docket No. RD16–10–000
for additional information (including the estimated
annual burden reduction of 1,188 hours).
9 The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the
Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD17–
5–000.
10 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.

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11 For VAR–501–WECC–3, the hourly cost (for
salary plus benefits) uses the figures from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for three positions
involved in the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements. These figures include salary (http://
bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and
are:
• Manager: $89.07/hour
• Engineer: $64.91/hour
• File Clerk: $31.19/hour
The hourly cost for the reporting requirements
($76.99) is an average of the cost of a manager and
engineer. The hourly cost for recordkeeping
requirements uses the cost of a file clerk.

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FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL, CHANGES IN
DOCKET NO. RD17–5–000—Continued
Entity

Net Burden Change in Year 2 and
Ongoing.

Number of
respondents 12

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Annual
number of
responses

Average burden hrs. &
cost per response
($)

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1) = (6)

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¥621 hrs. (decrease)

Estimate of Continuing Annual
Burden for Renewal and New Reliability
Standard VAR–501–WECC–3: 13 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 14 as follows
for FERC–725E. (This information will
be submitted to OMB for approval.)
These estimates reflect:
• Reliability Standards in FERC–725E
which continue and remain unchanged

(BAL–002–WECC–2a, BAL–004–WECC–
02, FAC–501–WECC–1, IRO–006–
WECC–2, PRC–004–WECC–2, and VAR–
002–WECC–2);
• Removal of burden due to the
retirement of TOP–007–WECC–1a
(discussed in Docket No. RD16–10–000)
• Additional burden due to VAR–
501–WECC–3, and removal of burden
due to the retirement of VAR–501–

WECC–2 (detailed above and in Docket
No. RD17–5–000).
(The burdens and costs related to
TOP–007–WECC–1a and VAR–501–
WECC–2 [the standards being retired]
are omitted from the table below, which
describes the new and continuing
information collection requirements.)

FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL
[New and Continuing Information Collection Requirements]

Entity

Number of
respondents 15

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Annual
number of
responses

Average burden hrs. &
cost per response
($)

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2) = (3)

(4)

(3)*(4) = (5)

(5)÷(1) = (6)

$3,079.60

Reporting Requirements
Balancing Authorities .......................
Generator Operators ........................

34
228

1
1

34
228

21 hrs., $1,616.79 ......
10 hrs., $769.90 .........

Transmission Operators applicable
to standard VAR–002.
Transmission Owners that operate
qualified transfer paths.
Reliability Coordinators ....................
Reserve Sharing Group ...................
Generator Owners and/or Operators
, in Year 1, per RD17–5 for VAR–
501–WECC–3.
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 2 and Ongoing, per
RD17–5 for VAR–501–WECC–3.
Sub-Total for Reporting Requirement in Year 1.
Sub-Total for Reporting Requirement Burden in Year 2
& ongoing.

86

4

344

10 hrs., $769.90 .........

5

3

15

40 hrs., $3,079.60 ......

714 hrs., $54,970.86 ..
2,280 hrs.,
$175,537.20.
3,440 hrs.,
$264,845.60.
600 hrs., $46,194.00 ..

$1,616.79
$769.90

1
3
291

1
1
3

1
3
873

1 hr., $76.99 ...............
1 hr., $76.99 ...............
1 hr.; $76.99 ...............

1 hr., $76.99 ...............
3 hrs., $230.97 ...........
873 hrs.; $67,212.27 ..

$76.99
$76.99
$230.97

291

2

582

1 hr.; $76.99 ...............

582 hrs.; $44,808.18 ..

$153.98

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7,911 hrs.;
$609,067.89.
7,620 hrs.;
$586,663.80.

$769.90

Recordkeeping Requirements

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Balancing Authorities .......................
Balancing Authorities (IRO–006) .....
Generator Operators ........................
Transmission Operator (VAR–002) ..
Transmission Owner that operate
qualified transfer paths.
Reliability Coordinator ......................
Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 1, per RD17–5 for
VAR–501–WECC–3.

34
34
228
86
5

1
1
1
1
1

34
34
228
86
5

2.1 hrs., $65.50 ..........
1 hr., $31.19 ...............
1 hr., $31.19 ...............
4 hrs., $124.76 ...........
12 hrs., $374.28 .........

71.4 hrs., $2,226.97 ...
34 hrs., $1,060.46 ......
228 hrs., $7,111.32 ....
344 hrs., $10,729.36 ..
60 hrs., $1,871.40 ......

$65.50
$31.19
$31.19
$124.76
$374.28

1
291

1
3

1
873

1 hr.; $31.19 ...............
1 hr.; $31.19 ...............

1 hr.; $31.19 ...............
873 hrs.; $27,228.87 ..

$31.19
$93.57

12 The number of respondents is derived from the
NERC Compliance Registry as of March 10, 2017.
13 The Commission is also removing 36 one-time
burden hours associated with the requirements in
Docket No. RM13–13. The one-time burden has
been completed and will now be administratively
removed on submittal to OMB. Those hours are not
included in the table.

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14 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for
three positions involved in the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. These figures include
salary (http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
and other associated benefits (http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
• Manager: $89.07/hour

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• Engineer: $64.91/hour
• File Clerk: $31.19/hour
The hourly cost for the reporting requirements
($76.99) is an average of the cost of a manager and
engineer. The hourly cost for recordkeeping
requirements uses the cost of a file clerk.

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FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL—Continued
[New and Continuing Information Collection Requirements]

Entity

Number of
respondents 15

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Annual
number of
responses

Average burden hrs. &
cost per response
($)

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2) = (3)

(4)

(3)*(4) = (5)

(5)÷(1) = (6)

Generator Owners and/or Operators, in Year 2 and Ongoing, per
RD17–5 for VAR–501–WECC–3.

291

2

582

0.5 hrs.; $15.595 ........

291 hrs.; $9,076.29 ....

Sub-Total for Recordkeeping
Requirements in Yr. 1.
Sub-Total for Recordkeeping
Requirements in Yr. 2 & ongoing.
TOTAL FOR FERC–725E,
IN YR. 1.
TOTAL FOR FERC–725E,
IN YR. 2 & ONGOING.

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1,611.4 hrs.;
$50,259.57.
1,029.4 hrs.;
$32,106.99.

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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: May 3, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–09341 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP17–239–000]

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Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request
Under Blanket Authorization
Take notice that on April 25, 2017,
Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 625 Liberty
Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15222 filed a prior notice
request pursuant to sections 157.205
and 157.216(b) of the Commission’s
regulations under the Natural Gas Act
for authorization to abandon two wells
in Equitrans’ Logansport Storage Field
located in Marion County, West
Virginia. Specifically, Equitrans seeks to
plug and abandon two natural gas
storage injection and withdrawal wells,
Logansport 6188 and Logansport 8271,

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which were damaged as a result of
undermining activity that took place in
2010 and are at risk for gas loss. The
abandonment will have no effect on the
certificated physical parameters of the
field, and there will be no effect on
service to any of Equitrans’ customers,
all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the web 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. For
assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
Application should be directed to Paul
W. Diehl, Counsel, Midstream at
Equitrans, L.P., 625 Liberty Avenue,
Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15222, by phone (412) 395–5540, or by
fax (412) 553–7781, or by email at
[email protected].
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the
Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
or notice of intervention. Any person
filing to intervene or the Commission’s
staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission’s Regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within
the time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for

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$31.19

9,522.4 hrs.;
$659,327.46.
8,649.4 hrs.;
$618,770.79.

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.
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 commenter’s 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 commenter’s will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentary,
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

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