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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.
Dated: October 11, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC17–13–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activity (FERC–717); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection, FERC–717,
(Open Access Same-Time Information
System and Standards for Business
Practices and Communication Protocol)
which will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
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
published Notice in the Federal
Register in Docket No. IC17–13–000, (82
FR 37580, 8/11/2017) requesting public
comments. FERC received no comments
in response to the Notice and is
indicating that in its submittal to the
OMB.

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Comments on the collection of
information are due November 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0173, 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. IC17–13–000 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–717, Open Access SameTime information System and Standards
for Business Practices and
Communication Protocols.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0173.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–717 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission directs all
public utilities that own, control or
operate facilities for transmitting energy
in interstate commerce to provide
certain types of information regarding
their transmission operations on an
Open Access Same-time Information
System (OASIS). The Commission does
not believe that open-access
nondiscriminatory transmission services
can be completely realized until it
removes real-world obstacles that
prevent transmission customers from
competing effectively with the
Transmission Provider. One of the
obstacles is unequal access to
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transmission information. The
Commission believes that transmission
customers must have simultaneous
access to the same information available
to the Transmission Provider if truly
nondiscriminatory transmission services
are to be a reality.
The Commission also established
Standards of Conduct requiring that
personnel engaged in transmission
system operations function
independently from personnel engaged
in marketing functions. The Standards
of Conduct were designed to prevent
employees of a public utility (or any of
its affiliates) engaged in marketing
functions from preferential access to
OASIS-related information or from
engaging in unduly discriminatory
business practices. Companies were
required to separate their transmission
operations/reliability functions from
their marketing/merchant functions and
prevent system operators from
providing merchant employees and
employees of affiliates with
transmission-related information not
available to all customers at the same
time through public posting on the
OASIS.
Type of Respondents: Transmission
Owners and Transmission Operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates an adjustment in
the annual public reporting burden for
the FERC–717. The adjustment is due to
Transmission Providers being allowed
to file responses jointly or individually.
The Transmission Provider may
delegate this responsibility to a
Responsible Party such as another
Transmission Provider, an Independent
System Operator, a Regional
Transmission Group, or a Regional
Reliability Council. The number
comprise two separate entities:
Transmission Owners and Transmission
Operators. The responses submitted are
our best estimate of the Transmission
Operators and remaining individual
Transmission Owners. The rationale is
that some Transmission Owners have
elected to turn over operational control
of their collective transmission systems
to Transmission Operators, including
RTOs/ISOs (as authorized in 18 CFR
37.5). These Transmission Operators
offer OASIS access to the collective
systems facilitating a single OASIS
transmission request serving multiple
transmission systems. As a result of
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.

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these efficiency gains, the lower
respondent count is appropriate.
As a result of the efficiency gains, and
an overestimate of the respondents in

our past request, we are submitting a
more accurate number of respondents.
The estimate below reflects the work

associated with the current information
collection requirements:

FERC–717, OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEM AND STANDARDS FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
Information collection requirements

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average burden hours
and cost per
response 2

Total annual burden
hours and total
annual cost

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

30 hrs.; $2,295 ..........

5,100 hrs.; $390,150.

FERC–717 ...................................................

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 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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on EISs are available at: https://
cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/
action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20170198, Final, USAF, MD,
Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization
Program, Joint Base Andrews-Naval
Air Facility, Review Period Ends:
11/15/2017, Contact: Ms Jean Renolds
210–925–4534.
EIS No. 20170200, Draft, FTA, PA, King
of Prussia Rail Project, Comment
Period Ends: 12/4/2017, Contact:
Daniel Koenig 202–366–8224.
EIS No. 20170201, Draft, USN, CA,
Hawaii-Southern Californian Training
and Testing, Comment Period Ends:
12/12/2017, Contact: Nora MacariolaSee 808–472–1402.
EIS No. 20170202, Draft, USFS, CO, CP
District-wide Salvage, Comment
Period Ends: 11/30/2017, Contact:
Mike Tooley 719–274–6321.

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Environmental Impact Statements;
Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information (202)
564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/
nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS)
Filed 10/02/2017 through 10/06/2017
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9

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Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
2 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based upon FERC’s 2017 annual average of
$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average
hourly cost is $76.50/hour.

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Dated: October 9, 2017.
Kelly Knight,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9969–52–OA]

Notice of Meeting of the EPA
Children’s Health Protection Advisory
Committee (CHPAC)

Washington, DC 20052. The CHPAC
advises the Environmental Protection
Agency on science, regulations, and
other issues relating to children’s
environmental health.
DATES: November 29 and 30 at The
George Washington University Milken
Institute School of Public Health in
Washington, DC.
ADDRESSES: 950 New Hampshire Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20052.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Hackel, Office of Children’s
Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–2977
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meetings of the CHPAC are open to the
public. An agenda will be posted to
epa.gov/children.
Access and Accommodations: For
information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please
contact Angela Hackel at 202–5566–
2977.
Dated: October 2, 2017.
Angela Hackel,
Designated Federal Official.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9969–71–OA]

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.

Notification of a Public Teleconference
of the Science Advisory Board Risk
and Technology Review (RTR)
Methods Review Panel

Pursuant to the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
notice is hereby given that the next
meeting of the Children’s Health
Protection Advisory Committee
(CHPAC) will be held November 29 and
30 at The George Washington University
Milken Institute School of Public Health
950 New Hampshire Ave. NW.,

AGENCY:

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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference meeting of the
Science Advisory Board (SAB) Risk and
Technology Review (RTR) Methods

SUMMARY:

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