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must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
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: March 8, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–05094 Filed 3–13–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–2–000]

Commision Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725Y), Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of extension 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 submitting its
information collection FERC–725Y,
Mandatory Reliability Standards
(Personnel Performance, Training, and
Qualifications), 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 published a Notice in the
Federal Register on 12/26/2017
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–725Y information collection
and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.

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Comments on the collection of
information are due by April 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0279, 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. IC18–2–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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–725Y, Mandatory
Reliability Standard (Personnel
Performance, Training, and
Qualifications).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0279.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725Y information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725Y
information collection is intended to
help ensure the safe and reliable
operation of the interconnected grid
through the retention of suitably trained
and qualified personnel in positions
that can impact the reliable operation of
the Bulk-Power System. The
Commission uses the FERC–725Y to
implement the Congressional mandate
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to
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develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards to better ensure
the reliability of the nation’s BulkPower System. FERC–725Y will ensure
that personnel performing or supporting
real-time operations on the Bulk Electric
System (BES) are trained using a
systematic approach. The Reliability
Standard requires entities to maintain
records subject to review by the
Commission and NERC to ensure
compliance with the Reliability
Standard.
The Reliability Standard requires
entities to maintain records subject to
review by the Commission and NERC to
ensure compliance with the Reliability
Standard. This Reliability Standard
contains of five Requirements:
• R1 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, and transmission
operators to develop and implement a
training program for system operators.
• R2 requires transmission owners to
develop and implement a training
program for system operators.
• R3 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
verify the capabilities of their identified
personnel.
• R4 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
provide those personnel with
emergency operations training using
simulation technology.
• R6 requires applicable generator
operators to develop and implement
training for certain of their dispatch
personnel at a centrally located dispatch
center.
Type of Respondents: Transmission
owners and generator owners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 Our
estimate below regarding the number of
respondents is based on the NERC
compliance registry as of September 29,
2017. According to the NERC
compliance registry, NERC has
registered 176 transmission operators,
331 transmission owners and 890
generator operators.
The Commission estimates the
additional annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:
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, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

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FERC–725Y IN DOCKET NO. IC18–2–000
Number and type of
respondents 2

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Avg. burden & cost
per response 3

Total annual burden
hours & total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Annual Evaluation and Update of
Training Program and Task List.
Retention of Records ...........................
Verification and Retention of Evidence
of capabilities of personnel [R3, M3,
C1.2], and Creation and Retention
of Records on Simulation Training.

TO (331), GOP (890) ...

1

4 1,064

6 hrs.; $408.72 hr ......

6,384 hrs.; $434,878 ....

$68.12

TO (331), GOP (890) ...
TO (331) ......................

1
1

4 1,064

331

10 hrs.; $408.90 hr ....
10 hrs.; $408.90 hr ....

10,640 hrs.; $435,070 ..
3,310 hrs.; $135,346 ....

40.89
40.89

Total ..............................................

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

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

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

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

20,334 hrs.; $1,005,294

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

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: March 6, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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2 TO = Transmission Owner; GOP = Generator
Operator.
3 The estimates for cost per response are loaded
hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on
the average of three occupational categories for
2016 found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics
website (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm): Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–
2071): $68.12; Office and Administrative Support
(Occupation Code: 43–0000): $40.89.
4 Some transmission owners are also generator
operators. To eliminate double counting some
entities, this figure reflects the number of unique
entities (1064) within the group of TOs and GOPs.
That approach is used throughout the table.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1773–000]

Yellowstone Hydroelectric Project;
Notice of Existing Licensee’s Notice of
Intent To Not File a Subsequent
License Application, and Soliciting
Pre-Application Documents and
Notices of Intent To File a License
Application
At least five years before the
expiration of a license for a minor water
power project not subject to sections 14
and 15 of the Federal Power Act (i.e., a
project having an installed capacity of
1.5 megawatts or less), the licensee must
file with the Commission a letter that
contains an unequivocal statement of
the licensee’s intent to file or not to file
an application for a subsequent license.1
If such a licensee informs the
Commission that it does not intend to
file an application for a subsequent
license, nonpower license, or exemption
for the project, the licensee may not file
an application for a subsequent license,
nonpower license, or exemption for the
project, either individually or in
conjunction with an entity or entities
that are not currently licensees of the
project.2
On September 26, 2017, Moon Lake
Electric Association, the existing
licensee for the Yellowstone
Hydroelectric Project No. 1773, filed
notice of its intent to not file an
application for a subsequent license.
Therefore, pursuant to section
16.24(b)(1) of the Commission’s
regulations, Moon Lake may not file an
application for a subsequent license for
the project, either individually or in
conjunction with an entity or entities
1 18 CFR 16.19(b) (2017) (citing 18 CFR 16.6(b)).
Section 16.19(b) applies to licenses not subject to
Parts 14 and 15 of the Federal Power Act.
2 18 CFR 16.24(b)(1) (2017).

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that are not currently licensees of the
project.
The 900-kilowatt (kW) Yellowstone
Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Yellowstone River, in Duchesne County,
Utah. The diversion dam, and portions
of the penstock, are located within the
Ashley National Forest. The existing
minor license for the project expires on
October 15, 2022.
The principal project works consist
of: (1) A 15-foot-high, 313-foot-long rock
filled, timber-crib dam that impounds a
small reservoir covering approximately
3.8 acres; (2) a concrete intake structure
with a gate valve; (3) a 14,126-foot-long,
44-inch-diameter and 42-inch-diameter
steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse with
three turbine-generators rated at 300 kW
each; (5) a substation; (6) a 14.27-milelong, 7.2-kilovolt overhead transmission
line and underlain telephone line; and
(7) and appurtenant facilities.
Any party interested in filing a license
application (i.e., potential applicant) for
the Yellowstone Hydroelectric Project
No. 1773 must file a Notice of Intent
(NOI) 3 and pre-application document
(PAD).4 Additionally, while the
integrated licensing process (ILP) is the
default process for preparing an
application for a subsequent license, a
potential applicant may request to use
alternative licensing procedures when it
files its NOI.5
The deadline for potential applicants,
other than the existing licensee, to file
NOIs, PADs, and requests to use an
alternative licensing process is 120 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
Applications for a subsequent license
from potential applicants, other than the
existing licensee, must be filed with the
Commission at least 24 months prior to
the expiration of the existing license.6
Because the existing license expires on
October 15, 2022, applications for
3 18

CFR 5.5 (2017).
CFR 5.6 (2017).
5 18 CFR 5.3(b) (2017).
6 18 CFR 16.20 (2017).
4 18

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