IC18-1, 30-day Notice published in Fed. Reg.

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2018 / Notices
Monday, March 12, 2018 8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Crystal City Marriott at
Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Potomac Ballroom,
Arlington, Virginia 22202, 703–413–
5500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda L. May, U.S. Department of
Energy; SC–26/Germantown Building,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone:
(301) 903–0536 or email: brenda.may@
science.doe.gov
The most current information
concerning this meeting can be found
on the website: http://science.gov/np/
nsac/meetings/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
guidance on a continuing basis to the
Department of Energy and the National
Science Foundation on scientific
priorities within the field of basic
nuclear science research.
Tentative Agenda: Agenda will
include discussions of the following:
Monday, March 12, 2018
• Perspectives from Department of
Energy and National Science
Foundation
• Update from the Department of
Energy and National Science
Foundation’s Nuclear Physics
Offices
• Presentation of the Mo–99
Subcommittee Report
• Discussion of the Mo–99
Subcommittee Report
DATES:

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Note: The NSAC Meeting will be broadcast
live on the internet. You may find out how
to access this broadcast by going to the
following site prior to the start of the
meeting. A video record of the meeting,
including the presentations that are made,
will be archived at this site after the meeting
ends: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/
DOE/180312/.

Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. If you would like to
file a written statement with the
Committee, you may do so either before
or after the meeting. If you would like
to make oral statements regarding any of
these items on the agenda, you should
contact Brenda L. May, (301) 903–0536
or [email protected] (email).
You must make your request for an oral
statement at least five business days
before the meeting. Reasonable
provisions will be made to include the
scheduled oral statements on the
agenda. The Chairperson of the
Committee will conduct the meeting to
facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. Public comment will follow
the 10-minute rule.

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The minutes of the meeting will be
available for review on the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Office of
Nuclear Physics website at: http://
science.gov/np/nsac/meetings/.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14,
2018.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–03484 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598); 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, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator
Status or Foreign Utility Company
Status) and submitting the information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review. 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 a Notice in the
Federal Register in Docket No. IC18–1–
000 on December 11, 2017 requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments in response to the Notice and
is indicating that in its submittal to the
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0166, 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. IC18–1, by either of the following
methods:
SUMMARY:

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• 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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for
Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status or Foreign Utility
Company Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0166.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–598 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
data in the FERC–598 information
collection to implement the statutory
provisions of Title XII, subtitle F of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).1
EPAct 2005 repealed the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935),2 and adopted in its
place the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005).3
While providing for the Commission’s
regulation of holding companies,
PUHCA 2005 also provided an
exemption from such regulation for
those holding companies that are
subject to Commission regulation as
holding companies solely due to their
holding exempt wholesale generators
(EWG) and foreign utility companies
(FUCO).4 To carry out this statutory
directive, the Commission amended its
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
119 Stat. 594, 972 et seq. (2005) (codified at 42
U.S.C. 16451 et seq.).
2 Id. § 1263, 119 Stat. 594, 974.
3 Id. § 1261, 119 Stat. 594, 972.
4 Id. § 1266(a), 119 Stat. 594, 975 (codified at 42
U.S.C. 16454(a)).

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regulations (in Order No. 667) 5 to,
among other things, add procedures for
not only defining what entities would
qualify as EWGs and FUCOs, but also
the self-certification by entities seeking
EWG and FUCO status, coupled with
the self-certification of the exemption of
their holding companies, in turn, from
Commission regulation.6 This selfcertification for EWGs and FUCOs is
similar to the process available to
entities that seek qualifying facility
status.7
An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person
engaged directly, or indirectly through
one or more affiliates . . . and
exclusively in the business of owning or
operating, or both owning and
operating, all or part of one or more
eligible facilities and selling electric
energy at wholesale.’’ 8 A FUCO is
defined as ‘‘any company that owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution

of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) Derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
[n]either the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’ 9
An EWG, FUCO, or its representative
seeking to self-certify its status as an
EWG or FUCO must file with the
Commission a notice of self-certification
(FERC–598) demonstrating that it
satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO.
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also
file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the

facility is located and that person must
also represent to the Commission in its
submission that it has filed a copy of the
notice with the appropriate state
regulatory authority.10
Submission of the information
collected by FERC–598 is necessary for
the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities under section 1266(a) of
EPAct 2005.11 The Commission
implements its responsibilities through
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
Title 18, Part 366. These filing
requirements are mandatory for entities
seeking to self-certify their EWG or
FUCO status, in order to, in turn,
exempt their holding companies from
Commission regulation.
Type of Respondents: EWGs and
FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 12 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 13 for this information
collection as follows.

FERC–598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
Number of respondents
(EWGs and FUCOs)

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden hrs.
& cost ($)
per response

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Average
cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

147 .......................................

1

147

6 hrs.; $459 ........................

882 hrs.; $67,473 ....................

$459

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: February 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3011–016]

Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application
Document, and Approving Use of the
Traditional Licensing Process; Natco
Products Corporation

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a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
5 Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,197 (2005), order on rehearing,
Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446, FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,213 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B,
71 FR 42750, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,244 (2006),
order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118 FERC
¶ 61,133 (2007).
6 18 CFR 366.1, 366.3(a), 366.4, 366.7.

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7 18
8 18

CFR 292.207.
CFR 366.1.

9 Id.
10 18

CFR 366.7.
U.S.C. 16454(a).
12 ‘‘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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b. Project No.: 3011–016.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Natco Products
Corporation (Natco).
e. Name of Project: Arctic Project.
f. Location: On the South Branch
Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, Kent
County, Rhode Island. No federal lands
are occupied by the project works or
located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steve
Burke, Natco Products Corporation, 155
Brookside Avenue, West Warwick, RI
02893; (401) 828–0300; email at sburke@
natcohome.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202)
502–8969; or email at john.ramer@
ferc.gov.
j. Natco filed its request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process on
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
13 Subject matter experts found that industry
employment costs (for salary plus benefits) for the
FERC–598 information collection closely resemble
the Commission’s. FERC’s 2017 average annual
salary plus benefits per FTE (full-time equivalent)
is $158,754 (or $76.50 per hour).

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