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burden and cost 5 for this information
collection as follows.

The average hourly cost (salary plus
benefits), weighing all of these skill sets

evenly, is $94.18. The Commission
rounds it down to $94/hour.

FERC–919, MARKET BASED RATES FOR WHOLESALE SALES OF ELECTRIC ENERGY, CAPACITY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES
BY PUBLIC UTILITIES
Requirement

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden & cost
per response

Total annual burden
hours & cost

Annual
cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Market Power Analysis
in New Applications
for Market-based
rates.
Triennial market power
analysis in seller updates.
Appendix B addition to
change in status reports.
Total ......................

144

1

144

250 hrs.; $23,500 ........

36,000 hrs.;
$3,384,000.

$23,500

65

1

65

250 hrs.; $23,500 ........

16,250 hrs.;
$1,527.500.

23,500

149

1

149

49 hrs.; $4,606 ............

7,301 hrs.; $686,294 ...

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

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

358

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

59,551 hrs.;
$5,597,794.

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.

Comment request.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.

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–725R
(Mandatory Reliability Standards: BAL
Reliability Standards) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person
may file comments with the
Commission as explained below.
The North American Electric
Reliability Corporation submitted a
petition (on August 17, 2018) requesting
Commission approval of proposed
Reliability Standard BAL–002–3 and the
retirement of currently effective
Reliability Standard BAL–002–2. On
August 24, 2018, the Commission issued
a Notice in the Federal Register
requesting public comment on the
petition and proposed changes (which
would affect the FERC–725R) The
Commission received no comments and
is making this notation in its submittal
of the FERC–725R to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by December 10,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
the Commission, in Docket No. RD18–
7–000 by either of the following
methods:

of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
5 The estimated hourly costs (for wages and
benefits) provided in this section are based on the

figures for May 2017 posted by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) for the Utilities section available (at
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
and benefits information (for December 2017,
issued March 20, 2018, at https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly estimates

Dated: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–21774 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD18–7–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725R); Comment
Request; Revision
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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], 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: Revision to FERC–
725R information collection
requirements, as discussed in Docket
No. RD18–7–000.
for salary plus benefits are:
—Economist (Occupation Code: 19–3011), $71.98
—Electrical Engineers (Occupation Code: 17–2071),
$66.90
—Lawyers (Occupation Code: 23–0000), $143.68

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Abstract: On August 17, 2018, the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition
seeking approval of proposed Reliability
Standard BAL–002–3 (Disturbance
Control Standard—Contingency Reserve
for Recovery from a Balancing
Contingency Event) and the retirement
of currently-effective Reliability
Standard BAL–002–2. NERC submitted
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
002–3 in response to the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 835 to develop
modifications to Reliability Standard
BAL–002–2, Requirement R1 to require
balancing authorities or reserve sharing
groups: (1) To notify the reliability
coordinator of the conditions set forth in
Requirement R1, Part 1.3.1 preventing it
from complying with the 15-minute
ACE recovery period; and (2) to provide
the reliability coordinator with its ACE
recovery plan, including a target
recovery time.1 The NERC petition
states ‘‘the proposed modifications to
Reliability Standard BAL–002–3 also
intend to clarify that communication

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1 Disturbance Control Standard—Contingency
Reserve for Recovery from a Balancing Contingency
Event Reliability Standard, Order No. 835, 158
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with the reliability coordinator (RC)
should proceed in accordance with
Energy Emergency Alert procedures
within the EOP Reliability Standards.2
This communication is done under the
currently-effective Reliability Standard
BAL–002–2. The communications (and
related burden) are already required,
and the additional information is de
minimis. Therefore the Commission is
not modifying the burden estimate and
is submitting this to OMB as nonmaterial or non-substantive change to a
currently approved collection.
The Office of Electric Reliability
approved the NERC proposal in a
Delegated Order on September 25, 2018.
Type of Respondents: Balancing
authorities and reserve sharing groups.
Estimate of Annual Burden 3:
According to the NERC Compliance
2 NERC

Petition at 3.
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 information collection burden, refer
to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
4 Reliability Standard BAL–002–2 applies to
balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups.
However, the burden associated with the balancing
authorities complying with Requirements R1 and
R3 is not included in this table because that burden
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Registry as of 8/24/2018, there are 99
balancing authorities in the United
States. The Commission bases
individual burden estimates on the time
needed for balancing authorities to
develop tools needed to facilitate
reporting that are required in the
Reliability Standard. These burden
estimates are consistent with estimates
for similar tasks in other Commissionapproved Reliability Standards.
doesn’t change and the Commission already
accounted for it under Commission-approved
Reliability Standard BAL–002–1.
5 The estimated hourly cost (wages plus benefits)
is based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
information (available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/
current/naics2_22.htm and, for benefits, https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The
hourly cost (wages plus benefits) for developing and
maintaining operating process and plans is $105.29
and is an average for an electrical engineer
(Occupation code 17–2071, $66.90/hour) and Legal
(Occupation code 23–0000, $ $143.68). The hourly
cost (wages plus benefits) for record retention is
$39.68 for information and record clerks
(Occupation code 43–4199).
6 BA = Balancing Authority; RSG = Reserve
Sharing Group.
7 This figure of 8 hours/response is an average of
the hourly burden per response for Years 1–3. Year
1 burden: 12 hours per response; Years 2–3, each:
6 hours/response. The average annual burden for
Years 1–3 is 8 hours/response (or [12 hours + 6
hours + 6 hours] ÷ 3).

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99
........................

TOTAL ..........................................................................

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

1

99

(2)

(1)

BA/RSG: 6 Develop and Maintain annually, Operating
Process and Operating Plans.
BA/RSG: Record Retention .................................................

Annual number of responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

198

99

99

(1) * (2) = (3)

Total number
of responses

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

4 hrs.; $158.72 ....................

8 7 hrs.; $842.32 ..................

(4)

Average burden hours &
cost per response
($)

1,188 hrs.; $99,103 .............

396 hrs.; $15,713 ................

792 hrs.; $83,390 ................

(3) * (4) = (5)

Total annual burden hours
& total annual cost
($)
(rounded)

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

158.72

$842.32

(5) ÷ (1)

Cost per
respondent
($)

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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: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–21777 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2837–033]

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Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments:
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2837–033.
c. Date filed: March 29, 2018.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard
Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Granby
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Oswego River in
the town of Fulton in Oswego County,
New York. The project does not affect
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Steven P.
Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, Erie
Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West
1st Street South, Fulton, NY 13069;
(315) 598–6130.
i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner,
(202) 502–6082 or allyson.conner@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: 30 days from the issuance
date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
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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–2837–033.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description
The existing Granby Hydroelectric
Project (Granby Project) consists of: (1)
An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete
intake structure that includes two bays
containing trashracks and fixed-roller,
vertical-lift type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide
sluice opening adjacent to the intake
structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-footwide powerhouse containing two 5.04megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units,
with a total capacity of 10.08 MW; (4)
a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace;
(5) two 4.16-kilovolt, 120-foot-long
underground generator leads; (6) a 60foot-long by 48-foot-wide electrical
switchyard; and (7) appurtenant
facilities.
The Granby Project is operated in a
modified run-of-river mode. The Granby
Project and the Fulton Development at
Erie’s Oswego River Hydroelectric
Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are
located at opposite ends of the same
dam and share a single bypassed reach
and reservoir. The flow and
impoundment elevation requirements in
the Oswego Project license,1 which were
based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement,
affect the Granby Project. The average
annual generation at the Granby Project
is estimated to be 44,181 megawatthours.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
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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
Online Support. A copy is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
n. You may also register online at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. Scoping Process
The Commission staff intends to
prepare an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the Granby Hydroelectric
Project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The EA will
consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Commission staff does not propose to
conduct any on-site scoping meetings at
this time. Instead, we are soliciting
comments, recommendations, and
information, on the Scoping Document
1 (SD1) issued on September 28, 2018.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject
areas to be addressed in the EA were
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 may 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, call 1–866–
208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Dated: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–21776 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–505–000]

Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP Cameron System
Abandonment Project
On June 18, 2018, Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP filed an application in
Docket No. CP18–505–000 requesting a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act to abandon certain
natural gas pipeline facilities. The

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