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the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
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.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments.
Comments on Scoping Document 1.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Commission issues EA ..............

May 2019.
October 2019.
November 2019.
December 2019.
January 2019.
September 2020.

Final amendments to the application
must be filed with the Commission no
later than 30 days from the issuance
date of the notice of ready for
environmental analysis.
Dated: March 12, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–05053 Filed 3–18–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–13–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–715); 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–
715 (Annual Transmission Planning and
Evaluation Report) 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

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comments to the Commission as
explained below. On December 27, 2018
(83 FR 66697), the Commission
published a Notice in the Federal
Register in Docket No. IC19–13–000
requesting public comments. The
Commission received one comment,
which is addressed in this Notice and
will be included in the submittal to
OMB.
Comments on the collection of
information are due April 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0171, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–13–000, 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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–715, Annual
Transmission Planning and Evaluation
Report.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0171.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–715 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Abstract: Acting under FPA section
213,1 FERC requires each transmitting
utility that operates integrated
transmission system facilities rated
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above 100 kilovolts (kV) to submit
annually:
• Contact information for the FERC–
715;
• Base case power flow data (if it does
not participate in the development and
use of regional power flow data);
• Transmission system maps and
diagrams used by the respondent for
transmission planning;
• A detailed description of the
transmission planning reliability criteria
used to evaluate system performance for
time frames and planning horizons used
in regional and corporate planning;
• A detailed description of the
respondent’s transmission planning
assessment practices (including, but not
limited to, how reliability criteria are
applied and the steps taken in
performing transmission planning
studies); and
• A detailed evaluation of the
respondent’s anticipated system
performance as measured against its
stated reliability criteria using its stated
assessment practices.
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to use the information as
part of their regulatory oversight
functions which include:
• The review of rates and charges;
• The disposition of jurisdictional
facilities;
• The consolidation and mergers;
• The adequacy of supply and;
• Reliability of the nation’s
transmission grid.
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to facilitate and resolve
transmission disputes. Additionally, the
Office of Electric Reliability (OER) uses
the FERC–715 data to help protect and
improve the reliability and security of
the nation’s bulk power system. OER
oversees the development and review of
mandatory reliability and security
standards and ensures compliance with
the approved standards by the users,
owners, and operators of the bulk power
system. OER also monitors and
addresses issues concerning the nation’s
bulk power system including
assessments of resource adequacy and
reliability.
Without the FERC–715 data, the
Commission would be unable to
evaluate planned projects or requests
related to transmission.
Summary and Response to Public
Comment: In response to the Notice of
Information Collection and Request for
Comments published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2018, the
Commission received one comment
from the American Public Power
Association (APPA). The comment
recommended enhancing the current
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to have each of the six submission parts
better segregated from each other to
allow for more granular responses to
data requests and limit the release of
components of the report which are
Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure
Information (CEII).

These recommendations will be taken
under consideration in the event of
potential future revisions of the FERC
Form No. 715 process.
Type of Respondent: Integrated
transmission system facilities rated at or
above 100 kilovolts (kV).

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Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 3 for this information
collection as follows.

FERC–715—ANNUAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden & cost per
response

Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

111

Annual Transmission Planning
and Evaluation Report 4.

1

111

160 hrs.; $11,897.60 ...........

17,760 hrs.; $1,320,633.60

$11,897.60

Take notice that on March 1, 2019,
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (WBI),
1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck,
North Dakota 58503, filed in the above
referenced docket, a prior notice request

pursuant to sections 157.205 and
157.210 of the Commission’s regulations
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and
Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82–487–000, for
authorization to construct, replace, and
operate mainline natural gas facilities
all located in Carbon and Yellowstone
Counties, Montana, and to provide
additional 22,500 dekatherms per day of
incremental firm transportation service
to the Billings, Montana market area, 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, please contact
FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding the
application should be directed to Lori
Myerchin, Director, Regulatory Affairs
and Transportation Services, WBI
Energy Transmission, Inc., 1250 West
Century Avenue, Bismarck, North
Dakota 58503, at (701) 530–1563, or
[email protected].
Specifically, WBI proposes to: (1)
Construct the new Billings-Allendale
Town Border Station (TBS) between
Billings and Laurel, Montana; (2)
replace five sections of 10- and 12-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline with 12-

inch-diameter pipeline, totaling
approximately 9.5 miles, between the
Fromberg Regulator Station (RS) and the
proposed Billings-Allendale TBS; (3)
construct a new RS at Elbow Creek
approximately one mile north of Edgar,
Montana; (4) replace the Fromberg
Takeoff Valve Setting and the Edgar and
Rockvale TBSs; and (5) increase the
Maximum Allowable Operating
Pressure of a section of pipeline in
Carbon County, Montana. The estimated
cost of the project is $11.6 million.
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 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 EA.
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the

2 ‘‘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
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
3 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May
2017. These figures include salary (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and

benefits (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
—Management (Code 11–0000), $94.28/hr.
—Computer and mathematical (Code 15–0000),
$63.25/hr.
—Electrical Engineers (Code 17–2071), $66.90/hr.
—Economist (Code 19–3011), $71.98/hr.
—Computer and Information Systems Managers
(Code 11–3021), $96.51/hr.
—Accountants and Auditors (Code 13–2011),
$56.59/hr.

—Transportation, Storage, and Distribution
Managers (Code 11–3071), $88.61/hr.
—Power Distributors and Dispatchers (Code 51–
8012), $56.74/hr.
We are using the average hourly cost (for wages
plus benefits, for these categories) of $74.36/hour.
4 In 2018, FERC had 111 direct filings (responses)
from entities. However there were 239 total
respondents if Transmitting Utilities that have their
filing submitted by a designated reporting agent,
such as a regional entity, are counted
independently.

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 12, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP19–105–000]

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of Request Under Blanket
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