FERC-500, (Final Rule in RM19-6-000) Application for License/Relicense for Water Projects with More than 5 Megawatt (MW) Capacity

ICR 201905-1902-016

OMB: 1902-0058

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2019-06-07
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-06-04
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2019-05-28
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2019-05-28
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2019-05-28
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2018-05-15
ICR Details
1902-0058 201905-1902-016
Active 201809-1902-008
FERC FERC-500
FERC-500, (Final Rule in RM19-6-000) Application for License/Relicense for Water Projects with More than 5 Megawatt (MW) Capacity
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/23/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 06/07/2019
Because the agency sought comments on the changes associated with the regulation, the existing expiration date remains the same for this collection. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
02/28/2022 36 Months From Approved 02/28/2022
520 0 515
321,922 0 321,722
0 0 0

On October 23, 2018, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) was signed into law. The AWIA, among other things, requires the Commission to establish an expedited process for issuing and amending licenses for qualifying facilities at existing nonpowered dams and for closed-loop pumped storage projects. Under the expedited process, the Commission will seek to ensure that a final decision on a license application will be issued no later than two years after the Commission receives a completed application for a license. Therefore, to comply with the AWIA, the Final Rule amends the Commission’s regulations governing hydroelectric licensing under the Federal Power Act (FPA) by adding a new Part 7 that establishes an expedited licensing process for qualifying facilities at existing non-powered dams and for closed-loop pumped storage projects. As directed by FPA sections 34 and 35, the Commission approved an expedited licensing process for two types of hydropower projects – qualifying facilities at existing, nonpowered dams and closed-loop pumped storage projects. The modified regulations will be codified as Part 7 of the Commission’s regulations. The addition of a new Part 7 to the Commission’s regulations will affect only the number of entities that file applications with the Commission for these two project types, and will impose a new, albeit slight, information collection requirement (i.e., filing the request to use the expedited licensing process). The requirement that an applicant file a request for authorization to use the expedited process concurrently with its license application is necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the FPA, as amended by the AWIA. The information provided will enable the Commission to review the features of the proposed project and make a determination on whether the proposed project meets the statutory criteria enumerated in the AWIA, as well as the early consultation requirements that the Commission has determined will help it seek to ensure that the proposed project’s license application will be acted on no later than two years after the date of application filing. Submission of the data is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the FPA in order for the Commission to make the required finding that a proposal is economically, technically, and environmentally sound, and is best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving and developing a waterway or waterways. The Commission is codifying the new requirements in the RM19-6-000 Final Rule in FERC-500 related to the expedited process contained in new sections 7.1-7.9 of the Commission’s regulations.

US Code: 16 USC 791a et seq. Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  
None

1902-AF59 Final or interim final rulemaking 84 FR 17064 04/24/2019

No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 520 515 0 5 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 321,922 321,722 0 200 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
As directed by Congress in the AWIA, the Commission revises its regulations to incorporate an expedited licensing process for two types of hydroelectric projects: (1) qualifying facilities at nonpowered dams, and (2) closed-loop pumped storage projects. The expedited licensing process is an optional process that will affect only those entities that file applications with the Commission for these two project types along with a request to use the expedited process. The associated increase in burden is slight (i.e. filing the request to use the expedited licensing process). As noted above, the requirement that an applicant file a request for authorization to use the expedited process concurrently with its license application is necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the FPA, as amended by the AWIA. This information will enable the Commission to review the features of the proposed project and make a determination on whether the proposed project meets the statutory criteria enumerated in the AWIA, as well as the early consultation requirements that the Commission has determined will help it seek to ensure that the proposed project’s license application will be acted on no later than two years after the date of application filing.

$2,971,691
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Shana Wiseman 202 502-8736 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/07/2019


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