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Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2018),
Medallion Delaware Express, LLC
(Delaware Express) and Medallion
Pipeline Company, LLC (Medallion)
(collectively, the Carriers) filed a
declaratory order petition seeking
approval of the overall tariff rate
structure and terms of service, open
season procedures, and proposed joint
tariff service, for an expansion of the
Carriers’ facilities and existing
integrated joint crude-oil transportation
services. The expansion consists of new
gathering facilities in Reeves County,
Texas, to connect to the Delaware
Express mainline; an expansion of the
Delaware Express mainline; and an
expansion of segments of the Medallion
pipeline system along the existing joint
tariff route, all as more fully explained
in the petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
website that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected], or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
on July 8, 2019.

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Dated: June 19, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–28–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–555); Consolidated
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections 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 requirements
and burden of the information
collections described below.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due August 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–28–000)
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.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
SUMMARY:

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requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note the three collections are distinct.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title: FERC–555 (Preservation of
Records for Public Utilities and
Licensees, Natural Gas and Oil Pipeline
Companies).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0098.
Abstract: The Commission collects
the information under the requirements
of FERC–555 (Records Retention
Requirements) to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
statutory provisions of Sections 301, 304
and 309 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA),1 Sections 8, 10 and 16 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA),2 and Section 20
of the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA).3
The regulations for preservation of
records establish retention periods,
necessary guidelines, and requirements
for retention of applicable records.
These requirements apply to the
regulated public utilities, natural gas
and oil pipeline companies subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction.
Regulated entities use these records as
the basis for required rate filings and
reports to the Commission.
Additionally, the Commission’s audit
staff will use the records during
compliance reviews. The Commission’s
enforcement staff will also use the
information during investigations.
Finally, the Commission will use the
records for special analyses when
necessary.
On January 8, 1999 the Commission
issued AI99–2–000, an Accounting
Issuance providing guidance on records
storage media. More specifically, the
Commission gave each jurisdictional
company the flexibility to select its own
storage media. The storage media
selected must have a life expectancy
equal to the applicable record period
1 16

U.S.C. 825, 825c and 825h.
U.S.C. 717–717w.
3 49 U.S.C. 20.
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unless the quality of the data transferred
from one media to another with no loss
of data would exceed the record period.
On January 27, 2000, the Commission
issued a final rule amending its records
retention regulations for public utilities
and licensees as well as natural gas and
oil pipeline companies. These changes
included revising the general

instructions, and shortening various
records retention periods. The objective
of the final rule was to reduce or
eliminate burdensome and unnecessary
regulatory requirements.
The Commission is not making any
additional changes to the record
retention requirements specified under
FERC–555. The Commission

implements these filing requirements in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
under 18 CFR parts 125, 225, and 356.
Type of Respondent: Electric utilities,
natural gas pipelines, and oil pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–555—PRESERVATION OF RECORDS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES AND LICENSE, NATURAL GAS AND OIL PIPELINE
COMPANIES
Number of respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hrs.
and cost per response 4

Total annual burden
hours and total annual cost

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

5,218.14 hrs.; $417,451 .....

2,656,034 hrs.; $212,482,720.

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Additional Background. Based on the
data submitted by jurisdictional filers in
2010, we provide more detail regarding
how we generated burden and cost
estimates. We divided the entities into
three size categories based on annual
revenue reported on FERC’s financial
forms (Form 1, Form 2/2A and Form 6).5
As indicated in the appendix, we only
received useful responses from five
entities: Three large, one medium, and

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one small. Because of this very limited
data, it should not be inferred that the
average burden and cost indicated for
each entity size are representative of the
burden for all entities in that size
category and industry. We performed
the analysis in this way in order to come
up with a better average to apply across
all the industries. It should also be
noted that it is difficult to compare
across industries based on entity size.

For example, the first table below
indicates that a large electric utility has
an annual revenue more than ten times
greater than a large gas pipeline.
The first table shows the estimated
size categories by industry, and the
second table shows the burden and cost
based on size (combining the 3
industries).

Industry and size classification

Annual revenue

Electric
Large ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Medium ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Small ...............................................................................................................................................................................

>$1.15 Billion.
$310 Million to $1.15 Billion.
<$310 Million.

Gas
Large ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Medium ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Small ...............................................................................................................................................................................

>$100 Million.
$10 Million to $100 Million.
<$10 Million.

Oil
Large ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Medium ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Small ...............................................................................................................................................................................

Size

Number of
entities

Average hours
per entity

Total burden
hours 6

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2)

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Large ............................................................................................................................................
Medium ........................................................................................................................................
Small ............................................................................................................................................

4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $80/hour = Average cost/response.
The figure is the 2019 FERC average hourly cost (for
wages and benefits) of $80 (and an average annual
salary of $167,091/year). Commission staff is using

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the FERC average salary because we consider any
record retention requirements completed in
response to the FERC–555 to be compensated at
rates similar to the work of FERC employees.
5 The size thresholds are estimates based on staff
judgment.

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>$50 Million.
$5 Million to $50 Million.
<$5 Million.

174
166
169

11,475
2,371
1,571

1,996,658
393,619
265,572

6 Due to rounding during the analysis and
calculations, the total in this column does not sum
to the exact figure reported shown in the summary
burden table.

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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $212,482,720,
which includes $127,433,401 for nonlabor record storage costs and
$85,049,319 for employee costs. The
average cost per respondent is $417,451,
which includes $250,360 for non-labor
record storage costs and $167,091 for
employee costs. All of these cost figures
are based on staff analysis of the data we
received in 2019.
Dated: June 21, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

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: June 19, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP19–1319–000.
Applicants: Golden Pass Pipeline
LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: GPPL
Pre-negotiated Section 4 Rate Filing to
be effective 7/1/2019.
Filed Date: 6/17/19.
Accession Number: 20190617–5198.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/1/19.
Docket Numbers: RP19–1320–000.
Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline
Company, LP.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to NC Neg Rate Agmt (BP
46441) to be effective 6/18/2019.
Filed Date: 6/18/19.
Accession Number: 20190618–5012.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/1/19.
Docket Numbers: RP19–1321–000.
Applicants: Kern River Gas
Transmission Company.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 2019
Eaglecrest to be effective 7/19/2019.
Filed Date: 6/18/19.
Accession Number: 20190618–5062.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/1/19.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
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

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Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC19–103–000.
Applicants: Newmount Nevada
Energy Investment LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, et al. of Newmount
Nevada Energy Investment LLC.
Filed Date: 6/18/19.
Accession Number: 20190618–5136.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/19.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG19–135–000.
Applicants: Pretty Prairie Wind, LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Pretty Prairie Wind,
LLC.
Filed Date: 6/18/19.
Accession Number: 20190618–5098.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/19.
Docket Numbers: EG19–136–000.
Applicants: Crowned Ridge Wind,
LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5091.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: EG19–137–000.
Applicants: Crowned Ridge Wind II,
LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Crowned Ridge
Wind II, LLC.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5092.

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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER18–646–003.
Applicants: Chambersburg Energy,
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Reactive Service Rate Schedule
Compliance Filings to be effective 12/
13/2017.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5126.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–647–003.
Applicants: Gans Energy, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Reactive Service Rate Schedule
Compliance Filings to be effective 12/
13/2017.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5127.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–648–003.
Applicants: Springdale Energy, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Reactive Service Rate Schedule
Compliance Filings to be effective 12/
13/2017.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5129.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1384–003.
Applicants: Buchanan Generation,
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Reactive Service Rate Schedule
Compliance Filings to be effective 3/1/
2018.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5130.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–38–001.
Applicants: Fairless Energy, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing:
Motion for Interim Implementation of
Settlement Rates EL19–15 and ER19–38
to be effective 7/1/2019.
Filed Date: 6/19/19.
Accession Number: 20190619–5115.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–1496–001.
Applicants: AEP Appalachian
Transmission Company, Inc., AEP
Indiana Michigan Transmission
Company, Inc., AEP Kentucky
Transmission Company, Inc., AEP Ohio
Transmission Company, Inc., AEP West
Virginia Transmission Company, Inc.,
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing: AEP
submits filing in compliance with the
Commission’s 5/24/2019 Order to be
effective 10/22/2018.
Filed Date: 6/18/19.
Accession Number: 20190618–5078.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/19.

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