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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
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: July 12, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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: CP16–469–000.
Applicants: ANR Storage Company.
Description: Abbreviated Application
of ANR Storage Company for Approval
to Abandon Individually Certificated
Part 157 Service and Provide Part 284
Service.
Filed Date: 6/16/16.
Accession Number: 20160616–5109.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/15/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1082–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Petition for Approval of
Settlement of Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Filed Date: 6/30/16.
Accession Number: 20160630–5425.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/12/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–1083–000.
Applicants: MIGC LLC.
Description: Annual Fuel Retention
Percentage Tracker of MIGC LLC.
Filed Date: 7/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160701–5344.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/13/16.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211

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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
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.

Dated: July 12, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Filings in Existing Proceedings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Docket Numbers: RP01–382–026.
Applicants: Northern Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Northern Natural Gas
Company submits Carlton
Reimbursement Report.
Filed Date: 6/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160601–5395.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/18/16.
Any person desiring to protest in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
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.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL16–96–000]

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of
Institution of Section 206 Proceeding
and Refund Effective Date
On July 11, 2016, the Commission
issued an order in Docket No. EL16–96–
000, pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824e (2012), instituting an investigation
into the justness and reasonableness of
certain aspects of PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.’s Amended and Restated
Operating Agreement. PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C., 156 FERC ¶
61,030 (2016).
The refund effective date in Docket
No. EL16–96–000, established pursuant
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Dated: July 12, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Dated: July 11, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. RD16–4–000]

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Proposed Agency Information
Collection

Panda Liberty LLC; Notice of
Institution of Section 206 Proceeding
and Refund Effective Date
On July 12, 2016, the Commission
issued an order in Docket No. EL16–90–
000, pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824e (2012), instituting an investigation
into the justness and reasonableness of
Panda Liberty LLC’s proposed reactive
power rate schedule. Panda Liberty LLC,
156 FERC ¶ 61,033 (2016).
The refund effective date in Docket
No. EL16–90–000, established pursuant
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.

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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

[Docket No. EL16–90–000]

The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
invites public comment in Docket No.
RD16–4–000 on a proposed change to a
collection of information (FERC–725M,
Mandatory Reliability Standards:
Generator Requirements at the
Transmission Interface) that the
Commission is developing for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
Commission previously issued a Notice
in the Federal Register (81 FR 26543,
May 3, 2016) requesting public

SUMMARY:

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comments. The Commission received no
comments and is making this notation
in the submittals to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding the
proposed information collections must
be received on or before August 17,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0263, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs at: [email protected],
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. RD16–4–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
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: The
Commission will submit the reporting
and recordkeeping requirements of
proposed Reliability Standard FAC–
003–4 (Transmission Vegetation
Management) to OMB for review.
Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–
003–4 1 replaces the requirements from
the previous version of the Reliability
Standard (FAC–003–3 2), which is
approved under FERC–725M
(Mandatory Reliability Standards:
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1 The

Reliability Standard was approved in a
Delegated Order issued on 4/26/2016 (posted at
http://elibrary-backup.ferc.gov/idmws/common/
opennat.asp?fileID=14218839).
2 Reliability Standard FAC–003–3 was approved
in Order No. 785 in Docket No. RM12–16–000.
Revisions to Reliability Standard for Transmission
Vegetation Management, Order No. 777, 142 FERC
¶ 61,208 (2013). The associated reporting and
recordkeeping requirements in FAC–003–3 were
approved by OMB on Dec. 17, 2013, under FERC–
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Generator Requirements at the
Transmission Interface, OMB Control
No. 1902–0263).
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the revised FERC–725M information
collection requirements with the stated
changes to the current reporting and
record retention requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires
the information collected by the FERC–
725M to implement the statutory
provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA).3 On August 8, 2005,
Congress enacted into law the
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005,
which is title XII, subtitle A, of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).4 EPAct 2005 added a new section
215 to the FPA, which requires a
Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.5
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.6 Pursuant to
Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
as the ERO.7 The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by
the Commission apply to users, owners
and operators of the Bulk-Power System
as set forth in each Reliability Standard.
On March 14, 2016, NERC filed a
petition for Commission approval of
proposed Reliability Standard FAC–
003–4 (Transmission Vegetation
Management). NERC states in its
petition that proposed Reliability
Standard FAC–003–4 reflects revisions
to the current Minimum Vegetation
Clearance Distances (MVCDs) in
Reliability Standard FAC–003–3 based
on additional testing regarding the
appropriate gap factor to be used to
calculate clearance distances for
vegetation. NERC explains that in
U.S.C. 824o (2012).
Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
title XII, subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at
16 U.S.C. 824o).
5 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
6 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of
Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No.
672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006).
7 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117
FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118
FERC ¶ 61,190, order on reh’g, 119 FERC ¶ 61,046
(2007), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d
1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).

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response to the Commission’s directive
as part of its approval of an earlier
version of the Reliability Standard,
FAC–003–2, NERC contracted with the
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
to conduct this testing.8 As NERC notes,
when the Commission approved
Reliability Standard FAC–003–2, the
Commission stated that ‘‘it is important
that NERC develop empirical evidence
that either confirms assumptions used
in calculating the MVCD values based
on the Gallet equation, or gives reason
to revisit the Reliability Standard.’’ 9
NERC states in its petition that
preliminary testing conducted by EPRI
indicated that the gap factor used to
calculate MVCDs should be adjusted.
NERC further explains that proposed
Reliability Standard FAC–003–4
proposes higher and more conservative
MVCD values, and therefore maintains
that these revisions will ‘‘enhance
reliability and provide additional
confidence by applying a more
conservative approach to determining
the vegetation clearing distances.’’ 10
NERC states that the revised clearances
as reflected in Table 2 were moved into
the text of the proposed Reliability
Standard, and that MVCD values were
added for elevations up to 15,000 feet,
but that no other substantive changes
were made to the currently-effective
Reliability Standard FAC–003–3.11
Type of Respondents: Transmission
Owner (TO) and Generator Owner (GO)
Estimate of Annual Burden: 12 The
burden and cost estimates below are
based on the number of transmission
owners and generator owners as
reflected in NERC’s registry (i.e.,
updated since the Commission’s
approval of earlier versions of FAC–
003). Transmission owners and
applicable generator owners have a onetime burden to review and modify
existing documentation, plans and
procedures, as well as an ongoing
burden to retain records. Our estimate of
the number of respondents affected is
based on the NERC Compliance Registry
as of February 25, 2016. According to
the Compliance Registry, NERC has
registered 320 transmission owners and
940 generator owners within the United
States, and we estimate that
8 NERC Petition at 7 (citing Order No. 777, 142
FERC ¶ 61,208 (2013)).
9 Order No. 777, 142 FERC ¶ 61,208 at P 3.
10 NERC Petition at 3.
11 Id. at 12, and n. 37 (describing certain nonsubstantive edits to the standard and
implementation plan as compared to the currentlyeffective version of the standard).
12 The Commission defines ‘‘burden’’ 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
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approximately 10 percent (or 94) of the
registered generator owners have
interconnection facilities that meet the

requirements for applicability under the
new standard. The estimated annual

burden and cost of the new standard
follow.13

FERC–725M—CHANGES DUE TO FAC–003–4 IN DOCKET NO. RD16–4–000
Requirements/measures 14

Number of
respondents 15

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hours
and
cost per response

Total annual burden
hours and cost

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

Strategies, documentation, processes, &
procedures (M3)
[one-time].
Record Retention
(Compliance 1.2) [ongoing].
Total Net Change,
due to RD16–4.

414

1

414

4 hrs.; $248.64 ............

1,656 hrs.;
$102,936.96
[@$62.16/hr.].

414

1

414

1 hr.; $31.76 ................

414 hrs.; $13,148.64
[@$31.76/hr.].

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

2,070 hrs.;
$116,085.60 16.

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
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 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: July 11, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP16–3–000 and CP16–3–001]

[Project No. 12965–002]

Wickiup Hydro Group, LLC; Notice of
Schedule Change
On June 27, 2016, the Commission
issued a ‘‘Notice of Teleconference to
Discuss Endangered Species Act
Consultation’’ for the Wickiup Dam
Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No.
12965. This teleconference has been
rescheduled due to unforeseen
scheduling conflicts to August 1, 2016
at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (4:00
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). Please
email Karen Sughrue at karen.sughrue@
ferc.gov to RSVP.

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13 The estimates for cost per hour (for salary plus
benefits) are derived from the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics’ figures for May 2015 (at http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#11-0000
and benefits [updated March 10, 2016] at http://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), as
follows:
• $62.16/hour for salary plus benefits [based on
the average for an electrical engineer (code 17–
2071, at $64.20/hour), a first-line supervisor of
forestry workers (code 45–1011, at $33.34/hour),
and a manager (code 11–0000, at $88.94/hour)]
• $31.76/hour, salary plus benefits for an
information and record clerk (code 43–4000).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Dated: July 11, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

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Total annual
cost per
respondent
($)

14 The Order in Docket No. RD16–4 does not
modify the following requirements. However, due
to normal fluctuations in industry, the number of
respondents (TOs and GOs), in the submittal to
OMB will be updated as follows.
• The Quarterly Reporting (Compliance 1.4) is
required of 102 respondents (94 GOs and 8 Regional
Entities), rather than 96 respondents.
• The requirements for Annual Vegetation
Inspection Document (M6), annual vegetation work
plan (M7), evidence of management of vegetation
(M1 and M2), confirmed vegetation condition (M4),
and corrective action (M5) are required of 94
respondents (rather than 88).

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Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Access South, Adair
Southwest, and Lebanon Extension
Projects
On October 8, 2015, Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) filed
an application requesting a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act to construct, operate, and
maintain pipeline loops, install
additional compression, and allow for
reverse flow capabilities. The proposed
projects, known as Access South, Adair
Southwest, and the Lebanon Extension
Projects would enable Texas Eastern to
transport up to an additional 622,000
dekatherms per day of natural gas on its
mainline system from Uniontown,
Pennsylvania to points in Ohio,
Kentucky, and Mississippi.
On October 22, 2015, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
of Application for the projects. Among
15 We estimate a total of 414 respondents (320
TOs and 94 GOs) are affected.
16 This is the estimate for Year 1 (including onetime implementation cost plus ongoing record
retention costs). In subsequent years, only the
record retention costs ($13,148.64, annual total for
all respondents) will continue.
For the submittal to OMB (available in
reginfo.gov), the one-time implementation burden
and cost (which will be completed in Year 1) will
be averaged over Years 1–3.

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