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these costs is included in the Appendix
to this notice, along with an explanation
of how the Commission determined
their reasonableness.
Points of Contact
12. If you have any questions
regarding this notice, please contact
Raven Rodriguez at (202) 502–6276.
Dated: July 15, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–15540 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–23–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725v); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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–
725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards:
COM Reliability Standards, which will
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.

SUMMARY:

Comments on the collection of
information are due August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725V to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0277) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
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DATES:

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U.S.C. 824o (2012).
CFR 39.5 (2015).
3 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
further explanation of what is included in the
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(identified by Docket No. IC21–23–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through http://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725V, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: COM Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0277.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725V information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 15, 2016, the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for
Commission approval, pursuant to
section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power

Act (‘‘FPA’’) 1 and Section 39.5 2 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, for
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
(Communications), the associated
Implementation Plan, retirement of
currently-effective Reliability Standard
COM–001–2.1, and Violation Risk
Factors (‘‘VRFs’’) and Violation Severity
Levels (‘‘VSLs’’) associated with new
Requirements R12 and R13 in
Reliability Standard COM–001–3.
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
reflects revisions developed under
Project 2015–07 Internal
Communications Capabilities, in
compliance with the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 888 that NERC
‘‘develop modifications to COM–001–2,
or develop a new standard, to address
the Commission’s concerns regarding
ensuring the adequacy of internal
communications capability whenever
internal communications could directly
affect the reliability opera.’’
Reliability Standards COM–001–3 and
COM–002–4 do not require responsible
entities to file information with the
Commission. COM–001–3 requires that
transmission operators, balancing
authorities, reliability coordinators,
distribution providers, and generator
operators must maintain documentation
of Interpersonal Communication
capability and designation of Alternate
Interpersonal Communication, as well
as evidence of testing of the Alternate
Interpersonal Communication facilities.
COM–002–4 requires balancing
authorities, distribution providers,
reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and generator operators to
develop and maintain documented
communication protocols, and to be
able to provide evidence of training on
the protocols and of their annual
assessment of the protocols.
Additionally, all applicable entities
(balancing authorities, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators, and distribution
providers) must be able to provide
evidence of three-part communication
when issuing or receiving an Operating
Instruction during an Emergency.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as: 4

information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
4 The estimates for cost per response are loaded
hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on
two occupational categories for 2020 found on the
Bureau of Labor Statistics website (http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm):

The hourly estimates for salary plus benefits are:
(a) Electrical Engineer (code 17–2071), $70.19; (b)
Information and Record Clerk (code 43–4199),
$43.38. The average hourly cost (salary plus
benefits), weighting both skill sets equally, is
$56.79. For these calculations, we round the figure
to $57.00 per hour.

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(On-going) Maintain evidence of Interpersonal Communication capability 5.
(On-going) Maintain evidence of training
and assessments 6.
(On-going) Maintain evidence of training 7 ..
Total .....................................................

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 (4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

1,313 (BA, DP,
GOP, RC &
TOP).
199 (BA, RC &
TOP).
1,257 .................
(DP & GOP) ......
...........................

Comments: 5 6 7 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: July 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–15588 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–25–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc-552); 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

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SUMMARY:

5 For COM–001–3 the BA, RC, TOP, GOP, DP
were taken as aggregate to eliminate overlap if the
same entity has multiple registrations.
6 For COM–002–4 the BA, RC and TOP were
taken as aggregate to eliminate overlap if the same
entity has multiple registration.
7 For COM–002–4 the DP and GOP were taken as
aggregate to eliminate overlap if the same entity has
multiple registrations.

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1,313

4 hrs.; $228 .......

5,252 hrs.; $299,364 ...........

$228

1

199

8 hrs.; 456 .........

1,592 hrs.; 90,744 ...............

456

1

1,257

8 hrs.; 456 .........

10,056 hrs.; 573,192 ...........

456

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

2,769

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

16,900 hrs.; 963,300 ...........

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

public comment on a renewal of
currently approved information
collection FERC–552, (Annual Report of
Natural Gas Transactions), which will
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.
Comments on the collection of
information are due August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–552 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0242) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC21–25–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through http://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
DATES:

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click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC Form No. 552, Annual
Report of Natural Gas Transactions.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0242.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC Form No. 552 information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected in the FERC Form
No. 552 1 to provide greater
transparency into the size of the
physical natural gas market and the use
of physical fixed-price and index-based
natural gas transactions. This
information assists the Commission and
the public in assessing whether index
prices are the result of a robust market
of fixed-price transactions.
FERC Form No. 552 had its genesis in
the Energy Policy Act of 2005,2 which
added section 23 of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA). Section 23 of the NGA, among
other things, directs the Commission ‘‘to
facilitate price transparency in markets
for the sale or transportation of physical
natural gas in interstate commerce,
having due regard for the public
interest, the integrity of those markets,
1 FERC Form No. 552 is prescribed in 18 CFR
260.401.
2 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
sections 1261 et seq., 119 Stat. 594 (2005).

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