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captured and sorted at the downstream
Conowingo Hydroelectric Project No.
405 and transported above Safe Harbor
Dam. The licensee’s application
indicates that the proposed variance
was requested by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It
would not require the licensee to
deviate from any other project
requirement.
l. Locations of the Application: This
filing may be viewed on the
Commission’s website 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. 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.
At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission’s
Public Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
email [email protected], for
TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may
obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
respectively. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents:
Any filing must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth
in the heading the name of the applicant
and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
commenting, protesting or intervening;
and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

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through 385.2005. All comments,
motions to intervene, or protests must
set forth their evidentiary basis. Any
filing made by an intervenor must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
385.2010.
Dated: April 4, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC22–3–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 1, 1T, 1–F,
1–FT, 3–Q, and 3–QT); Comment
Request; Extensions
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collections, FERC
Form Nos. 1 and 1T (Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others), 1–F and 1–FT (Annual Report
for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees), and 3–Q and 3–QT
(Quarterly Financial Report of Electric
Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas
Companies). The Commission published
a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
on November 18, 2021 and received one
comment.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due May 9, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1T, 1–F and 1–
FT, and 3–Q and 3–QT to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number:
1902–0021, 1902–0311, 1902–0029,
1902–0312, 1902–0205, and/or 1902–
0028 in the subject line. Your comments
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Please submit copies of your
comments (identified by Docket No.
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IC22–3–000 and the form(s)) to the
Commission as noted below. 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
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 http://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected] and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year
extensions of FERC Form Nos. 1, 1T,
1–F, 1–FT, 3–Q, and 3Q–T with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.1 2 This renewal
1 Due to expiration dates in 2019 for many of the
Commission’s financial forms, the renewal work for
several of the forms was in process or pending at
OMB during the 2019 Forms Refresh rulemaking
effort in Docket No. RM19–12–000. OMB can only
have one OMB Control No. pending review at a
time. To submit the rulemaking timely to OMB, we
assigned alternate ‘‘temporary’’ information
collection numbers (FERC Form No. 1T, 1–FT, and
3–QT (electric and gas). Accordingly, FERC Form
Nos. 1T, 1–FT, and 3–QT represent the additional
burden associated with the final rule in RM19–12–
000. Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 84 FR 30620 (June 27, 2019),
167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
2 For purposes of this notice, unless otherwise
stated, FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1T are collectively
referred to as ‘‘FERC Form No. 1,’’ FERC Form Nos.

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500 megawatt-hours of power exchanges
delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt-hours of
wheeling for others (deliveries plus
losses).3
FERC Form No. 1 is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. FERC Form No. 1 includes a
basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Income,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statements of Accumulated
Comprehensive Income,
• Comprehensive Income, and Hedging
Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
outlines of corporate structure and
governance,
• Information on formula rates, and
• Description of important changes
during the year.
Other schedules provide:

incorporates the requirements and
burden represented by the 1 and 1T, 1–
F and 1–FT, 3–Q and 3–QT (electric and
gas), respectively. Staff anticipates that
the Commission will seek to retire the
1T, 1–FT, and 3–QT as duplicative after
OMB decisions are made.
FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0021 (FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report
of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees,
and Others) and 1902–0311 (FERC Form
No. 1T, Annual Report of Major Electric
Utilities, Licensees and Others—
Modifications to Form 1 due to Final
Rule in Docket No. RM19–12–000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 1 is a
comprehensive financial and operating
report submitted annually by major
electric utilities, licensees, and others. It
is used by the Commission for electric
rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and audit planning. Major is
defined as having in each of the last
three consecutive calendar years, sales
or transmission services that exceed one
of the following: (1) One million
megawatt-hours of total sales; (2) 100
megawatt-hours of sales for resale; (3)

• Information on revenues and the
related quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,

• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 1
Previously, FERC Form No. 1 filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a
software application called Visual
FoxPro (VFP). This application is no
longer supported by its developer,
Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in
April 2015, the Commission issued an
order announcing its intention to
replace the VFP filing format for certain
Commission forms (including FERC
Form No. 1) with an eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)-based filing format. On
June 20, 2019, the Commission issued
Order No. 859, which adopted
eXtensible Business Reporting Language
(XBRL) as the standard for filing FERC
Form No. 1 and certain other
Commission forms.4
Type of Respondent: Major electric
utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The
Commission estimates the annual
burden and cost 6 for FERC Form No. 1
as follows:

FORM 1 (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0021) INCLUDING FORM 1–T (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0311)
Requirements

Number of
respondents

Average
annual number
of responses
per respondent

Total number
of responses

Average annual
burden (hrs.)
& cost per
response
($)

Total average
annual burden
(hrs.) & total
annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Form 1 ...................................................................

217

1

217

Form 1–T ...............................................................

217

1

217

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

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

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

Total (includes both Form 1 and Form 1–T)

253,456
$22,050,672
3,038
$264,306

$101,616

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

256,494
$22,314,978

102,834

1,218

OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0029 (FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual
Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees) and 1902–0312 (FERC Form
No. 1–FT, Annual Report for Nonmajor
Public Utilities and Licensees,
Modifications to FERC Form No. 1–F
due to Final Rule in Docket No. RM19–
12–000).

Abstract: FERC Form No. 1–F is a
financial and operating report submitted
annually by Nonmajor electric utilities
and licensees. The Commission uses it
for electric rate regulation, market
oversight analysis, and planning audits.
Nonmajor is defined as utilities and
licensees that are not classified as
Major, and having total sales in each of
the last three consecutive years of
10,000 megawatt-hours or more.7

FERC Form No. 1–F is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. FERC Form No. 1–F includes a
basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive Income
and Hedging Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.

1–F and 1–FT are collectively referred to as ‘‘FERC
Form No. 1–F,’’ and FERC Form Nos. 3–Q (electric
and natural gas) and 3–QT (electric and natural gas)
are collectively referred to as ‘‘FERC Form No.
3–Q.’’
3 As detailed in 18 CFR part 101 (Uniform System
of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.1.

4 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
5 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3. The
burden hours and costs are rounded for ease of
presentation.

6 The cost is based on FERC’s 2021 Commissionwide average salary cost (salary plus benefits) of
$87.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the
FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.
7 As detailed in 18 CFR part 101 (Uniform System
of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.2.

FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual Report for
Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees

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$101,616
14
$1,218

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Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
include revenues and the related
quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 1–F
Previously, FERC Form No. 1–F filers
would transmit the information in the

form to the Commission using a
software application called VFP. This
application is no longer supported by its
developer, Microsoft Corporation. As a
result, in April 2015, the Commission
issued an order announcing its intention
to replace the VFP filing format for
certain Commission forms (including
FERC Form No. 1–F) with an XMLbased filing format. On June 20, 2019,
the Commission issued Order No. 859,
which adopted XBRL as the standard for

filing FERC Form No. 1–F and other
Commission forms.8
Type of Respondent: Nonmajor
electric utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used
for FERC Form No. 1–F is $87.00/hour
(for wages plus benefits) and is
described above, under FERC Form No.
1.) The burden hours and costs are
rounded for ease of presentation.

FORM 1–F (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0029) INCLUDING FORM 1–FT (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0312)
Requirements

Average
annual number
of responses
per respondent

Total number
of responses

Average annual
burden (hrs.)
& cost per
response
($)

Total average
annual burden
(hrs.) & total
annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Form 1–F ...............................................................

2

1

2

Form 1–FT ............................................................

2

1

2

Total (includes both Form 1–F and Form 1–
FT) ..............................................................

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

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

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

FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies

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Number of
respondents

• Statement of Income and Statement of
Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive Income
and Hedging Activities, and
• Supporting schedules containing
supplementary information.
Electric respondents report:
• Revenues and the related quantities of
electric sales and electricity
transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
Natural gas respondents report:
• Monthly and quarterly quantities of
gas transported and associated
revenues,
• Storage, terminalling, and processing
services,
• Natural gas customer accounts and
details of service, and
• Operational expenses, depreciation,
depletion, and amortization of gas
plant.

122
$10,614
14
$1,218

244
$21,228
28
$2,436

$10,614

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

272
$23,664

11,832

1,218

• Comparative Balance Sheet,

Previously, FERC Form No. 3–Q filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a

software application called VFP. This
application is no longer supported by its
developer, Microsoft Corporation. As a
result, in April 2015, the Commission
issued an order announcing its intention
to replace the VFP filing format for
certain Commission forms (including
FERC Form No. 3–Q) with an XMLbased filing format. On June 20, 2019,
the Commission issued Order No. 859,
which adopted XBRL as the standard for
filing these Commission forms.10
Type of Respondent: Major and
nonmajor electric utilities, licensees,
and major and non-major natural gas
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly
cost used for FERC Form No. 3–Q is
$87.00/hour (for wages plus benefits)
and is described above, under FERC
Form No. 1.) The burden hours and
costs are rounded for ease of
presentation. The quarterly filings are
generally a subset of the annual filings.
For this reason, the XBRL burden (‘‘3–
QT’’) hours are ‘‘0’’ because the burden
associated with the 3–QT is already
incorporated into other burden numbers
for FERC Form No. 1 and FERC Form
No. 2.

8 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019)
9 18 CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas
companies as defined by the Natural Gas Act, Major
pertains to a company whose combined gas

transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR
260.2(b) states that for natural gas companies as
defined by the Natural Gas Act, Non-Major pertains
to a company not meeting the filing threshold for

FERC Form No. 2, but having total gas sales or
volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Dth in each
of the three previous calendar years.
10 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).

OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0205 (FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies)
and 1902–0313 (FERC Form No. 3–QT,
Quarterly Financial Report-Electric and
Gas, modifications to FERC Form No. 3–
Q due to Final Rule in Docket No.
RM19–12–000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 3–Q is a
quarterly financial and operating report
for rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits which
supplements (a) FERC Form Nos. 1 and
1–F, for the electric industry, or (b)
FERC Form No. 2 (Annual Report for
Major Natural Gas Companies; OMB
Control No. 1902–0028) and FERC Form
No. 2–A (Annual Report for Nonmajor
Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control
No. 1902–0030), for the natural gas
industry. FERC Form No. 3–Q is
submitted for all Major and Nonmajor
electric utilities, licensees, and natural
gas companies.9 FERC Form No. 3–Q
includes a basic set of financial
statements:

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FORM 3–Q (ELECTRIC) (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0205) INCLUDING FORM 3–QT (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0313)
Requirements

Number of
respondents

Average
annual number
of responses
per respondent

Total number
of responses

Average annual
burden (hrs.)
& cost per
response
($)

Total average
annual burden
(hrs.) & total
annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

1

2

(1) * (2) = (3)

4

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Form 3–Q (Electric) ...............................................

221

3

663

Form 3–QT (Electric) ............................................

221

3

663

Total (includes both Form 3–Q (Electric) and
3–AT (Electric)) ..........................................

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

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

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

168
$14,616
0
$0

111,384
$9,690,408
0

$43,848

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

111,384
$9,690,408

43,848

FORM 3–Q (GAS) (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0205) INCLUDING FORM 3–QT (OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0313)
Requirements

Number of
respondents

Average
annual number
of responses
per respondent

Total number
of responses

Average annual
burden (hrs.)
& cost per
response
($)

Total average
annual burden
(hrs.) & total
annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

1

2

(1) * (2) = (3)

4

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Form 3–Q (Gas) ....................................................

147

3

441

Form 3–QT (Gas) ..................................................

147

3

441

Total (includes both Form 3–Q (Gas) and 3–
AT (Gas)) ....................................................

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

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

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

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For the FERC Form 3–Q (electric and
natural gas), the total average annual
burden hours is 185,031, and the total
annual cost is $16,097,697.
60-Day Notice Comments
Comments: The Commission
published a 60-day notice on November
18, 2021, in the Federal Register (86 FR
67042) and received one comment from
the government agency, Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA).
BEA Comment: BEA comments that it
is interested in any modifications that
are made to the FERC Form Nos. 1 and
1–F. BEA explains that it uses data from
FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1–F indirectly in
estimating the U.S. Census Bureau’s
Construction Value Put in Place (VPIP)
for electric utilities. BEA further
explains that census VPIP serves a major
source data input to the national income
and product account (NIPA) structures
investment estimates. BEA states that
while it uses the information indirectly
through the VPIP program, it is
considered an indispensable data source
to the NIPA estimates.
FERC Response: The Commission
finds BEA’s comments regarding the
usefulness of the FERC Form Nos. 1 and
1–F to be helpful. With respect to BEA’s
concern about modifications to the
forms, the Commission generally does
not make any changes to the data
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interested parties, like BEA, may
comment on any proposals to change
the collection.
30-Day Notice Comments
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.
Dated: April 1, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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$14,529
0
$0

73,647
$6,407,289
0
$0

$43,587

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

73,647
$6,407,289

43,587

0

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9714–01–OA]

Request for Nominations for the
Science Advisory Board IRIS
Chloroform (Inhalation) Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office requests public
nominations of scientific experts to form
a Panel to review the draft EPA
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) Toxicological Review of
Chloroform (Inhalation). The draft
cancer and non-cancer assessment
includes a hazard identification
analysis, which summarizes the
available evidence on health effects that
may be associated with environmental
or occupational exposure, and doseresponse analysis, which characterizes
the quantitative relationship between
chloroform inhalation exposure and
each credible health hazard. The SAB
Chloroform Review Panel will consider
whether the conclusions found in the
EPA’s draft assessment are clearly
presented and scientifically supported.
The Panel will also be asked to provide
recommendations on how the
assessment may be strengthened.

SUMMARY:

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