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n. The applicant must file no later
than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality

certification. Please note that the
certification request must comply with
40 CFR 121.5(b), including
documentation that a pre-filing meeting
request was submitted to the certifying
authority at least 30 days prior to
submitting the certification request.
Please also note that the certification

request must be sent to the certifying
authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
o. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.

Milestone

Target date

Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, and Agency Terms and Conditions/Prescriptions ....................................
Licensee’s Reply to REA Comments ..........................................................................................................................................

p. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: January 4, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–00264 Filed 1–9–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC23–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–923); 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 requirements
and burden of the information
collection FERC–923 (Communication
of Operational Information between
Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric
Transmission Operators), described
below, which will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The Commission
published a 60-day notice on October
27, 2022 in the Federal Register and
received no comments.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due February 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–923 (identified by Docket No.
IC23–2–000) 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

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1902–0265 (Mandatory Reliability
Standard: Transmission Vegetation
Management) 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.
IC23–2–000 and FERC–923) to the
Commission as noted below. Electronic
filing through https://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:
D Mail via U.S. Postal Service only,
addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
D Hand (including courier) delivery
to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Please reference the specific
collection number(s) (FERC–923) and/or
title(s) (Communication of Operational
Information between Natural Gas
Pipelines and Electric Transmission
Operators) in your comments.
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: https://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

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docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://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:
Title: FERC–923, Communication of
Operational Information between
Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric
Transmission Operators.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0265.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements described below with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: In 2013, the Commission
revised its regulations to provide
explicit authority to interstate natural
gas pipelines and public utilities that
own, operate, or control facilities used
for the transmission of electric energy in
interstate commerce to voluntarily share
non-public, operational information
with each other for the purpose of
promoting reliable service and
operational planning on either the
pipeline’s or public utility’s system.
This helped ensure the reliability of
natural gas pipeline and public utility
transmission services by permitting
transmission operators to share with
each other the information that they
deem necessary to promote the
reliability and integrity of their systems.
FERC removed actual or perceived
prohibitions to the information sharing
and communications between industry
entities. The information shared is not
submitted to FERC. Rather, the nonpublic information is shared voluntarily
between industry entities. FERC does
not prescribe the content, medium,
format, or frequency for the information
sharing and communications. Those
decisions are made by the industry
entities, depending on their needs and
the situation.
Type of Respondent: Natural gas
pipelines and public utilities.

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Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the annual public

reporting burden and cost 2 for FERC–
923 as:

FERC–923—COMMUNICATION OF OPERATIONAL INFORMATION BETWEEN NATURAL GAS PIPELINES AND ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION OPERATORS
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden hrs. &
cost ($) per
response

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

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Public Utility Transmission Operator, communications.
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, communications.

3 155

12

1,860

0.5 hrs.; $45.50 ..........

930 hrs.; $84,630 .......

546

4 191

12

2,292

0.5 hrs.; $45.50 ..........

1,146 hrs.; $104,286 ..

546

Total ..........................................................

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

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

4,152

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

2,076 hrs.; $188,916 ..

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

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 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: January 4, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–00265 Filed 1–9–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record

Docket Nos.

File date

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Prohibited:
NONE.
Exempt:
1. P–9690–000; P–10481–000; P–10482–000 ..................................
1 Comments

1–3–2023

Presenter or requester

FERC Staff.1

dated 12/30/2022 from Nancy Herter of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

1 Burden is defined 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. See 5 CFR
1320 for additional information on the definition of
information collection burden.
2 Commission staff estimates that the industry’s
skill set (wages and benefits) for FERC–923 is

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communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. 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. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.

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comparable to the Commission’s skill set. The FERC
2022 average salary plus benefits for one FERC fulltime equivalent (FTE) is $188,992 year (or $91 per
hour [rounded]).
3 The estimate for the number of respondents is
based on the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) Compliance Registry as of

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October 12, 2022, minus the Transmission
Operators within ERCOT.
4 The estimate is based on the number of
respondents to the 2021 FERC Forms 2 and 2A
(Major and Non-major Natural Gas Pipeline Annual
Reports).

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