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and develop Fishery Performance
Reports. These reports will be
considered by the Scientific and
Statistical Committee, the Monitoring
Committee, and the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council when:
• Setting 2026–2028 catch and
landings limits and other measures (i.e.,
specifications) for Illex squid,
• Setting 2026–2027 specifications for
Atlantic mackerel,
• Setting 2026–2028 specifications for
chub mackerel,
• Reviewing previously set 2026
specifications for butterfish, and
• Reviewing previously set 2026
specifications for longfin squid.
Public comments will also be taken.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to
Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025–04277 Filed 3–14–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice announces a
virtual meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB). The Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires that
public notice of this meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, April 23, 2025;
10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: To attend virtually, please
contact [email protected] or phone
(702) 523–0894, no later than 3 p.m.
EDT on Monday, April 21, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Snyder, EM SSAB Designated
Federal Officer, by phone: (702) 918–
6715 or email: [email protected]
or visit the Board’s website at
www.energy.gov/emssab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
recommendations to the DOE EM
Program concerning such things as

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clean-up activities, environmental
restoration; waste and nuclear materials
management and disposition; excess
facilities; future land use and long-term
stewardship. The Board also provides
an avenue to fulfill public participation
requirements outlined in the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERLA), the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA), Federal
Facility Agreements, Consent Orders,
Consent Decrees and Settlement
Agreements.
Tentative Agenda
1. EM Program Updates.
2. EM SSAB Chairs Round Robin.
3. Board Business.
Public Participation: The virtual
meeting is open to the public via
Microsoft Teams. Written public
comment may be filed with the EM
SSAB Designated Federal Officer at
[email protected] either before
or after the meeting. Written comments
received before 1 p.m. EDT on Monday,
April 21, 2025, will be provided to the
board members prior to the meeting.
Written comments will be accepted after
the meeting until Friday, April 25, 2025.
Individuals who wish to make oral
comments during the meeting can do so
in 2-minute segments for the 15 minutes
allotted for public comments.
Meeting conduct: The Designated
Federal Officer is empowered to
conduct the meeting in a fashion that
will facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. Questioning of board members
or presenters by the public is not
permitted.
Minutes: Minutes will be available on
the EM SSAB website at
www.energy.gov/emssab.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
March 12, 2025, by David Borak,
Committee Management Officer,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document
with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.

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Signed in Washington, DC, on March 12,
2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025–04294 Filed 3–14–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC25–3–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725); 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
725, Certification of Electric Reliability
Organization; Procedures for Electric
Reliability Standards. There were no
changes made to the reporting
requirements for this information
collection.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0225) 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. IC25–3–000)
by one of the following methods:
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 other delivery
methods:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service only:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
SUMMARY:

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Æ All other delivery methods: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the 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: https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at [email protected], 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:
Kayla Williams may be reached by
email at [email protected],
telephone at (202) 502–6468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725, Certification of
Electric Reliability Organization;
Procedures for Electric Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0225.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725 contains the
following information collection
elements:

Self-Assessment and ERO (Electric
Reliability Organization) Application:
The Commission requires the ERO to
submit to FERC a performance
assessment report every five years. The
next assessment is due in 2025. Each
Regional Entity submits a performance
assessment report to the ERO.
Submitting an application to become
the ERO is also part of this collection.1
Reliability Assessments: 18 CFR 39.11
requires the ERO to assess the reliability
and adequacy of the Bulk-Power System
in North America. Subsequently, the
ERO must report to the Commission on
its findings. Regional entities perform
similar assessments within individual
regions. Currently the ERO submits to
FERC three assessments each year: long
term, winter, and summer. In addition,
the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC, the Commissionapproved ERO) also submits various
other assessments as needed.
Reliability Standards Development:
Under section 215 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA),2 the ERO is charged with
developing Reliability Standards.
Regional Entities may also develop
regional specific standards and have
standard experts on staff to work with
entities below the regional level.
Reliability Compliance: Reliability
Standards are mandatory and
enforceable upon approval by the
Commission. In addition to the specific
information collection requirements
contained in each standard (cleared
under other information collections),
there are general compliance,
monitoring and enforcement
information collection requirements
imposed on applicable entities. Audits,
spot checks, self-certifications,

exception data submittals, violation
reporting, and mitigation plan
confirmation are included in this area.
Stakeholder Survey: The ERO uses a
stakeholder survey to solicit feedback
from registered entities 3 in preparation
for its five-year self-performance
assessment. The Commission assumes
that the ERO will perform another
survey prior to the 2025 self-assessment.
Other Reporting: This category refers
to all other reporting requirements
imposed on the ERO or regional entities
in order to comply with the
Commission’s regulations. For example,
FERC may require NERC to submit a
special reliability assessment or inquiry.
This category captures these types of
one-time filings required of NERC or the
Regions.
The Commission implements its
responsibilities through 18 CFR part 39.
Type of Respondent: Electric
Reliability Organization, Regional
entities, and registered entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 5 for this information
collection in the table below. For hourly
cost (for wages and benefits), we
estimate that 70% of the time is spent
by Electrical Engineers (code 17–2071,
at $79.31/hr.), 10% of the time is spent
by Legal (code 23–0000, at $162.66/hr.),
and 20% by Information and Record
Clerk (code 43–4199, at $44.74/hr.).
Therefore, we use the weighted hourly
cost (for wages and benefits) of $80.73
(rounded) {or [(0.70) * ($79.13/hr.)] +
[(0.10) * $162.66/hr.] + [(0.20) * $44.74/
hr.]}.

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STANDARDS
Type of respondent

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Electric Reliability Organization (ERO).

Type of reporting requirement

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average burden hours
& cost
($) per response
(rounded)

Estimated total annual
burden hrs. & cost
($)
(rounded)

(A) 6

(B) 7

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

(C) × (D)

Self-Assessment ....................
Reliability Assessments .........

1
....................

.2
4

.2
4

4,160hrs.; $335,837 .....
10,400 hrs.; $839,592 ..

Reliability Compliance ............

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

2

2

18,720 hrs.; $1,511,266

1 The Commission does not expect any new ERO
applications to be submitted in the next five years
and is not including any burden for this
requirement in the burden estimate. FERC still
seeks to renew the regulations pertaining to a new
ERO application under this renewal but is
expecting the burden to be zero for the foreseeable
future. 18 CFR 39.3 contains the regulation
pertaining to ERO applications.
2 16 U.S.C. 824o.
3 A ‘‘registered entity’’ is an entity that is
registered with the ERO. All Bulk-Power System
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with the ERO. Registration is the basis for
determining the Reliability Standards with which
an entity must comply. See http://www.nerc.com/
page.php?cid=3%7C25 for more details.
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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 information collection
burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
5 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2024 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/

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832 hrs.; $67,167.
41,600 hrs.;
$3,358,368.
37,440 hrs.;
$3,022,531.

naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) .
6 Estimated number of respondents is taken from
the November 20, 2024, NERC Compliance
Registration tables. NERC is the only ERO and there
are six regional entities (MRO, WECC, RF, SERC,
NPCC and Texas RE). The estimated 3,735
represents the number of only US unique entities.
7 In instances where the number of responses per
respondent is ‘‘1,’’ the Commission Staff thinks that
the actual number of responses varies and cannot
be estimated accurately.

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STANDARDS—Continued
Type of respondent

Type of reporting requirement

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average burden hours
& cost
($) per response
(rounded)

Estimated total annual
burden hrs. & cost
($)
(rounded)

(A) 6

(B) 7

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

(C) × (D)

Standards Development .........

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

1

1

24,960 hrs.; $2,015,021

24,960 hrs.;
$2,015,021.
4,160 hrs.; $335,836.

Other Reporting ......................

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

1

1

4,160 hrs.; $335,836 ....

ERO, Sub-Total ...............

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

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

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

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

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

Regional Entities ....................

Self-Assessment ....................
Reliability Assessments .........

6
....................

.2
1

1.2
6

4,160 hrs.; $335,836 ....
12,480 hrs.; $1,007,510

Reliability Compliance ............

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

1

6

47,840 hrs.; $3,862,123

Standards Development .........
Other Reporting ......................

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

1
1

6
6

1,560 hrs.; $125,938 ....
1,040 hrs.; $83,959 ......

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

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

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

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

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

Stakeholder Survey ................
Reliability Compliance ............

3,735
....................

.2
1

747
3,735

8 hrs.; $646 ..................
180 hrs.; $14,531 .........

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

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

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

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

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

678,276 hrs.;
$54,757,221.

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

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

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

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

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

1,169,870 hrs.;
$94,436,339.

Regional Entities, SubTotal.
Registered Entities .................

Registered Entities, SubTotal.
Total Burden Hrs.
and Cost.

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: March 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP25–696–000.

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Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: REX
2025–03–07 Negotiated Rate
Agreements to be effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5180.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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.
Filings in Existing Proceedings

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Docket Numbers: PR20–44–002.
Applicants: ONEOK Gas
Transportation, L.L.C.
Description: Certification Pursuant to
18 C.F.R. Sec. 284.123(g)(9)(ii) to be
effective N/A.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5213.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/28/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–523–001.
Applicants: Cheyenne Connector,
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: CC
2025–03–07 RP25–523 NAESB 4.0
Amendment to be effective 8/1/2025/.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5143.

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108,992 hrs.;
$8,798,924.
4,992 hrs.; $403,004.
74,880 hrs.;
$6,045,062.
287,040 hrs.;
$23,172,739.
9,360 hrs.; $755,632.
6,240 hrs.; $503,755.
382,512 hrs.;
$30,880,194.
5,976 hrs.; $482,442.
672,300 hrs.;
$54,274,779.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–524–001.
Applicants: East Cheyenne Gas
Storage, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: ECGS
2025–03–07 RP25–524 NAESB 4.0
Amendment to be effective 8/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5158.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–525–001.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: REX
2025–03–07 RP25–525 NAESB 4.0
Amendment to be effective 8/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5162.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–526–001.
Applicants: Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing: RP
2025–03–07 RP25–526 NAESB 4.0
Amendment to be effective 8/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5169.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–527–001.
Applicants: Tallgrass Interstate Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: TIGT
2025–03–07 RP25–527 NAESB 4.0
Amendment to be effective 8/1/2025.
Filed Date: 3/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250307–5171.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/19/25.
Docket Numbers: RP25–528–001.

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