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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 

U.S.C. 824o. 

2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3). 

3On March 16, 2007, the Commission approved 

83 of the 107 standards initially filed by NERC. See 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System, Order No. 693, 72 FR, 16,416 (April 4, 

2007), 118 FERC ¶ 61,218 (2007), order on reh’g 

Order No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). 

4 Version Two Facilities Design, Connections and 

Maintenance Reliability Standards, Order No. 722, 

126 FERC Stats. & Regs. 61,255 (2009). 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the SEAB Web site 

http://www.energy.gov/SEAB or by 

contacting Ms. Bodette. She may be 

reached at the postal address or e-mail 

address above. 

Issued at Washington, DC on March 28, 

2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7737 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC11–725D–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725D); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(75 FR 71678, 11/24/2010) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–725D and has 

made this notation in its submission to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0247 for reference. The Desk Officer 

may be reached by telephone at 202– 

395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD, 

and should refer to Docket No. IC11– 

725D–001. Documents must be prepared 

in an acceptable filing format and in 

compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling and eSubscription are 

not available for Docket No. IC11–725D– 

001, due to a system issue. All 

comments may be viewed, printed or 

downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance, 

contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or 

toll-free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected by the FERC– 

725D, ‘‘Facilities Design, Connections 

and Maintenance Reliability Standards’’ 

(OMB Control No. 1902–0247), is 

required to implement the statutory 

provisions of section 215 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On 

August 8, 2005, the Electricity 

Modernization Act of 2005, which is 

Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was 

enacted into law.1 EPAct 2005 added a 

new section 215 to the FPA, which 

required 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.2

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No. 672, implementing 

section 215 of the FPA. Pursuant to 

Order No. 672, the Commission certified 

one organization, North American 

Electric Reliability Council (NERC), as 

the ERO. The reliability standards 

developed by the ERO and approved by 

the Commission will apply to users, 

owners and operators of the Bulk-Power 

System, as set forth in each reliability 

standard. 

On November 15, 2006, NERC filed 20 

revised reliability standards and three 

new reliability standards for 

Commission approval. The Commission 

addressed the 20 revised Reliability 

Standards in Order No. 693.3 The three 

new reliability standards were approved 

by FERC on December 27, 2007 in Order 

705 and were designated by NERC as 

follows: 

• FAC–010–1 (System Operating 

Limits Methodology for the Planning 

Horizon) 

• FAC–011–1 (System Operating 

Limits Methodology for the Operations 

Horizon) 

• FAC–014–1 (Establish and 

Communicate System Operating Limits). 

These standards were subsequently 

modified by NERC in April of 2008 and 

submitted to the Commission for 

approval. On March 20, 2009 the 

Commission approved NERC’s 

modifications to the FAC standards in 

Order No. 722 and NERC now 

designates these standards as FAC–010– 

2, FAC–011–2, and FAC–014–2.4 The 

three newly approved FAC reliability 

standards require planning authorities 

and reliability coordinators to establish 

methodologies to determine system 

operating limits (SOLs) for the bulkpower system in the planning and 

operation horizons. 

The three reliability standards do not 

require responsible entities to file 

information with the Commission. Nor, 

with the exception of a three year selfcertification of compliance, do the 

Reliability Standards require 

responsible entities to file information 

with the ERO or Regional Entities. 

However, the Reliability Standards do 

require responsible entities to develop 

and maintain certain information for a 

specified period of time, subject to 

inspection by the ERO or Regional 

Entities. Reliability standard FAC–010– 

2 requires the planning authority to 

have a documented methodology for use 

in developing SOLs and must retain 

evidence that it issued its SOL 

methodology to relevant reliability 

coordinators, transmission operators 

and adjacent planning authorities. 

Likewise, the planning authority must 

respond to technical comments on the 

methodology within 45 days of receipt. 

Further, each planning authority must 

self-certify its compliance to the 

compliance monitor once every three 

years. Reliability standard FAC–011–2 

requires similar documentation by the 

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5The difference between the two is that FAC–10– 

1 deals with SOL methodology for the planning 

horizon and FAC–011–1 with SOL methodology for 

the operating horizon. 

6This figure comes from NERC’s compliance 

registry matrix which was updated on 10/27/10 and 

includes all entities registered as a Planning 

Authority, Reliability Coordinator, Transmission 

Planner, or Transmission Operator functions that 

are responsible for compliance with FAC–014–2. 

7Hours are attributable to developing SOLs. 

Recordkeeping pertains to the documentation to be 

maintained for audits. 

8Estimate based on hourly costs for legal, 

technical and administrative staff. See http:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm and http:// 

www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2009/07/ 

average_hourly_rate_for_lawyer.html. 

9Estimate based on hourly costs for technical and 

clerical staff. See http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics2_22.htm. 

10Estimate based on in-office square foot costs 

obtained from a Commission assessment of the 

industry performed in 2010. 

reliability coordinator.5 Reliability 

standard FAC–014–2 requires the 

reliability coordinator, planning 

authority, transmission operator, and 

transmission planner to verify 

compliance through self-certification 

submitted to the compliance monitor 

annually. These entities must also 

document that they have developed 

SOLs consistent with the applicable 

SOL methodology and that they have 

provided SOLs to entities identified in 

Requirement 5 of the reliability 

standard. Further, the planning 

authority must maintain a list of 

multiple contingencies and their 

associated stability limits. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the FERC– 

725D reporting requirements, with no 

changes. 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

annual public reporting burden follows: 

Data collection 

No. of respondents 6

(1) 

Average No. 

of responses 

per respondent 

(2) 

Average burden hours per 

response 

(3) 

Total annual burden hours 

(1) x (2) x (3) 

FERC–725D ........................................................ 470 1 Reporting: 7 90 ...................... Reporting: 42,300 

Recordkeeping: 210 .............. Recordkeeping: 98,700 

Total .............................................................. 470 141,000 

The estimated average annualized 

cost is increased from the previous 

estimate due to an increase in the 

number of entities who are registered for 

the Planning Authority, Reliability 

Coordinator, Transmission Planner, and 

Transmission Operator functions. The 

new estimated average annualized cost 

is $6,640,500 ($14,128.72 per 

respondent), as shown here: 

• Reporting: 8 42,300 hours @ $95/ 

hour = $4,018,500. 

• Recordkeeping: 9 98,700 hours @ 

$26/hour = $2,566,200. 

Storage: 10 1,800 sq. ft. @ $31/sq. ft. = 

$55,800. 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed 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 of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collections of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Dated: March 25, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7680 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–138–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Application 

On March 15, 2011, Texas Eastern 

Transmission Corporation (Texas 

Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, 

Houston, Texas 77056–5310, filed with 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) an 

application under section 7(b) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of 

the Commission’s regulations, 

requesting authorization to abandon in 

place two inactive supply laterals 

designated as Line 41–B–1 and Line 41– 

B–1–A. The abandonment project 

consists of approximately 16.8 miles of 

12-inch diameter pipeline, 11.8 miles of 

8-inch diameter pipeline, and associated 

appurtenances, located in federal waters 

offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of 

Mexico, all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site 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, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

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