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1CIP–002–1, CIP–003–1, CIP–004–1, CIP–005–1, 

CIP–006–1, CIP–007–1, CIP–008–1, and CIP–009–1. 

2 In addition, in accordance with section 

215(d)(5) of the FPA, the Commission proposed to 

direct NERC to develop modifications to the CIP 

Reliability Standards to address specific concerns 

identified by the Commission. 

3For a description of the CIP Reliability 

Standards, see the Critical Infrastructure Protection 

Section on NERC’s Web site at http:// 

www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=2«20. 

4The October notice issued in this docket 

contains more information on the reporting 

requirements and can be found at http://elibrary.

ferc.gov/idmws/File_list.asp?document_id=

13857625. The full text of the standards can be 

found on NERC’s Web site at http://www.nerc.com/ 

page.php?cid=2«20. 

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the 

Education for Homeless Children and 

Youth Program. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 256. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 151. 

Abstract: The evaluation will survey 

state coordinators and district liaisons 

for Education for Homeless Children 

and Youth (EHCY) Program. The 

evaluation addresses research questions 

in the following areas of program 

implementation: (1) The collection and 

use of data on homeless children and 

youth; (2) the expenditure of EHCY 

Program funds; (3) the policies and 

services provided by local educational 

agencies (LEAs) to remove barriers that 

prevent homeless children and youth 

from accessing a free, appropriate public 

education; and (4) the coordination of 

such efforts at the local level. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4559. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8332 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC11–725B–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725B); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

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 65618, 10/26/2010) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–725B and has 

made this notation in its submission to 

OMB. OMB only makes a decision after 

the 30-day comment period for this 

notice has expired. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by May 9, 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– 

0248 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– 

725B–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. IC11–725B– 

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– 

725B, Reliability Standards for Critical 

Infrastructure Protection (OMB Control 

No. 1902–0248), is required to 

implement the statutory provisions of 

section 215 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On January 18, 

2008, the Commission issued order 706, 

approving eight Critical Infrastructure 

Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards 

submitted by the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

for Commission approval.1

The CIP Reliability Standards require 

certain users, owners, and operators of 

the Bulk-Power System to comply with 

specific requirements to safeguard 

critical cyber assets.2 These standards 

help protect the nation’s Bulk-Power 

System against potential disruptions 

from cyber attacks.3 The CIP Reliability 

Standards include one actual reporting 

requirement and several recordkeeping 

requirements. Specifically, CIP–008–1 

requires responsible entities to report 

cyber security incidents to the 

Electricity Sector-Information Sharing 

and Analysis Center (ES–ISAC). In 

addition, the eight CIP Reliability 

Standards require responsible entities to 

develop various policies, plans, 

programs, and procedures.4

The CIP Reliability Standards do not 

require a responsible entity to report to 

the Commission, ERO or Regional 

Entities, the various policies, plans, 

programs and procedures. However, a 

showing of the documented policies, 

plans, programs and procedures is 

required to demonstrate compliance 

with the CIP Reliability Standards. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the existing 

collection with no changes to the 

requirements. 

Burden Statement: The extent of the 

reporting burden is influenced by the 

number of identified critical assets and 

related critical cyber assets pursuant to 

CIP–002. An entity identifying one or 

more critical cyber assets, including 

assets located at remote locations, will 

likely require more resources to 

demonstrate compliance with the CIP 

Reliability Standards compared to an 

entity that identifies no critical assets. 

The Commission has developed 

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5The NERC Compliance Registry as of 9/28/2010 

indicated that 2079 entities were registered for 

NERC’s compliance program. Of these, 2057 were 

identified as being U.S. entities. Staff concluded 

that of the 2057 U.S. entities, only 1501 were 

registered for at least one CIP related function. 

According to an April 7, 2009 memo to industry, 

NERC’s VP and Chief Security officer noted that 

only 31% of entities responded to an earlier survey 

and reported that they had at least one Critical 

Asset, and only 23% reported having a Critical 

Cyber Asset. Staff applied the 23% reporting to the 

1501 figure to obtain an estimate. The 6 new 

entities listed here are assumed to match a similar 

set of 6 entities that would drop out in an existing 

year. Thus, the net estimate of respondents remains 

at 1501 per year. 

6This figure relates to NERC’s audit schedule 

which requires NERC to engage in a compliance 

Audit once every 3 to 5 years. For simplicity, staff 

has divided the total number of hours by 3 to reflect 

the amount of time annually spent preparing 

documents. Staff assumed that each CIP audit or 

spot check would require four individuals 6 weeks 

to prepare and demonstrate compliance with CIP 

standards for entities that have identified Critical 

Cyber Assets. Staff estimated that entities that do 

not have Critical Cyber Assets would still be 

required to demonstrate compliance with CIP–002, 

which would require one individual approximately 

three days to execute. 

7This category of respondents (with the 

corresponding burden) was not included in the 60- 

day public notice due to an oversight by 

Commission staff. 

8This cost category was not included in the 60- 

day public notice due to an oversight by 

Commission staff. 

9Bureau of Labor Statistics figures were obtained 

from http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_

22.htm, and 2009 Billing Rates figure were obtained 

from http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2009/ 

07/average_hourly_rate_for_lawyer.html. Legal 

services were based on the national average billing 

rate (contracting out) from the above report and BLS 

hourly earnings (in-house personnel). It is assumed 

that 25% of respondents have in-house legal 

personnel. 

10Based on the aggregate cost of an IBM advanced 

data protection server. 

estimates using data from NERC’s 

compliance registry as well as a 2009 

survey that was conducted by NERC to 

asses the number of entities reporting 

Critical Cyber Assets. 

Data collection Number of 

respondents 5

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

number of 

burden hours 

per response 6

Total annual 

hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3) 

FERC–725B: 

Estimate of U.S. Entities that have identified Critical Cyber Assets ........ 345 1 320 110,400 

Estimate of U.S. Entities that have not identified Critical Cyber Assets .. 1,156 1 8 9,248 

New U.S. Entities that have to come into compliance with the CIP 

Standards 7 ............................................................................................ *6 1 1,176 7,056 

Totals ................................................................................................. 1,501 126,704 

* not included in the 1,501 total because it is assumed that on average, six entities per year will no longer have to comply with the CIP 

standards. 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is: 

• Entities that have identified Critical 

Assets = 110,400 hours@$96 = 

$10,598,400. 

• Entities that have not identified 

Critical Assets = 9,248 hours@$96 = 

$887,808. 

• Storage Costs for Entities that have 

identified Critical Assets 8 = 315 

Entities@$15.25 = $4,804. 

The hourly rate of $96 is the average 

cost of legal services ($230 per hour), 

technical employees ($40 per hour) and 

administrative support ($18 per hour), 

based on hourly rates from the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the 2009 

Billing Rates and Practices Survey 

Report.9 The $15.25 rate for storage 

costs for each entity is an estimate based 

on the average costs to service and store 

1 GB of data to demonstrate compliance 

with the CIP standards.10

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. 

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 31, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8248 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2479–011] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene 

and Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, and Preliminary 

Terms and Conditions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

License—Transmission Line Only. 

b. Project No.: P–2479–011. 

c. Date filed: February 22, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: French Meadows 

Transmission Line Project. 

f. Location: The French Meadows 

Transmission Line Project is located in 

Placer County, California, within the 

boundaries of the Eldorado and Tahoe 

National Forests. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

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