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1Burden 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. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3. 

2Commission staff estimates that the industry’s 

skill set and cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC– 

725U are approximately the same as the 

Commission’s average cost. The FERC 2020 average 

salary plus benefits for one FERC full-time 

equivalent (FTE) is $172,329/year (or $83.00/hour). 

existing information about the project’s 

effects on upstream fish passage. 

d. Proposed Agenda: (1) Introduction 

of participants; (2) FERC staff explain 

purpose of meeting and gather 

information about upstream passage at 

the project; (3) Participants discuss 

upstream passage at the project; and (4) 

Meeting conclusion. 

e. A summary of the meeting will be 

prepared and filed in the Commission’s 

public file for the project. 

f. All local, state, and federal agencies, 

Indian tribes, and other interested 

parties are invited to participate by 

phone. If interested, please contact 

Steve Kartalia at 

stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov or (202) 

502–6131, by December 16, 2020, to 

receive the conference call number and 

access code. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27436 Filed 12–11–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–9–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725U); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 a renewal of 

currently approved information 

collection, FERC–725U (Mandatory 

Reliability Standards: Reliability 

Standard CIP–014–2). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due February 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC21–9–000) 

by one of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s website: 

http://www.ferc.gov 

• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons 

unable to file electronically may mail 

similar pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426 

• Effective 7/1/2020, delivery of 

filings other than by eFiling or the U.S. 

Postal Service should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

Instructions: All 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 DataClearance@FERC.gov or 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

FERC–725U (Mandatory Reliability 

Standards: Reliability Standard CIP– 

014) 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0274. 

Type of Request: Three-year approval 

of the FERC–725U information 

collection requirements, with no 

changes to the reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Abstract: On August 8, 2005, The 

Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, 

which is Title XII of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted 

into law. EPAct 2005 added a new 

section 215 to the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), which requires a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO) to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, subject to Commission 

review and approval. Once approved, 

the Reliability Standards may be 

enforced by the ERO, subject to 

Commission oversight, or by the 

Commission independently. Section 215 

of the FPA requires a Commissioncertified ERO to develop mandatory and 

enforceable Reliability Standards, 

subject to Commission review and 

approval. Once approved, the Reliability 

Standards may be enforced by the ERO 

subject to Commission oversight or by 

the Commission independently. In 

2006, the Commission certified NERC 

(now called the North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation) as the ERO 

pursuant to section 215 of the FPA. 

Reliability Standard CIP–014–2 requires 

applicable transmission owners and 

transmission operators to identify and 

protect transmission stations and 

transmission substations, and their 

associated primary control centers that 

if rendered inoperable or damaged 

resulting from a physical attack could 

result in widespread instability, 

uncontrolled separation, or cascading 

within an Interconnection. 

In terms of information collection 

requirements, an applicable entity must 

create or maintain documentation 

showing compliance, when appropriate, 

with each requirement of the Reliability 

Standard. This Reliability Standard 

CIP–014–2 has six requirements. 

Transmission owners and transmission 

operators must keep data or evidence to 

show compliance with the standard for 

three years unless directed by its 

Compliance Enforcement Authority. If a 

responsible entity is found noncompliant, it must keep information 

related to the non-compliance until 

mitigation is complete and approved, or 

for three years, whichever is longer. 

Type of Respondents: Intrastate 

natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines 

Estimate of Annual Burden 1and 

Cost 2: The Commission estimates the 

total Public Reporting Burden for the 

FERC–725U information collection as: 


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3The total number of transmission owners and 

operators equals 336, this represents the unique US 

entities taken from October 2, 2020 NERC 

Compliance registry information. 

FERC–725U 

[Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard CIP–014] 

Number of 

respondents 3

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden 

hours & 

cost per 

response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours & 

total 

annual cost 

Average 

annual 

cost per 

respondent 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 

Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping.

336 1 336 32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 .. 10,991 hrs.; $912,253 $2,714,93 

Total FERC–725U 336 1 336 32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 .. 10,991 hrs.; $912,253 $2,714.93 

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: December 8, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27434 Filed 12–11–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

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: 

Docket Numbers: RP21–300–000. 

Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate Capacity Release 

Agreement—12/4/2020 to be effective 

12/4/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/4/20. 

Accession Number: 20201204–5026. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/20. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–301–000. 

Applicants: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate—Yankee Gas 510802 eff 

12–5–2020 to be effective 12/5/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/4/20. 

Accession Number: 20201204–5087. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/20. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) 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. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27439 Filed 12–11–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 96–048] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Relicensing and Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 96–048. 

c. Date Filed: November 24, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company (PG&E). 

e. Name of Project: Kerckhoff 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the San Joaquin River, in 

Fresno and Madera Counties, California. 

The project occupies 328.1 acres of 

federal land administered by the United 

States Forest Service and Bureau of 

Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Maureen 

Zawalick, Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company, PO Box 770000, MC N11D– 

1138, San Francisco, CA 94177–0001, 

(805) 545–4242 

i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, (202) 

502–8462 or evan.williams@ferc.gov. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The existing 

Kerckhoff Hydroelectric Project consists 

of: (1) a 175-acre, 3-mile-long 

impoundment at normal full pond 

elevation 985.0 feet; (2) a 114.5-foothigh, 507-foot-long concrete arch dam 

with a spillway crest of 91 feet that 

includes: (a) Fourteen 14.3-foot-high by 

20-foot-wide radial gates, and (b) three 

72-inch-diameter low-level outlet pipes 

at an elevation of 897.0 feet, with a 

maximum combined discharge capacity 

of 3,900 cubic feet per second; (3) a 75- 

foot-long, 18-inch-diameter instream 

flow pipe; (4) two powerhouse facilities 

(Kerckhoff 1 and Kerckhoff 2); and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The Project’s Kerckhoff 1 (K1) 

powerhouse and associated facilities 

include: (1) A 73.3-foot-high, 29.5-foot 

by 26-foot-wide reinforced concrete 

intake structure located in Kerckhoff 

Reservoir; (2) a 16,913-foot-long, 17- 

foot-wide by 17-foot-high unlined 

tunnel; (3) two approximately 120-footlong, 20-foot in cross section adits; (4) 


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