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###### Department of Energy

###### Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

          - 18 CFR Part 385
          - [Docket No. RM19-18-000; Order No. 862]

# AGENCY:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

# ACTION:

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

# SUMMARY:

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is announcing the effective date for changes to the Commission's regulations that provide the address for hand-delivered filings and submissions to the Commission.

# DATES:

The final rule published at 84 FR 46440 on September 4, 2019, and delayed at 84 FR 55498 on October 17, 2019, is effective December 17, 2020.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Christopher Cook, Office of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8102,                         *christopher.cook@ferc.gov.*

                        Mark Hershfield, Office of the General Counsel, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597,                         *mark.hershfield@ferc.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    On August 27, 2019, the Commission issued a final rule in Docket No. RM19-18-000 requiring that deliveries of filings and submissions, other than by the United States Postal Service, be sent to an off-site facility [1]                                          for security screening and processing.[2]                                          The final rule, which was published in the                     **Federal Register**                     on September 4, 2019, provided that the new regulation would take effect 60 days after the date of publication of the final rule in the                     **Federal Register**                    .[3]                                          On October 11, 2019, the Secretary issued a document, stating that the effective date for the final rule was postponed indefinitely to ensure that the public and the Commission make an effective transition to utilizing the off-site facility.[4]                                          A Notice of Effective Date was issued on June 23, 2020 annoucing the regulation would take effect on July 1, 2020.[5]                                          This document serves to make                           ( print page 81799)                        the regulatory change effective in the CFR.                

Issued: December 14, 2020.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                             Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, c/o Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                    
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2.                                                     *Formal Requirements for Filings in Proceedings Before the Commission,*                         168 FERC ¶ 61,120 (2019) (Final Rule).                    
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3.                             84 FR 46440.                    
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4.                             84 FR 55498.                    
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5.                             85 FR 38884.                    
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[FR Doc. 2020-27797 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]

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