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Pipelines 1 and 2 for a total of 135.7 

miles each; 

• increase the diameter of Pipeline 1 

from 42 inches to 48 inches and 

increase the MAOP of both pipelines 

from 1,480 psig to 1,825 psig (Pipeline 

2 will remain a 42-inch-diameter 

pipeline); and 

• increase the transportation capacity 

of Pipeline 1 from 2.25 billion cubic feet 

per day (Bcf/d) to 2.6 Bcf/d, and 

decrease the transportation capacity of 

Pipeline 2 from 2.25 Bcf/d to 1.9 Bcf/d, 

resulting in the total authorized capacity 

of 4.5 Bcf/d remaining unchanged. 

The Project Amendment also includes 

modifications to the following 

aboveground facilities that are 

authorized (but as yet unbuilt) along the 

Rio Bravo Pipeline right-of-way: 

• Eliminate Compressor Station 2 in 

Kenedy County; 

• eliminate Compressor Station 3 

within the Rio Grande LNG Terminal in 

Cameron County, except for a meter and 

other ancillary facilities within the LNG 

Terminal; 

• eliminate all facilities associated 

with Booster Stations 1 and 2, including 

related meter stations, in Kenedy 

County; and 

• increase the horsepower (hp) at 

Compressor Station 1 from 180,000 hp 

to 282,000 hp by switching from six 

30,000-hp natural gas compressor units 

to four 43,000-hp natural gas 

compressor units and two 55,000-hp 

compressor units. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to federal, state, 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

and newspapers and libraries in the 

project area. The EA is only available in 

electronic format. It may be viewed and 

downloaded from the FERC’s website 

(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General 

Search’’ and enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding 

the last three digits (i.e., CP20–481). Be 

sure you have selected an appropriate 

date range. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. Your 

comments should focus on the EA’s 

disclosure and discussion of potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on the Project 

Amendment, it is important that we 

receive your comments in Washington, 

DC on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

on January 20, 2021. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP20–481–000) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Filing environmental comments will 

not give you intervenor status, but you 

do not need intervenor status to have 

your comments considered. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. At this point in 

this proceeding, the timeframe for filing 

timely intervention requests has 

expired. Any person seeking to become 

a party to the proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene out-of-time 

pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 

(d)) and show good cause why the time 

limitation should be waived. Motions to 

intervene are more fully described at 

https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferconline/how-guides. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: December 21, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28712 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. IC20–23–000 and RD20–9–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725R); Comment 

Request; Revision 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of revised 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 the renewal with 

revisions of currently approved FERC– 


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

Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at 

16 U.S.C. 824o). 

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

3 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the 

Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No. 

672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006). 

4 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117 

FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118 

FERC ¶ 61,190, order on reh’g, 119 FERC ¶ 61,046 

(2007), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 

1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009). 

5 There are also regional BAL Reliability 

Standards. They are not included in FERC–725R 

and are not discussed here. The regional BAL 

Reliability Standards are covered under other OMB 

Control Nos. 

6 It was approved in Docket No. RM14–10. 

7 Area Control Error is the ‘‘instantaneous 

difference between a Balancing Authority’s net 

actual and scheduled interchange, taking into 

accounts the effects of Frequency Bias, correction 

for meter error, and Automatic Time Error 

Correction (ATEC), if operating in the ATEC mode. 

ATEC is only applicable to Balancing Authorities in 

the Western Interconnection.’’ NERC Glossary. 

8 It was approved in Docket No. RD18–7. 

9 It was approved in Docket No. RM16–13. 

10 The DLO is posted in eLibrary at http:// 

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?

fileID=15585069. 

725R (Mandatory Reliability Standards: 

BAL Reliability Standards). The 

Commission is submitting FERC–725R 

with revisions to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review. Any interested person may file 

comments directly with OMB and 

should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due January 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC–725R, as revised, to OMB through 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Please 

identify the OMB control number 

(1902–0268) in the subject line. Your 

comments should be sent within 30 

days of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Please submit copies of your 

comments to the Commission 

(identified by Docket Nos. IC20–23–000 

and RD20–9–000) by one of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Website: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• 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 July 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 

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: 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 and 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725R, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability 

Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0268. 

Type of Request: Three-year request 

for renewal with revisions of the FERC– 

725R information collection (IC) 

requirements. 

Abstract: On August 8, 2005, Congress 

enacted into law the Electricity 

Modernization Act of 2005, which is 

Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).1 EPAct 

2005 added a new section 215 to the 

Federal Power Act (FPA), which 

requires 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 Standard 

may be enforced by the ERO subject to 

Commission oversight, or the 

Commission may independently enforce 

Reliability Standards.2

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No. 672, implementing 

section 215 of the FPA.3 Pursuant to 

Order No. 672, the Commission certified 

one organization, the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), 

as the ERO.4 The Reliability Standards 

developed by the ERO and approved by 

the Commission apply to users, owners 

and operators of the Bulk-Power System 

as set forth in each Reliability Standard. 

Information Collection Components Not 

Affected by Docket No. RD20–9–000 

On August 28, the Commission 

published a notice that it is seeking 

renewal of FERC–725R (85 FR 53358). 

The Commission invited public 

comments, but received none. At 

present, FERC–725R includes the 

following nation-wide Reliability 

Standards that would not be affected by 

Docket No. RD20–9–000: 5

• BAL–001–2,6 Real Power Balancing 

Control Performance. Reliability 

Standard BAL–001–2 is designed to 

ensure that applicable entities balance 

generation and load by maintaining 

system frequency within narrow bounds 

around a scheduled value, and it 

improves reliability by adding a 

frequency component to the 

measurement of a Balancing Authority’s 

Area Control Error (ACE).7

• BAL–002–3,8 Disturbance Control 

Standard—Contingency Reserve for 

Recovery from a Balancing Contingency 

Event. This standard ensures that a 

responsible entity, either a balancing 

authority or reserve sharing group, is 

able to recover from system 

contingencies by deploying adequate 

reserves to return their Area Control 

Error to defined values and replacing 

the capacity and energy lost due to 

generation or transmission equipment 

outages. 

• BAL–005–1,9 Balancing Authority 

Control. This standard establishes 

requirements for acquiring data 

necessary to calculate Reporting Area 

Control Error (Reporting ACE). The 

standard also specifies a minimum 

periodicity, accuracy, and availability 

requirement for acquisition of the data 

and for providing the information to the 

System Operator. It requires balancing 

authorities to maintain minimum levels 

of annual availability of 99.5% for each 

balancing authority system for 

calculating Reporting ACE. 

Information Collection Components 

Affected by Docket No. RD20–9–000 

On December 19, 2019, NERC 

submitted a petition seeking 

Commission approval for proposed 

Reliability Standard BAL–003–2. On 

May 20, 2020, the Commission noticed 

the petition in Docket No. RD20–9–000. 

Interventions, comments, and protests 

were due on or before June 29, 2020. 

None were received. The Commission 

approved Reliability Standard BAL– 

003–2 on July 15, 2020 in a Delegated 

Letter Order (DLO).10

On August 26, 2020, the Commission 

published a notice of revision of FERC– 

725R in Docket No. RD20–9–000 (85 FR 


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11 ‘‘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. 

12 NERC Compliance Registry (July 17, 2020), 

available at https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/ 

Registration%20and%20Certification%20DL/ 

NERC_Compliance_Registry_Matrix_Excel.xlsx. 13 The hourly cost estimates are based on wage 

data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 

2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_

22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2019 (issued 

March 2020, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.nr0.htm). For reporting requirements, the 

estimated hourly cost is $70.19, based on the wages 

and benefits for Occupation Code 17–2071 

(Electrical Engineer). For recordkeeping 

requirements, the estimated hourly cost is $41.03, 

based on the wages and benefits for Occupation 

Code 43–4199 (Information and Record Clerk). 

52584). The Commission received no 

comments in response to the notice of 

revision. The Commission now seeks 

renewal of FERC–725R with the 

revisions that the Commission has 

approved in Docket No. RD20–9–000. 

Type of Respondent: Balancing 

Authorities, Response Sharing Group, 

and Frequency Response Sharing 

Group. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 11 Our 

estimate of the number of respondents 

affected is based on the NERC 

Compliance Registry as of July 17, 

2020.12 According to the Compliance 

Registry, NERC has registered 97 

Balancing Authorities (BA), 11 

Response Sharing Groups (RSG), and 1 

Frequency Response Sharing Group 

(FRSG) within the United States, as 

noted. The burden estimates reflect the 

number of affected entities for each 

standard. Estimates for the average 

annual burden and cost 13 follow. 

FERC–725R, AS REVISED BY RD20–9 

Function 

Number & 

type of 

respondents 

Number 

of annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number 

of annual 

responses 

Average burden 

hours & cost ($) per 

response 

Total annual burden hours 

& total annual cost ($) 

(1) (2) (1) × (2) = (3) (4) (3) × (4) = (5) 

BAL–001–2 

BA Reporting Requirements .................. 97 1 97 8 hrs.; $561.52 ....... 776 hrs.; $54,467.44. 

BA Recordkeeping Requirements .......... 97 1 97 4 hrs.; $164.12 ....... 388 hrs.; $15,919.64. 

BAL–002–3 

BA & RSG Reporting Requirements ...... 108 1 108 8 hrs.; $561.52 ....... 864 hrs.; $60,644.16. 

BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements.108 1 108 4 hrs.; $164.12 ....... 432 hrs.; $17,724.96. 

BAL–003–2 (as approved in Docket No. RD20–9–000) 

BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements .... 98 28 2,744 8 hrs.; $561.52 ....... 21,952 hrs.; $1,540,810.88. 

BA & FRSG Recordkeeping Requirements.98 1 98 2 hrs.; $82.06 ......... 196 hrs.; $8,041.88. 

BAL–005–1 

BA Reporting Requirements .................. 97 1 97 1 hr.; $70.19 .......... 97 hrs.; $6,808.43. 

BA Recordkeeping Requirements .......... 97 1 97 1 hr.; $41.03 .......... 97 hrs.; $3,979.91. 

Sub-Total for Reporting Requirements......................... ........................ ........................ ................................ 23,689 hrs.; $1,662,730.91. 

Sub-Total for Recordkeeping Requirements......................... ........................ ........................ ................................ 1,113 hrs.; $45,666.39.

Total for Ferc–725R (rounded) ........................ ........................ ........................ ................................ 24,802 hrs.; $1,708,397.30. 

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 collr.ection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: December 21, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2020–0571; FRL–10017– 

09–OLEM] 

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest 

System (‘‘e-Manifest’’) Advisory Board; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will convene the 

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