Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 59887 

https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

August 24, 2023, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC on August 25, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18720 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection; 

Proposed New Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: DOE requests a three-year 

extension, with changes, to Form DOE– 

417 Electric Emergency Incident and 

Disturbance Report, OMB Control 

Number 1901–0288, as required under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Form DOE–417 collects information for 

DOE to monitor electric emergency 

incidents and disturbances in the 

United States (including all 50 States, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. 

Territories). The information collected 

allows DOE to conduct post-incident 

reviews examining significant 

interruptions of electric power or threats 

to the national electric system. 

DATES: DOE must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than October 30, 2023. If you 

anticipate any difficulties in submitting 

your comments by the deadline, contact 

the person listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to DOE–417 Recertification, C/O 

Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, or by email 

at OE417@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, 

matthew.tardugono@hq.doe.gov, (202) 

586–2892. The forms and instructions 

are available online at: https://

www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx. You 

can view DOE–417 Electric Emergency 

Incident and Disturbance Report online 

at https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ 

oe417.aspx. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1901–0288. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Electric Emergency Incident and 

Disturbance Report. 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

changes. 

(4) Purpose: DOE uses Form DOE–417 

Emergency Incident and Disturbance 

Report to monitor electric emergency 

incidents and disturbances in the 

United States (including all 50 States, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. 

Territories) and to investigate significant 

interruptions of electric power or threats 

to the electric system reliability. Form 

DOE–417 also enables DOE to meet the 

Department’s national security 

responsibilities as the coordinating 

agency for Emergency Support Function 

(ESF) #12—Energy, under the National 

Response Framework, and the SectorSpecific Agency for the energy sector, 

pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive 

21—Critical Infrastructure Security and 

Resilience, Presidential Policy Directive 

41—United States Cyber Incident 

Coordination, and the Fixing Americas 

Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, 

Public Law 114–94. The information 

may also be shared with other nonregulatory federal agencies assisting in 

emergency response and recovery 

operations or investigating the causes of 

an incident or disturbance to the 

national electric system. Public 

summaries are published on Form DOE– 

417 web page at https://www.oe.netl.

doe.gov/oe417.aspx on a monthly basis 

to keep the public informed. 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: Proposed changes to Form 

DOE–417 continue to ensure future 

alignment with the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

CIP–008–6 Reliability Standard, as well 

as the NERC EOP–004–6 Reliability 

Standard, and potential future changes. 

The continued alignment between Form 

OE–417 and NERC reporting 

requirements helps minimize confusion 

among industry stakeholders about 

where and how to file reports and 

enable industry stakeholders to train 

personnel to report using a single form. 

Additional changes to Form DOE–417 

clarify reporting criteria and updates 

types of entities that are required to 

submit certain criteria. A summary of 

these and other changes to Form DOE– 

417 is provided below: 

• Minor edit to alert criteria 2 to add 

‘‘as defined in the NERC Glossary of 

Terms’’ 

• Under ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section, 

added alert criteria 27, ‘‘Uncontrolled 

loss of a total of 500 MW of more from 

inverter-based resource(s) for greater 

than 30 minutes at a common point of 

interconnection to the bulk electric 

system.’’ 

• Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of 

Emergency’’ section, added the 

following subcategories to physical 

attack: 

Æ Ballistic 

Æ Arson 

Æ Explosive device 

Æ Other 

• Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of 

Emergency’’ section, added the 

following subcategories to suspicious 

activity: 

Æ Aircraft or Unmanned Aerial System 

(UAS) 

Æ Trespassing or non-destructive 

intrusion 

Æ Surveillance 

Æ Vandalism 

Æ Other 

• Under ‘‘Cause’’ in the ‘‘Type of 

Emergency’’, combined ‘‘Cyber event 

information technology’’ and ‘‘Cyber 

Event (operational technology)’’ and 

added the following subcategories: 

Æ Information Technology 

Æ Operational Technology 

• Updated Instructions: Replaced 

‘‘Office of Electricity’’ with ‘‘Office of 

Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 

Emergency Response. 

• Updated Instructions: Replaced 

‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ with ‘‘Director.’’ 

• Update Instructions: Appendix A. 

Replace ‘‘What is Excluded’’ text for 

generating entities with ‘‘For entities 

who have 300 MW or more of 

generation there are no exclusions 

allowed. All items need to be 

addressed.’’ 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,749. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 400. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 4,175. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $364,728. 


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59888 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 

1 18 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 157.9. 

Comments are invited on whether or 

not: (a) The proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of agency functions, 

including whether the information will 

have a practical utility; (b) DOE’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used, is accurate; (c) DOE 

can improve the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information it will collect; 

and (d) DOE can minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on 

respondents, such as automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 

764(b); 764(a); and 790a and 42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq. and the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 

U.S.C. 2601, Pub. L. 93–275. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 24, 

2023. 

Samson A. Adeshiyan, 

Director, Office of Statistical Methods & 

Research, U. S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18729 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas and 

Oil Pipeline Rate and Refund Report 

filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP23–977–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Termination of Rate Schedules X–6, X– 

57, and X–75 Compliance Filing to be 

effective 9/2/2023. 

Filed Date: 8/24/23. 

Accession Number: 20230824–5016. 

Comment Date: 5 pm ET 9/5/23. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

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. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202)502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18741 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP23–531–00] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Application 

and Establishing Intervention Deadline 

Take notice that on August 18, 2023, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box 

1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an 

application under section 7(b) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and part 157 of 

the Commission’s regulations requesting 

authorization for its Abandonment of 

South Marsh Island 147 to South Marsh 

Island 130 Project (Project). The Project 

consists of the abandonment of its 

offshore transmission lateral extending 

from South Marsh Island Block 147 to 

a subsea tie-in in South Marsh Island 

Block 130 and auxiliary facilities, 

Offshore, Louisiana. Transco states that 

the Project will permit it to eliminate 

costs and risks associated with retention 

of the SMI 147 to SMI 130 Lateral. 

Transco estimates the total cost of the 

Project to be $2.56 million, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

for public inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page 

(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. At 

this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. For assistance, 

contact the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 

or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the proposed 

project should be directed to Andre 

Pereira, Regulatory Analyst, Lead; P.O. 

Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251; by 

phone at: 713–215–4362; or by email at: 

Andre.S.Pereira@Williams.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure,1 within 90 days of this 

Notice the Commission staff will either: 

complete its environmental review and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or environmental assessment (EA) for 

this proposal. The filing of an EA in the 

Commission’s public record for this 

proceeding or the issuance of a Notice 

of Schedule for Environmental Review 

will serve to notify Federal and State 

agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

Federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file comments on 

the project, you can protest the filing, 

and you can file a motion to intervene 

in the proceeding. There is no fee or 

cost for filing comments or intervening. 

The deadline for filing a motion to 

intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

September 13, 2023. How to file 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments is explained below. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 


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