59886 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, on the 

program website at https://

www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 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. 2023–18719 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting: 

cancellation. 

SUMMARY: On August 9, 2023, the 

Department of Energy published a 

notice of open meeting announcing a 

meeting on September 7, 2023, of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth. 

This notice announces the cancellation 

of this meeting. 

DATES: The meeting scheduled for 

September 7, 2023, announced in the 

August 9, 2023, issue of the Federal 

Register (FR Doc. 2023–17039, 85 FR 

53872), is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Roberts, Board Support Manager, by 

Phone: (270) 554–3004 or Email: eric@

pgdpcab.org. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 24, 

2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18722 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–500] 

Application for Authorization To 

Export Electric Energy; MFT Energy 

US Power LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: MFT Energy US Power LLC 

(the Applicant) has applied for 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before September 29, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) by Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation 

Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On May 15, 2023, MFT Energy US 

Power LLC filed an application with 

DOE (Application or App.) for 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

to Canada for a ten-year term. App. at 

1. 

In its Application, MFT Energy US 

Power LLC states that it is ‘‘wholly 

owned by MFT Energy US, Inc., a 

Delaware corporation’’ which the 

Applicant states is ‘‘wholly owned by 

MFT Energy A/S, registered in 

Denmark.’’ Id. The Applicant states it 

‘‘owns a 75% interest in MFT Energy 

US 1 LLC’’ and further states that ‘‘MFT 

Energy US 1 LLC does not own any 

franchised service territory, and does 

not control any physical electric 

generation or transmission facilities in 

the United States.’’ Id. at 1–2. The 

Applicant represents that it ‘‘has no 

other affiliates or upstream owners that 

own any franchised service territory, or 

control any physical electric generation 

or transmission facilities in the United 

States.’’ Id. at 2. MFT Energy US Power 

LLC also states it ‘‘will purchase surplus 

electric energy from entities within the 

United States to be exported to Canada. 

Because Applicant has no franchised 

service territory and therefore no native 

load obligations, and the power it 

proposes to purchase and export is 

surplus to the needs of those entities 

selling electric power to Applicant, the 

proposed export of electricity will not 

impair the sufficiency of electric supply 

within the United States and meets the 

first statutory criterion of Section 

202(e).’’ Id. at 3. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See id. at Exhibit C. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(FERC’s) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any 

person desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding should file a motion to 

intervene at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning MFT Energy US Power 

LLC’s Application should be clearly 

marked with GDO Docket No. EA–500. 

Additional copies are to be provided 

directly to Simon Fisker Rathjen, MFT 

Energy US Power LLC, 70 W. Madison 

Street, Chicago, IL 60602, sr@mftenergy.com and uspower@mftenergy.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 

the United States electric power supply 

system. 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at 


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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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