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1The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD18– 

2–000 (BAL–004–WECC–3 Petition). 

2BAL–004–WECC–3 Petition, page 1. 

3The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD18– 

5–000 (FAC–501–WECC–2 Petition). 

4The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD18– 

1–000 (VAR–002–WECC–2 Petition). 

5The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD18– 

3–000 (WECC PRC–004–WECC–2 Retirement 

Petition). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. RD18–1–000, RD18–2–000, 

RD18–3–000 and RD18–5–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725E); Comment 

Request; Revision 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is submitting its 

information collection FERC–725E 

(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the 

Western Electric Coordinating Council) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review of the information 

collection requirements. Any interested 

person may file comments directly with 

OMB and should address a copy of 

those comments to the Commission as 

explained below. On May 11, 2018, the 

Commission previously issued a Notice 

in the Federal Register requesting 

public comments. The Commission 

received no comments on the FERC– 

725E and is making this notation in its 

submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by August 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0246, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–0710. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Commission, in Docket 

Nos. RD18–1–000, RD18–2–000, RD18– 

3–000, and RD18–5–000 by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s website: 

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

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725E, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Western 

Electric Coordinating Council. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0246. 

Type of Request: Revision to FERC– 

725E information collection 

requirements, as discussed in Docket 

Nos. RD18–1–000 and RD18–3–000. 

Abstract: The North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

and Western Electricity Coordinating 

Council (WECC) filed four joint 

petitions to modify/retire WECC 

regional Reliability Standards. 

On March 8 2018, NERC and WECC 

filed a joint petition in Docket No. 

RD18–2–000 1 requesting Commission 

approval of: 

• Regional Reliability Standard BAL– 

004–WECC–3 (Automatic Time Error 

Correction), and 

• the retirement of existing regional 

Reliability Standard BAL–004–WECC–2. 

The petition states: ‘‘Regional 

Reliability Standard BAL–004–WECC–3 

seeks to maintain Interconnection 

frequency and to ensure that Time Error 

Corrections and Primary Inadvertent 

Interchange (‘‘PII’’) payback are 

effectively conducted in a manner that 

does not adversely affect the reliability 

of the [Western] Interconnection.’’ 2 The 

proposed modifications to the standard 

focus on the entities using a common 

tool. All other proposed changes are for 

clarification. The Commission is not 

changing the reporting requirements, 

nor is it modifying the burden, cost or 

respondents with this collection, and 

sees this as a non-material or nonsubstantive change to a currently 

approved collection. 

On March 16, 2018, NERC and WECC 

filed a joint petition in Docket No. 

RD18–5–000 3 requesting Commission 

approval of: 

• Regional Reliability Standard FAC– 

501–WECC–2 (Transmission 

Maintenance), and 

• the retirement of existing regional 

Reliability Standard FAC–501–WECC–1. 

The petition states: ‘‘The purpose of 

FAC–501–WECC–2 is to ensure the 

Transmission Owner of a transmission 

path identified in the table titled ‘‘Major 

WECC Transfer Paths in the Bulk 

Electric System’’ (‘‘WECC Transfer Path 

Table’’ or ‘‘Table’’), including associated 

facilities, has a Transmission 

Maintenance and Inspection Plan 

(‘‘TMIP’’) and performs and documents 

maintenance and inspection activities in 

accordance with the TMIP.’’ The 

modifications to the existing standard 

are for clarification of the transmission 

owner’s obligations and to directly 

incorporate the list of applicable 

transmission paths. This list is currently 

posted on the WECC website and has 

not changed. The Commission is not 

changing reporting requirements nor is 

it modifying the burden, cost or 

respondents with this collection, and 

sees this as a non-material or nonsubstantive change to a currently 

approved collection. 

The Commission’s request to OMB 

will reflect the following: 

• Elimination of the burden 

associated with regional Reliability 

Standard VAR–002–WECC–2 

(Automatic Voltage Regulators), which 

is proposed for retirement (addressed in 

Docket No. RD18–1 and discussed 

below); 4

• elimination of the burden 

associated with regional Reliability 

Standard PRC–004–WECC–2 (Protection 

System and Remedial Action Scheme 

Misoperation), which is proposed for 

retirement (addressed in Docket No. 

RD18–3 and discussed below),5

• non-material or non-substantive 

changes (discussed above) in Docket 

Nos. RD18–2 and RD18–5. 

On March 7, 2018, NERC and WECC 

filed a joint petition in Docket No. 

RD18–1–000 requesting Commission 

approval to retire the WECC regional 

Reliability Standard VAR–002–WECC–2 

(Automatic Voltage Regulators). 

According to the petition, the purpose 

of the proposed retirement is based on 

WECC’s experience with regional 

Reliability Standard VAR–002–WECC–2 

which has shown that the reliabilityrelated issues addressed in the regional 

standard are adequately addressed by 

the continent-wide voltage and reactive 


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6The burdens related to continent-wide 

Reliability Standards VAR–001–4.2 (Voltage and 

Reactive Control) and VAR–002–4.1 (Generator 

Operation for Maintenance Network Voltage 

Schedules) are included in FERC–725A (Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, 

OMB Control No. 1902–0244). 

7The burdens related to continent-wide 

Reliability Standards mentioned in the petition: 

FAC–003–4 (Transmission Vegetation Management) 

are included in FERC–725M (Mandatory Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk-Power System, OMB Control 

No. 1902–0263); PRC–001–1.1(ii) (System 

Protection Coordination) are included in FERC– 

725A (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the 

Bulk-Power System, OMB Control No. 1902–0244); 

PRC–004–5(i) (Protection System Misoperation 

Identification and Correction), PRC–005–6 

(Protection System, Automatic Reclosing, and 

Sudden Pressure Relaying Maintenance), PRC–012– 

2 (Remedial Action Schemes) are included in 

FERC–725G (Mandatory Reliability Standards for 

the Bulk-Power System: PRC Standards, OMB 

Control No. 1902–0252); PRC–016–1 (Remedial 

Action Scheme Misoperations), PRC–017–1 

(Remedial Action Scheme Maintenance and 

Testing), TOP–001–3 (Transmission Operations) 

and TOP–003–3 (Operational Reliability Data) are 

included in FERC–725A (Mandatory Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk-Power System, OMB Control 

No. 1902–0244). 

8The Commission defines burden 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, reference 5 Code of 

Federal Regulations 1320.3. 

9The reductions in burden and cost shown in the 

table are the same figures as those in the current 

OMB-approved inventory for the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements that are now being 

retired. 

10The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses 

the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 

three positions involved in the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. These figures include 

salary (http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) 

and benefits (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.nr0.htm) and are: Manager: $89.07/hour, 

Engineer: $64.91/hour, and File Clerk: $31.19/hour. 

The hourly cost for the reporting requirements 

($76.99) is an average of the cost of a manager and 

engineer. The hourly cost for recordkeeping 

requirements uses the cost of a file clerk. 

(‘‘VAR’’) Reliability Standards 6 and that 

retention of the regional standard would 

not provide additional benefits for 

reliability. 

On March 9, 2018, NERC and WECC 

filed a joint petition in Docket No. 

RD18–3–000 requesting Commission 

approval to retire the WECC regional 

Reliability Standard PRC–004–WECC–2 

(Protection System and Remedial Action 

Scheme Misoperation). The purpose of 

the proposed retirement is based on 

NERC and WECC’s belief that since the 

initial development of this regional 

standard, other continent-wide 

Reliability Standards 7 have been 

developed that have made the 

requirements of this regional Reliability 

Standard redundant and no longer 

necessary for reliability in the Western 

Interconnection. 

Type of Respondents: Transmission 

owners, transmission operators, 

generator operators, and generator 

owners. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 Details 

follow on the changes in Docket Nos. 

RD18–1–000 and RD18–3–000 which 

will be submitted to OMB for approval 

in a consolidated package under FERC– 

725E. 

Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to 

Docket No. RD18–1: The Commission 

estimates the reduction in the annual 

public reporting burden for the FERC– 

725E (due to the retirement of regional 

Reliability Standard VAR–002–WECC– 

2) as follows:9 10

FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL, REDUCTIONS

DUE TO DOCKET NO. RD18–1–000 

Entity Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours and cost per 

response 

($) 

Total annual burden 

hours and total 

annual cost 

($) 

Cost per respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) = (6) 

Retirement of Regional Reliability Standard VAR–002–WECC–2 and Associated Reductions 

Reporting Requirements (Annually): 

Generator Operators.228 1 228 10 hr.; $769.90 ........ 2,280 hr.; $175,537 

(reduction).

$770 (reduction). 

Transmission 

Operators applicable to 

standard 

VAR–002.

86 4 344 10 hr.; $769.90 ........ 3,440 hr.; $264,846 

(reduction).

$3,080 (reduction). 

Recordkeeping Requirements (Annually): 

Generator Operators.228 1 228 1 hr.; $31.19 ............ 228 hr.; $7,111 (reduction).$31 (reduction). 

Transmission 

Operators applicable to 

standard 

VAR–002.

86 1 86 4 hr.; $124.76 .......... 344 hr.; $10,729 (reduction).$125 (reduction). 

Total Reduction......................... ........................ 886 .................................. 6,292 hr.; $458,223 

(reduction).


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11The reductions in burden and cost shown in 

the table are the same figures as those in the current 

OMB-approved inventory for the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, now being retired. 12The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses 

the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 

three positions involved in the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. These figures include 

salary (http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) 

and benefits (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.nr0.htm) and are: Manager: $89.07/hour, 

Engineer: $64.91/hour, and File Clerk: $31.19/hour. 

The hourly cost for the reporting requirements 

($76.99) is an average of the cost of a manager and 

engineer. The hourly cost for recordkeeping 

requirements uses the cost of a file clerk. 

Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to 

Docket No. RD18–3: The Commission 

estimates the reduction in the annual 

public reporting burden for the FERC– 

725E (due to the retirement of regional 

Reliability Standard PRC–004–WECC–2) 

as follows: 11 12

FERC–725E, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COORDINATING COUNCIL, REDUCTIONS

DUE TO DOCKET NO. RD18–3–000 

Entity Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

response 

Average burden 

hours and cost per 

response 

($) 

Total annual burden 

hours and total 

annual cost 

($) 

Cost per respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) = (6) 

Retirement of regional Reliability Standard PRC–004–WECC–2 and Associated Reductions 

Reporting Requirements (Annually): 

Transmission 

Owners that 

operate qualified transfer 

paths.

5 2 10 40 hr.; $3,079.60 ..... 400 hr.; $30,796 (reduction).$6,159 (reduction). 

Recordkeeping Requirements (Annually): 

Transmission 

Owners that 

operate qualified transfer 

paths.

5 1 5 6 hr.; $187.14 .......... 30 hr.; $936 (reduction).$187 (reduction). 

Total Reduction......................... ........................ 15 .................................. 430 hr.; $31,732 (reduction).

Total Reduction in Burden for FERC– 

725E, for Submittal to OMB. The total 

reduction in burden due to the proposed 

retirements of regional Reliability 

Standards VAR–002–WECC–2 and PRC– 

004–WECC–2 is detailed below: 

• Total Reduction of Annual 

Responses: 901. 

• Total Reduction of Burden Hours: 

6,722. 

• Total Reduction of Burden Cost: 

$489,955. 

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: July 12, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15325 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP18–512–000; CP18–513– 

000; PF15–26–000] 

Notice of Application: Corpus Christi 

Liquefaction Stage III, LLC; Corpus 

Christi Liquefaction, LLC; Cheniere 

Corpus Christi Pipeline, LP 

Take notice that on June 28, 2018, 

Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, 

LLC (CCL Stage III) filed an application 

under section 3(a) of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA) and parts 153 and 380 of the 

Commission’s regulations for 

authorization to site, construct, and 

operate an expansion of the Corpus 

Christi Liquefaction Project, previously 

approved by the Commission in Docket 

No. CP12–507–000. The proposed 

expansion project consists of the 

addition of seven midscale liquefaction 

trains and one liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) storage tank (Stage 3 LNG 

Facilities). Corpus Christi Liquefaction, 

LLC (CCL) is currently constructing the 

liquefaction project, and would provide 

interconnects between the liquefaction 

project and the Stage 3 LNG Facilities, 

as well as control building 

modifications to accommodate the Stage 

3 LNG Facilities. 

In addition, pursuant to section 7(c) of 

the NGA, and in accordance with parts 

157 and 380 of the Commission’s 

regulations, Cheniere Corpus Christi 

Pipeline, LP (CCPL) filed an application 

for authorization to construct, own, 

operate, and maintain new interstate 

natural gas pipeline, compression, and 

related facilities in San Patricio County, 

Texas (Stage 3 Pipeline). The Stage 3 

Pipeline, which would be 

approximately 21 miles long and 42 

inches in diameter, would originate at 

CCPL’s Sinton Compressor Station and 

generally run parallel to CCPL’s existing 

48-inch-diameter interstate natural gas 

pipeline (Corpus Christi Pipeline) 


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