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1Commission staff is using the FERC–725G2 is a 

temporary ‘‘place holder’’ information collection for 

this 30-day notice. FERC–725G information 

collection (OMB Control No. 1902–0252) is pending 

review at OMB in an unrelated item and only one 

item per OMB Control No. can be pending OMB 

review at a time. In order to submit this timely, to 

OMB, we are using a temporary place holder. 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) 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. 

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. 

Dated: July 23, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP18–980–000. 

Applicants: Panther Interstate 

Pipeline Energy, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: PIPE 

Resubmission of Tariff Cancellation 

Filing to be effective 7/17/2018. 

Filed Date: 7/17/18. 

Accession Number: 20180717–5074. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18. 

Docket Numbers: RP18–982–000. 

Applicants: Eastern Shore Natural Gas 

Company. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate and Non-Conforming 

Agreements to be effective 7/20/2018. 

Filed Date: 7/18/18. 

Accession Number: 20180718–5088. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18. 

Docket Numbers: RP18–983–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate—Exelon 8950525 eff 

11–01–2018 to be effective 11/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 7/18/18. 

Accession Number: 20180718–5103. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18. 

Docket Numbers: RP18–984–000. 

Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Equitrans’ Clean Up Filing—July 2018 

to be effective 8/18/2018. 

Filed Date: 7/18/18. 

Accession Number: 20180718–5115. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) 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. 

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. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16081 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RD18–4–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725G2 1); Comment 

Request; Revision 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of 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 submitting its 

information collection, FERC–725G2 1

(Reliability Standards for the Bulk 

Power System: PRC Reliability 

Standards) 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. The Commission 

previously issued a Notice in the 

Federal Register on May 16, 2018, 

requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments on 

the FERC–725G2 and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due August 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No.: 

1902–0281, 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 202–395–8528. A copy of 

the comments should also be sent to the 

Commission, in Docket No. RD18–4– 

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, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725G2, Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk Power System: 

PRC Reliability Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0281. 

Type of Request: Revision of FERC– 

725G2 information collection 

requirements as discussed in Docket No. 

RD18–4. 

Abstract: The information collected 

by the FERC–725G2 is required to 

implement the statutory provisions of 

section 215 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of 

the FPA buttresses the Commission’s 


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2http://www.nerc.net/standardsreports/

standardssummary.aspx. 

3See NERC’s Implementation Plan at https://

www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Project%20201604%20

Modifications%20to%20PRC0251%20DL/Project_

2016_04_Implementation_Plan_Clean_

01092018.pdf. 

4Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 5According to the NERC compliance registry as 

of March 9, 2018, NERC has registered 415 

distribution providers (DP), 985 generator owners 

(GO) and 336 transmission owners (TO). However, 

under NERC’s compliance registration program, 

entities may be registered for multiple functions, so 

these numbers incorporate some double counting. 

The number of unique entities responding will be 

approximately 994 entities registered as a 

transmission owner, a distribution provider, or a 

generator owner that is also a transmission owner 

and/or a distribution owner. This estimate assumes 

all of the unique entities apply load-responsive 

protective relays. 

6The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses 

the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 

2017, for two positions involved in the reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. These figures 

include salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics2_22.htm) and benefits http://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are: Engineer: 

$64.91/hour, and File Clerk: $31.16/hour. Hourly 

cost for the engineer are used for the one-time costs, 

and hourly cost for the file clerk are used for the 

ongoing record retention. 

efforts to strengthen the reliability of the 

interstate grid. 

On March 16, 2018, the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC, the Commissionapproved ERO) submitted for 

Commission approval proposed 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–2. 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–2 

addresses setting load-responsive 

protective relays associated with 

generation facilities at a level to prevent 

unnecessary tripping of generators 

during a system disturbance for 

conditions that do not pose a risk of 

damage to the associated equipment. 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–2 also 

improves upon the retired Reliability 

Standard PRC–025–1 2 by addressing 

certain relay setting application issues 

and by clarifying certain terminology 

and references. NERC requested that the 

Commission approve the Reliability 

Standard and find that the approved 

standard is just, reasonable, not unduly 

discriminatory or preferential, and in 

the public interest. NERC also requested 

that the Commission approve: (i) The 

associated Implementation Plan; (ii) the 

associated Violation Risk Factors (VRFs) 

and Violation Severity Levels (VSLs), 

which remain unchanged from 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–1; and 

(iii) the retirement of currently-effective 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–1. 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–2 

became effective on 7/1/2018, the first 

day of the first calendar quarter after the 

effective date of the applicable 

governmental authority’s order 

approving the standard. NERC’s 

Implementation Plan approved phasedin compliance dates after the effective 

date of Reliability Standard 

PRC–025–2.3

On May 2, 2018, pursuant to the 

relevant authority delegated to the 

Director, Office of Electric Reliability 

under 18 CFR 385.713 (2017) Reliability 

Standard PRC–025–2 and the retirement 

of Reliability Standard PRC–025–1 was 

approved. 

Type of Respondents: Generator 

Owner (GO), Transmission Owner (TO), 

and Distribution Provider (DP). 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 Details 

follow on the changes in Docket No. 

RD18–4–000 to Reliability Standard 

FERC–725G2. 

Net Effect to Burden for FERC–725G2: 

Due to the retirement of Reliability 

Standard PRC–025–1 and 

implementation of Reliability Standard 

PRC–025–2, the number of respondents 

is reduced by 25, and the number of 

annual burden hours is reduced by 550 

hours. (The net changes are due to a 

change in the number of affected 

entities on the NERC Registry.) The 

burden per respondent for Reliability 

Standard PRC–025–2 remains 22 hours 

(total for both one-time and ongoing 

burden, similar to the now-retired 

Reliability Standard PRC–025–1.) 

FERC–725G2, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD PRC–025–2, IN DOCKET NO. RD18–4–000 

Entity Number of 

respondents 5

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours and cost per 

response 6

($) 

Total annual 

burden hours and 

total annual cost 

($) 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

(One-time) Review & documentation of 

relay settings to ensure compliance.

994 GO/TO/DP ........ 1 994 20 hrs.; $1,298.20 ... 19,880 hours; 

$1,290,410.80.

$1,298.20 

(On-going) Record Retention (of compliance records for R1 and M1, for 3 

years or until mitigation complete).

994 GO/TO/DP ........ 1 994 2 hrs.; $62.32 .......... 1,988 hours; 

$61,946.08.

62.32 

FERC–725G, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARD PRC–025–1, RETIREMENT IN DOCKET NO. RD18–4–000 

Entity Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours and cost 7 per 

response 

($) 

Total annual 

burden hours and 

total annual cost 

($) 

Cost per 

respondent 8

($) 

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

(One-time) Review & documentation 

of relay settings to ensure compliance,(reduction).

1,019 GO/DP/TO .... 1 1,019 20 hrs.; $1,192.40 

(reduction).

20,380 hours; 

$1,215,055.60 

(reduction).

$1,192.40 (reduction). 

(On-going) Record Retention (of compliance records for R1 and M1, for 3 

years or until mitigation complete) 

(reduction).

1,019 GO/DP/TO .... 1 1,019 2 hrs.; $57.90 (reduction).2,038 hours; 

$59,000.10 (reduction).

57.90 (reduction). 


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7 GO = Generator Owner, DP = Distribution 

Provider, TO = Transmission Owner, each of which 

applies load-responsive protective relays at the 

terminals of the Elements listed in the proposed 

standard at section 3.2 (Facilities). 

8The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits) 

are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

information May 2014, (at http://bls.gov/oes/ 

current/naics3_221000.htm#17-0000) for an 

electrical engineer ($59.62/hour for review and 

documentation), and for a file clerk ($28.95/hour for 

record retention). Those figures (and the number of 

respondents) were used when the standard was 

approved and added to the OMB inventory. Hourly 

cost for the engineer are used for the one-time costs, 

and hourly cost for the file clerk are used for the 

ongoing record retention. 

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 19, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16015 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ID–8512–000] 

Miller, Paul J.; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on July 18, 2018, 

Paul J. Miller, submitted for filing an, 

application for authority to hold 

interlocking positions, pursuant to 

section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act, 

16 U.S.C. 825d(b) and section 45.8 of 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR part 

45.8 (2018). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the website that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on August 8, 2018. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–523–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on July 13, 2018, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 

700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed 

in the above referenced docket, a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Columbia’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP83–76–000, for authorization to (1) 

plug and abandon four injection/ 

withdrawal (I/W) wells (Benton Well 

9507 and Laurel Wells 9097, 9239, and 

9285), (2) abandon and convert one I/W 

well to an observation well (Benton 

Well 7612), and (3) abandon associated 

pipelines and appurtenances located at 

Benton and Laurel Storage Fields in 

Hocking County, Ohio, all as more fully 

set forth in the application which is on 

file with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. 

The filing may also be viewed on the 

web at http://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. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application may be directed to Linda 

Farquhar, Manager, Project 

Determinations & Regulatory 

Administration, Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana 

Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 

77002–2700, at (832) 320–5685 or fax 

(832) 320–6685 or linda_farquhar@

transcanada.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) 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 EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the 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 EA. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 


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