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1PURPA = Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 

of 1979 (Pub. L. 95–617, 92 Stat. 3117), enacted 11/ 

9/1978. 

2Final Rule in Docket RM92–12–000, issued on 

1/13/1995. 

Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C., P.O. 

Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 

80944, by telephone at (719) 667–7517, 

or by fax at (719) 520–4697. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after 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 and pursuant to section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

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. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15836 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC18–11–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–585); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

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–585 

(Reporting of Electric Energy Shortages 

and Contingency Plans Under PURPA 

Section 206) 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 April 12, 2018, 

requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments on 

the FERC–585 and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due August 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0138, 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. IC18–11–000, 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–585 (Reporting of Electric 

Energy Shortages and Contingency 

Plans Under PURPA 1 Section 206). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0138. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–585 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–585 to 

implement the statutory provisions of 

Section 206 of PURPA. Section 206 of 

PURPA amended the Federal Power Act 

(FPA) by adding a new subsection (g) to 

section 202, under which the 

Commission, by rule, was to require 

each public utility to report to the 

Commission and any appropriate state 

regulatory authority: 

• Any anticipated shortages of 

electric energy or capacity which would 

affect the utility’s capability to serve its 

wholesale customers; and 

• a contingency plan that would 

outline what circumstances might give 

rise to such occurrences. 

• In Order No. 575,2 the Commission 

modified the reporting requirements in 

18 CFR 294.101(b) to provide that, if a 

public utility includes in its rates 


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3Final Rule in Docket RM05–19–000, issued on 

5/27/2005. 4 ‘‘Burden’’ 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. 

5The estimates in this table are slightly different 

from the estimates in the 60-day notice. In the 60- 

day notice we used wage figures from 2017. In May 

2018, we began using the 2018 cost estimates. There 

are no other changes from the 60-day notice other 

than the change to wage figures. The difference in 

the burden cost is minimal. The burden hours 

remain unchanged. 

6The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * 79.00 per Hour = Average Cost per 

Response. This is Based upon FERC’s 2018 FTE 

average salary plus benefits. Commission staff 

believes that any industry effort applied to FERC– 

585 would be compensated similarly to FERC’s 

average salary. 

schedule, provisions that during electric 

energy and capacity shortages: 

• It will treat firm power wholesale 

customers without undue 

discrimination or preference; and 

• it will report any modifications to 

its contingency plan for accommodating 

shortages within 15 days to the 

appropriate state regulatory agency and 

to the affected wholesale customers, 

then the utility need not file with the 

Commission an additional statement of 

contingency plan for accommodating 

such shortages. 

This revision merely changed the 

reporting mechanism; the public 

utility’s contingency plan would be 

located in its filed rate rather than in a 

separate document. 

In Order No. 659,3 the Commission 

modified the reporting requirements in 

18 CFR 294.101(e) to provide that public 

utilities must comply with the 

requirements to report shortages and 

anticipated shortages by submitting this 

information electronically using the 

Office of Electric Reliability’s pager 

system at emergency@ferc.gov in lieu of 

submitting an original and two copies to 

the Secretary of the Commission. The 

Commission uses the information to 

evaluate and formulate an appropriate 

option for action in the event an 

unanticipated shortage is reported and/ 

or materializes. Without this 

information, the Commission and State 

agencies would be unable to: 

• Examine and approve or modify 

utility actions; 

• prepare a response to anticipated 

disruptions in electric energy; and/or 

• ensure equitable treatment of all 

public utility customers under the 

shortage situation. 

The Commission implements these 

filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

part 294.101. 

Type of Respondents: Public Utilities. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–585 (REPORTING OF ELECTRIC SHORTAGES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER PURPA SECTION 206) 5

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden 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) 

Contingency Plan .......... 1 1 1 73 hrs.; $5,767 .......... 73 hrs.; $5,767 ............. $5,767 

Capacity Shortage ........ 1 1 1 0.25 hrs.; $19.75 ....... 0.25 hrs.; $19.75 .......... $19.75 

Total ....................... ........................ ........................ ........................ .................................... 73.25 hrs.; $5,786.75 ... ........................

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 18, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15835 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0645; FRL–9978–03] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. 

0574.18); Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Premanufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption Requirements 

for New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Reporting 

Requirements for Chemical Substances’’ 

and identified by EPA ICR No. 0574.18 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0012, 

represents the renewal of an existing 

ICR that is scheduled to expire on 

November 30, 2018. Before submitting 

the ICR to OMB for review and 

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0645, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 


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