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1The Commission’s proposal includes 

incorporation of the minor corrections and errata to 

the Version 2.0 Standards made by NAESB and 

reported to the Commission on June 28, 2011, 

October 11, 2011 and December 22, 2011. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Codes 24: Electrical power; and 35: 

Oxygen. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by reports of 

deformation at the neck of the pressure 

regulator body on the oxygen cylinder and 

regulator assemblies (CRAs), and an electrical 

wiring harness in the area of the oxygen 

cylinder had no protective conduit sleeving. 

We are issuing this AD to prevent rupture of 

the oxygen cylinder, which in the case of 

cabin depressurization, oxygen would not be 

available when required; and to detect and 

correct unprotected wiring that could chafe 

against the oxygen system components or 

surrounding structure in the area, which 

could lead to electrical arcing and an oxygenfed fire. 

(f) Compliance 

You are responsible for having the actions 

required by this AD performed within the 

compliance times specified, unless the 

actions have already been done. 

(g) Inspect and Replace the Oxygen CRA 

For airplanes with serial numbers 5701 

through 5802 inclusive, 5804 through 5808 

inclusive, 5810 through 5816 inclusive, 5819, 

5822, and 5823: Within 750 flight hours after 

the effective date of this AD, but no later than 

6 months after the effective date of this AD, 

inspect the serial number of oxygen pressure 

regulators having part number (P/N) 806370– 

12, in accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions, Section 2.B.(3), of Bombardier 

Service Bulletin 605–35–001, Revision 01, 

dated February 28, 2011. A review of 

airplane maintenance records is acceptable in 

lieu of this inspection if the part number of 

the oxygen pressure regulator can be 

conclusively determined from that review. 

(1) If any serial number is found that is 

listed in table 2 of Bombardier Service 

Bulletin 605–35–001, Revision 01, dated 

February 28, 2011, before further flight, 

replace the affected oxygen CRA in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Bombardier Service Bulletin 

605–35–001, Revision 01, dated February 28, 

2011. 

(2) If any serial number is found that is not 

listed in table 2 of Bombardier Service 

Bulletin 605–35–001, Revision 01, dated 

February 28, 2011, no further action is 

required by this paragraph. 

(h) Inspection and Corrective Action of the 

Oxygen CRA Wiring Harness 

For airplanes with serial numbers 5701 

through 5778 inclusive, 5780 through 5796 

inclusive, 5798, 5800 through 5802 inclusive, 

5804, 5805, 5808, 5811, and 5813: At the 

compliance times specified in paragraphs 

(h)(1) and (h)(2) of this AD, do a detailed 

inspection for damaged wiring (i.e., signs of 

damaged insulation, abrasion, or chafing) of 

the electrical wiring harness for the oxygen 

CRA, and protect the electrical wiring 

harness, in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of Bombardier 

Service Bulletin 605–24–005, dated January 

31, 2011. If any damaged wiring is found, 

before further flight, repair or replace any 

damaged wiring in accordance with a method 

approved by the Manager, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), FAA; or Transport 

Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) (or its 

delegated agent). 

(1) For airplanes on which the oxygen CRA 

must be replaced as required by paragraph 

(g)(1) of this AD: At the time the oxygen CRA 

is replaced. 

(2) For airplanes other than those 

identified in paragraph (h)(1) of this AD: 

Within 800 flight hours after the effective 

date of this AD. 

(i) Credit for Actions Accomplished in 

Accordance With Previous Service 

Information 

Actions accomplished before the effective 

date of this AD accordance with Bombardier 

Service Bulletin 605–35–001, dated January 

31, 2011, are considered acceptable for 

compliance with the corresponding actions 

specified in this AD. 

(j) Parts Installation 

For all airplanes: As of the effective date 

of this AD, no person may install an oxygen 

pressure regulator (P/N 806370–12) having 

any serial number listed in table 2 of 

Bombardier Service Bulletin 605–35–001, 

Revision 01, dated February 28, 2011, on any 

airplane, unless a suffix ‘‘-A’’ is beside the 

serial number. 

(k) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office, ANE–170, FAA, has the 

authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if 

requested using the procedures found in 14 

CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, 

send your request to your principal inspector 

or local Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the ACO, send it to ATTN: Program 

Manager, Continuing Operational Safety, 

FAA, New York ACO, 1600 Stewart Avenue, 

Suite 410, Westbury, New York 11590; 

telephone 516–228–7300; fax: 516–794–5531. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. The AMOC 

approval letter must specifically reference 

this AD. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(l) Related Information 

Refer to MCAI Canadian Airworthiness 

Directive CF–2011–11, dated May 25, 2011, 

and the service bulletins identified in 

paragraphs (l)(1) and (l)(2) of this AD, for 

related information. 

(1) Bombardier Service Bulletin 605–24– 

005, dated January 31, 2011. 

(2) Bombardier Service Bulletin 605–35– 

001, Revision 01, dated February 28, 2011. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

7, 2012. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4160 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 284 

[Docket No. RM96–1–037] 

Standards for Business Practices for 

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 

proposing to amend its regulations at 18 

CFR 284.12 to incorporate by reference 

the latest version (Version 2.0) of 

business practice standards adopted by 

the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the 

North American Energy Standards 

Board (NAESB) applicable to natural gas 

pipelines.1 The Commission also 

proposes to provide guidance on the 

standards the Commission applies to 

requests for waivers or extensions of 

time to comply with NAESB Standards. 

These standards can be obtained from 

NAESB at 1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, 

Houston, TX 77002, telephone: (713) 

356–0060, http://www.naesb.org, and 

are available for viewing in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

DATES: Comments are due March 23, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket number, may be filed in the 

following ways: 

• Electronic Filing through http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Documents created 

electronically using word processing 

software should be filed in native 

applications or print-to-PDF format and 

not in a scanned format. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable 

to file electronically may mail or handdeliver comments to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 


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2This series of orders began with the 

Commission’s issuance of Standards for Business 

Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, Order 

No. 587, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,038 (1996). 

3Standards for Business Practices for Interstate 

Natural Gas Pipelines; Standards for Business 

Practices for Public Utilities, Order No. 698, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,251, order on clarification and 

reh’g, Order No. 698–A, 121 FERC ¶ 61,264 (2007). 

4Order No. 698, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,251 at 

P 12–13. 

5The new Version 2.0 Notice Types subjects are: 

Computer System Status; Customer Services 

Update; Gas Quality; Imbalance Trading; Location 

Change; Operational Alert; Over-Under 

Performance; Pipeline Conditions; Planned Service 

Outages; Storage; Weather Alert; Capacity Release; 

Cash Out (cash liquidation of transportation 

imbalances); PTR (Plant Thermal Reduction) 

Percentage (this is the amount a nomination is to 

be reduced due to natural gas processing); and 

Scheduling Alert (information regarding scheduled 

gas quantities and potential revisions and/or 

adjustments). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Bednarczyk (technical issues), 

Office of Energy Market Regulation, 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6444. 

Tony Dobbins (technical issues), Office 

of Energy Policy and Innovation, 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6630. 

Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of 

the General Counsel, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8321. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

138 FERC ¶ 61,124 

February 16, 2012. 

1. The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) proposes to 

amend its regulations at 18 CFR 284.12 

to incorporate by reference the latest 

version (Version 2.0) of business 

practice standards adopted by the 

Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the 

North American Energy Standards 

Board (NAESB) applicable to natural gas 

pipelines. The Commission also 

proposes to provide guidance on the 

standards the Commission applies to 

requests for waivers or extensions of 

time to comply with NAESB Standards. 

The Commission’s proposal includes 

incorporation of the minor corrections 

and errata made by NAESB and reported 

to the Commission on June 28, 2011, 

October 11, 2011, and December 22, 

2011. 

I. Background 

2. Since 1996, the Commission has 

adopted regulations to standardize the 

business practices and communication 

methodologies of interstate natural gas 

pipelines to create a more integrated 

and efficient pipeline grid. These 

regulations have been promulgated in 

the Order No. 587 series of orders,2

wherein the Commission has 

incorporated by reference standards for 

interstate natural gas pipeline business 

practices and electronic 

communications that were developed 

and adopted by NAESB’s WGQ. Upon 

incorporation by reference, this version 

of these standards will become part of 

the Commission’s regulations and 

compliance by interstate natural gas 

pipelines will become mandatory. 

3. On March 4, 2011, NAESB filed a 

report informing the Commission that it 

had adopted and ratified Version 2.0 of 

its business practice standards 

applicable to natural gas pipelines. The 

Version 2.0 Standards revised the 

Version 1.9 Standards to include: (1) 

Standards to support gas-electric 

interdependency; (2) standards created 

for Capacity Release redesign due to the 

elimination of Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI) for Capacity Release 

Upload information; (3) standards to 

support the Electronic Delivery 

Mechanism (EDM); (4) standards to 

support the Customer Security 

Administration (CSA) Process; (5) 

standards for pipeline postings of 

information regarding waste heat; and 

(6) minor technical maintenance 

revisions designed to more efficiently 

process wholesale natural gas 

transactions. 

4. On June 28, 2011, NAESB filed a 

report informing the Commission that it 

had made modifications to the NAESB 

WGQ Version 1.9 and 2.0 Standards to 

correct various minor errors. The errata 

corrections make minor revisions to the 

NAESB WGQ Standards and Data 

Elements including revisions to the: (1) 

Datasets for Additional Standards; (2) 

Nomination Related Datasets; (3) 

Flowing Gas Related Standards; (4) 

Invoicing Related Datasets; (5) EDM 

Related Standards; and (6) Capacity 

Release Related Standards and Datasets. 

5. Further, on October 11, 2011, 

NAESB filed a report informing the 

Commission that it had made additional 

modifications to the NAESB WGQ 

Version 2.0 Standards to correct various 

minor errors in the Nominations Related 

and Capacity Release Related Datasets. 

6. Finally, on December 22, 2011, 

NAESB filed a report informing the 

Commission that it had made additional 

modifications to the NAESB WGQ 

Version 1.9 and 2.0 Standards to correct 

various minor errors. The errata 

corrections make minor revisions to the 

NAESB WGQ Standards and Datasets 

including revisions to the: (1) 

Nominations Related Datasets; (2) 

Capacity Release Related Datasets; and 

(3) Quadrant Electronic Delivery 

Mechanism Related Standards. 

II. Significant Changes and Additions 

Contained in the Version 2.0 Standards 

A. Gas-Electric Communications 

7. In Order Nos. 698 and 698–A,3 the 

Commission incorporated by reference 

the NAESB Wholesale Electric Quadrant 

(WEQ) and WGQ Gas/Electric 

Coordination Standards. These 

standards were adopted to ensure that 

pipelines have relevant planning 

information to assist in maintaining the 

operational integrity and reliability of 

pipeline service, as well as to provide 

gas-fired power plant operators with 

information as to whether hourly flow 

deviations can be honored. The 

standards also required electric 

transmission operators and power plant 

operators to sign up to receive 

operational flow order notices from 

connecting pipelines as well as other 

critical notices. These standards 

ensured that operators of the electric 

grid could stay abreast of developments 

involving natural gas pipelines that can 

affect the reliability of electric service. 

The standards required that, upon 

request, a gas-fired power plant operator 

must provide to the appropriate 

independent electric balancing 

authority or electric reliability 

coordinator pertinent information 

regarding its service levels for gas 

transportation (firm or interruptible) 

and for gas supply (firm, fixed or 

variable quantity, or interruptible).4

8. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB modified and 

developed additional standards to 

further enhance that coordination. 

NAESB made modifications to its WGQ 

Standards 4.3.28, 4.3.29, and 5.3.38 and 

developed new Standards 5.3.70 and 

5.3.71 to enhance the clarity of the 

content and format of critical, noncritical, and planned service outage 

notices issued by pipelines. These 

modifications were made to allow 

Transportation Service Providers the 

flexibility to communicate additional 

clarity beyond the currently defined 

notice types through the addition of 15 

new notice types. The expansion from 

the current 12 notice types to 27 notice 

types increases the ability of pipelines 

to detail the subject matter of the 

notices.5 The expansion also allows the 

notices to be easily identified and 

sorted, thereby promoting easier 

prioritization and organization of these 


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6Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Strategic Plan, FY 2009–2014 at 25. http:// 

www.ferc.gov/about/strat-docs/FY-09-14-strat-planprint.pdf. 

7 In its Version 2.0 Standards, the WGQ made the 

following changes to its Version 1.9 Standards: 

a. It revised Principle 4.1.32; Definitions 0.2.1, 

0.2.2, 0.2.3, 5.2.1, 5.2.4, and 5.2.5; Standards 0.3.11 

through 0.3.15, 2.3.34, 4.3.16, 4.3.23, 4.3.28, 4.3.29, 

4.3.54, 5.3.1 through 5.3.14, 5.3.16, 5.3.19 through 

5.3.21, 5.3.24 through 5.3.27, 5.3.31 through 5.3.33, 

5.3.38, 5.3.42, 5.3.48, 5.3.50, 5.3.51, 5.3.60, 5.3.62, 

5.3.62a, and 5.3.63 through 5.3.69; and Datasets 

1.4.1 through 1.4.6, 2.4.1, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 

3.4.1, 3.4.4, 5.4.14 through 5.4.17, and 5.4.20 

through 5.4.22. 

b. It added Definition 0.2.4; Standards 0.3.18 

through 0.3.22, 4.3.100 through 4.3.102, 5.3.70 

through 5.3.72; and Datasets 0.4.2, 0.4.3, and 5.4.24 

through 5.4.27. 

c. It deleted Standards 5.3.17, 5.3.30, 5.3.43, and 

5.3.61; and Datasets 5.4.1 through 5.4.13, 5.4.18, 

and 5.4.19. 

8We discuss in sub-section A.1 below, those 

NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 Standards that we 

propose not to incorporate by reference. 

9The NAESB process first requires a supermajority vote of 17 out of 25 members of the WGQ’s 

Executive Committee with support from at least two 

members from each of the five industry segments— 

Distributors, End Users, Pipelines, Producers, and 

Services (including marketers and computer service 

providers). For final approval, 67 percent of the 

WGQ’s general membership voting must ratify the 

standards. 

10Pub. L. 104–113, section 12(d), 110 Stat. 775 

(1996), 15 U.S.C. 272, note (1997). 

communications. Some of the notices 

that may be of particular relevance to 

coordination between the gas and 

electric industries are: Operational 

alerts; over-under performance; pipeline 

conditions; planned service outages; 

storage and weather alerts. 

9. NAESB modified the existing gaselectric coordination WGQ Standards 

0.2.1 through 0.2.3, 0.3.11 through 

0.3.15; and created a new Standard 0.2.4 

to further define the roles and 

responsibilities of each participant 

under the Gas/Electric Operational 

Communication Standards promulgated 

in Order No. 698. Specifically, NAESB 

modified the WGQ Standards in order to 

define the terms Reliability Coordinator 

and Power Plant Gas Coordinator to 

replace existing terminology of Regional 

Transmission Organizations, 

Independent System Operators, any 

other appropriate independent 

transmission operators, and Power Plant 

Operators respectively. NAESB 

modified WGQ Standard 0.3.14 to 

change the parties to whom pipelines 

are required to provide notification of 

operational flow orders and other 

critical notices. Pipelines are now 

required to provide Balancing 

Authorities and/or Reliability 

Coordinators, and Power Plant Gas 

Coordinators such information. 

B. Capacity Release Upload 

Transactions 

10. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB sought to modify 

electronic capacity release transaction 

standards to reflect NAESB’s 

elimination of the largely unused EDI 

requirements for Capacity Release 

Upload information. NAESB added two 

standards related to notices provided by 

Transmission Service Providers and one 

standard related to error messages. The 

NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 Standards 

also add four new capacity release 

standard datasets to replace fourteen 

Version 1.9 Datasets that NAESB 

deleted in an effort to restructure and 

simplify capacity release transactional 

information. 

C. Electronic Delivery Mechanism (EDM) 

11. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB adopted several 

standards to ensure the consistency of 

Transportation Service Provider Web 

site data labels as well as the ability to 

provide Informational Postings report 

downloads in a comma-separated-value 

(CSV) file format. These changes were 

undertaken to ensure that NAESB’s 

technical standards remain consistent 

with current technical practices. 

D. Customer Security Administration 

12. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB adopted Standard 

4.3.100 to support the CSA processes. 

This new standard establishes a 

timeline for a Transportation Service 

Provider to respond to a request from a 

service requester for information, such 

as user name and security privileges, 

regarding those parties permitted to 

access the Transportation Service 

Provider’s ‘‘Customer Activities’’ Web 

site on the service requester’s behalf. 

The new standard also establishes the 

number of representatives a service 

requester can authorize to receive such 

information and details the related user 

management responsibilities of the 

service requester. 

E. Waste Heat Recovery Feasibility 

13. NAESB sought to facilitate the 

Commission’s FY 2009–2014 Strategic 

Plan 6 objective of evaluating the 

feasibility of installing waste heat 

recovery systems as a way to promote 

the efficient design and operation of 

jurisdictional natural gas facilities. 

NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 Standard 

4.3.23 specifies the location where 

information regarding the feasibility of 

waste heat recovery is to be posted on 

the Informational Postings sections of 

pipelines’ Web sites. 

F. Operationally Available and 

Unsubscribed Capacity 

14. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB added several new 

Standards, 0.3.18 through 0.3.22, and 

replaced an existing Dataset 5.4.13 with 

new Datasets 0.4.2 and 0.4.3, to further 

specify the information on operationally 

available and unsubscribed capacity 

that pipelines disseminate. NAESB 

indicates that these standards are 

intended to specify the Business 

Practice Standards and Dataset 

requirements for reporting operationally 

available and unsubscribed capacity. 

NAESB included these new Business 

Practice Standards in a new section 

entitled ‘‘Operating Capacity and 

Unsubscribed’’ in its Business Practice 

Standards for Additional Standards. 

G. Clean Up and Miscellaneous 

Revisions 

15. In the NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 

Standards, NAESB also continued the 

process of making minor clarifications 

and corrections to existing standards 

including: (1) Revising the formatting, 

appearance, or descriptions; (2) 

clarifying or correcting code values to 

tables; and (3) making minor nonsubstantive changes. 

III. Discussion 

A. Proposed Action 

16. In this NOPR, the Commission 

proposes to incorporate by reference in 

its regulations Version 2.0 of the NAESB 

WGQ’s consensus business practice 

standards,7 with certain exceptions.8

Adoption of the Version 2.0 Standards 

will continue the process of updating 

and improving NAESB’s business 

practice standards for the benefit of the 

wholesale gas market. 

17. As the Commission found in 

Order No. 587, adoption of consensus 

standards is appropriate because the 

consensus process helps ensure the 

reasonableness of the standards by 

requiring that the standards draw 

support from a broad spectrum of 

industry participants representing all 

segments of the industry.9 Moreover, 

because the industry has to conduct 

business under these standards, the 

Commission’s regulations should reflect 

those standards that have the widest 

possible support. In section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (NTT&AA), 

Congress affirmatively requires Federal 

agencies to use technical standards 

developed by voluntary consensus 

standards organizations, like NAESB, as 

a means to carry out policy objectives or 

activities.10


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11See, e.g., Standards for Business Practices for 

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, Final Rule, Order 

No. 587–T, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,289, at P 5 & 

n. 9 (2009). 

12Standards for Business Practices and 

Communication Protocols for Public Utilities, Order 

No. 676–E, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,299, at n. 16 

(2009). 

13 Id. 

14See Electronic Tariff Filings, FERC Stats. & 

Regs. ¶ 31,276 (2008). 

15NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 Standards 0.3.18 

through 0.3.22. 

16NAESB WGQ Version 2.0 Datasets 0.4.2 and 

0.4.3 were created to replace deleted NAESB WGQ 

Version 1.9 Dataset 5.4.13 (Operationally Available 

and Unsubscribed Capacity). 

17 18 CFR 284.13(d). Section 284.13(d) states in 

relevant part: 

(d) Capacity and flow information. (1) An 

interstate pipeline must provide on its Internet web 

site and in downloadable file formats, in conformity 

with § 284.12 of this part, equal and timely access 

to information relevant to the availability of all 

transportation services whenever capacity is 

scheduled, including, but not limited to, the 

availability of capacity at receipt points, on the 

mainline, at delivery points, and in storage fields, 

whether the capacity is available directly from the 

pipeline or through capacity release, the total 

design capacity of each point or segment on the 

system, the amount scheduled at each point or 

segment whenever capacity is scheduled, and all 

planned and actual service outages or reductions in 

service capacity. 

18NAESB Standard 1.3.2 established four 

nomination cycles (Timely, Evening, Intra-day 1, 

and Intra-Day 2). 

19This section should be a separate tariff record 

under the Commission’s electronic tariff filing 

requirement and be filed electronically using the 

eTariff portal using the Type of Filing Code 580. 

1. Proposal Not To Adopt Certain 

Standards 

a. Standards Not Adopted in Previous 

Rulemakings 

18. The Commission is continuing its 

past practice and is not proposing to 

incorporate by reference Standards 4.3.4 

and 10.3.2, because they are 

inconsistent with the Commission’s 

record retention requirement in 18 CFR 

284.12(b)(3)(v).11 Also, consistent with 

past practice, we are not incorporating 

NAESB’s interpretation of its standards 

into the Commission’s regulations 

because, while interpretations may 

provide useful guidance, they are not 

determinative and we will not require 

pipelines to comply with NAESB’s 

interpretations.12 Likewise, consistent 

with prior practice we will not 

incorporate optional contracts into our 

regulations because the Commission 

does not require the use of these 

contracts.13 In addition, the 

Commission is not proposing to 

incorporate by reference the WEQ/WGQ 

eTariff Related Standards because the 

Commission has already adopted 

standards and protocols for electronic 

tariff filings based on the NAESB 

Standards.14

b. Standards 0.3.19 and 0.3.21 

19. NAESB adopted new Standards15

and Datasets16 in Version 2.0 designed 

to specify the business practices for the 

dissemination of operationally available 

and unsubscribed capacity information 

as required under section 284.13 of the 

Commission’s regulations. The new 

NAESB WGQ Standards are intended to 

provide industry-wide standardization 

of certain data elements required to be 

provided as part of the Commission’s 

reporting requirements for interstate 

pipelines. However, two of the proposed 

standards, WGQ Standards 0.3.19 and 

0.3.21, appear to be inconsistent with 

the Commission’s posting regulations. 

20. NAESB WGQ Standard 0.3.19 

states: 

Operationally Available Capacity (OAC), 

Operating Capacity (OPC) and Total 

Scheduled Quantity (TSQ) are associated 

information and should be reported at the 

same level. Transportation Service Providers 

should report OAC, OPC and TSQ at, at least 

one of, point, segment or zone level. 

21. While this standard allows the 

pipeline to choose whether to post 

Operationally Available Capacity, 

Operating Capacity, and Total 

Scheduled Quantity at either a point, 

segment or zone level, section 

284.13(d) 17 of our regulations does not 

permit the pipeline to limit the posting 

to a point, segment, or zone, but 

requires posting at all receipt and 

delivery points and on the mainline. 

Section 284.13(d) states that the 

pipeline must post ‘‘information 

relevant to the availability of all 

transportation services whenever 

capacity is scheduled, including, but 

not limited to, the availability of 

capacity at receipt points, on the 

mainline, at delivery points, and in 

storage fields.’’ Because the NAESB 

standards are intended to implement 

Commission posting requirements, we 

are concerned about inconsistencies 

between those standards and the 

regulations. We therefore are proposing 

not to incorporate by reference Standard 

0.3.19 and pipelines are expected to 

continue to post information in 

accordance with § 284.13 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

22. NAESB WGQ Standard 0.3.21 

states: 

The Total Scheduled Quantity and the 

Operationally Available Capacity information 

should be updated by the Transportation 

Service Provider to reflect scheduling 

changes and be reported promptly following 

the scheduling deadline associated with the 

timely and evening nominations cycles. 

While this standard requires the 

posting of information only at the timely 

and evening nominations cycles, section 

284.13(d) does not limit the posting to 

only two cycles but requires the posting 

of capacity availability and scheduled 

capacity ‘‘whenever capacity is 

scheduled.’’ This would include 

postings for the two intra-day cycles 

during the gas day.18

23. We therefore are proposing not to 

incorporate by reference Standard 

0.3.21. While NAESB is considering a 

revision to Standard 0.3.21, pipelines 

are expected to continue to adhere to 

the regulations and post available 

capacity at the four intra-day 

nomination opportunities. In addition, 

we note that some pipelines are 

providing additional nomination 

opportunities (such as hourly 

nominations) under certain rate 

schedules. The regulation requires 

posting ‘‘whenever capacity is 

scheduled,’’ which would include 

posting for these additional nomination 

opportunities as well as posting for the 

standard four nomination periods. 

B. Proposed Implementation Procedures 

24. The Commission proposes that 

natural gas pipelines be required to 

implement the NAESB WGQ Version 

2.0 Standards in accordance with the 

following schedule. We propose to 

require compliance with the NAESB 

WGQ Version 2.0 Standards beginning 

on the first day of the month after the 

fourth full month following issuance of 

the final rule. So if the final rule were 

issued on February 17, 2012, 

compliance would be required 

beginning on July 1, 2012. Based on past 

practice, we are proposing this 

implementation schedule to give the 

natural gas pipelines subject to these 

standards adequate time to implement 

these changes. In addition, the 

Commission proposes that pipelines be 

required to file tariff records to reflect 

the changed standards at least two 

months before the implementation date. 

25. The Commission also proposes to 

revise the compliance filing 

requirements to increase the 

transparency of the pipelines’ 

incorporation by reference of the 

NAESB WGQ Standards so that shippers 

and the Commission will know which 

tariff provisions implements each 

standard as well as the status of each 

standard. 

(1) The pipelines should designate a 

single tariff section under which every 

NAESB standard is listed.19

(2) For each standard, the pipeline 

would indicate in the tariff section 

listing all the NAESB standards: 

(a) Whether the standard is 

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20For example, pipelines are required to include 

the full text of the NAESB nomination timeline 

standards (WGQ Standards 1.3.2(i–v) and 5.3.2) in 

their tariffs. Standards for Business Practices for 

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, Final Rule, Order 

No. 587–U, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,307, at P 39 

& n. 42 (2010). The pipeline would indicate which 

tariff provision complies with each of these 

standards. 

21Shippers can use the Commission’s electronic 

tariff system to locate the tariff record containing 

the NAESB standards, which will indicate the 

docket in which any waiver or extension of time 

was granted. 

22http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

23See Standards for Business Practices for 

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, compliance order, 

133 FERC ¶ 61,096, at P 4 (October 28 Order), 

further compliance order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,185, at P 

4 (2010) (November 30 Order); B–R Pipeline Co., 

128 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2009) (B–R Pipeline). 

24 In B–R Pipeline, 128 FERC ¶ 61,126 at P 6, the 

Commission stated that ‘‘each time the Commission 

adopts new versions of [the] standards * * * 

pipelines must request waiver [or extension of time] 

of the new standards.’’ 

25October 28 Order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,096 at P 9; 

November 30 Order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,185 at P 7. 

26As an example, Standard 4.3.96 requires 

pipelines to provide hourly gas quality information 

‘‘to the extent that the TSP is required to do so in 

its tariff or general terms and conditions, a 

settlement agreement, or by order of an applicable 

regulatory authority.’’ A pipeline that does not 

provide hourly gas quality information, therefore, 

does not require a waiver or extension of time for 

compliance with this standard, because the 

standard imposes no obligation on the pipeline to 

comply with the standard until it provides hourly 

gas quality information. See October 28 Order, 133 

FERC ¶ 61,096 at P 9. 

27See Order No. 587–U, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,307 at P 38–39. 

28See T.W. Phillips Pipeline Corp., 137 FERC 

¶ 61,104, at P 11 (2011). 

29See Carolina Gas Transmission Corp., 131 

FERC ¶ 61,211, at P 4 (2010); MoGas Pipeline LLC, 

131 FERC ¶ 61,251, at P 7 (2010); Granite State Gas 

Transmission, Inc., 132 FERC ¶ 61,262, at P 8 

(2010) (requiring small pipelines to use manual 

methods of implementing index-based capacity 

releases). 

(b) For those standards not 

incorporated by reference, the tariff 

provision that complies with the 

standard; 20 and 

(c) An indication as to whether the 

pipeline has been granted a waiver, 

extension of time, or other variance with 

respect to compliance with the 

standard.21

(3) If the pipeline is requesting a 

continuation of an existing waiver or 

extension of time, it must include a 

table in its transmittal letter that 

indicates the standard for which a 

waiver or extension of time was granted, 

and the docket number or order citation 

to the proceeding in which the waiver 

or extension was granted. 

This approach would give 

Commission staff and all shippers a 

common location that identifies the way 

the pipeline is incorporating all the 

NAESB WGQ Standards and the 

standards with which it is required to 

comply. The Commission will post on 

its eLibrary Web site (under Docket No. 

RM96–1–037) a sample tariff format, to 

provide filers an illustrative example to 

aid them in preparing their compliance 

filings.22

C. Waivers and Extensions of Time 

26. In previous compliance 

proceedings, there has been a marked 

increase in the number of requests for 

waivers or for extensions of time to 

comply with standards. The 

Commission’s orders on these requests 

have developed a set of general 

principles which the Commission 

intends to follow in reviewing such 

requests in the future.23 The following 

will help to clarify Commission policy 

regarding requests for waivers and 

extensions of time as well as the 

information that must be included with 

all such requests. 

(1) All waivers and extensions of time 

are limited to the individual set of 

NAESB standards being adopted (in this 

case NAESB WGQ’s Version 2.0 

Standards). Pipelines will need to seek 

renewal of any such waivers or 

extensions for each version of the 

standards the Commission adopts.24

(2) Waivers or extensions of time will 

not be granted for standards that merely 

describe the process by which a 

pipeline must perform a business 

function, if it performs that function, 

where the standard does not require the 

pipeline to perform the business 

function.25 In such a case, as long as the 

pipeline does not perform the business 

function, it is not required to follow the 

standard and hence requires no waiver 

or extension of time. If, however, the 

pipeline revises its tariff to perform the 

business function, the standard(s) will 

already be in the tariff and the pipeline 

will be required to comply with the 

standard(s).26

(3) If a pipeline is seeking a renewal 

of a waiver or extension of time request, 

it must provide a current justification 

for the request and must include a 

citation to an order or the docket 

number of the proceeding in which the 

initial waiver or extension of time was 

granted.27

(4) In cases in which pipelines 

maintain they should not be required to 

incur the costs of implementing 

standards shippers are not interested in 

utilizing, waivers ordinarily will not be 

granted. Instead, the approach to these 

requests will be to grant the pipeline an 

extension of time for compliance until 

60 days after the pipeline receives a 

request to comply with the standard.28

Waivers are justified only when the 

pipeline can demonstrate that there is 

good cause not to require the 

implementation of a standard even 

though shippers want to use the 

standard. 

(5) The Commission generally will not 

entertain waiver or extension of time 

requests for NAESB WGQ Definitions 

(x.2.z Standards). The NAESB WGQ 

Definitions specify and elucidate 

specific terms of generally applicable 

business practices and do not require a 

pipeline to perform any action or incur 

expense to comply which such 

Definitions. 

27. To provide guidance to pipelines 

in filing requests for waivers or 

extensions of time, the Commission also 

will explain its general policy regarding 

waivers of the four general categories of 

NAESB standards: (1) Business practice 

standards; (2) requirements to conduct 

business electronically using the 

Internet (Internet Business Standards); 

(3) Commission Internet posting 

requirements (Internet Posting 

Standards); and (4) requirements to 

conduct computer-to-computer 

transactions using EDI. It is important 

for pipelines to identify clearly in their 

filings the specific standards from 

which they are seeking waivers or 

extensions of time. In particular, 

pipelines need to be clear as to whether 

they are requesting waivers of the 

Internet Requirements or the EDI 

requirements. 

(1) Waivers or Extensions of Time to 

Comply with Business Practice 

Standards. Waivers or extensions of 

time to comply with business practice 

standards will generally be denied 

because these standards establish the 

basic principles on which business is 

required to be conducted. Nonetheless, 

if a pipeline believes such a waiver or 

extension of time to comply is justified, 

it must detail specific reasons why it 

seeks the waiver or extension of time to 

comply with the standard and address 

alternative methods by which it could 

comply with the principle of the 

standard.29

(2) Waivers or Extensions of Time to 

Comply with the Internet Business 

Standards. Waivers or extensions of 

time to comply with the requirement to 

conduct business over the Internet 

generally will be granted based on a 

pipeline’s individual circumstances, 

such as the size of the pipeline, the 

number of shippers, its ability to 

provide electronic services, the demand 

for such services, and alternative means 

by which the pipeline conducts the 

business practice. For smaller pipelines, 

the Commission has granted waivers of 

the Internet Business Standards when 

such pipelines have shown that 

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30October 28 Order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,096 at P 17– 

18; November 30 Order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,185 at P 9. 31October 28 Order, 133 FERC ¶ 61,096 at P 17– 

18. 32See supra n. 29. 33See supra n. 30; Texas Eastern Transmission 

LP., 100 FERC ¶ 61,364 (2002) (granting an 

extension of time for unused EDI datasets, but 

requiring compliance with datasets for publicly 

available capacity release information). 

34See supra P 10. 35 Data collection FERC–545 covers rate change 

filings made by natural gas pipelines, including 

tariff changes (OMB Control No. 1902–0154). 36 Data collection FERC–549C covers Standards 

for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 

Pipelines (OMB Control No. 1902–0174). 

37The total annualized cost for the two 

information collections is $303,968. This number is 

reached by multiplying the total hours to prepare 

a response (hours) by an hourly wage estimate of 

$59 (a composite estimate that includes legal, 

technical and support staff wages and benefits 

obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistic data at 

http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm and 

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm 

rates). $303,968 = $59 × 5,152. 

38 5 CFR 1320.11. 

prove unduly burdensome.30 For larger 

pipelines, the Commission has rarely 

granted waivers or extensions of time to 

comply with the Internet Business 

Standards.31 However, if a pipeline can 

demonstrate that shippers are not 

utilizing a standard, then the 

Commission will grant an extension of 

time to comply. Such an extension of 

time ensures that pipelines do not 

needlessly have to spend money 

revamping computer services that 

shippers do not use while, at the same 

time, ensuring that shippers have access 

to such services if they need them. 

(3) Waivers or Extensions of Time to 

Comply with Internet Posting Standards. 

The Commission rarely grants waivers 

or extensions of time to comply with the 

posting requirements because posting of 

this information is required by the 

Commission’s regulations. The cost of 

maintaining and posting information on 

an Internet Web site is not great even for 

smaller pipelines. 

(4) Waivers or Extensions of Time to 

Comply with EDI standards. The 

Commission generally will grant 

waivers or extensions of time to comply 

with the EDI requirements based on a 

pipeline’s individual circumstances, 

such as the size of the pipeline, the 

number of shippers, its ability to 

provide electronic services, the demand 

for such services, and alternative means 

by which the pipeline conducts the 

business practice. For smaller pipelines, 

the Commission generally grants 

waivers of the EDI Standards when such 

pipelines have shown that complying 

with such standards would prove 

unduly burdensome.32 For larger 

pipelines on which shippers are not 

utilizing a standard, in lieu of an 

outright waiver, the Commission 

generally will grant an extension of time 

until such time as a request is made to 

use EDI.33 As with the EDI requirements 

relating to capacity releases,34 NAESB 

also can review whether certain 

business transactions still need to be 

available through EDI, given the lack of 

usage, and pipelines can also seek such 

revisions from NAESB for EDI standards 

whose upkeep no longer appears to be 

cost justified. 

IV. Notice of Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards 

28. Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–119 (section 11) (February 

10, 1998) provides that federal agencies 

should publish a request for comment in 

a NOPR when the agency is seeking to 

issue or revise a regulation proposing to 

adopt a voluntary consensus standard or 

a government-unique standard. In this 

NOPR, the Commission is proposing to 

incorporate by reference voluntary 

consensus standards developed by the 

WGQ. 

V. Information Collection Statement 

29. The following collections of 

information contained in this proposed 

rule are being submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review under section 3507(d) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507(d). The Commission solicits 

comments on the Commission’s need for 

this information, whether the 

information will have practical utility, 

the accuracy of the provided burden 

estimates, ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected, and any suggested methods 

for minimizing respondents’ burden, 

including the use of automated 

information techniques. The following 

burden estimates include the costs to 

implement the WGQ’s definitions and 

business practice standards for 

interstate natural gas pipelines and 

electronic communication protocols. 

The burden estimates are primarily 

related to start-up to implement these 

standards and regulations and will not 

result in ongoing costs. 

Data collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total number of 

hours 

FERC–545 35 .................................................................................... 161 1 10 1,610 

FERC–549C 36 ................................................................................. 161 1 22 3,542 

Totals ........................................................................................ ............................ ............................ ............................ 5,152 

Total Annual Hours for Collections 

(Reporting and Recordkeeping, if 

appropriate) = 5,152. 

Information Collection Costs: The 

Commission seeks comments on the 

costs to comply with these 

requirements. It has projected the 

average annualized cost for all 

respondents to be the following: 37

FERC–545 FERC–549C 

Annualized Capital/Startup Costs .................................................................................................................... $94,990 $208,987 

Annualized Costs (Operations & Maintenance) .............................................................................................. N/A N/A 

Total Annualized Costs ............................................................................................................................ 94,990 208,987 

Total Cost for all Respondents = 

$303,968. 

30. OMB regulations 38 require OMB 

to approve certain information 

collection requirements imposed by 

agency rule. The Commission is 

submitting notification of this proposed 

rule to OMB. These information 

collections are mandatory requirements. 

Title: FERC–545, Gas Pipeline Rates: 

Rates Change (Non-Formal); FERC– 


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39Order No. 486, Regulations Implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,783 (1987). 

40 18 CFR 380.4. 

41See 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii), 380.4(a)(5), 

380.4(a)(27). 

42 5 U.S.C. 601–612. 

43 13 CFR 121.101. 

44 13 CFR 121.201, subsection 486. 

45This number is derived by dividing the total 

cost figure by the number of respondents. $303,968/ 

161 = $1,888. 

549C, Standards for Business Practices 

of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines. 

Action: Proposed collections. 

OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0154, 1902– 

0174. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit, (i.e., Natural Gas Pipelines, 

applicable to only a few small 

businesses.) Although the intraday 

reporting requirements will affect 

electric plant operators, the Commission 

is not imposing the reporting burden of 

adopting these standards on those 

entities. 

Frequency of Responses: One-time 

implementation (business procedures, 

capital/start-up). 

Necessity of Information: The 

proposals in this NOPR would, if 

implemented, upgrade the 

Commission’s current business practices 

and communication standards by 

specifically: (1) Adding and revising 

standards allowing the elimination of 

EDI requirements for Capacity Release 

Upload information; (2) creating and 

modifying existing information posting 

requirements for Web sites and 

browsers; (3) requiring pipelines to 

provide security information; (4) 

requiring the posting of information on 

waste heat recovery feasibility on the 

Internet; (5) modifying pipeline notice 

content and creating new pipeline 

notice types; and (6) creating standards 

to ensure NAESB data format is 

consistent with other data reporting via 

the Internet by using CSV. 

The implementation of these data 

requirements will provide additional 

transparency to informational posting 

Web sites and will improve 

communication standards, including 

gas-electric communications. The 

implementation of these standards and 

regulations will promote the additional 

efficiency and reliability of the gas 

industries’ operations thereby helping 

the Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities under the Natural Gas 

Act of promoting the efficiency and 

reliability of the gas industries’ 

operations. In addition, the 

Commission’s Office of Enforcement 

will use the data for general industry 

oversight. 

Internal Review: The Commission has 

reviewed the requirements pertaining to 

business practices of natural gas 

pipelines and made a preliminary 

determination that the proposed 

revisions are necessary to establish more 

efficient coordination between the gas 

and electric industries. Requiring such 

information ensures both a common 

means of communication and common 

business practices to limit 

miscommunication for participants 

engaged in the sale of electric energy at 

wholesale and the transportation of 

natural gas. These requirements 

conform to the Commission’s plan for 

efficient information collection, 

communication, and management 

within the natural gas pipeline 

industries. The Commission has assured 

itself, by means of its internal review, 

that there is specific, objective support 

for the burden estimates associated with 

the information requirements. 

31. Interested persons may obtain 

information on the reporting 

requirements by contacting the 

following: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen 

Brown, Office of the Executive Director, 

email: DataClearance@ferc.gov, phone: 

(202) 502–8663, fax: (202) 273–0873]. 

32. Comments concerning the 

collection of information(s) and the 

associated burden estimate(s), should be 

sent to the contact listed above and to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Washington, DC 20503 

[Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

telephone: (202) 395–4638, fax: (202) 

395–4718]. 

VI. Environmental Analysis 

33. The Commission is required to 

prepare an Environmental Assessment 

or an Environmental Impact Statement 

for any action that may have a 

significant adverse effect on the human 

environment.39 The Commission has 

categorically excluded certain actions 

from these requirements as not having a 

significant effect on the human 

environment.40 The actions proposed 

here fall within categorical exclusions 

in the Commission’s regulations for 

rules that are clarifying, corrective, or 

procedural, for information gathering, 

analysis, and dissemination, and for 

sales, exchange, and transportation of 

natural gas that requires no construction 

of facilities.41 Therefore, an 

environmental assessment is 

unnecessary and has not been prepared 

as part of this NOPR. 

VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Certification 

34. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980 (RFA) 42 generally requires a 

description and analysis of final rules 

that will have significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The RFA mandates 

consideration of regulatory alternatives 

that accomplish the stated objectives of 

a proposed rule and that minimize any 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The Small Business Administration’s 

(SBA) Office of Size Standards develops 

the numerical definition of a small 

business.43 The SBA has established a 

size standard for pipelines transporting 

natural gas, stating that a firm is small 

if its annual receipts are less than $7 

million.44

35. The regulations proposed here 

impose requirements only on interstate 

pipelines, the majority of which are not 

small businesses. Most companies 

regulated by the Commission do not fall 

within the RFA’s definition of a small 

entity. Approximately 161 entities 

would be potential respondents subject 

to data collection FERC–545 reporting 

requirements and also be subject to data 

collection FERC 549–C reporting 

requirements. Nearly all of these entities 

are large entities. For the year 2010 (the 

most recent year for which information 

is available), only seven companies not 

affiliated with larger companies had 

annual revenues of less than $7 million, 

which is about three percent of the total 

universe of potential respondents. 

Moreover, these requirements are 

designed to benefit all customers, 

including small businesses. The 

Commission estimates that the one-time 

implementation cost of these standards 

is $303,968, or $1,888 per company.45

The Commission does not consider the 

estimated $1,888 impact per entity to be 

significant. As noted above, adoption of 

consensus standards helps ensure the 

reasonableness of the standards by 

requiring that the standards draw 

support from a broad spectrum of 

industry participants representing all 

segments of the industry. Because of 

that representation and the fact that 

industry conducts business under these 

standards, the Commission’s regulations 

should reflect those standards that have 

the widest possible support. 

36. Accordingly, pursuant to § 605(b) 

of the RFA, the regulations proposed 

herein should not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

VIII. Comment Procedures 

37. The Commission invites interested 

persons to submit written comments on 

the NAESB business practice standards 


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proposed for incorporation by reference 

in this NOPR, as well as any related 

matters or alternative proposals that 

commenters may wish to discuss. 

Comments are due March 23, 2012. 

Comments must refer to Docket No. 

RM96–1–037, and must include the 

commenter’s name, the organization 

they represent, if applicable, and their 

address. Comments may be filed either 

in electronic or paper format. 

38. The Commission encourages 

comments to be filed electronically via 

the eFiling link on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The 

Commission accepts most standard 

word processing formats. Documents 

created electronically using word 

processing software should be filed in 

native applications or print-to-PDF 

format and not in a scanned format. 

Commenters filing electronically do not 

need to make a paper filing. 

39. Commenters that are not able to 

file comments electronically must send 

an original of their comments to: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

40. All comments will be placed in 

the Commission’s public files and may 

be viewed, printed, or downloaded 

remotely as described in the Document 

Availability section below. Commenters 

on this proposal are not required to 

serve copies of their comments on other 

commenters. 

IX. Document Availability 

41. 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 (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room during normal 

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

42. From the Commission’s Home 

Page on the Internet, this information is 

available on eLibrary. The full text of 

this document is available on eLibrary 

in PDF and Microsoft Word format for 

viewing, printing, and/or downloading. 

To access this document in eLibrary, 

type the docket number excluding the 

last three digits of this document in the 

docket number field. 

43. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s Web site 

during normal business hours from the 

Commission’s Online Support at (202) 

502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) 

or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 

or the Public Reference Room at (202) 

502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email 

the Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284 

Incorporation by reference, Natural 

gas, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

By the Commission. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Commission proposes to amend 18 CFR 

part 284, Chapter I, Title 18, Code of 

Federal Regulations, as follows: 

PART 284—CERTAIN SALES AND 

TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS 

UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY 

ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED 

AUTHORITIES 

1. The authority citation for part 284 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w, 3301– 

3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352; 43 U.S.C. 1331– 

1356. 

2. Section 284.12 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as 

follows: 

§ 284.12 Standards for pipeline business 

operations and communications. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Additional Standards (General 

Standards, Creditworthiness Standards, 

Gas/Electric Operational 

Communications Standards and 

Operating Capacity and Unsubscribed 

Standards) (Version 2.0, November 30, 

2010) with the exception of Standards 

0.3.19 and 0.3.21; 

(ii) Nominations Related Standards 

(Version 2.0, November 30, 2010, Minor 

Corrections Applied Through December 

2, 2011); 

(iii) Flowing Gas Related Standards 

(Version 2.0, November 30, 2010, Minor 

Corrections Applied through June 3, 

2011); 

(iv) Invoicing Related Standards 

(Version 2.0, November 30, 2010, Minor 

Corrections Applied Through June 3, 

2011); 

(v) Quadrant Electronic Delivery 

Mechanism Related Standards (Version 

2.0, November 30, 2010, Minor 

Corrections Applied Through December 

2, 2011) with the exception of Standard 

4.3.4; 

(vi) Capacity Release Related 

Standards (Version 2.0, November 30, 

2010, Minor Corrections Applied 

Through January 5, 2012); and 

(vii) Internet Electronic Transport 

Related Standards (Version 2.0, 

November 30, 2010, Minor Corrections 

Applied January 2, 2011) with the 

exception of Standard 10.3.2. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2012–4041 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–130302–10] 

RIN 1545–BJ69 

Reporting of Specified Foreign 

Financial Assets; Correction 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

corrections to a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (REG–130302–10), which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on Monday, December 19, 2011 (76 FR 

78594), relating to the reporting of 

specified foreign financial assets. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 19, 

2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph S. Henderson (202) 622–3880 

(not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The notice of proposed rulemaking 

that is the subject of these corrections 

are under section 6038 of the Internal 

Revenue Code. 

Need for Correction 

As published, the notice of proposed 

rulemaking (REG–130302–10), contains 

errors which may prove to be 

misleading and are in need of 

clarification. 

Correction of Publication 

Accordingly, the publication of the 

notice of proposed rulemaking (REG– 

130302–10), which was the subject of 

FR Doc. 2011–32254, is corrected as 

follows: 

1. On page 78594, column 2 in the 

preamble, under the caption FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, the 

language ‘‘Concerning the proposed 

regulations, Joseph S. Henderson, (202) 

622–3880; concerning submission of 

comments and/or requests for a hearing, 

Richard.A.Hurst@irscounsel.treas.gov, 

(202) 622–7180 (not a toll-free 

numbers).’’ Is corrected to read 

‘‘Concerning the proposed regulations, 

Joseph S. Henderson, (202) 622–3880; 

concerning submission of comments 


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