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1 5 CFR 1320.12. 2Regulations Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act, Order No. 486, 52 FR 

47897, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,783 (Dec. 17, 1987). 

3 18 CFR 380.4(a)(1). 

4 5 U.S.C. 601–12. 

2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

(l) Material Incorporated by Reference 

None. 

Issued on January 4, 2024. 

Ross Landes, 

Deputy Director for Regulatory Operations, 

Compliance & Airworthiness Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00300 Filed 1–5–24; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 381 

[Docket No. RM24–2–000] 

Annual Update of Filing Fees 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule; annual update of 

Commission filing fees. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Commission’s regulations, the 

Commission issues this update of its 

filing fees. This document provides the 

yearly update using data in the 

Commission’s Financial System to 

calculate the new fees. The purpose of 

updating is to adjust the fees on the 

basis of the Commission’s costs for 

Fiscal Year 2023. 

DATES: Effective February 8, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muhammed Fofana, Office of the 

Executive Director, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 1st St. NE, 

Room 41–02, Washington, DC 20426, 

202–502–6046, Muhammed.Fofana@

ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

1. The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) is issuing 

this document to update filing fees that 

the Commission assesses for specific 

services and benefits provided to 

identifiable beneficiaries. Pursuant to 18 

CFR 381.104, the Commission is 

establishing updated fees on the basis of 

the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2023 

costs. 

II. Information Collection Statement 

2. OMB approves certain information 

collection requirements imposed by 

agency rule.1 However, this rule does 

not contain any new or additional 

information collection requirements. 

Therefore, compliance with OMB’s 

regulations is not required. 

III. Environmental Analysis 

3. 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.2

4. Part 380 of the Commission’s 

regulations lists exemptions to the 

requirement to draft an Environmental 

Analysis or Environmental Impact 

Statement. Included is an exemption for 

procedural, ministerial, or internal 

administrative actions.3 Accordingly, 

this rulemaking is exempt from the 

requirement to draft such documents 

under that provision. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

5. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980 (RFA) 4 generally requires a 

description and analysis of final rules 

that will have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. This rule concerns an update to 

filing fees. The Commission certifies 

that it will not have a significant 

economic impact upon participants in 

Commission proceedings. An analysis 

under the RFA is therefore not required. 

V. Document Availability 

6. 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). 

7. From FERC’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. 

8. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the FERC’s website during 

normal business hours from FERC 

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. 

VI. Effective Date 

9. The Commission is issuing this rule 

as a final rule without a period for 

public comment. Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(A), notice-and-comment 

rulemaking procedures are unnecessary 

for ‘‘rules of agency organization, 

procedure, or practice.’’ This rule is 

therefore exempt from notice-andcomment rulemaking procedures, 

because it concerns the Commission’s 

procedures and practices. In particular, 

the rule adjusts filing fee amounts. The 

rule will not significantly affect 

regulated entities or the general public. 

10. This rule is effective February 8, 

2024. 

The new fee schedule is as follows: 

Fees Applicable to the Natural Gas Policy Act 

1. Petitions for rate approval pursuant to 18 CFR 284.123(b)(2). (18 CFR 381.403) ........................................................................ $18,790 

Fees Applicable to General Activities 

1. Petition for issuance of a declaratory order (except under Part I of the Federal Power Act). (18 CFR 381.302(a)) .................... 37,760 

2. Review of a Department of Energy remedial order: 

Amount in controversy: 

$0–9,999. (18 CFR 381.303(b)) ............................................................................................................................................ 100 

$10,000–29,999. (18 CFR 381.303(b)) ................................................................................................................................. 600 

$30,000 or more. (18 CFR 381.303(a)) ................................................................................................................................ 55,120 

3. Review of a Department of Energy denial of adjustment: 

Amount in controversy: 


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$0–9,999. (18 CFR 381.304(b)) ............................................................................................................................................ 100 

$10,000–29,999. (18 CFR 381.304(b)) ................................................................................................................................. 600 

$30,000 or more. (18 CFR 381.304(a)) ................................................................................................................................ 28,900 

4. Written legal interpretations by the Office of General Counsel. (18 CFR 381.305(a)) .................................................................. 10,830 

Fees Applicable to Natural Gas Pipelines 

1. Pipeline certificate applications pursuant to 18 CFR 284.224. (18 CFR 381.207(b)) .................................................................... * 1,000 

Fees Applicable to Cogenerators and Small Power Producers 

1. Certification of qualifying status as a small power production facility. (18 CFR 381.505(a)) ......................................................... 32,470 

2. Certification of qualifying status as a cogeneration facility. (18 CFR 381.505(a)) ......................................................................... 36,750 

* This fee has not been changed. 

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 381 

Electric power plants, Electric 

utilities, Natural gas, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Issued: December 27, 2023. 

Anton C. Porter, 

Executive Director. 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Commission amends part 381, chapter I, 

title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

set forth below. 

PART 381—FEES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 381 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w; 16 U.S.C. 

791–828c, 2601–2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 

U.S.C. 7101–7352; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. 

U.S.C. 1–85. 

§ 381.302 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 381.302, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing ‘‘$35,980’’ and 

adding ‘‘$37,760’’ in its place. 

§ 381.303 [Amended] 

■ 3. In § 381.303, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing ‘‘$52,530’’ and 

adding ‘‘$55,120’’ in its place. 

§ 381.304 [Amended] 

■ 4. In § 381.304, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing ‘‘$27,540’’ and 

adding ‘‘$28,900’’ in its place. 

§ 381.305 [Amended] 

■ 5. In § 381.305, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing ‘‘$10,320’’ and 

adding ‘‘$10,830’’ in its place. 

§ 381.403 [Amended] 

■ 6. Section § 381.403 is amended by 

removing ‘‘$17,910’’ and adding 

‘‘$18,790’’ in its place. 

§ 381.505 [Amended] 

■ 7. In § 381.505, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing ‘‘$30,940’’ and 

adding ‘‘$32,470’’ in its place and by 

removing ‘‘$35,030’’ and adding 

‘‘$36,750’’ in its place. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00045 Filed 1–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 17 

RIN 2900–AR01 

VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical 

Education and Residency 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: On November 13, 2023, the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

published a final rule in the Federal 

Register to amend its medical 

regulations to establish a new pilot 

program on graduate medical education 

and residency, as required by section 

403 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. 

Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA 

Maintaining Internal Systems and 

Strengthening Integrated Outside 

Network Act of 2018. This correction 

adds the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number for the 

associated information collections. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

January 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Bennett, Office of Academic 

Affiliations, Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, at (202) 368–0324 or 

VAMission403Help@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA 

published a final rule on November 13, 

2023, in the Federal Register (FR) at 88 

FR 77514 to establish the Pilot Program 

on Graduate Medical Education and 

Residency in new 38 CFR 17.243 

through 17.248. The final rule contained 

provisions constituting collections of 

information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). 

On December 19, 2023, OMB approved 

these information collections and 

assigned OMB control number 2900– 

0936. This document adds language to 

38 CFR 17.243 to reference the approved 

OMB information collection and OMB 

control number. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Colleges and universities, 

Education, Government contracts, 

Health care, Health facilities, Health 

professions, Indians, Medical and dental 

schools, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Scholarships and 

fellowships, Schools, Veterans. 

Consuela Benjamin, 

Regulations Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of General Counsel, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

Correcting Amendment 

Accordingly, the Department of 

Veterans Affairs amends 38 CFR part 17 

by making the following correcting 

amendment: 

PART 17—MEDICAL 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read in part as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in 

specific sections. 

* * * * * 

■ 2. Amend § 17.243 by adding a 

parenthetical reference at the end of the 

section to read as follows: 

§ 17.243 Purpose and scope. 

* * * * * 

(The Office of Management and Budget has 

approved the information collection 

provisions in this section under control 

number 2900–0936). 

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