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public review and copying at http://

biomassboard.gov/committee/

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03133 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board; 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer at the address or phone number 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Monica Neukomm, Policy Advisor, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, US Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number 

202–287–5189, and email 

moinca.neukomm@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive STEAB 

Task Force updates on action items and 

revised objectives for FY 2015, discuss 

follow-up opportunities and 

engagement with EERE and other DOE 

staff as needed to keep Task Force work 

moving forward, discuss upcoming FY 

2015 live Board meetings, and receive 

updates on member activities within 

their states. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Monica Neukomm at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site at: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03128 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 5, 2015, 6:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ohio State University, 

Endeavor Center, Shyville Road, 

Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Simonton, Alternate Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post 

Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661, 

(740) 897–3737, Greg.Simonton@

lex.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Approval of January Minutes 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments 

• Liaison’s Comments 

• Presentation 

• Administrative Issues 

• Subcommittee Updates 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments from the Board 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Portsmouth, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Greg 

Simonton at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the phone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Greg 

Simonton at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Greg Simonton at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://www.portsssab.energy.gov/. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 11, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03149 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RD14–13–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725F); 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, 44 U.S.C. 


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8300 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 

1 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012). 

2Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109–58, Title 

XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 

824o. 

3 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3). 

4Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the 

Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No. 

672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006). 

5 Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear 

Plant Interface Coordination, Order No. 716, 125 

FERC ¶ 61,065, at P 189 & n.90 (2008), order on 

reh’g, Order No. 716–A, 126 FERC ¶ 61,122 (2009). 

6North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 

130 FERC ¶ 61,051 (2010). When the revised 

Reliability Standard was approved the Commission, 

it did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed 

that the changes made did not substantively affect 

the information collection, and therefore a formal 

submission to OMB was not needed. 

7See Reliability Standard NUC–001–3, available 

at http://www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-3.pdf. 

8The Commission defines burden as the total 

time, effort, or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal agency. 5 

CFR 1320.3 (2014) (explaining what is included in 

the information collection burden). 

9 79 FR 61068 (10/9/2014). 

10 80 FR 6067 (2/4/2015). 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collection, FERC–725F (Mandatory 

Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant 

Interface Coordination: Reliability 

Standard NUC–001–3), as modified in 

this docket. The Commission previously 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 69450, 11/21/2014) 

requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments and 

is making this notation in its submittal 

to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due March 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. RD14–13–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

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–725F (Mandatory 

Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant 

Interface Coordination: Reliability 

Standard NUC–001–3). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0249. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–725F information 

collection requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission requires 

the information collected by the FERC– 

725F to implement the statutory 

provisions of section 215 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA).1 On August 8, 2005, 

the Electricity Modernization Act of 

2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle A, of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 

2005), was enacted into law.2 EPAct 

2005 added a new section 215 to the 

FPA, which required a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO) to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, which are subject to 

Commission review and approval. Once 

approved, the Reliability Standards may 

be enforced by the ERO subject to 

Commission oversight, or the 

Commission can independently enforce 

Reliability Standards.3

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No. 672, implementing 

section 215 of the FPA.4 Pursuant to 

Order No. 672, the Commission certified 

one organization, the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), 

as the ERO. The Reliability Standards 

developed by the ERO and approved by 

the Commission apply to users, owners 

and operators of the Bulk-Power System 

as set forth in each Reliability Standard. 

On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its 

petition for Commission approval of the 

Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination 

Reliability Standard, designated NUC– 

001–1. In Order No. 716 the 

Commission approved the standard 

while also directing certain revisions.5

Reliability Standard, NUC–001–2, was 

approved by the Commission on January 

21, 2010.6 Revised Reliability Standard 

NUC–001–3 was filed with the 

Commission by NERC on September 15, 

2014. 

The purpose of Reliability Standard 

NUC–001–3 is to require ‘‘coordination 

between nuclear plant generator 

operators and transmission entities for 

the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant 

safe operation and shutdown.’’ 7

Reliability Standard NUC–001–3 applies 

to nuclear plant generator operators 

(generally nuclear power plant owners 

and operators, including licensees of the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) 

and ‘‘transmission entities,’’ defined in 

the Reliability Standard as including a 

nuclear plant’s suppliers of off-site 

power and related transmission and 

distribution services. Reliability 

Standard NUC–001–3 requires a nuclear 

power plant operator and its suppliers 

of back-up power and related 

transmission and distribution services 

to coordinate concerning nuclear 

licensing requirements for safe nuclear 

plant operation and shutdown and 

system operating limits. Information 

collection requirements include 

establishing and maintaining interface 

agreements, including record retention 

requirements. 

Type of Respondents: Nuclear power 

plant owners, operators, and 

transmission entities 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 The 

Commission estimates for the annual 

public reporting burden for the 

Reliability Standard NUC–001–3 are 

unchanged from the estimates in the 

public notices issued for Reliability 

Standard NUC–001–2 on 10/30/2014 9

and 1/28/2015 10 in Docket No. IC14– 

16–000. 

Reliability Standard NUC–001–3 

represents the implementation of 

recommendations made by the NERC 

Five Year Review Team to revise 

Reliability Standard NUC–001–2. These 

recommendations include clarifying and 

conforming changes to update the 

standard for current use of terminology 

implemented in other areas of the 

Reliability Standards, as well as 

updated violation risk factors and 

violation severity levels for the 

evaluation of violations of the 

Reliability Standard. The burden of 

complying with the requirements under 

Reliability Standard NUC–001–3 will 

not change because the changes from 

the previous Reliability Standard NUC– 

001–2 are substantially administrative 

in nature. 

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 


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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

119 Stat. 594 (2005). 

2Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company 

Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility 

Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592 (2005), 

order on rehearing, Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446 

(2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B, 71 FR 

42750 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118 

FERC 61133 (2007). 

3 18 CFR 366.1. 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03106 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC15–1–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–598 & FERC–716); 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting its information 

collections FERC–598 (Self-Certification 

for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status or Foreign Utility 

Company Status) and FERC–716 [Good 

Faith Requests for Transmission Service 

and Good Faith Responses by 

Transmitting Utilities Under Sections 

211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power 

Act (FPA)] 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 (79 FR 68424, 11/17/

2014) requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments on 

either the FERC–598 or the FERC–716 

and is making this notation in its 

submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by March 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified either by the OMB Control 

No. 1902–0166 (FERC–598) or 1902– 

0170 (FERC–716) 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 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Commission, in Docket 

No. IC15–1–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

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

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

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

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

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

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

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

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the information collection 

requirements for all collections 

described below with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. Please 

note that each collection is distinct from 

the next. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collections of 

information are 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 

estimates of the burden and cost of the 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collections; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collections 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

FERC–598 (Self-Certification for 

Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status or Foreign Utility 

Company Status) 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0166. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

data in the FERC–598 information 

collection to implement the statutory 

provisions of Title XII, subchapter F of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 

2005).1

EPAct 2005 repealed the Public 

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 

(PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, and 

adopted in its place the Public Utility 

Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 

2005). This change enabled the 

Commission to exempt from the 

requirements of PUHCA 2005 the 

holding companies that hold 

responsibility over wholesale generators 

from PUHCA 2005 on a case-by-case 

basis. The Commission amended its 

regulations (in Order No. 667 2) to add 

procedures for self-certification by 

entities seeking exempt wholesale 

generator (EWG) and Foreign Utility 

Company (FUCO) status. This selfcertification is similar to the process 

available to entities that seek qualifying 

facility status. 

An EWG is a ‘‘person engaged 

directly, or indirectly through one or 

more affiliates . . . and exclusively in 

the business of owning or operating, or 

both owning and operating, all or part 

of one or more eligible facilities and 

selling electric energy at wholesale.’’ 3 A 

FUCO is a company that ‘‘owns or 

operates facilities that are not located in 

any state and that are used for the 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

of electric energy for sale or the 

distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, if such company: (1) Derives no 

part of its income, directly or indirectly, 

from the generation, transmission, or 

distribution of electric energy for sale or 

the distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, within the United States; and (2) 

neither the company nor any of its 

subsidiary companies is a public-utility 

company operating in the United 

States.’’ 

An EWG, FUCO, or its representative 

seeking to self-certify its status must file 

with the Commission a notice of selfcertification demonstrating that it 

satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO. 

In the case of EWGs, the person filing 

a notice of self-certification must also 

file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory 

authority of the state in which the 

facility is located and that person must 

also represent to the Commission in its 


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