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purpose of the surety assessment was to analyze 

cybersecurity elements within the standards, 

focusing on four areas: (1) The NAESB Certification 

Program for Accredited Certification Authorities, 

including the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ)- 

012 Public Key Infrastructure Business Practice 

Standards, the NAESB Accreditation Requirements 

for Authorized Certificate Authorities, and the 

Authorized Certification Authority Process; (2) the 

WEQ Open Access Same-Time Information Systems 

suite of standards; (3) the WGQ and Retail Markets 

Quadrant internet Electronic Transport (IET) and 

Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism (EDM) 

Related Standards Manual; and (4) a high-level 

dependency analysis between the gas and electric 

markets to evaluate the different security paradigms 

the markets employ. 

7 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 

to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation 

of what is included in the information collection 

burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations 

1320.3. 

8Commission staff estimates that the industry’s 

skill set and cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC– 

549C are approximately the same as the 

Commission’s average cost. The FERC 2021 average 

salary plus benefits for one FERC full-time 

equivalent (FTE) is $180,703/year (or $87.00/hour) 

posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the 

Utilities sector (available at https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/naics3_221000.htm). 

9The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) 

provided in this section is based on the salary 

figures for May 2021 posted by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics for the Utilities sector (available at http:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#13-0000) 

and scaled to reflect benefits using the relative 

importance of employer costs in employee 

compensation from June 2021 (available at https:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm). The 

hourly estimates for salary plus benefits are: 

Petroleum Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2171), 

$74.20 

Computer Systems Analysts (Occupation Code: 

15–1120), $67.99 

Legal (Occupation Code: 23–0000), $142.25 

Economist (Occupation Code: 19–3011), $75.75 

The average hourly cost (salary plus benefits) is 

calculated weighting each of the aforementioned 

wage categories as follows: $74.20 (0.3) + $142.25 

(0.3) + $67.99 (0.15) + $75.75 (0.25) = $94.07. 

the standards developed to enable the 

use of distributed ledger technologies 

when transacting the NAESB Base 

Contract for Sale and Purchase of 

Natural Gas. The NAESB report 

identifies all the changes made to the 

WGQ Version 3.1 Standards and 

summarizes the deliberations that led to 

the changes being made. It also 

identifies changes to the existing 

standards that were considered but not 

adopted due to a lack of consensus or 

other reasons. 

Type of Respondents: Natural gas 

pipelines under the jurisdiction of NGA 

and NGPA. 

Estimate of Annual Burden.7 The 

Commission estimates the total annual 

burden and cost for this information 

collection as follows: 8

FERC–549C—STANDARDS FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES OF INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES

Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden and 

cost per 

response 9

(4) 

Total 

annual burden 

hours 

and total 

annual 

cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Burden from Final Rule RM96–1–42 

(NAESB Version 3.2) ..................... 59.33 1 59.33 100 hrs.; 

$9,407 

5,933.33 hrs.; 

$558,148.35 

$9,407 

Standards for Business Practices of 

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines .... 165 2.96 490 96 hrs.; 

$9,030.72 

47,040 hrs.; 

$4,425,052.80 

$26,818.50 

Total for FERC–549C ................. ........................ ........................ 549.33 ........................ 52,973.33 hrs.; 

$4,983,201.15 

..............................

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: January 20, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01519 Filed 1–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–6–000] 

Spire Storage West, LLC; Notice of 

Revised Schedule for Environmental 

Review of the Clear Creek Expansion 

Project 

This notice identifies the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission staff’s 

revised schedule for the completion of 

the environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for Spire Storage West, LLC’s Clear 

Creek Expansion Project. The first 

notice of schedule, issued on August 26, 

2021, identified January 21, 2022 as the 

final EIS issuance date. However, 

environmental staff is in the process of 

assessing various alternatives raised 

during the draft EIS comment period. As 

a result, staff has revised the schedule 

for issuance of the final EIS. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of the Notice of Availability of 

the final EIS March 15, 2022 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline June 13, 2022 

If another schedule change becomes 

necessary, an additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the project’s 

progress. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the EIS and to keep track of 

all formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets, the Commission offers 

a free service called eSubscription. This 

can reduce the amount of time you 

spend researching proceedings by 

automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

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ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). Using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘General Search’’ 

from the eLibrary menu, enter the 

selected date range and ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ (i.e., CP21–6), and follow the 

instructions. For assistance with access 

to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached 

at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, 

or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link on the FERC website also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and rule 

makings. 

Dated: January 20, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01520 Filed 1–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0116; FRL–9496–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Plating and Polishing Area Sources 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), NESHAP for 

Plating and Polishing Area Sources 

(EPA ICR Number 2294.06, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0623), to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currentlyapproved through March 31, 2022. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

A fuller description of the ICR is given 

below, including its estimated burden 

and cost to the public. An agency may 

neither conduct nor sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently-valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 25, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2021–0116, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit: http://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: The National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Plating and Polishing 

Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

WWWWWW) apply to both existing and 

new plating and polishing facilities that 

are an area source of hazardous air 

pollutant (HAP) emissions and that use 

one or more of the following metal HAP: 

Cadmium, chromium, lead manganese, 

or nickel (hereafter referred to as the 

plating and polishing metal HAP). A 

plating and polishing facility is a plant 

site that is engaged in any of the 

following processes: Non-chromium 

electroplating; electroless or nonelectrolytic plating; other nonelectrolytic metal coating processes 

such as chromate conversion coating, 

nickel acetate sealing, sodium 

dichromate sealing, and manganese 

phosphate coating, and thermal 

spraying; dry mechanical polishing of 

finished metals and formed products 

after plating or thermal spraying; 

electroforming; and electro-polishing. 

New facilities include those that 

commenced construction, modification, 

or reconstruction after the date of 

proposal. In general, all NESHAP 

standards require initial notifications, 

performance tests, and periodic reports 

by the owners/operators of the affected 

facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and 

duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart WWWWWW. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Plating 

and polishing area source facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

WWWWWW). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,900 (total). 

Frequency of response: Initially and 

annually. 

Total estimated burden: 67,700 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $8,000,000 (per 

year), which includes no annualized 

capital/startup or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This situation is 

due to two considerations. First, the 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years. 

Second, the growth rate for this industry 

is very low or non-existent, so there is 

no significant change in the overall 

burden. Since there are no changes in 

the regulatory requirements and there is 

no significant industry growth, there are 

also no changes in the capital/startup or 


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