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8Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

9Hand-delivered submissions in docketed 

proceedings should be delivered to Health and 

Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 

your comments on or before May 10, 

2022. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, and 

Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP22–62–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 8

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below.9 Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP22–62– 

000. 

To mail via USPS, use the following 

address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

To mail via any other courier, use the 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email (with a link to the 

document) at: dave_hammel@

tcenergy.com, 700 Louisiana Street, 

Suite 1300, Houston, TX 77002–2700. 

Any subsequent submissions by an 

intervenor must be served on the 

applicant and all other parties to the 

proceeding. Contact information for 

parties can be downloaded from the 

service list at the eService link on FERC 

Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. 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 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05646 Filed 3–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC22–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (Ferc–1000); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Three-year renewal of 

information collection and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection, FERC– 

1000 (Request for a Medical Exception 

to the COVID–19 Vaccination 

Requirement). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due May 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of 

your comments (identified by Docket 

No. IC22–8–000) by one of the following 

methods: 

Electronic filing through http://

www.ferc.gov, is preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by USPS mail or by hand (including 

courier) delivery: 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Addressed to Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ Hand (including courier) delivery 

to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by email 

at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, or 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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1The vaccination requirement issued pursuant to 

E.O. 14043, is currently the subject of a nationwide 

injunction. While that injunction remains in place, 

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

will not process requests for a medical exception 

from the COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043. FERC will also not request 

the submission of any medical information related 

to a request for an exception from the vaccination 

requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 while the 

injunction remains in place. But FERC may 

nevertheless receive information regarding a 

medical exception. That is because, if FERC were 

to receive a request for an exception from the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043 during the pendency of the injunction, 

FERC will accept the request, hold it in abeyance, 

and notify the employee who submitted the request 

that implementation and enforcement of the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043 is currently enjoined and that an 

exception therefore is not necessary so long as the 

injunction is in place. In other words, during the 

pendency of the injunction, any information 

collection related to requests for medical exception 

from the COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043 is not undertaken to 

implement or enforce the COVID–19 vaccination 

requirement. 

2 ‘‘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. 

3Cost estimates are based on industry costs for 

general internal medicine physicians (29–1216) 

defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost 

figure for the general internal medicine physicians 

in 2021 was an average annual salary plus benefits 

of $300,076/year or $144/hour. 

Title: FERC–1000, Request for a 

Medical Exception to the COVID–19 

Vaccination Requirement. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0320. 

Abstract: The purpose of this threeyear renewal of the information 

collection is to allow the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission to collect 

information from FERC employees (and 

their medical providers) applying for a 

medical exception to the COVID–19 

Vaccination Requirement as specified in 

Part 2 of FERC Form No. 1000.1

Consistent with guidance from the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), guidance from the 

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force 

established pursuant to Executive Order 

13991 of January 20, 2021, Protecting 

the Federal Workforce and Requiring 

Mask-Wearing, and Executive Order 

14043 of September 9, 2021, Requiring 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination 

for Federal Employees, the request for 

this information collection is essential 

to implement the Commission’s health 

and safety measures regarding the 

federal employee medical exceptions to 

the COVID–19 mandatory vaccinations. 

In addition, the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, requires Federal 

Agencies to provide reasonable 

accommodations to qualified employees 

with disabilities unless that reasonable 

accommodation would impose an 

undue hardship on the employee’s 

Agency. See 29 U.S.C. 791 and 29 CFR 

part 1614; see also 20 CFR part 1630 and 

Executive Order 13164 of July 26, 2000, 

Requiring Federal Agencies to Establish 

Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of 

Reasonable Accommodation. Section 2 

of E.O. 14043 mandates that each 

agency, ‘‘implement, to the extent 

consistent with applicable law, a 

program to require COVID–19 

vaccination for all of its Federal 

employees, with exceptions only as 

required by law.’’ This medical 

exception form (FERC Form No. 1000) is 

necessary for the Commission to 

determine whether to grant medical 

exceptions to the vaccine requirement 

under the Rehabilitation Act. 

The information being requested 

helps promote the safety of the Federal 

workforce, Federal buildings, and others 

on site at FERC facilities. This collection 

is consistent with the COVID–19 

Workplace Safety Agency Model Safety 

Principles established by the White 

House Safer Federal Workforce Task 

Force and guidance from the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

Type of Respondent: Medical 

Providers. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–1000: REQUEST FOR A MEDICAL EXCEPTION TO THE COVID–19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden & 

cost per 

response 3

Total annual 

burden hours & 

total annual cost 

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

Medical Provider ............... 24 1 24 30 minutes (1⁄2 hour); $72 .. 720 minutes (12 hours); $1,728. 

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: March 11, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05641 Filed 3–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–2376–052] 

Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Soliciting Additional Study Requests 

and Establishing Procedural Schedule 

for Relicensing and a Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 


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