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8. An Alert status category ‘‘system 

report,’’ was added which shall be filed 

by the later of 24 hours after the 

recognition of the incident OR by the 

end of the next business day. This 

change aligns with the EOP–004 

Reliability Standard. 4:00 p.m. local 

time will be definition for the end of the 

business day. 

9. The Electric Emergency Incident 

and Disturbance Report section, lines J, 

K, L were reorganized into ‘‘Cause, 

Impact, and Action Taken’’ for clarity 

and ease of use and additional items 

were added to align with NERC’s EOP– 

004 Reliability Standard. 

10. The burden per response for 

completing Form OE–417 is reduced 

from 2.16 hours to 1.8 hours based on 

findings from the results from cognitive 

research conducted by the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

11. The form and instructions were 

updated to specify maintaining the 

continuity of the ‘‘Bulk Electric System’’ 

versus ‘‘the electric power system’’ in 

the ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section Line 8. 

This change is based on a comment 

provided during the 60-day comment 

period. 

12. The words ‘‘lines 13–17’’ were 

replaced with ‘‘lines M–Q’’ under the 

‘‘Response Due’’ section, to match 

updated line labels on the form. This 

change is based on a comment provided 

during the 60-day comment period. 

13. A section was added to allow 

respondents to select whether the 

information provided in the Form is 

submitted to the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

and/or the Electricity Information 

Sharing and Analysis Center (E–ISAC). 

14. EIA amended its data protection 

policy for information reported on 

Schedule 2 of Form OE–417. Currently 

this information is protected from 

public release to the extent that it 

satisfies the criteria for exemption under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 

5 U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 

CFR 1004.11 implementing FOIA, and 

the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. 

EIA will use the Critical Energy 

Infrastructure Information (CEII) 

regulations as set forth by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

to implement the requirements of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act, Pub. L. 114–94, pursuant to 

section 215A(d) of the Federal Power 

Act, as amended, to protect information 

reported on Schedule 2 in addition to 

continuing to apply FOIA exemptions 

and using the Trade Secrets Act. This 

change strengthens DOE’s ability to 

protect information reported on 

Schedule 2 of Form OE–417 and 

provides additional authority for DOE to 

withhold company identifiable 

information from public release. 

15. The new data protection provision 

for Form OE–417 is as follows: 

• The information reported on 

Schedule 1 will be considered ‘‘public 

information’’ and may be publicly 

released in company or individually 

identifiable form. 

• Information reported on Schedule 2 

of Form OE–417 will not be disclosed to 

the public to the extent that it satisfies 

the criteria for exemption under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 

U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 CFR 

1004.11, implementing the FOIA, the 

Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 and 

Critical Energy Infrastructure 

Information regulations as defined by 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission pursuant to section 

215A(d) of the Federal Power Act, as 

amended. 

In accordance with the Federal Energy 

Administration Act, DOE provides 

company-specific protected data to 

other Federal agencies when requested 

for official use. The information 

reported on this form may also be made 

available, upon request, to another 

component of DOE; to any Committee of 

Congress, the U.S. Government 

Accountability Office, or other Federal 

agencies authorized by law to receive 

such information. A court of competent 

jurisdiction may obtain this information 

in response to an order. The information 

may be used for any non-statistical 

purposes such as administrative, 

regulatory, law enforcement, or 

adjudicatory purposes. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,395. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 300. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 5,315. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $391,503. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. 

L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

In addition, 15 U.S.C. 772(b); 764(a); 764(b); 

and 790a, of the Federal Energy 

Administration Act of 1974 (FEA Act), Pub. 

L. 93–275, as well as the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

2601, Pub. L. 93–275.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3, 

2018. 

L. Devon Streit, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure 

Security and Energy Restoration, Office of 

Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, U. 

S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00258 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for extension as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The information collection 

requests a three-year extension of its 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ under OMB Control No. 

1905–0210. This generic clearance 

enables EIA to collect customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with our 

commitment to ensure that our 

programs are effective, meet our 

customers’ needs, and receive feedback 

on improving service delivery to the 

public. 

DATES: EIA must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than February 9, 2018. If you 

anticipate any difficulties in submitting 

your comments by the deadline, contact 

the DOE Desk Officer at 202–395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to: James Tyree, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 9249, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, james.n.tyree@omb.eop.gov and 

to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, EI–21, 

Washington, DC 20585, Email 

jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions, send your 

request to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. 

Energy Information Administration, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202– 

586–5562, or email it to 

jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains 

(1) OMB Number: 1905–0210. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

changes; Purpose: The proposed 

information collection activity provides 


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a means to collect qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. Qualitative 

feedback means data that provide useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback provides insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations. It also 

provides an early warning of issues with 

service, or focuses attention on areas 

where communication, training or 

changes in operations might improve 

the accuracy of data reported on survey 

instruments or the delivery of products 

or services. These collections will allow 

for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: the target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

(4) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 80,600. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Responses: 80,600. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 8,463. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment; your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Statutory Authority: Executive Order 

(E.O.) 13571, Streamlining Service 

Delivery and Improving Customer 

Service. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3, 

2018. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00260 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–35–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C.; Notice of Application 

Take notice that on December 20, 

2017 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C. (Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in 

Docket No. CP18–35–000, an 

application pursuant to section 3 of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), to amend its 

authorization under NGA section 3 and 

Presidential Permit to allow it to 

increase the design capacity of its 

Pemex Border Crossing Facilities 

located at the International Boundary 

between the United States and Mexico 

in Hidalgo County, Texas from 185 

million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) to 

468 MMcf/d. Tennessee proposes no 

construction or modification to its 

previously-approved facilities, all as 

more fully set forth in the application 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. The 

filing may also be viewed on the web at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Ben J. 

Carranza, Director, Regulatory, 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C., 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, 

Texas 77002, by phone at (713) 420– 

5535 or by email at ben_carranza@

kindermorgan.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the EA 

in the Commission’s public record for 

this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the below listed 

comment date, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

five copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 


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