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1 16 U.S.C. 824(o). The approved Reliability 

Standards are available on the Commission’s 

eLibrary document retrieval system in Docket No. 

RM17–12–000 and on the NERC website, 

www.nerc.com. 

2 Id. 824o(d)(2). 

3 Id. 824o(e). 

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). 

5North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117 

FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. 

v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009). 

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the person identified in paragraph (k) of this 

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[FR Doc. 2018–01228 Filed 1–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 40 

[Docket No. RM17–12–000; Order No. 840] 

Emergency Preparedness and 

Operations Reliability Standards 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission approves 

Emergency Preparedness and 

Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards 

EOP–004–4 (Event Reporting), EOP– 

005–3 (System Restoration from 

Blackstart Resources), EOP–006–3 

(System Restoration Coordination), and 

EOP–008–2 (Loss of Control Center 

Functionality). 

DATES: This rule will become effective 

March 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

E. Nick Henery (Technical Information), 

Office of Electric Reliability, Division of 

Reliability Standards and Security, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

Telephone: (202) 502–8636, Nick.Henery@

ferc.gov. 

Bob Stroh (Legal Information), Office of the 

General Counsel, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 

(202) 502–8473, Robert.Stroh@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before 

Commissioners: Kevin J. McIntyre, 

Chairman; Cheryl A. LaFleur, Neil 

Chatterjee, Robert F. Powelson, and 

Richard Glick. 

1. Pursuant to section 215 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA),1 the 

Commission approves Emergency 

Preparedness and Operations (EOP) 

Reliability Standards EOP–004–4 (Event 

Reporting), EOP–005–3 (System 

Restoration from Blackstart Resources), 

EOP–006–3 (System Restoration 

Coordination), and EOP–008–2 (Loss of 

Control Center Functionality), 

submitted by the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), 

the Commission-certified Electric 

Reliability Organization (ERO). The 

Commission also approves the 

associated violation risk factors, 

violation severity levels, 

implementation plans, and effective 

dates. In addition, the Commission 

approves the retirement of currentlyeffective Reliability Standards EOP– 

004–3, EOP–005–2, EOP–006–2, and 

EOP–008–1 immediately prior to the 

effective dates of the EOP Reliability 

Standards. 

2. The Commission determines that 

the approved EOP Reliability Standards 

will enhance reliability by: (1) Providing 

accurate reporting of events to NERC’s 

event analysis group to analyze the 

impact on the reliability of the bulk 

electric system (Reliability Standard 

EOP–004–4); (2) delineating the roles 

and responsibilities of entities that 

support system restoration from 

blackstart resources which generate 

power without the support of the bulk 

electric system (Reliability Standard 

EOP–005–3); (3) clarifying the 

procedures and coordination 

requirements for reliability coordinator 

personnel to execute system restoration 

processes (Reliability Standard EOP– 

006–3); and (4) refining the required 

elements of an operating plan used to 

continue reliable operations of the bulk 

electric system in the event that primary 

control center functionality is lost 

(Reliability Standard EOP–008–2). 

I. Background 

A. Regulatory Background 

3. Section 215 of the FPA requires a 

Commission-certified ERO to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards that are subject to 

Commission review and approval. The 

Commission may approve, by rule or 

order, a proposed Reliability Standard 

or modification to a Reliability Standard 

if it determines that the Reliability 

Standard is just, reasonable, not unduly 

discriminatory or preferential and in the 

public interest.2 Once approved, the 

Reliability Standards may be enforced 

by the ERO, subject to Commission 

oversight, or by the Commission 

independently.3

4. Pursuant to section 215 of the FPA, 

the Commission established a process to 

select and certify an ERO,4 and 

subsequently certified NERC.5 On 

March 16, 2007, the Commission issued 

Order No. 693, approving 83 of the 107 

Reliability Standards filed by NERC, 


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6 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 

4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242, at P 297, 

order on reh’g, Order No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 

61,053 (2007). 

7North American Electric Reliability Corp., 138 

FERC ¶ 61,193, at P 81 (March 2012 Order), order 

on reh’g and clarification, 139 FERC ¶ 61,168 

(2012). The March 2012 Order approved a NERC 

process to identify requirements that could be 

removed from Reliability Standards without 

impacting the reliability of the interconnected 

transmission network. 

8System Restoration Reliability Standards, Order 

No. 749, 134 FERC ¶ 61,215, at PP 18, 24 (2011). 

9Emergency Preparedness and Operations 

Reliability Standards, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 82 FR 44746 (Sept. 26, 2017), 160 

FERC ¶ 61,072 (2017) (NOPR). 

10NERC cited Reliability Standards TOP–001–3 

(Transmission Operations) and TOP–007–0 

(Reporting System Operating Limit (SOL) and IROL 

Violations), and Reliability Standard IRO–009–2 

(Reliability Coordinator Actions to Operate within 

IROLs). 

11NOPR, 160 FERC ¶ 61,072 at P 15. 

12None of the commenters disagreed with the 

Commission’s understanding regarding IROL Tv

exceedance information sharing. 

including the initial EOP Reliability 

Standards.6

B. NERC Petition 

5. On March 27, 2017, NERC filed a 

petition seeking approval of the 

proposed EOP Reliability Standards and 

retirement of currently-effective 

Reliability Standards EOP–004–3, EOP– 

005–2, EOP–006–2, and EOP–008–1. 

NERC indicated that the revisions were 

intended to: (1) Streamline the 

currently-effective EOP Reliability 

Standards; (2) remove redundancies and 

other unnecessary language while 

making the Reliability Standards more 

results-based; 7 and (3) address the 

Commission’s concern articulated in 

Order No. 749 regarding system 

restoration training.8

C. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Comments 

6. On September 20, 2017, the 

Commission issued a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking proposing to 

approve the EOP Reliability Standards 

submitted by NERC.9 In the NOPR the 

Commission indicated that Reliability 

Standard EOP–004–4 will enhance 

reliability by assigning reporting 

responsibilities to appropriate entities 

and clarifying the threshold reporting 

for a given event. In addition, the 

Commission proposed to find that 

Reliability Standard EOP–004–4 

promotes efficiency and clarity by 

eliminating redundant reporting of a 

single event by multiple entities. The 

Commission also proposed to determine 

that Reliability Standards EOP–005–3, 

EOP–006–3, and EOP–008–2 will 

enhance reliability by delineating the 

roles and responsibilities of entities that 

support system restoration from 

blackstart resources; clarifying the 

procedures and coordination 

requirements for reliability coordinator 

personnel to execute system restoration 

processes; and refining the contents of 

an operating plan used by reliability 

coordinators, balancing authorities, and 

transmission operators to maintain the 

reliability of the bulk electric system in 

the event that primary control center 

functionality is lost. 

7. NERC, Edison Electric Institute 

(EEI), and Magnum CAES, LLC 

(Magnum) filed comments in response 

to the NOPR either supporting or taking 

no position on the NOPR proposal. 

NERC and EEI request that the 

Commission adopt the NOPR proposal 

to approve the EOP Reliability 

Standards. Magnum states that it does 

not take a specific position on the EOP 

Reliability Standards but believes that 

they are important tools in maintaining 

grid safety and reliability. 

II. Discussion 

8. Pursuant to FPA section 215(d)(2), 

the Commission approves Reliability 

Standards EOP–004–4, EOP–005–3, 

EOP–006–3, and EOP–008–2 as just, 

reasonable, not unduly discriminatory 

or preferential, and in the public 

interest. The Commission also approves 

the associated violation risk factors, 

violation severity levels, 

implementation plans, and effective 

dates. Further, the Commission 

approves the retirement of currentlyeffective Reliability Standards EOP– 

004–3, EOP–005–2, EOP–006–2, and 

EOP–008–1 immediately prior to the 

effective dates of the approved EOP 

Reliability Standards. 

9. The Commission determines that 

Reliability Standard EOP–004–4 will 

enhance reliability by assigning 

reporting responsibilities to appropriate 

entities and clarifying the threshold 

reporting for a given event. In addition, 

aligning the reportable events and 

thresholds, where appropriate, 

identified in Attachments 1 and 2 of the 

Reliability Standard with the 

Department of Energy’s Form OE–417 

will improve the quality of information 

received by NERC and, as a result, the 

quality of analysis that NERC produces 

to assess the greatest risks to the bulk 

electric system. Further, Reliability 

Standard EOP–004–4 promotes 

efficiency and clarity by eliminating 

redundant reporting of a single event by 

multiple entities. The Commission 

determines that Reliability Standards 

EOP–005–3, EOP–006–3, and EOP–008– 

2 will enhance reliability by delineating 

the roles and responsibilities of entities 

that support system restoration from 

blackstart resources; clarifying the 

procedures and coordination 

requirements for reliability coordinator 

personnel to execute system restoration 

processes; and refining the contents of 

an operating plan used by reliability 

coordinators, balancing authorities, and 

transmission operators to maintain the 

reliability of the BES in the event that 

primary control center functionality is 

lost. 

10. As discussed in the NOPR, under 

currently-effective Reliability Standard 

EOP–004–3, Attachment 1, reliability 

coordinators must report to NERC when 

they operate outside of their 

interconnection reliability operating 

limit (IROL) for greater than ‘‘Tv’’ 

(defined as less than or equal to 30 

minutes). NERC proposed to eliminate 

the IROL violation reporting 

requirement in Attachment 1 of 

Reliability Standard EOP–004–4 

because, according to NERC, Reliability 

Standard EOP–004 is primarily a tool 

for trending analysis and developing 

lessons learned and not designed to be 

a real-time tool. NERC stated that any 

real-time reporting to NERC or Regional 

Entities (i.e., contemporaneous with the 

transmission operator’s notification of 

the IROL to the reliability coordinator) 

should be addressed in the 

Transmission Operations Reliability 

Standards, which deal with the realtime operations time horizon. NERC 

identified in its petition three Reliability 

Standards that, NERC asserted, require 

the reporting of such information.10

However, in the NOPR, the Commission 

indicated that it did not appear that 

these Reliability Standards require the 

reporting of IROL Tv exceedance 

information; instead, the Commission 

observed that currently NERC 

voluntarily shares IROL Tv exceedance 

information, collected pursuant to 

Reliability Standard EOP–004–3, with 

Commission staff so that Commission 

staff can monitor the transmission 

system and identify reliability trends.11

In the NOPR, the Commission stated 

that it understands that NERC will 

continue to receive IROL Tv exceedance 

information and share it with 

Commission staff even after the 

retirement of Reliability Standard EOP– 

004–3. NERC did not dispute or 

otherwise take issue with the 

Commission’s understanding in NERC’s 

comments.12 The Commission approves 

the retirement of currently-effective 

Reliability Standard EOP–004–3. 


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13 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 14 5 CFR 1320.11. 15 Generator Operator (GOP); Generator Owner 

(GO); Transmission Operators (TOP); Transmission 

Owners (TO); Reliability Coordinator (RC); 

Distribution Provider (DP). 16 In the burden table, reporting requirements 

(engineering) is abbreviated as ‘‘Eng.’’ and record 

keeping is abbreviated as ‘‘R.K.’’ 

17The estimates for cost per hour are based on 

2015 wage figures. The table uses 2015 wage figures 

because 2015 wage figures were used when the 

requirements listed in the table were implemented. 

The wage figures were derived as follows: 

$64.29/hour, the average salary plus benefits per 

electrical engineer, Occupation Code 17–2071 (from 

Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/naics2_22.htm) 

$37.75/hour, the average salary plus benefits for 

information and record clerks, Occupation Code 

43–4071 (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https:// 

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

The results of calculations are rounded to the 

nearest dollar in the burden table. 

III. Information Collection Statement 

11. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) 13 requires each federal agency to 

seek and obtain Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval before 

undertaking a collection of information 

directed to ten or more persons, or 

contained in a rule of general 

applicability. The OMB regulations 

require that OMB approve certain 

reporting and recordkeeping (collections 

of information) imposed by an agency.14

Upon approval of a collection(s) of 

information, OMB will assign an OMB 

control number and expiration date. 

Respondents subject to the filing 

requirements of this rule will not be 

penalized for failing to respond to these 

collections of information unless the 

collections of information display a 

valid OMB control number. 

12. In this Final Rule the Commission 

is approving the following Reliability 

Standards: EOP–004–4 (Event 

Reporting), EOP–005–3 (System 

Restoration from Blackstart Resources), 

EOP–006–3 (System Restoration 

Coordination), and EOP–008–2 (Loss of 

Control Center Functionality), 

associated with information collections 

FERC–725A and FERC–725S. The 

Commission also approves the 

associated violation risk factors, 

violation severity levels, 

implementation plans, and effective 

dates. 

13. Public Reporting Burden: The 

changes reflected in these Reliability 

Standards are not expected to result in 

a net increase in the annual recordkeeping and reporting requirements on 

applicable entities (GO, DP, RC, TO, 

TOP, and GOP).15 Our estimate in the 

tables below regarding the number of 

respondents is based on the NERC 

Compliance Registry as of September 

15, 2017. Reliability Standards EOP– 

004–4, EOP–005–3, EOP–006–3, and 

EOP–008–2 will replace the paperwork 

burden approved in FERC–725A (OMB 

Control. No. 1902–0244) and be added 

to FERC–725S. That burden reflects an 

increase in total burden hours and cost 

based on adjustments in the number of 

entities and cost per hour applicable 

under the EOP Reliability Standards 

approved in this Final Rule. However, 

analysis comparing both previous 

burden approved in FERC–725A and 

burden for FERC–725S show an increase 

in total burden but no increase in 

burden hours per response. 

14. The first table for FERC–725A 

addresses the burden reduction for a 

total of 59,591.5 hours and $3,744,990 

(55,929.5 hours and $3,595,708 from 

reporting requirement; and 3,662 hours 

and $149,282 from record keeping). The 

second table: (a) Moves burden from the 

old version in the Reliability Standards 

approved in FERC–725A to FERC–725S; 

(b) shows no net change in burden per 

entity between the new and old versions 

of the Reliability Standards; and (c) 

updates applicable entities and cost per 

hour figure. 

REDUCTIONS TO FERC–725A, FROM THE FINAL RULE IN DOCKET NO. RM17–12 

Reliability 

standard and 

associated 

requirement 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number 

of 

responses 

Average burden 

and cost per 

response 16

Total annual 

burden and total 

annual cost 17

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

EOP–008–2 

One-time Review and Revision of Plan (affected entities).215 1 215 20 hrs. (Eng.); ($1,286) 

(Reduction).

4,300 hrs. (Eng.); 

($276,447) (Reduction).

($1,286) (Eng.) (Reduction). 

Updating, Approving, and 

Maintaining Records (affected entities).

215 1 215 6 hrs. (Eng.); ($386) 2 hrs. 

(R.K.); ($76) (Reduction).

1,290 hrs. (Eng.); ($82,934) 

430 hrs. (R.K.); ($16,233) 

(Reduction).

($386) (Eng.); ($76) (R.K.) 

(Reduction). 

One-time Contracting (affected entities).27 1 27 120 hrs. (Eng.) ($7,715) 

(Reduction).

3,240 hrs. ($208,300) 

(Eng.) (Reduction).

($7,715) (Eng.) (Reduction). 

EOP–005–3 & EOP–006–3 

RC Data Retention .............. 26 2 52 8 hrs. (R.K.) ($514) (Reduction).416 hrs. (R.K.); ($26,745) 

(Reduction).

($514) (R.K.) (Reduction). 

TOP Reporting Data ........... 176 1 176 116 hrs. (Eng.); ($7,458) 16 

hrs. (R.K.); ($604) (Reduction).

20,416 hrs. (Eng.); 

($1,312,545) 2,816 hrs. 

(R.K.); ($106,304).

($7,458) (Eng.); ($604) 

(R.K.) (Reduction). 

GOP Testing ....................... 230 1 230 80 hrs. (Eng.); ($5,143) 

(Reduction).

18,400 hrs. (Eng.); 

($1,182,936) (Reduction).

($5,143) (Eng.) (Reduction). 

TO and DP Training ............ 678 1 678 8 hrs. (Eng.); ($514) (Reduction).5,424 hrs. (Eng.); 

($348,709) (Reduction).

($514) (Eng.) (Reduction). 

EOP–004–4 

One-Time Review and Revision of Plan (affected entities).1,400 1 1,400 2 hrs. (Eng.); ($129) (Reduction).2,800 hrs. (Eng.) 

($180,012) (Reduction).

($129) (Reduction). 

Reporting Events (affected 

entities).

350 1 350 0.17 hrs. (Eng.); ($11) (Reduction).59.5 hrs. (Eng.); ($3,825) 

(Reduction).

($11) (Reduction). 


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18 In the burden table, reporting requirement 

(engineering) is abbreviated as ‘‘Eng.’’ and record 

keeping is abbreviated as ‘‘R.K.’’ 

19The estimates for cost per hour are based on 

May 2016 wage figures and derived as follows: 

$68.12/hour, the average salary plus benefits per 

electric engineer, Occupation Code 17–2071, (from 

Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/naics2_22.htm) 

$39.14/hour, the average salary plus benefits per 

information and record clerks Occupation Code 43– 

4071, (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://

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

The results of calculations are rounded to the 

nearest dollar within the burden table. 

REDUCTIONS TO FERC–725A, FROM THE FINAL RULE IN DOCKET NO. RM17–12—Continued 

Reliability 

standard and 

associated 

requirement 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number 

of 

responses 

Average burden 

and cost per 

response 16

Total annual 

burden and total 

annual cost 17

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Total, Reductions to 

FERC–725A.

.................... .................... 3,343 

(Reduction) 

............................................ 59,591.5 hrs; ($3,744,990) 

(Eng.) 55,929.5 hrs.; 

($3,595,708); (R.K.) 

3,662 hrs.; ($149,282) 

(Reduction).

In the table below Reliability 

Standards EOP–004–4, EOP–005–3, 

EOP–006–3, and EOP–008–2 will result 

in paperwork burden being added to 

FERC–725S (OMB Control No. 1902– 

0270). These Reliability Standards will 

replace previous versions whose 

paperwork burden was previously 

approved in FERC–725A (OMB Control. 

No. 1902–0244). The burden being 

added to FERC–725S reflects an 

increase from the previous versions of 

the Reliability Standards in total burden 

hours and cost based on adjustments in 

the one additional entities and changes 

to hourly cost. 

FERC–725S, MODIFICATIONS DUE TO FINAL RULE IN DOCKET NO. RM17–12 

Reliability 

standard and 

associated 

requirement 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number 

of 

responses 

Average burden 

and cost per 

response 18

Total annual 

burden and total 

annual cost 19

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

EOP–008–2 

One-time Review in Year 1 216 1 216 20 hrs. (Eng.); $1,362 ........ 4,320 hrs. (Eng.); $294,192 $1,362 (Eng.). 

Updating, Approving, and 

Maintaining Records.

216 1 216 6 hrs. (Eng.); $409 2 hrs. 

(R.K.); $78.

1728 hrs., $105,092 (1,296 

hrs. (Eng.); $88,244 

(R.K.); 432 hrs; $16,848).

$487 ($409 (Eng.); $78 

(R.K.)). 

One-time Contracting in 

Year 1.

27 1 27 120 hrs. (Eng.) $8174 ........ 3,240 hrs. $220,698 (Eng.) $8174 (Eng.). 

EOP–005–3 & EOP–006–3 

RC Data Retention .............. 11 2 22 8 hrs. (R.K.) $313 .............. 176 hrs. (R.K.); $6,886 ...... $626 (R.K.). 

TOP Reporting Data ........... 177 1 177 132 hrs., $8528 (116 hrs. 

(Eng.); $7,902 16 hrs. 

(R.K.); $626).

23,364 hrs., $1,209,456 

(20,532 hrs. (Eng.); 

$1,398,654 2,832 hrs. 

(R.K.); $110,802).

$8528 ($7,902 (Eng.); $626 

(R.K.). 

GOP Testing ....................... 264 1 264 80 hrs. (Eng.); $5450 ......... 21,120 hrs. (Eng.); 

$1,438,800.

$5,450 (Eng.). 

TO and DP Training ............ 524 1 524 8 hrs. (Eng.); $545 ............. 4,192 hrs. (Eng.); $285,580 $545 (Eng.). 

EOP–004–4 

One-Time Review and Revision in Year 1 (affected 

entities).

1,475 1 1,475 2 hrs. (Eng.); $136 ............. 2,950 hrs. (Eng.) $200,600 $136 (Eng.). 

Reporting Events (affected 

entities).

368 1 368 0.17 hrs. (Eng.); $12 .......... 63 hrs. (Eng.); $4,416 ........ $12 (Eng.). 

Total Year 1 ................. .................... .................... 3,289 ............................................ 61,090 hrs.; $4,036,100 

((Eng.) 57,650 hrs., 

$3,901,204; (R.K) 3440 

hrs., $134,896).

Total Year 2 ................. .................... .................... 1,571 ............................................ 50,643 hrs., $3,350,230 .....

Total Year 3 ................. .................... .................... 1,571 ............................................ 50,643 hrs., $3,350,230 .....

In the table above, we indicate the 

annual total burden for years 1, 2 and 

3 for FERC–725S (OMB Control No. 

1902–0270). The average annual burden 

for years 1, 2, and 3 is (61,090 hours + 

50,643 hours + 50,643/3 = 54,125. The 

average annual cost is $3,578,853. 


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20Regulations Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,783 (1987). 

21 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii). 

22 5 U.S.C. 601–612. 

Title: FERC–725A, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System and FERC–725S Mandatory 

Reliability Standards: Emergency 

Preparedness and Operations (EOP). 

Action: Revision to existing 

collections. 

OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0244 (FERC– 

725A); 1902–0270 (FERC–725S). 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency of Responses: One-Time 

and Annually. 

Necessity of the Information: 

Reliability Standards EOP–008–1, EOP– 

005–3, EOP–006–3, and EOP–004–4 

provide accurate reporting of events to 

NERC’s event analysis group to analyze 

the impact on the reliability of the bulk 

electric system (Reliability Standard 

EOP–004–4); delineate the roles and 

responsibilities of entities that support 

system restoration from blackstart 

resources (Reliability Standard EOP– 

005–3); clarify the procedures and 

coordination requirements for reliability 

coordinator personnel to execute system 

restoration processes (Reliability 

Standard EOP–006–3); and, refine the 

required elements of an operating plan 

used to continue reliable operations of 

the bulk electric system if that primary 

control functionality is lost (Reliability 

Standard EOP–008–2). These Reliability 

Standards modifications are designed to 

eliminate redundant reporting of a 

single event by multiple entities, assign 

reporting requirements to appropriate 

entities, and clarify the threshold 

reporting for a given event. 

Internal Review: The Commission 

reviewed the revised Reliability 

Standards and made a determination 

that its action is necessary to implement 

section 215 of the FPA. The 

Commission has assured itself, by 

means of its internal review, that there 

is specific, objective support for the 

burden estimates associated with the 

information requirements. 

15. Interested persons may obtain 

information on the reporting 

requirements by contacting the 

following: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen 

Brown, Office of the Executive Director, 

email: DataClearance@ferc.gov, phone: 

(202) 502–8663, fax: (202) 273–0873]. 

For submitting comments concerning 

the collection(s) of information and the 

associated burden estimate(s), please 

send your comments to the Commission 

and to the Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 

20503 [Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

phone: (202) 395–0710, fax: (202) 395– 

7285]. For security reasons, comments 

to OMB should be submitted by email 

to: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments submitted to OMB should 

include 1902–0244 and 1902–0270 and 

Docket Number RM17–12–000. 

IV. Environmental Analysis 

16. 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.20 The Commission has 

categorically excluded certain actions 

from this requirement as not having a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. Included in the exclusion 

are rules that are clarifying, corrective, 

or procedural or that do not 

substantially change the effect of the 

regulations being amended.21 The 

actions taken here fall within this 

categorical exclusion in the 

Commission’s regulations. 

V. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

17. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980 (RFA) 22 generally requires a 

description and analysis of Final Rule 

that will have significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The RFA does not mandate any 

particular outcome in a rulemaking. It 

only requires consideration of 

alternatives that are less burdensome to 

small entities and an agency 

explanation of why alternatives were 

rejected. 

18. In this Final Rule, the Commission 

estimates a one-time cost of compliance 

for administering the changes in the 

approved Reliability Standards versus 

their prior versions but no ongoing net 

burden change. The total average annual 

burden and cost to industry over years 

1, 2 and 3 is 54,125 hours and 

$3,578,853. Therefore, the average 

annual cost per entity is $16,569. 

Comparison of the applicable entities 

with the Commission’s small business 

data indicates that approximately 45 (or 

21 percent) of applicable entities are 

small entities. Accordingly, the 

Commission certifies that the Final Rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

VI. Effective Date and Congressional 

Notification 

19. These regulations are effective 

March 26, 2018. The Commission has 

determined, with the concurrence of the 

Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB, that this rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined in section 351 of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996. 

VII. Document Availability 

20. 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) and in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room during normal 

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE, 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

21. From the Commission’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 of this 

document, excluding the last three 

digits, in the docket number field. 

22. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from the 

Commission’s 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. 

VIII. Effective Date and Congressional 

Notification 

23. These regulations are effective 

March 26, 2018. The Commission has 

determined, with the concurrence of the 

Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB, that this rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined in section 351 of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996. The Commission 

will submit the Final Rule to both 

houses of Congress and to the General 

Accountability Office. 

By the Commission. 

Issued: January 18, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01246 Filed 1–23–18; 8:45 am] 

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