Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 28, 2021 / Notices 40555 

1 86 FR 27589. 

2Burden is defined 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. Refer to 5 

CFR 1320.3 for additional information. 

3Changes to estimated number of respondents 

were based on average number of respondents over 

the past three years. 

4The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * $83.00/hour = Average cost/ 

response. The figure is the 2020 FERC average 

hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $83.00 (and 

an average annual salary of $172,329/year). 

Commission staff is using the FERC average salary 

because we consider any reporting requirements 

completed in response to the FERC–537 to be 

compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC 

employees. 

5Each of the figures in this column are rounded 

to the nearest dollar. 

6A Certificate Abandonment Application would 

require waiver of the Commission’s capacity release 

regulations in 18 CFR 284.8; therefore this activity 

is associated with Interstate Certificate and 

Abandonment Applications. 

required. Additionally, requests for an 

increase of pipeline capacity must 

include a statement that demonstrates 

compliance with the Commission’s 

Certificate Policy Statement by making 

a showing that the cost of the expansion 

will not be subsidized by existing 

customers and that there will not be 

adverse economic impacts to existing 

customers, competing pipelines or their 

customers, nor to landowners and to 

surrounding communities. 

The Commission reviews and 

analyses the information filed under the 

regulations subject to FERC–537 to 

determine whether to approve or deny 

the requested authorization. If the 

Commission failed to collect these data, 

it would lose its ability to review 

relevant information to determine 

whether the requested certificate should 

be authorized. The 60-day notice 

published on May 21, 2021 1 and 

received no comments. 

Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional 

natural gas companies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden 2: The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–537 (GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT) 3

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of 

responses 

Average annual burden & 

cost per response 4

Total average 

annual burden 

hours & total annual 

cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

18 CFR 157.5–.11 (Interstate 

Certificate and Abandonment Applications).

31 1.39 43.09 500 hrs.; $41,500 ................... 21,545 hrs; $1,788,235 .......... $57,685 

18 CFR 157.53 (Pipeline Purging/Testing Exemptions).1 1 1 50 hrs.; $4,150 ....................... 50 hrs.; $4,150 ....................... 4,150 

18 CFR 157.201–.209; 

157.211; 157.214–.218 

(Blanket Certificates Prior to 

Notice Filings).

24 2.125 51 200 hrs.; $16,600 ................... 10,200 hrs.; $846,600 ............ 35,275 

18 CFR 157.201–.209; 

157.211; 157.214–.218 

(Blanket Certificates—Annual Reports).

162 1 162 50 hrs.; $4,150 ....................... 8,100 hrs.; $672,300 .............. 4,150 

18 CFR 284.11 (NGPA Section 311 Construction—Annual Reports).75 1 75 50 hrs.; $4,150 ....................... 3,750 hrs.; $311,250 .............. 4,150 

18 CFR 284.8 6 (Request for 

Waiver of Capacity Release 

Regulations).

31 1.39 43.09 10 hrs.; $830 .......................... 430.90 hrs.; $35,764.70 ......... 1,153.70 

18 CFR 284.13(e) and 

284.126(a) (Interstate and 

Intrastate Bypass Notice).

2 1 2 30 hrs.; $2,490 ....................... 60 hrs.; $4,980 ....................... 2,490 

18 CFR 284.221 (Blanket Certificates).1 1 1 100 hrs.; $8,300 ..................... 100 hrs.; $8,300 ..................... 8,300 

18 CFR 284.224 (Hinshaw 

Blanket Certificates).

1 1 1 75 hrs.; $6,225 ....................... 75 hrs.; $6,225 ....................... 6,225 

18 CFR 157.5–.11; 157.13–.20 

(Non-facility Certificate or 

Abandonment Applications.

11 1.36 14.96 75 hrs.; $6,225 ....................... 1,122 hrs.; $93,126 ................ 8,466 

Total .................................. ........................ ........................ 394.14 ................................................. 45,432.90 hrs.; $3,770,930.70 ........................

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: July 22, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3511–024] 

Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC; 

Notice of Waiver Period for Water 

Quality Certification Application 

On July 2, 2021, Lower Saranac 

Hydro, LLC filed with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission a copy 

of its application for a Clean Water Act 

section 401(a)(1) water quality 


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1 In a February 9, 2021 filing, the Commission 

was notified that Enel Green Power North America, 

Inc. transferred all its ownership interests for Lower 

Saranac Hydro, LLC to Hydroland, Inc. 

2The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that 

EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal 

action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This 

notice establishes the Commission’s intent to 

prepare an EA for the Groveville Project. Therefore, 

in accordance with CEQ’s regulations, the EA must 

be issued within 1 year of the issuance date of this 

notice. 

certification submitted to the New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation (New York DEC), in 

conjunction with the above captioned 

project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6, we 

hereby notify the New York DEC of the 

following: 

Date of Receipt of the Certification 

Request: July 2, 2021. 

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on 

the Certification Request: One year. 

Date Waiver Occurs for Failure to Act: 

July 2, 2022. 

If New York DEC fails or refuses to act 

on the water quality certification request 

by the above waiver date, then the 

agency’s certifying authority is deemed 

waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of 

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1341(a)(1). 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16064 Filed 7–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC21–147–000] 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company; 

Kentucky Utilities Company; Notice of 

Filing 

Take notice that on July 16, 2021, 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company 

and Kentucky Utilities Company 

(‘‘Companies’’) requested approval to 

treat the deployment of their Advanced 

Metering Infrastructure (AMI) program 

as a single project for purposes of in 

service and accrual of Allowance for 

Funds Used During Construction 

(‘‘AFUDC’’) and requested permission to 

record the remaining net book value of 

the Companies’ legacy meters in 

Account 182.2—Unrecovered plant and 

regulatory study costs, upon the full 

deployment of AMI. Applicants state 

that their request will indirectly impact 

FERC-jurisdictional formula rates due to 

the use of plant allocators. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Protests will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a notice of intervention or 

motion to intervene, as appropriate. 

Such notices, motions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Petitioner. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically may mail similar 

pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand 

delivered submissions in docketed 

proceedings should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

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) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on August 2, 2021. 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3511–024] 

Lower Saranac Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment 

On May 29, 2020, Enel Green Power 

North America, Inc.1 filed an 

application on behalf of Lower Saranac 

Hydro, LLC (Lower Saranac), for a 

subsequent minor license for the 1.76- 

megawatt Groveville Hydroelectric 

Project (Groveville Project or project) 

(FERC No. 3511). The Groveville Project 

is located on Fishkill Creek, in the City 

of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York. 

The project is located approximately 2.7 

river miles upstream of the mouth of 

Fishkill Creek. The project does not 

occupy federal land. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on May 11, 2021, 

Commission staff issued a notice that 

the project was ready for environmental 

analysis (REA notice). Based on the 

information in the record, including 

comments filed on the REA notice, staff 

does not anticipate that licensing the 

project would constitute a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

staff intends to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

application to license the Groveville 

Project. 

The EA will be issued and circulated 

for review by all interested parties. All 

comments filed on the EA will be 

analyzed by staff and considered in the 

Commission’s final licensing decision. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues 

EA.

December 2021. 2

Comments on EA ..... January 2022. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Jeremy Feinberg at 

(202) 502–6893 or jeremy.feinberg@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16067 Filed 7–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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