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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), to 

be codified at 16 U.S.C. 824o. 

2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3). 

3Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; Procedures for the 

Establishment, Approval and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, 71 FR 

8662 (February 17, 2006), FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,204 (2006), order on reh’g, Order No. 672–A, 

71 FR 19814 (April 18, 2006), FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,212 (2006). 

4North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062 (ERO Certification Order), order on 

reh’g & compliance, 117 FERC ¶ 61,126 (ERO 

Rehearing Order) (2006), order on compliance, 118 

FERC ¶ 61,030 (2007) (January 2007 Compliance 

Order). 

Number of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

(column A × 

column B) 

Average 

burden & cost 

per response 2

Total annual 

burden hours & 

total annual 

cost 

(column C × column D) 

Cost per 

respondent 

(column E ÷ 

column A) 

A B C D E F 

Totals ....................... 616 N/A 616 N/A ......................... 4,825 hrs.; $419,775 ...... N/A 

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: August 5, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–19–000, RD21–4–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725A); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice 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– 

725A (Mandatory Reliability Standards 

for the Bulk-Power System). This notice 

includes the burden totals for proposed 

Reliability Standard FAC–008–5, which 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due September 10, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC–725A to OMB through 

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

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Please 

identify the OMB Control Number 

(1902–0244) in the subject line of your 

comments. Comments should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

Please submit copies of your 

comments to the Commission. You may 

submit copies of your comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC21–19–000) 

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: 

Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: OMB submissions must 

be formatted and filed in accordance 

with submission guidelines at 

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

Using the search function under the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; 

click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’ 

to the right of the subject collection. 

FERC 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725A (Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0244. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–725A information 

collection requirements with no changes 

to the current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the 

Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, 

which is Title XII, Subtitle A, of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), 

was enacted into law.1 EPAct 2005 

added a new section 215 to the FPA, 

which requires a Commission-certified 

electric reliability organization (ERO) 

(FERC–725) to develop mandatory and 

enforceable Reliability Standards, which 

are subject to Commission review and 

approval. Once approved, the Reliability 

Standards may be enforced by the ERO, 

subject to Commission oversight or the 

Commission can independently enforce 

Reliability Standards (FERC–725A).2

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No. 672, implementing 

section 215 of the FPA.3 Pursuant to 

Order No. 672, the Commission certified 

one organization, NERC, as the ERO.4

The ERO is required to develop 

Reliability Standards, which are subject 

to Commission review and approval. 

The Reliability Standards will apply to 

users, owners and operators of the BulkPower System, as set forth in each 

Reliability Standard. 

On March 16, 2007, the Commission 

issued Order No. 693, a Final Rule 

adding part 40, a new part, to the 


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5Burden 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. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, refer to 5 CFR part 1320. 

6The Commission staff thinks that the average 

respondent for this collection is similarly situated 

to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. 

Based on FERC’s 2020 annual average of $172,329 

(for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is 

$83/hour. 

Commission’s regulations. The Final 

Rule states that this part applies to all 

users, owners and operators of the BulkPower System within the United States 

(other than Alaska or Hawaii). It also 

requires that each Reliability Standard 

identify the subset of users, owners and 

operators to which that particular 

Reliability Standard applies. The new 

regulations also require that each 

Reliability Standard that is approved by 

the Commission will be maintained on 

the ERO’s internet website for public 

inspection. 

In order that the Commission is able 

to perform its oversight function with 

regard to Reliability Standards that are 

proposed by the ERO and established by 

the Commission, it is essential that the 

Commission receive timely information 

regarding all or potential violations of 

Reliability Standards. While section 215 

of the FPA contemplates the filing of the 

record of an ERO or Regional Entity 

enforcement action, FERC needs 

information regarding violations and 

potential violations at or near the time 

of occurrence. Therefore, it will work 

with the ERO and regional reliability 

organizations to be able to use the 

electronic filing of information so the 

Commission receives timely 

information. The new regulations also 

require that each Reliability Standard 

that is approved by the Commission will 

be maintained on the ERO’s internet 

website for public inspection. 

In accordance with section 39.5 of the 

Commission’s regulations, the ERO 

must file each Reliability Standard or a 

modification to a Reliability Standard 

with the Commission. The filing is to 

include a concise statement of the basis 

and purpose of the proposed Reliability 

Standard, either a summary of the 

Reliability development proceedings 

conducted by the ERO or a summary of 

the Reliability Standard development 

proceedings conducted by a Regional 

Entity together with a summary of the 

Reliability Standard review proceedings 

of the ERO and a demonstration that the 

proposed Reliability Standard is ‘‘just, 

reasonable, not unduly discriminatory 

or preferential, and in the public 

interest. 

RD21–4 (FAC–008–05) 

The proposed information collection 

changes in Docket No. RD21–4–000 

relate to the proposed Reliability 

Standard FAC–008–05 (Facility Ratings) 

developed by the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), 

and submitted to the Commission for 

approval. The Commission received 

NERC’s petition to approve the 

proposed Reliability Standards. 

On February 19, 2021, NERC filed a 

petition seeking approval of proposed 

Reliability Standard FAC–008–5. NERC 

states that proposed Reliability Standard 

FAC–008–5 reflects the retirement of 

Requirement R7 of the currently 

effective standard. NERC notes that this 

proposal was recommended following 

the first phase of work under the NERC 

Standards Efficiency Review and that in 

its Order No. 873 remanding a 

previously proposed version of the 

FAC–008 Reliability Standard, the 

Commission agreed that the retirement 

of Requirement R7 from the standard 

would not result in a reliability gap. 

In June 2019, following the 

conclusion of the standard development 

process, NERC submitted a series of 

standard retirement proposals to the 

Commission. Among the proposals, 

NERC submitted for Commission 

approval proposed Reliability Standard 

FAC–008–4, in which NERC proposed 

to retire Requirements R7 and R8 of 

currently effective Reliability Standard 

FAC–008–3. In September 2020, the 

Commission issued Order No. 873 

regarding NERC’s retirement proposals. 

In this order, the Commission remanded 

proposed Reliability Standard FAC– 

008–4 to NERC for further 

consideration, citing concerns with the 

proposed retirement of Requirement R8 

of the currently effective standard. The 

standard drafting team determined to 

develop a new version of the Reliability 

Standard, proposed Reliability Standard 

FAC–008–5, in which only Requirement 

R7 of the currently effective standard 

would be proposed for retirement. 

Reliability Standard FAC–008–5 

Requirement R7 requires Generator 

Owners and Transmission Owners to 

provide certain information to 

requesting Reliability Coordinator(s), 

Planning Coordinator(s), Transmission 

Planner(s), Transmission Owner(s), and 

Transmission Operator(s) regarding 

their Facilities, as follows: 

R7. Each Generator Owner shall 

provide Facility Ratings (for its solely 

and jointly owned Facilities that are 

existing Facilities, new Facilities, 

modifications to existing Facilities and 

re-ratings of existing Facilities) to its 

associated Reliability Coordinator(s), 

Planning Coordinator(s), Transmission 

Planner(s), Transmission Owner(s) and 

Transmission Operator(s) as scheduled 

by such requesting entities. 

In the years since Reliability Standard 

FAC–008–5 was developed, NERC has 

developed other Reliability Standards 

that render the data provision 

obligations of Requirement R7 

redundant, Requirement R1 of 

Reliability Standard TOP–003–3— 

Operational Reliability Data requires the 

Transmission Operator to maintain a 

documented data specification 

(Requirement R1) and for the 

Transmission Owner and Generator 

Owner to provide the requested data 

(Requirement R5). 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The 

Commission estimates the burden and 

cost 6 for this information collection as 

follows. 

PROPOSED CHANGES TO BURDEN DUE TO DOCKET NO. RD21–4–000 ADJUSTMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Reliability standard and requirements 

Number of 

respondents 

and type of 

entity 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden hrs. 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

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

RD21–4 Net Changes to FERC–725A, OMB Control No. 1902–0244 

FAC–008–05 (Facility Ratings) 7 .......................................... * 1,003 1 * 1,003 †¥10 †¥10,030 

* (No Changes). 

† (Reduction). 


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7The type of entity effect is the NERC registered 

GO = Generator Owners (1,003). This reduction for 

725A represent a decrease in burden but the GOs 

still have other obligations, so the 1,003 is included 

for information purpose but does not affect the 

overall number of entities in 725A. 

8This is a list of NERC registered entities who 

under 725A need to follow the NERC Standards. 

BA = Balancing Authority (99); DP = Distribution 

Provider (373); GP = Generator Owner (1,003); 

Generator Operator (937); PA/PC Planning 

Authority/Planning Coordinator (65); 

RC=Reliability Coordinator (11); RP = Resource 

Planner (160); RSG = Reserve Sharing Group (11); 

FRSG = Frequency Response Sharing Group (1); TO 

= Transmission Owner (321); TOP = Transmission 

Operator (167); TP = Transmission Provided (201); 

TSP = Transmission Service Provider (71); for a 

sum total of (3,420). The same entity may have 

multiple registration obligation to follow under 

725A so an individual entity’s obligation increases 

based on registration functions. These values were 

derived from the NERC Compliance data of 

February 5, 2021 using only unique United States 

registered entities. 

IC21–19–000 Renewal of 725A The following table represents the 

current burden associated with all 

Mandatory Reliability Standards that 

fall under FERC–725A. 

Reliability standard and requirement Number of 

entity 8

Number of 

annual 

responses per 

entity 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

number of 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

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

FERC–725A 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for Bulk Power System .... (3,420) 1 3,420 428.86 1,466,716 

RD21–4 Net Changes .......................................................... * 1,003 1 * 1,003 ¥10 †¥10,030 

Total for FERC–725A ................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,456,686 

* (No Change). 

† (Reduction) 

Note: FAC–008–05 is a part of the 

Bulk Power System burden totals. The 

net changes for the responses and hours 

will affect the totals for the row stated 

‘‘Mandatory Reliability Standards for 

Bulk Power System.’’ 

Expanded Table Showing the 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for 

Bulk Power System is provided below 

The hyperlinks highlighted in blue 

provide additional information on the 

individual standards (Requirements, 

Measurements, and most recent order): 

Standard Name In-service 

FAC–008–5 ...... Facility Ratings ..................................................................................................................................................... 1/1/2013 

INT–006–5 ........ Evaluation of Interchange Transactions ............................................................................................................... 4/1/2021 

INT–009–3 ........ Implementation of Interchange ............................................................................................................................. 4/1/2021 

PER–003–2 ...... Operating Personnel Credentials ......................................................................................................................... 7/1/2019 

PRC–008–0 ...... Implementation and Documentation of Underfrequency Load Shedding Equipment Maintenance Program ..... 6/18/2007 

PRC–011–0 ...... Undervoltage Load Shedding System Maintenance and Testing ........................................................................ 6/18/2007 

PRC–017–1 ...... Remedial Action Scheme Maintenance and Testing ........................................................................................... 4/1/2017 

PRC–018–1 ...... Disturbance Monitoring Equipment Installation and Data Reporting ................................................................... 6/18/2007 

TOP–001–5 ...... Transmission Operations ...................................................................................................................................... 4/1/2021 

TOP–002–4 ...... Operations Planning ............................................................................................................................................. 4/1/2017 

TOP–003–4 ...... Operational Reliability Data .................................................................................................................................. 4/1/2021 

TOP–010–1(i) ... Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities .................................................................................. 4/1/2018 

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: August 5, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2997–031] 

South Sutter Water District; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment 

On July 1, 2019, South Sutter Water 

District filed an application for a major, 

new license for the 6.8-megawatt Camp 

Far West Hydroelectric Project (Camp 

Far West Project; FERC No. 2997). The 

Camp Far West Project is located on the 

Bear River in Yuba, Nevada, and Placer 

Counties, California. No federal or tribal 

lands occur within or adjacent to the 

project boundary or along the Bear River 

downstream of the project. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on March 16, 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 a draft and final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 


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