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3By using the data in FERC Form 580, the 

Commission is able to review utility purchase and 

cost recovery practices and ensure the resources are 

in compliance with Commission regulations in 18 

CFR 35.14. 

4The current OMB approval (ICR 201908–1902– 

015) was issued on April 23, 2020 and expires 

January 31, 2023. While that approval includes the 

timeframe for the Commission’s next required use 

of FERC–580 in 2022, we are submitting this 

request in order to update (administrative updates) 

FERC Form 580 for the data collection in 2022, and 

to request renewal of FERC–580 for another 3 years. 

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. See 5 CFR 

1320 for additional information on the definition of 

information collection burden. 

6The FERC Form 580 interrogatory is conducted 

every two years. 

7Commission staff estimates that the industry’s 

average hourly cost for this information collection 

is approximated by the FERC’s average hourly cost 

(for wages and benefits) for 2021, or $87.00/hour. 

8Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC). 

205(f)(2), the Commission uses the 

information collected through the FERC 

Form 580 interrogatory to review utility 

purchase and cost recovery practices 

under AACs in order to ensure efficient 

use of resources.3 The Commission uses 

the information to evaluate costs in 

individual rate filings and to 

supplement periodic utility audits. The 

public also uses the information in this 

manner. Without the FERC Form 580 

interrogatory, the Commission would 

not have the requisite information 

available to conduct the necessary 

review the FPA mandates. 

Type of Respondents: The filing must 

be submitted by all FERC-jurisdictional 

utilities owning and/or operating at 

least one steam-electric generating 

station of 50 MW or greater capacity or 

having a majority ownership interest in 

a jointly-owned steam-electric 

generating station of at least 50 MW. A 

jurisdictional utility without a costbased tariff on file with the Commission 

is not required to file the form. 

Administrative Updates to the FERC 

Form 580: Continuing on from the data 

collection request from October 2020, 

the Commission will be issuing a 

request for a second request for similar 

data that was authorized in the last 

renewal for FERC Form 580.4 The 

request will solicit the same information 

as the previous request, except that the 

years will be changed from 2018–2019 

to 2020–2021. In this case, the updated 

year designations will appear in 

questions 2 through 8 of FERC Form 

580, as well as in question 5 of the 

Privileged Addendum to the FERC Form 

580. 

Estimate of Annual Burden.5 The 

Commission estimates the annual 6

public reporting burden and cost 7 for 

the information collection as: 

FERC FORM 580 

[Interrogatory on fuel and energy purchase practices pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act] 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden & 

cost per response 

Total annual burden hours & total 

annual cost 

Annual 

cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Respondents with FACs 8 ...... 24 0.5 12 103 hrs.; $8,961.00 .......... 1,236.0 hrs.; $107,532.00 .............. $4,480.50 

Respondents with AACs, but 

no FACs.

12 0.5 6 20 hrs.; $1,740.00 ............ 120.0 hrs.; $10,440.00 ................... 870.00 

Respondents with no AACs 

and no FACs.

23 0.5 11.5 2 hrs.; $174.00 ................. 23.0 hrs.; $2,001.00 ....................... 87.00 

Total ............................... ........................ ........................ 29.5 ........................................... 1,379.0 hrs.; $119,173.00 .............. ........................

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 

estimates 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: September 15, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20457 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2302–099] 

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document, Approving Use of the 

Traditional Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 2302–099. 

c. Date Filed: August 4, 2021. 

d. Submitted by: Brookfield White 

Pine Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Lewiston Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Androscoggin 

River, in Androscoggin County, Maine. 

No federal lands are occupied by the 

project works or located within the 

project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Luke 

T. Anderson, Manager, Relicensing 

Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC, 150 

Main Street Lewiston, ME 04240; (207) 

755–5600; Luke.Anderson@

brookfieldrenewable.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 

502–8074; or email at ryan.hansen@

ferc.gov. 

j. Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC 

filed its request to use the Traditional 

Licensing Process on August 4, 2021. 

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC 

provided public notice of its request on 

July 29, 2021. In a letter dated 

September 15, 2021, the Director of the 

Division of Hydropower Licensing 

approved Brookfield White Pine Hydro, 

LLC’s request to use the Traditional 

Licensing Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries 

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under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are 

also initiating consultation with the 

Maine State Historic Preservation 

Officer, as required by section 106, 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

the implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC as 

the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation pursuant to section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and section 

305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; and 

consultation pursuant to section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

m. Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC 

filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 

including a proposed process plan and 

schedule) with the Commission, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed 

and/or printed on the Commission’s 

website (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, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). 

o. The licensee states its unequivocal 

intent to submit an application for a 

new license for Project No. 2302. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 

each application for a new license and 

any competing license applications 

must be filed with the Commission at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

of the existing license. All applications 

for license for this project must be filed 

by August 31, 2024. 

p. Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: September 15, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20458 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2150–147] 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of 

Water Quality Protection Plan 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

Take notice that the following 

amendment application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Water Quality 

Protection Plan. 

b. Project No: P–2150–147. 

c. Date Filed: August 5, 2021. 

d. Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, 

Inc. (licensee). 

e. Name of Projects: Baker River 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Locations: The project is located on 

the Baker River in Skagit and Whatcom 

counties, Washington. The project 

occupies federal lands administered by 

the U.S. Forest Service within the Mt. 

Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jory 

Oppenheimer, Consulting Engineer, 

Puget Sound Energy, P.O. Box 97034, 

Bellevue, WA 98009–9734; telephone: 

(425) 462–3556 and email 

jory.oppenheimer@pse.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Marybeth Gay, (202) 

502–6125, Marybeth.Gay@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

October 18, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–2150–147. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Request: The 

Commission is requiring the licensee to 

grout one of the project’s dams, the 

Lower Baker Dam, due to increasing 

leakage along its abutments. Upon 

completion of the seepage reduction 

project, the licensee would also make 

improvements to the crest of the Lower 

Baker Dam. As required by Article 

401(a) of the project license, and 

condition 5.10 of the Washington 

Department of Ecology’s May 11, 2007 

Water Quality Certificate (WQC), 

attached to the license as Appendix C, 

the licensee developed the Water 

Quality Protection Plan (Plan) for the 

seepage reduction project and has filed 

the Plan for the Commission’s approval. 

The Plan addresses the requirements set 

forth in condition 5.10 of the WQC, and 

includes: (1) An In-Water Work 

Protection Plan that specifies the best 

management practices (BMPs) for 

activities that require work within 

surface waters; (2) a Construction 

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan 

that addresses land-disturbing activities 

along with BMPs and other control 

measures to prevent pollutants from 

entering the project’s surface water and 

groundwater; and (3) procedures for 

monitoring water quality, and actions to 

implement if a water quality violation 

were to occur. Construction of the 

seepage reduction project is currently 

scheduled to begin in early November 

2021. 

The licensee previously filed a draft 

Biological Assessment (BA) with the 

Commission on March 8, 2021 for the 

proposed seepage reduction and crest 

improvement project. On April 28, 

2021, Commission staff adopted the 

licensee’s draft BA without changes as 

the Commission’s final BA and 

requested formal consultation with the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 

National Marine Fisheries Service.