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1 16 U.S.C. 824d. 

2An automatic adjustment clause is a provision 

of a rate schedule which provides for increases or 

decreases (or both), without prior hearing, in rates 

reflecting increases or decreases (or both) in costs 

incurred by an electric utility. 

For additional information on AACs, see the 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Desk 

Reference for FERC Form 580 on the Commission’s 

website. 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Jordan Davies, ICP 

CAB Administrator, phone (720) 452– 

7379 or email jdavies@

northwindgrp.com. Minutes will also be 

available at the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/em/icpcab/ 

listings/cab-meetings. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

17, 2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20499 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biological and Environmental 

Research Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Biological and 

Environmental Research Advisory 

Committee (BERAC). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, October 21, 2021; 

11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 

Friday, October 22, 2021; 11:30 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

digitally via webcast using Zoom. 

Instructions for Zoom, as well as any 

updates to meeting times or meeting 

agenda, can be found on the BERAC 

meeting website at: https://

science.osti.gov/ber/berac/Meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Tristram West, Designated Federal 

Officer, BERAC, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Science, Office of 

Biological and Environmental Research, 

SC–23/Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–1290. Phone 301–903–5155; 

fax (301) 903–5051 or email: 

tristram.west@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: To provide 

advice on a continuing basis to the 

Department of Energy’s Office of 

Science, Director, on the many complex 

scientific and technical issues that arise 

in the development and implementation 

of the Biological and Environmental 

Research Program. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• News from the Office of Biological 

and Environmental Research 

• News from the Biological Systems 

Science and Earth and Environmental 

Systems Sciences Divisions 

• Report from the BERAC 

Subcommittee 

• BERAC business and discussion 

• Public comment 

Public Participation: The two-day 

meeting is open to the public. If you 

would like to file a written statement 

with the Committee, you may do so 

either before or after the meeting. If you 

would like to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, please send an email request to 

both Tristram West (tristram.west@

science.doe.gov) and Andrew Flatness 

(andrew.flatness@science.doe.gov). You 

must make your request for an oral 

statement at least five business days 

before the meeting. Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements on the 

agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will be 

limited to five minutes each. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 45 days at the BERAC 

website: https://science.osti.gov/ber/ 

berac/Meetings/BERAC-Minutes. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

17, 2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20495 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–39–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC Form 580); 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 (PRA), the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection, FERC 

Form 580 (Interrogatory on Fuel and 

Energy Purchase Practices Pursuant to 

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due November 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC21–39–000) 

by 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 

to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All 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 http://www.ferc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, and 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC Form 580, (Interrogatory 

on Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices 

Pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal 

Power Act). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0137. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC Form 580 with no 

substantive changes to the current 

reporting requirements. Administrative 

changes to update the form are being 

made, as described below. 

Abstract: The Commission collects 

FERC Form 580 information every other 

year as required under Section 205(f)(2) 

of the FPA,1 which provides that the 

Commission must review,‘‘not less 

frequently than every 2 years,’’ practices 

under automatic adjustment clauses 

(AACs).2 As required by FPA section 

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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