31226 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER22–1870–000] 

Vansycle II Wind, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Vansycle II Wind, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is June 6, 2022. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

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. 

Dated: May 17, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11043 Filed 5–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER22–1879–000] 

South Portland ESS, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of South 

Portland ESS, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is June 6, 2022. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

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. 

Dated: May 17, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11041 Filed 5–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC22–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–1000); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Three-year renewal 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– 

1000 (Request for a Medical Exception 

to the COVID–19 Vaccination 

Requirement). The Commission did not 

receive any comments on the 60-day 

notice. 


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1The vaccination requirement issued pursuant to 

E.O. 14043, is currently the subject of a nationwide 

injunction. While that injunction remains in place, 

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

will not process requests for a medical exception 

from the COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043. FERC will also not request 

the submission of any medical information related 

to a request for an exception from the vaccination 

requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 while the 

injunction remains in place. But FERC may 

nevertheless receive information regarding a 

medical exception. That is because, if FERC were 

to receive a request for an exception from the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043 during the pendency of the injunction, 

FERC will accept the request, hold it in abeyance, 

and notify the employee who submitted the request 

that implementation and enforcement of the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043 is currently enjoined and that an 

exception therefore is not necessary so long as the 

injunction is in place. In other words, during the 

pendency of the injunction, any information 

collection related to requests for medical exception 

from the COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043 is not undertaken to 

implement or enforce the COVID–19 vaccination 

requirement. 

2 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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 Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations 

1320.3. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due June 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC Form No. 1000 to OMB through 

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

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Please 

identify the OMB Control Number: 

1902–0320 in the subject line. Your 

comments should be sent within 30 

days of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Please submit copies of your 

comments (identified by Docket No. 

IC22–8–000 and the form(s)) to the 

Commission as noted below. 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: 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 http://www.ferc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, or 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–1000, Request for a 

Medical Exception to the COVID–19 

Vaccination Requirement. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0320. 

Abstract: The purpose of this threeyear renewal of the information 

collection is to allow the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission to collect 

information from FERC employees (and 

their medical providers) applying for a 

medical exception to the COVID–19 

Vaccination Requirement as specified in 

Part 2 of FERC Form No. 1000.1

Consistent with guidance from the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), guidance from the 

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force 

established pursuant to Executive Order 

13991 of January 20, 2021, Protecting 

the Federal Workforce and Requiring 

Mask-Wearing, and Executive Order 

14043 of September 9, 2021, Requiring 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination 

for Federal Employees, the request for 

this information collection is essential 

to continue the Commission’s health 

and safety measures regarding the 

federal employee medical exceptions to 

the COVID–19 mandatory vaccinations. 

In addition, the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, requires Federal 

Agencies to provide reasonable 

accommodations to qualified employees 

with disabilities unless that reasonable 

accommodation would impose an 

undue hardship on the employee’s 

Agency. See 29 U.S.C. 791 and 29 CFR 

part 1614; see also 20 CFR part 1630 and 

Executive Order 13164 of July 26, 2000, 

Requiring Federal Agencies to Establish 

Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of 

Reasonable Accommodation. Section 2 

of E.O. 14043 mandates that each 

agency, ‘‘implement, to the extent 

consistent with applicable law, a 

program to require COVID–19 

vaccination for all of its Federal 

employees, with exceptions only as 

required by law.’’ This medical 

exception form (FERC Form No. 1000) is 

necessary for the Commission to 

determine whether to grant medical 

exceptions to the vaccine requirement 

under the Rehabilitation Act. 

The information being requested 

helps promote the safety of the Federal 

workforce, Federal buildings, and others 

on site at FERC facilities. This collection 

is consistent with the COVID–19 

Workplace Safety Agency Model Safety 

Principles established by the White 

House Safer Federal Workforce Task 

Force and guidance from the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

Type of Respondent: Medical 

Providers. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 


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3Cost estimates are based on industry costs for 

general internal medicine physicians (NAICS code 

29–1216) defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

The cost figure for the general internal medicine 

physicians in 2021 was an average annual salary 

plus benefits of $300,076/year or $144/hour. 

FERC–1000—REQUEST FOR A MEDICAL EXCEPTION TO THE COVID–19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden & 

cost per response 3

Total annual 

burden hours & 

total annual cost 

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

Medical Provider ............................. 24 1 24 30 minutes (1⁄2 hour); 

$72.

720 minutes (12 hours); 

$1,728. 

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: May 17, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11038 Filed 5–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–138–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Scoping Period Requesting 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

for the Proposed Northern Lights 2023 

Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document, that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Northern Lights 2023 Expansion 

Project (Project), involving construction 

and operation of facilities by Northern 

Natural Gas Company (Northern) in 

Freeborn, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, and 

Washington Counties, Minnesota, and 

Monroe County, Wisconsin. The 

Commission will use this environmental 

document in its decision-making 

process to determine whether the 

Project is in the public convenience and 

necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies regarding the 

project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. This 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. To ensure 

that your comments are timely and 

properly recorded, please submit your 

comments so that the Commission 

receives them in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 

17, 2022. Further details on how to 

submit comments are provided in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all comments during the 

preparation of the environmental 

document. 

If you submitted comments about this 

Project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on March 28, 

2022, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP22–138–000 

to ensure they are considered as part of 

this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this Project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed Project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

easement agreement. You are not 

required to enter into an agreement. 

However, if the Commission approves 

the Project, the Natural Gas Act conveys 

the right of eminent domain to the 

company. Therefore, if you and the 

company do not reach an easement 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings in 

court. In such instances, compensation 

would be determined by a judge in 

accordance with state law. The 

Commission does not subsequently 

grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise 

of that eminent domain authority. The 

courts have exclusive authority to 

handle eminent domain cases; the 

Commission has no jurisdiction over 

these matters. 

Northern provided landowners with a 

fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know? ’’ 

which addresses typically asked 

questions, including the use of eminent 

domain and how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. This fact 

sheet along with other landowner topics 

of interest are available for viewing on 

the FERC website (www.ferc.gov) under 

the Natural Gas Questions or 

Landowner Topics link. 

Public Participation 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. Please carefully follow 

these instructions so that your 

comments are properly recorded. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 


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