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1Federal Register citation: 87 FR 25634: https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/02/ 

2022-09347/commission-information-collectionactivities-ferc-914-comment-request-extension. 

2Revised Regulations Governing Small Power 

Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Order No. 

671, 71 FR 7852 (2/15/2006), FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,203 (2006); and Revised Regulations Governing 

Small Power Production and Cogeneration 

Facilities, Order 671–A, 71 FR 30585 (5/30/2006), 

in Docket No. RM05–36. 

3The FERC Form 556 (Certification of Qualifying 

Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production 

or Cogeneration Facility) is cleared separately as 

OMB Control No. 1902–0075 and is not a subject 

of this notice. 

website at: www.whitehouse.gov/ 

PCAST/meetings. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available 

within 45 days at: www.whitehouse.gov/ 

PCAST/meetings. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 12, 

2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15151 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC22–13–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–914) Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information 

collections 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– 

914 (Cogeneration and Small Power 

Production—Tariff Filings), which will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review. 

DATES: Comments on collections of 

information are due August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC–914 (IC22–13–000) to OMB 

through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, Attention: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. 

Please identify the OMB Control 

Number 1902–0231 (Cogeneration and 

Small Power Production—Tariff Filings) 

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. 

IC22–13–000) 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 and 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–914, Cogeneration and 

Small Power Production—Tariff Filings. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0231. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–914 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission published 

a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 

on May 2, 2022.1 The Commission 

received no comments. Section 205(c) of 

the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824d(c)) and 18 CFR 292 require that 

every public utility have all its 

jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file 

with the Commission and make them 

available for public inspection, within 

such time and in such form as the 

Commission designates. Section 205(d) 

of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824d(d)) requires 

that every public utility must provide 

notice to the Commission and the public 

of any changes to its jurisdictional rates 

and tariffs, file such changes with the 

Commission, and make them available 

for public inspection as directed by the 

Commission. In addition, FPA section 

206 (16 U.S.C. 82e) requires the 

Commission, upon complaint or its own 

motion, to modify existing rates or 

services that are found to be unjust, 

unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or 

preferential. FPA section 207 (16 U.S.C. 

824f) requires the Commission upon 

complaint by a state commission and a 

finding of insufficient interstate service, 

to order the rendering of adequate 

interstate service by public utilities, the 

rates for which would be filed in 

accordance with FPA sections 205 and 

206. 

In Order Nos. 671 and 671–A,2 the 

Commission revised its regulations that 

govern qualifying small power 

production and cogeneration facilities. 

The Commission eliminated certain 

exemptions from rate regulation that 

were previously available to qualifying 

facilities (QFs). New QFs may need to 

make tariff filings if they do not meet 

the exemption requirements. 

FERC implemented the Congressional 

mandate of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 (EPAct 2005) to establish criteria 

for new qualifying cogeneration 

facilities by: (1) amending the 

exemptions available to qualifying 

facilities from the FPA and from Public 

Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) 

[resulting in the burden imposed by 

FERC–914, the subject of this notice]; (2) 

ensuring that these facilities are using 

their thermal output in a productive and 

beneficial manner; that the electrical, 

thermal, chemical and mechanical 

output of new qualifying cogeneration 

facilities is used fundamentally for 

commercial, residential or industrial 

purposes; and there is continuing 

progress in the development of efficient 

electric energy generating technology; 

(3) amending the FERC Form No. 556 3

to reflect the criteria for new 

cogeneration QFs; and (4) eliminating 

ownership limitations for cogeneration 

and small power production QFs. The 

Commission satisfied the statutory 

mandate and its continuing obligation to 

review its policies encouraging 

cogeneration and small power 

production, energy conservation, 

efficient use of facilities and resources 

by electric utilities, and equitable rates 

for energy customers. 

Type of Respondents: New QFs and 

small power producers that do not meet 

Commission exemption criteria. 


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42452 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 135 / Friday, July 15, 2022 / Notices 

4Burden is the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to 

a Federal agency. For further explanation of what 

is included in the information collection burden, 

refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3. 

5FERC staff estimates that industry costs for 

salary plus benefits are similar to Commission 

costs. The cost figure is the FY2021 FERC average 

annual salary plus benefits ($180,702/year or $87/ 

hour). 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden and cost 5 for the 

information collection as: 

FERC–914—COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION—TARIFF FILINGS

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden hours 

& cost 

($) per response 

Total 

annual 

burden hours 

& total 

annual cost 

($) 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

FPA Section 205 Filings ............................... 40 1 40 185 hrs.; $16,095 ..... 7,400 hrs.; $643,800 $16,095 

Electric Quarterly Reports ............................ 35 4 140 6 hrs.; $522 .............. 840 hrs,; $73,080 ..... 2,088 

Change of Status .......................................... 10 1 10 3 hrs.; $261 .............. 30 hrs.; $2,610 ......... 261 

Total ....................................................... ........................ ........................ 190 ................................... 8,270 hrs.; $719,490 ........................

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 11, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15162 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. AD22–11–000, AD21–9–000] 

Office of Public Participation 

Fundamentals for Participating in 

FERC Matters; Notice of Virtual 

Workshop: Workshop on Filing 

Comments 

Take notice that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

staff, will convene, in the abovereferenced proceeding, a virtual 

workshop on August 30, 2022, from 2:00 

p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, to 

discuss how members of the public 

including consumers and consumer 

advocates can file comments on the 

record using FERC’s eFiling and 

eComment online applications. The 

workshop will be held remotely. 

The workshop will include video 

demonstrations of steps involved in 

filing a comment, followed by a 

presentation of useful tips for using the 

Commission’s online applications and a 

question-and-answer portion of the 

workshop. The workshop will provide 

information on the commenting process 

to facilitate increased public 

participation in Commission processes 

and decision-making. 

The workshop will be open for the 

public to attend, and there is no fee for 

attendance. Further details on the 

agenda, can be found on the FERC’s 

Office of Public Participation website. 

Information on this technical workshop 

will also be posted on the Calendar of 

Events on the Commission’s website, 

www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. 

The workshop will be accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations, please send an email 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–502– 

8659 (TTY)or send a FAX to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about the 

workshop, please contact Yewande 

Bayly of the Commission’s Office of 

Public Participation at 202–502–6595 or 

send an email to OPP@ferc.gov. 

Dated: July 11, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15165 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–468–000] 

Trailblazer Pipeline Company, LLC, 

Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice 

of Scoping Period Requesting 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

for the Proposed Trailblazer 

Conversion 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 Trailblazer Conversion Project 

(Project) involving abandonment inplace, construction, and operation of 

facilities by Trailblazer Pipeline 

Company, LLC (TPC) and Rockies 

Express Pipeline, LLC (REX) in Weld, 

Logan, and Sedgwick Counties, 

Colorado; and Kimball, Franklin, 

Webster, Jefferson, Perkins, Lincoln, 

Kearney, Fillmore, Adams, and Saline 

Counties, Nebraska. 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 to construct 

and an authorization to abandon gas 


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