[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44746-44750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20552]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket No. RM17-12-000]


Emergency Preparedness and Operations Reliability Standards

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes to approve 
Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards

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EOP-004-4 (Event Reporting), EOP-005-3 (System Restoration from 
Blackstart Resources), EOP-006-3 (System Restoration Coordination), and 
EOP-008-2 (Loss of Control Center Functionality).

DATES: Comments are due November 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by docket number, may be filed in the 
following ways:
    <bullet> Electronic Filing through http://www.ferc.gov. Documents 
created electronically using word processing software should be filed 
in native applications or print-to-PDF format and not in a scanned 
format.
    <bullet> Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable to file electronically 
may mail or hand-deliver comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Comment 
Procedures Section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

E. Nick Henery (Technical Information), Office of Electric Reliability, 
Division of Reliability Standards, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 
(202) 502-8636, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#501e39333b7e18353e35222910363522337e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="034d6a60682d4b666d66717a43656671602d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
Bob Stroh (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426, Telephone: (202) 502-8473, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2b08d80879096ccb196908d8aa284879081cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8ead7daddcacc96ebcccad7d0f8deddcadb96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    1. Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA),\1\ the 
Commission proposes to approve proposed Emergency Preparedness and 
Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards EOP-004-4 (Event Reporting), 
EOP-005-3 (System Restoration from Blackstart Resources), EOP-006-3 
(System Restoration Coordination), and EOP-008-2 (Loss of Control 
Center Functionality), submitted by the North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric 
Reliability Organization (ERO). The proposed EOP Reliability Standards 
are intended to: (1) Provide accurate reporting of events to NERC's 
event analysis group to analyze the impact on the reliability of the 
bulk electric system (EOP-004-4); (2) delineate the roles and 
responsibilities of entities that support system restoration from 
blackstart resources which generate power without the support of the 
grid (EOP-005-3); (3) clarify the procedures and coordination 
requirements for reliability coordinator personnel to execute system 
restoration processes (EOP-006-3); and (4) refine the required elements 
of an operating plan used to continue reliable operations of the bulk 
electric system if that primary control functionality is lost (EOP-008-
2). The Commission also proposes to approve the associated violation 
risk factors, violation severity levels, implementation plans, and 
effective dates. In addition, the Commission proposes to retire 
currently-effective Reliability Standards EOP-004-3, EOP-005-2, EOP-
006-2, and EOP-008-1 immediately prior to the effective dates of the 
proposed EOP Reliability Standards.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824(o). The proposed Reliability Standards are 
available on the Commission's eLibrary document retrieval system in 
Docket No. RM17-12-000 and on the NERC Web site, www.nerc.com.
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I. Background

A. Regulatory Background

    2. Section 215 of the FPA requires a Commission-certified ERO to 
develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards that are 
subject to Commission review and approval. The Commission may approve, 
by rule or order, a proposed Reliability Standard or modification to a 
Reliability Standard if it determines that the Reliability Standard is 
just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the 
public interest.\2\ Once approved, the Reliability Standards may be 
enforced by the ERO, subject to Commission oversight, or by the 
Commission independently.\3\ Pursuant to section 215 of the FPA, the 
Commission established a process to select and certify an ERO,\4\ and 
subsequently certified NERC.\5\ On March 16, 2007, the Commission 
issued Order No. 693, approving 83 of the 107 Reliability Standards 
filed by NERC, including the initial EOP Reliability Standards.\6\
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    \2\ Id. 824o(d)(2).
    \3\ Id. 824o(e).
    \4\ Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability 
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and 
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC 
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,204, order on reh'g, Order No. 672-A, FERC 
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,212 (2006).
    \5\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ] 
61,062, order on reh'g and compliance, 117 FERC ] 61,126 (2006), 
aff'd sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
    \6\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, 
Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 
31,242, at P 297, order on reh'g, Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 
(2007).
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B. NERC Petition

    3. According to NERC, the proposed EOP Reliability Standards: (1) 
Streamline the currently-effective EOP Standards; (2) remove 
redundancies and other unnecessary language while making the 
Reliability Standards more results-based; \7\ and (3) address the 
Commission's concern articulated in Order No. 749 regarding system 
restoration training.\8\ The proposed EOP Reliability Standards are 
summarized below.
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    \7\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 138 FERC ] 
61,193, at P 81 (March 2012 Order), order on reh'g and 
clarification, 139 FERC ] 61,168 (2012). The March 2012 Order 
approved a NERC process to identify requirements that could be 
removed from Reliability Standards without impacting the reliability 
of the interconnected transmission network.
    \8\ System Restoration Reliability Standards, Order No. 749, 134 
FERC ] 61,215, at PP 18, 24 (2011).
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Proposed Reliability Standard EOP-004-4
    4. Proposed Reliability Standard EOP-004-4 requires reporting of 
events by responsible entities. The reportable events under the 
proposed Reliability Standard are collected and used to examine the 
underlying causes of events; track subsequent corrective action to 
prevent recurrence of such events; and develop lessons learned for 
industry. While these events arise in the real-time operation time 
horizon and require action by responsible entities within one hour or 
less to preserve the reliability of the bulk electric system, 
Reliability Standard EOP-004-3 is not intended to require system 
operators to report the events during the real-time operation time 
horizon, but rather can be reported six to twenty four hours after the 
event.
    5. NERC states that the proposed Reliability Standard modifications 
are designed to eliminate redundant reporting of a single event by 
multiple entities; assign reporting requirements to appropriate 
entities; clarify the threshold reporting for a given event; and where 
appropriate, align the reportable events and thresholds identified in 
Attachments 1 and 2 of the proposed Reliability Standard with the 
Department of Energy's (DOE) Form OE-417. NERC states that the proposed 
Reliability Standard improves the quality of information received by 
the ERO as well as the quality of analysis that the ERO produces from 
this information to assess the greatest risk to the bulk electric 
system.
    6. Attachment 1 of the proposed Reliability Standard identifies the 
types and thresholds of reportable events that have the potential to 
impact the

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reliability of the bulk electric system. Attachment 2 is a reporting 
template for entities to report the types and thresholds of events 
identified in Attachment 1 to NERC. To the extent that DOE's Form OE-
417 reflects similar event types and thresholds of events as Attachment 
2, responsible entities may submit Form OE-417 in lieu of Attachment 
2.\9\
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    \9\ Under the current practice, the ERO will accept DOE's Form 
OE-417 report in lieu of Attachment 2 to Reliability Standard EOP-
004-3 to the extent a given event type and threshold align.
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    7. Under currently-effective Reliability Standard EOP-004-3, 
Attachment 1, reliability coordinators must report to NERC when they 
operate outside of their interconnection reliability operating limit 
(IROL) for greater than ``Tv'' (defined as less than or equal to 30 
minutes). NERC proposes to eliminate the IROL violation reporting 
requirement in Attachment 1 of proposed Reliability Standard EOP-004-4 
because, according to NERC, EOP-004 is primarily a tool for trending 
analysis and developing lessons learned and not designed to be a real-
time tool.
    8. NERC states that the standard drafting team concluded that any 
real-time reporting to NERC or Regional Entities (i.e., contemporaneous 
with the transmission operator's notification of the IROL to the 
reliability coordinator) should be addressed in the TOP Reliability 
Standards, which deal with the real-time operations time horizon. In 
its petition, NERC identifies Reliability Standard TOP-001-3 
(Transmission Operations) as the appropriate Reliability Standard for 
reporting such real-time events. NERC states that the purpose of 
Reliability Standard TOP-001-3 is to prevent instability, uncontrolled 
separation, or cascading outages that adversely impact the reliability 
of an interconnection by ensuring prompt action to prevent or mitigate 
such occurrences. Specifically, Reliability Standard TOP-001-3, 
Requirement R12 provides that ``[e]ach Transmission Operator shall not 
operate outside any identified Interconnection Reliability Operating 
Limit (IROL) for a continuous duration exceeding its associated Tv.'' 
Separately, NERC identifies Reliability Standard TOP-007-0 (Reporting 
System Operating Limit (SOL) and IROL Violations), Requirement R2, 
which states that ``[f]ollowing a Contingency or other event that 
results in an IROL violation, the Transmission Operator shall return 
its transmission system to within IROL as soon as possible, but not 
longer than 30 minutes.'' Finally, NERC cites Requirement R3 of 
Reliability Standard IRO-009-2 (Reliability Coordinator Actions to 
Operate within IROLs), which states that ``[e]ach Reliability 
Coordinator shall act or direct others to act so that the magnitude and 
duration of an IROL exceedance is mitigated within the IROL Tv, as 
identified in the Reliability Coordinator's Real-time monitoring or 
Real-time Assessment.''
Proposed Reliability Standard EOP-005-3
    9. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard EOP-005-3 is to 
ensure plans, facilities, and personnel are prepared to enable system 
restoration from blackstart resources to ensure reliability is 
maintained during restoration and priority is placed on restoring the 
interconnection. NERC states that proposed Reliability Standard EOP-
005-3 improves the existing version of the Reliability Standard by: (1) 
Emphasizing the need for transmission operators to develop and use 
restoration plans relating to blackstart resources; (2) retiring 
redundant or administrative requirements; and (3) clarifying 
requirements for revising and testing restoration plans.
Proposed Reliability Standards EOP-006-3
    10. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard EOP-006-3 is to 
establish how personnel should prepare, execute, and coordinate system 
restoration processes to maintain reliability and to restore the 
Interconnection. NERC states that proposed Reliability Standard EOP-
006-3 improves upon the existing version of the standard by emphasizing 
the need for reliability coordinators to develop and use their 
restoration plans and clarifying requirements for training and 
coordination of restoration plans amongst reliability coordinators.
Proposed Reliability Standard EOP-008-2
    11. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard EOP-008-2 is to 
ensure continued reliable operations of the bulk electric system if a 
control center becomes inoperable. NERC states that proposed 
Reliability Standard EOP-008-2 improves upon the existing Reliability 
Standard by clarifying the required contents of an operating plan used 
by reliability coordinators, balancing authorities and transmission 
operators.

II. Discussion

    12. Pursuant to section 215(d) of the FPA, the Commission proposes 
to approve the proposed EOP Reliability Standards as just, reasonable, 
not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the public interest. 
The Commission also proposes to approve the associated violation risk 
factors, violation severity levels, implementation plans, and effective 
dates. Further, the Commission proposes to retire currently-effective 
Reliability Standards EOP-004-3, EOP-005-2, EOP-006-2, and EOP-008-1 
immediately prior to the effective dates of the proposed EOP 
Reliability Standards.
    13. Proposed Reliability Standard EOP-004-4 will enhance 
reliability by assigning reporting to appropriate entities; and 
clarifying the threshold reporting for a given event. In addition, 
aligning the reportable events and thresholds identified in Attachment 
1 of the proposed Reliability Standard with DOE's Form OE-417 should 
improve the quality of information received by NERC and the quality of 
analysis that NERC produces to assess the greatest risks to the bulk 
electric system. Further, proposed Reliability Standard EOP-004-4 
promotes efficiency and clarity by eliminating redundant reporting of a 
single event by multiple entities.
    14. Proposed Reliability Standards EOP-005-3, EOP-006-3, and EOP-
008-2 will enhance reliability by delineating the roles and 
responsibilities of entities that support system restoration from 
blackstart resources; clarifying the procedures and coordination 
requirements for reliability coordinator personnel to execute system 
restoration processes; and refining operating plan elements if primary 
control functionality is lost.
    15. Finally, while we are not persuaded that the three Reliability 
Standards identified by NERC require the reporting of IROL 
information,\10\ we propose to accept NERC's proposed retirement of 
currently-effective Reliability Standard EOP-004-3.

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Currently NERC voluntarily shares IROL Tv exceedance information with 
Commission staff so that Commission staff can monitor the transmission 
system and identify reliability trends. We understand that NERC will 
continue to receive IROL Tv exceedance information and share it with 
Commission staff even after the proposed retirement of EOP-004-3.
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    \10\ While Reliability Standard TOP-007-0, Requirement R1 
mandates reporting of SOL and IROL violations, that Reliability 
Standard was retired recently. Transmission Operations Reliability 
Standards and Interconnection Reliability Operations and 
Coordination Reliability Standards, Order No. 817, 153 FERC ] 61,178 
(2015). Reliability Standard TOP-001-3, Requirement R12 requires 
transmission operators not to operate outside of IROL Tv. The 
requirement's associated compliance measure, however, only requires 
transmission operators to ``make available evidence to show that for 
any occasion in which it operated outside any identified [IROL], the 
continuous duration did not exceed its associated IROL Tv.'' \10\ 
While this information may be similar to what would be found in an 
IROL Tv exceedance report under currently-effective Reliability 
Standard EOP-004-3, Reliability Standard TOP-001-3 does not require 
responsible entities to report the exceedance. The same can be said 
of Reliability Standard IRO-009-2.
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III. Information Collection Statement

    16. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations require 
that OMB approve certain reporting and recordkeeping (collections of 
information) imposed by an agency.\11\ Upon approval of a collection(s) 
of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and expiration 
date. Respondents subject to the filing requirements of this rule will 
not be penalized for failing to respond to these collections of 
information unless the collections of information display a valid OMB 
control number.
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    \11\ 5 CFR 1320.11.
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    17. The Commission is submitting these reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements to OMB for its review and approval under section 3507(d) 
of the Paper Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(d) (2012). Comments 
are solicited on the Commission's need for this information, whether 
the information will have practical utility, the accuracy of the 
provided burden estimate, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing the respondent's burden, including the use of automated 
information techniques.
    18. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to approve 
revisions to Reliability Standards EOP-004-4 (Event Reporting), EOP-
005-3 (System Restoration from Blackstart Resources), EOP-006-3 (System 
Restoration Coordination), and EOP-008-2 (Loss of Control Center 
Functionality).
    19. Public Reporting Burden: Our estimate below regarding the 
number of respondents is based on the NERC Compliance Registry as of 
April 7, 2017. The following estimates relate to the requirements for 
this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket No. RM17-12-000.
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    \12\ Eng.: engineering; R.K.: record-keeping.
    \13\ The estimates for cost per hour are based on 2015 wage 
figures and derived as follows:
    $64.29/hour, the average salary plus benefits per engineer (from 
Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm);
    $37.75/hour, the average salary plus benefits per information 
and record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
    The results of calculations are rounded to the nearest dollar 
within the burden table.

                                        RM17-12-000 (Emergency Preparedness and Operations Reliability Standards)
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                                                Annual  number
                                   Number of     of  responses   Total number     Average burden      Total annual
                                  respondents         per        of responses      and cost per     burden and total        Cost per respondent ($)
                                                  respondent                      response \12\     annual cost \13\
                                           (1)             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4)..............  (3) * (4) = (5)..  (5) / (1)
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                                                                        EOP-008-2
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One-time Review and Revision               215               1             215  20 hrs. (Eng.);    4,300 hrs.         $1,286 (Eng.).
 of Plan.                                                                        $1,286.            (Eng.); $276,447.
Updating, Approving, and                   215               1             215  6 hrs. (Eng.);     1,290 hrs.         $386 (Eng.); $76 (R.K.).
 Maintaining Records.                                                            $386 2 hrs.        (Eng.); $82,934,
                                                                                 (R.K.); $76.       430 hrs. (R.K.);
                                                                                                    $16,233.
One-time Contracting..........              27               1              27  120 hrs. (Eng.)    3,240 hrs.         $7,715 (Eng.).
                                                                                 $7,715.            $208,300 (Eng.).
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                                                                  EOP-005-3 & EOP-006-3
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RC Data Retention.............              26               2              52  8 hrs. (R.K.)      416 hrs. (R.K.);   $514 (R.K.).
                                                                                 $514.              $26,745.
TOP Reporting Data............             176               1             176  116 hrs. (Eng.);   20,416 hrs.        $7,458 (Eng.); $604 (R.K.).
                                                                                 $7,458 16 hrs.     (Eng.);
                                                                                 (R.K.); $604.      $1,312,545,
                                                                                                    2,816 hrs.
                                                                                                    (R.K.); $106,304.
GOP Testing...................             230               1             230  80 hrs. (Eng.);    18,400 hrs.        $5,143 (Eng.).
                                                                                 $5,143.            (Eng.);
                                                                                                    $1,182,936.
TO and DP Training............             678               1             678  8 hrs. (Eng.);     5,424 hrs.         $514 (Eng.).
                                                                                 $514.              (Eng.); $348,709.
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One-Time Review and Revision             1,400               1           1,400  2 hrs. (Eng.);     2,800 hrs. (Eng.)  $129.
 of Plan.                                                                        $129.              $180,012.
Reporting Events..............             350               1             350  0.17 hrs. (Eng.);  59.5 hrs. (Eng.);  $11.
                                                                                 $11.               $3,825.
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    Total.....................  ..............  ..............           3,343  .................  55,929.5 (Eng.)
                                                                                                    3,662 (R.K.),
                                                                                                    $3,595,708
                                                                                                    (Eng.) $149,282
                                                                                                    (R.K.).
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    Title: FERC-725S (Mandatory Reliability Standards).\14\
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    \14\ The revisions to EOP-004-4, EOP-005-3, EOP-006-3, and EOP-
008-2 Reliability Standards will result in paperwork burden being 
accounted for in FERC-725S (OMB Control No. 1902-0270). These 
standards will replace previous versions whose paperwork burden was 
previously approved in FERC-725A (OMB Control. No. 1902-0244). The 
burden proposed here will only be added to FERC-725S and will be 
temporarily duplicated by previously approved burden in FERC-725A.
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    Action: Proposed Collection of Information.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0270.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit institutions; not-for-
profit institutions.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Necessity of the Information: Proposed Reliability Standards EOP-
004-4, EOP-005-3, EOP-006-3, and EOP-008-2 are intended to provide 
accurate reporting of events to NERC's event analysis group to analyze 
the impact on the reliability of the bulk electric system (EOP-004-4); 
delineate the roles and responsibilities of entities that support 
system restoration from blackstart resources (EOP-005-3); clarify the 
procedures and coordination requirements for reliability coordinator 
personnel to execute system restoration processes (EOP-006-3); and 
refine the required elements of an operating plan used to continue 
reliable operations of the bulk electric system if that primary control 
functionality is lost (EOP-008-2).
    Internal Review: The Commission has assured itself, by means of its 
internal review, that there is specific, objective support for the 
burden estimates associated with the information requirements.
    20. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting 
requirements by contacting the following: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: 
Ellen Brown, Office of the Executive Director, email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3a7829782a08f868291828d8086a385869180cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05416471644669606477646b666045636077662b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>, phone: (202) 502-8663, fax: (202) 273-0873].
    21. For submitting comments concerning the collection(s) of 
information and the associated burden estimate(s), please send your 
comments to the Commission and to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503 
[Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
phone: (202) 395-4638, fax: (202) 395-7285]. For security reasons, 
comments to OMB should be submitted by email to: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef80869d8eb09c9a8d82869c9c868081af80828dc18a809fc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee1e7fcefd1fdfbece3e7fdfde7e1e0cee1e3eca0ebe1fea0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments submitted to OMB should include 
1902-0270 and Docket Number RM17-12-000.

IV. Environmental Analysis

    22. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may 
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\15\ The 
Commission has categorically excluded certain actions from this 
requirement as not having a significant effect on the human 
environment. Included in the exclusion are rules that are clarifying, 
corrective, or procedural or that do not substantially change the 
effect of the regulations being amended.\16\ The actions proposed here 
fall within this categorical exclusion in the Commission's regulations.
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    \15\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, Order No. 486, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 30,783 (1987).
    \16\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii).
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V. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    23. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \17\ generally 
requires a description and analysis of proposed rules that will have 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Because the burden discussed above is being accounted for in FERC-725S 
these standards will replace previous versions whose paperwork burden 
was previously approved in FERC-725A. The burden will only be added to 
FERC-725S and will be temporarily duplicated by previously approved 
burden in FERC-725A. Accordingly, the Commission certifies that the 
proposed Reliability Standards will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities.
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    \17\ 5 U.S.C. 601-612.
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VI. Comment Procedures

    24. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments on 
the matters and issues proposed in this notice to be adopted, including 
any related matters or alternative proposals that commenters may wish 
to discuss. Comments are due November 27, 2017. Comments must refer to 
Docket No. RM17-12-000, and must include the commenter's name, the 
organization they represent, if applicable, and their address in their 
comments.
    25. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically 
via the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing 
formats. Documents created electronically using word processing 
software should be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF format 
and not in a scanned format. Commenters filing electronically do not 
need to make a paper filing.
    26. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically 
must send an original of their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    27. All comments will be placed in the Commission's public files 
and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in the 
Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are 
not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.

VII. Document Availability

    28. 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) and 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours 
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    29. From the Commission's Home Page on the Internet, this 
information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is 
available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, 
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type 
the docket number of this document, excluding the last three digits, in 
the docket number field.
    30. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's 
Web site during normal business hours from the Commission's Online 
Support at (202) 502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593f3c2b3a36373530373c2a2c2929362b2d193f3c2b3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aacccfd8c9c5c4c6c3c4cfd9dfdadac5d8deeacccfd8c984cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>, or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f08085929c9993de8295969582959e9395829f9f9db096958293de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="78080d1a14111b560a1d1e1d0a1d161b1d0a171715381e1d0a1b561f170e">[email protected]</span></a>.

    By direction of the Commission.

    Dated: September 20, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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