45834 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 1, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2017–ICCD–0107. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Samuel Pierre, 

202–245–6488. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Annual Protection 

and Advocacy of Individual Rights 

(PAIR) Program Assurances. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0625. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 57. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9. 

Abstract: Section 509 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

(act), and its implementing Federal 

Regulations at 34 CFR part 381, require 

the Protection and Advocacy of 

Individual Rights (PAIR) grantees to 

submit an application to the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) Commissioner in order to receive 

assistance under Section 509 of the act. 

The act requires that the application 

contain Assurances to which the grantee 

must comply. Section 509(f) of the act 

specifies the Assurances. There are 57 

PAIR grantees. All 57 grantees are 

required to be part of the protection and 

advocacy system in each State 

established under the Developmental 

Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.). 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21143 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension, With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requests a three-year extension of Form 

EIA–914 Monthly Crude Oil and Lease 

Condensate, and Natural Gas 

Production Report, OMB Control 

Number 1905–0205. This survey 

collects monthly state level data by well 

operator on crude oil and natural gas 

production within the United States. 

These data are used by EIA to estimate 

state, regional, and U.S. crude oil and 

natural gas production. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before November 1, 

2017. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the: 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 735 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Chad S 

Whiteman@omb.eop.gov 

And to: 

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, Attn: 

Jessica Biercevicz, EI–24, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

jessica.biercevicz@eia.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Jessica Biercevicz, Phone: 

202–586–4299, Email: 

jessica.biercevicz@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0205; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Monthly Crude 

Oil and Lease Condensate, and Natural 

Gas Production Report; (3) Type of 

Request: Three-year extension with 

changes; (4) Purpose: Form EIA–914 

Monthly Crude Oil and Lease 

Condensate, and Natural Gas 

Production Report, collects monthly 

data on natural gas production, crude 

oil and lease condensate production, 

and crude oil and lease condensate sales 

by API gravity category in 22 states/ 

areas (Alabama, Arkansas, California 

(including State Offshore), Colorado, 

Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, 

Federal Offshore Pacific, Kansas, 

Louisiana (including State Offshore), 

Michigan, Mississippi (including State 

Offshore), Montana, New Mexico, North 

Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 

Texas (including State Offshore), Utah, 

Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and 

Other States (defined as all remaining 

states, except Alaska)). The data are 

published in the Monthly Crude Oil and 

Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas 

Production Report on EIA’s Web site, 

and in the EIA publications: Monthly 

Energy Review, Petroleum Supply 

Annual volume I, Petroleum Supply 

Annual volume II, Petroleum Supply 

Monthly, Natural Gas Annual, and 

Natural Gas Monthly. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices 45835 

1The Southern Intertie is a system of 

transmission lines and substations that transmit 

power between the Pacific Northwest and 

California, and is primarily used to export power 

from the Pacific Northwest and Canada to 

California. Bonneville Administrator’s Final Record 

of Decision 5.2.2. 

2Today, we also approve on an interim basis 

Bonneville’s other transmission rates filed in 

Docket No. EF17–3–000. See Bonneville Power 

Admin., 160 FERC ¶61,112 (2017). 

3Bonneville submitted errata filings on August 7, 

2017, and August 10, 2017 to correct various 

attachments to the July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter 

and to add inadvertently omitted documents to the 

record. 

4 16 U.S.C. 839e (2012). 

5 18 CFR pt. 300 (2017). 

6Bonneville July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter at 2. 

See also Bonneville Administrator’s Final Record of 

Decision § 5.2.2 (explaining the justification for the 

rate increase in greater detail). 

7These values are the totals of all of Bonneville’s 

transmission revenues, inclusive of the 

transmission rates at issue in Docket No. EF17–3– 

000. See Bonneville August 7, 2017 Transmittal 

Letter at 2; Bonneville Power Admin., 160 FERC 

¶61,112 (2017) (approving on an interim basis those 

transmission rates not associated with the Southern 

Intertie). 

8Bonneville July 31, 2017 Transmittal Letter at 4, 

7. 

9Notices of Bonneville’s errata filings were 

published in the Federal Register, 82 FR 41,014 

(2017) and 82 FR 40,151 (2017). The notices of the 

errata filings retained the August 30, 2017 date by 

which protests or interventions were due. 

(4a) Changes to Information Collection 

(1) Change the title from ‘‘Monthly 

Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, and 

Natural Gas Production Report,’’ to 

‘‘Monthly Crude Oil and Lease 

Condensate, and Natural Gas Production 

Report.’’ 

(2) For Sections 2 and 3, instead of 

selecting only one pre-existing comment 

in the comments box, the box will allow 

for the selection of multiple frequentlyused pre-existing comments, as well as 

the ability to write-in producer specific 

comments. 

(3) EIA will publish separate 

estimates for Alabama, Federal Offshore 

Pacific, Michigan, Mississippi, and 

Virginia and will no longer include data 

for these states in the ‘‘Other States’’ 

category. To separately publish these 

five new states/areas, EIA will collect 

crude oil and lease condensate 

production, crude oil and lease 

condensate sales (run ticket) volumes by 

API gravity, natural gas gross 

withdrawals, and natural gas lease 

production volumes. As a result, EIA 

will publish data for a total of 21 states/ 

areas and one category designated 

‘‘Other States.’’ The ‘‘Other States,’’ 

category will include the remaining 

states of Arizona, Florida, Idaho, 

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, 

Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, 

Oregon, Tennessee, and South Dakota. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 500; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 6,000; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 24,000; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: EIA estimates that there are no 

capital and start-up costs associated 

with this data collection. The 

information is maintained during the 

normal course of business. The cost of 

burden hours to the respondents is 

estimated to be $1,767,840 (24,000 

burden hours times $73.66). Other than 

the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates 

that there are no additional costs for 

generating, maintaining, and providing 

this information. 

Statutory authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, P.L. 

95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

27, 2017. 

Tom Leckey, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Energy 

Statistics, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21076 Filed 9–28–17; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket EF17–4–000] 

Before Commissioners: Neil 

Chatterjee, Chairman; Cheryl A. 

LaFleur, and Robert F. Powelson; 

Bonneville Power Administration; 

Order Approving Rates on an Interim 

Basis and Providing Opportunity for 

Additional Comments 

1. In this order, we approve on an 

interim basis Bonneville Power 

Administration’s (Bonneville) proposed 

2018–2019 transmission rates for 

transmission service on the Southern 

Intertie (IS Rates),1 pending our further 

review.2 We also provide an additional 

period of time for parties to file 

comments. 

I. Background 

2. On July 31, 2017,3 Bonneville filed 

a request for interim and final approval 

of its IS Rates (IS–18) in accordance 

with section 7 of the Pacific Northwest 

Electric Power Planning and 

Conservation Act (Northwest Power 

Act) 4 and Part 300 of the Commission’s 

regulations.5 Bonneville states that, 

although its rate design is not subject to 

Commission review, it provides a 

summary of the hourly rate design 

change on the Southern Intertie for 

informational purposes. Bonneville 

explains that the change is significant, 

increasing the hourly rates 

approximately 170 percent, but asserts 

that the adopted revisions are necessary 

to address the impact of increased 

renewable generation in California in 

combination with seams issues between 

the transmission system connecting the 

Pacific Northwest and California.6

3. Bonneville projects that the filed 

rates will produce average annual 

transmission revenues of $1.044 billion 

and annual net revenues of $4.65 

million.7 Bonneville asserts that this 

level of annual revenues is sufficient to 

recover its costs for the 2018–2019 rate 

approval period, while providing cash 

flow to ensure at least a 95 percent 

probability of making all payments to 

the United States Treasury in full and 

on time for each year of the rate period.8

II. Notice of Filing 

4. Notice of Bonneville’s July 31, 2017 

filing was published in the Federal 

Register, 82 FR 37,445 (2017),9 with 

protests and interventions due on or 

before August 30, 2017. Timely motions 

to intervene were filed by Pacific 

Northwest Generating Cooperative, 

Powerex Corporation, Sierra Club and 

Montana Environmental Information 

Center, Avista Corporation, Northwest 

Requirements Utilities, Industrial 

Customers of Northwest Utilities, 

NorthWestern Corporation, Western 

Public Agencies Group, M–S–R Public 

Power Agency, Snohomish County 

Public Utility District No. 1, Public 

Power Council, Puget Sound Energy 

Inc., Idaho Power Company, and 

Avangrid Renewables LLC. Renewable 

Northwest filed a timely motion to 

intervene and comments. Sacramento 

Municipal Utility District, Transmission 

Agency of Northern California, and 

Turlock Irrigation District (collectively, 

Northern California Utilities) filed a 

timely motion to intervene, protest, 

objection to the motion for interim rate 

approval, request for an evidentiary 

hearing, and alternative request for stay 

of implementation of hourly 

transmission rates. On September 15, 

2017, Bonneville filed a request for 

leave to answer and an answer to 

Northern California Utilities’ protest, 

and on September 19, 2017, Northern 

California Utilities filed an answer to 

Bonneville’s answer. On September 22, 

2017, Bonneville filed an answer to 

Northern California Utilities’ September 

19 answer. 

5. Northern California Utilities 

generally object to Bonneville’s 

proposed rate increase for southbound 

hourly transmission service on the 


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