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service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21296 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC17–15–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–505 and FERC–512); 

Consolidated 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 requirements 

and burden of information collection, 

FERC–505 (Small Hydropower Projects 

and Conduit Facilities including 

License/Relicense, Exemption and 

Qualifying Conduit Facility 

Determination) and FERC–512 

(Preliminary Permit) which will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for a review of the 

information collection requirements. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due December 4, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. IC17–15–000 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please reference the specific 

collection number and/or title in your 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of Request: Three-year approval 

of the FERC–505 and FERC–512 

information collection requirements 

with no changes to the current reporting 

requirements. Please note that each 

collection is distinct from the next. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collections of 

information are 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 collections 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information 

collections; and (4) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collections of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: FERC–505, Small Hydropower 

Projects and Conduit Facilities 

including License/Relicense, 

Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit 

Facility Determination. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0115. 

Abstract: The Hydropower Efficiency 

Act amended statutory provisions 

pertaining to preliminary permits and to 

projects that are exempt from certain 

licensing requirements under the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) in order to 

reduce cost and regulatory burden, and 

in turn, promote hydropower 

development. Specifically, the 

Hydropower Efficiency Act gave the 

Commission authority to extend a 

preliminary permit once for not more 

than two additional years without 

requiring the permittee to apply for a 

successive preliminary permit. The 

Hydropower Efficiency Act also 

expanded the number of projects that 

may qualify for exemptions from certain 

licensing requirements under the FPA 

(i.e., small conduit hydroelectric 

facilities or small hydroelectric power 

projects), and allowed other projects to 

qualify to operate without Commission 

oversight (i.e., qualifying conduit 

hydropower facilities). While the 

Commission-approved revised 

regulations formally implement the 

Hydropower Efficiency Act, the 

Commission has complied with the Act 

since its enactment. 

Type of Respondents: Businesses or 

other for-profit and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–505 (SMALL HYDROPOWER PROJECTS AND CONDUIT FACILITIES INCLUDING LICENSE/RELICENSE, EXEMPTION, AND

QUALIFYING CONDUIT FACILITY DETERMINATION) 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average burden and cost 

per response 2

Total annual burden and 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

FERC–505 ..... 16 1 16 273 hrs.; $20,884.50 .......... 4,368 hrs.; $334,152 .......... $20,884.50 

Title: FERC–512, Preliminary Permit. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0073. 

Abstract: The information collected 

under the requirements of FERC–512, is 

used by the Commission to implement 

the statutory provisions of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA) 16 U.S.C. The purpose 

of obtaining a preliminary permit is to 

maintain priority of the application for 

a license for a hydropower facility while 

the applicant conducts surveys to 

prepare maps, plans, specifications and 

estimates; conducts engineering, 

economic and environmental feasibility 

studies; and making financial 

arrangements. The conditions under 

which the priority will be maintained 

are set forth in each permit. 


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1Burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 

1320.3. 

2Subject matter experts found that industry 

employment costs closely resemble FERC’s wage 

average wage figure. FERC’s 2017 average annual 

salary plus benefits per FTE (full-time equivalent) 

is $158,754 (or $76.50 per hour). 

Type of Respondent: Businesses or 

other for-profit and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–512 (PRELIMINARY PERMIT) 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average burden and cost 

per response 2

Total annual burden and 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

FERC–512 ..... 50 1 50 24 hrs.; $1,836 ................... 1,200 hrs.; $91,800 ............ $1,836 

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21286 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EF17–2–000] 

Bonneville Power Administration; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on September 27, 

2017, Bonneville Power Administration 

submitted a Notice of Inadvertent Error 

in the July 31, 2017 BP–18 Wholesale 

Power Rate Filing. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the Web site that 

enables subscribers to receive email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on October 27, 2017. 

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21299 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER17–2548–000] 

EGP Stillwater Solar PV II, 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 EGP 

Stillwater Solar PV II, 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 October 18, 

2017. 

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 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an eSubscription link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 


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