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1Burden is defined as 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 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

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. 

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22463 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC17–13–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activity (FERC–717); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is submitting its 

information collection, FERC–717, 

(Open Access Same-Time Information 

System and Standards for Business 

Practices and Communication Protocol) 

which will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

published Notice in the Federal 

Register in Docket No. IC17–13–000, (82 

FR 37580, 8/11/2017) requesting public 

comments. FERC received no comments 

in response to the Notice and is 

indicating that in its submittal to the 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by OMB Control No. 1902– 

0173, should be sent via email to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–0710. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Commission, in Docket 

No. IC17–13–000 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. 

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: 

Title: FERC–717, Open Access SameTime information System and Standards 

for Business Practices and 

Communication Protocols. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0173. 

Type of Request: Three-year approval 

of the FERC–717 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission directs all 

public utilities that own, control or 

operate facilities for transmitting energy 

in interstate commerce to provide 

certain types of information regarding 

their transmission operations on an 

Open Access Same-time Information 

System (OASIS). The Commission does 

not believe that open-access 

nondiscriminatory transmission services 

can be completely realized until it 

removes real-world obstacles that 

prevent transmission customers from 

competing effectively with the 

Transmission Provider. One of the 

obstacles is unequal access to 

transmission information. The 

Commission believes that transmission 

customers must have simultaneous 

access to the same information available 

to the Transmission Provider if truly 

nondiscriminatory transmission services 

are to be a reality. 

The Commission also established 

Standards of Conduct requiring that 

personnel engaged in transmission 

system operations function 

independently from personnel engaged 

in marketing functions. The Standards 

of Conduct were designed to prevent 

employees of a public utility (or any of 

its affiliates) engaged in marketing 

functions from preferential access to 

OASIS-related information or from 

engaging in unduly discriminatory 

business practices. Companies were 

required to separate their transmission 

operations/reliability functions from 

their marketing/merchant functions and 

prevent system operators from 

providing merchant employees and 

employees of affiliates with 

transmission-related information not 

available to all customers at the same 

time through public posting on the 

OASIS. 

Type of Respondents: Transmission 

Owners and Transmission Operators. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The 

Commission estimates an adjustment in 

the annual public reporting burden for 

the FERC–717. The adjustment is due to 

Transmission Providers being allowed 

to file responses jointly or individually. 

The Transmission Provider may 

delegate this responsibility to a 

Responsible Party such as another 

Transmission Provider, an Independent 

System Operator, a Regional 

Transmission Group, or a Regional 

Reliability Council. The number 

comprise two separate entities: 

Transmission Owners and Transmission 

Operators. The responses submitted are 

our best estimate of the Transmission 

Operators and remaining individual 

Transmission Owners. The rationale is 

that some Transmission Owners have 

elected to turn over operational control 

of their collective transmission systems 

to Transmission Operators, including 

RTOs/ISOs (as authorized in 18 CFR 

37.5). These Transmission Operators 

offer OASIS access to the collective 

systems facilitating a single OASIS 

transmission request serving multiple 

transmission systems. As a result of 


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2The Commission staff thinks that the average 

respondent for this collection is similarly situated 

to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. 

Based upon FERC’s 2017 annual average of 

$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average 

hourly cost is $76.50/hour. 

these efficiency gains, the lower 

respondent count is appropriate. 

As a result of the efficiency gains, and 

an overestimate of the respondents in 

our past request, we are submitting a 

more accurate number of respondents. 

The estimate below reflects the work 

associated with the current information 

collection requirements: 

FERC–717, OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEM AND STANDARDS FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

Information collection requirements Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average burden hours 

and cost per 

response 2

Total annual burden 

hours and total 

annual cost 

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

FERC–717 ................................................... 170 1 170 30 hrs.; $2,295 .......... 5,100 hrs.; $390,150. 

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: October 11, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22472 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9035–6] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS) 

Filed 10/02/2017 through 10/06/2017 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20170198, Final, USAF, MD, 

Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization 

Program, Joint Base Andrews-Naval 

Air Facility, Review Period Ends: 

11/15/2017, Contact: Ms Jean Renolds 

210–925–4534. 

EIS No. 20170200, Draft, FTA, PA, King 

of Prussia Rail Project, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/4/2017, Contact: 

Daniel Koenig 202–366–8224. 

EIS No. 20170201, Draft, USN, CA, 

Hawaii-Southern Californian Training 

and Testing, Comment Period Ends: 

12/12/2017, Contact: Nora MacariolaSee 808–472–1402. 

EIS No. 20170202, Draft, USFS, CO, CP 

District-wide Salvage, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/30/2017, Contact: 

Mike Tooley 719–274–6321. 

Dated: October 9, 2017. 

Kelly Knight, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22165 Filed 10–13–17; 12:00 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9969–52–OA] 

Notice of Meeting of the EPA 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

notice is hereby given that the next 

meeting of the Children’s Health 

Protection Advisory Committee 

(CHPAC) will be held November 29 and 

30 at The George Washington University 

Milken Institute School of Public Health 

950 New Hampshire Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20052. The CHPAC 

advises the Environmental Protection 

Agency on science, regulations, and 

other issues relating to children’s 

environmental health. 

DATES: November 29 and 30 at The 

George Washington University Milken 

Institute School of Public Health in 

Washington, DC. 

ADDRESSES: 950 New Hampshire Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20052. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hackel, Office of Children’s 

Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–2977 

or hackel.angela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 

public. An agenda will be posted to 

epa.gov/children. 

Access and Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Angela Hackel at 202–5566– 

2977. 

Dated: October 2, 2017. 

Angela Hackel, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22498 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9969–71–OA] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Science Advisory Board Risk 

and Technology Review (RTR) 

Methods Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Risk and 

Technology Review (RTR) Methods 


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