Document ID: FERC-2014-1479-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69450-69451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27549]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD14-13-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725F); Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the 
currently approved information collection, FERC-725F (Mandatory 
Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination: 
Reliability Standard NUC-001-3).

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 20, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. RD14-13-
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/submission-guide.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/docs-filing/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-725F (Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant 
Interface Coordination: Reliability Standard NUC-001-3).
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0249.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725F information 
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting 
requirements.
    Abstract: The Commission requires the information collected by the 
FERC-725F to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On August 8, 2005, the 
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle A, 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into law.\1\ 
EPAct 2005 added a new section 215 to the FPA, which required a 
Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop 
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to 
Commission review and approval. Once approved, the Reliability 
Standards may be enforced by the ERO subject to Commission oversight, 
or the Commission can independently enforce Reliability Standards.\2\
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    \1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, Title XII, 
Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 824o.
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
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    On February 3, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 672, 
implementing section 215 of the FPA.\3\ Pursuant to Order No. 672, the 
Commission certified one organization, North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation (NERC), as the ERO. The Reliability Standards 
developed by the ERO and approved by the Commission apply to users, 
owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System as set forth in each 
Reliability Standard.
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    \3\ 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).
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    On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its petition for Commission 
approval of the Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Reliability 
Standard, designated NUC-001-1. In Order No. 716 the Commission 
approved the standard while also directing certain revisions.\4\ 
Reliability Standard, NUC-001-2, was approved by the Commission January 
21, 2010.\5\ Revised Reliability Standard,

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NUC-001-3, was filed with the Commission by NERC on September 15, 2014.
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    \4\ Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface 
Coordination, Order No. 716, 125 FERC ] 61,065, at P 189 & n.90 
(2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 716-A, 126 FERC ] 61,122 (2009).
    \5\ North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 130 FERC ] 
61,051 (2010). When the revised Reliability Standard was approved 
the Commission did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed that 
the changes made did not substantively affect the information 
collection and therefore a formal submission to OMB was not needed.
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    The purpose of Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 is to require 
``coordination between nuclear plant generator operators and 
transmission entities for the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant safe 
operation and shutdown.'' \6\ Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 applies to 
nuclear plant generator operators (generally nuclear power plant owners 
and operators, including licensees) and ``transmission entities,'' 
defined in the Reliability Standard as including a nuclear plant's 
suppliers of off-site power and related transmission and distribution 
services. Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 requires a nuclear power plant 
operator and its suppliers of back-up power and related transmission 
and distribution services to coordinate concerning nuclear licensing 
requirements for safe nuclear plant operation and shutdown and system 
operating limits. Information collection requirements include 
establishing and maintaining interface agreements, including record 
retention requirements.
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    \6\ See Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 at http://www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-3.pdf.
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    Type of Respondents: Nuclear operators, nuclear plants, 
transmission entities.
    Estimate of Annual Burden \7\: The Commission estimates for the 
annual public reporting burden for the information collection are 
unchanged from the public notice issued for Reliability Standard NUC-
001-2 on 10/30/2014 \8\ in Docket No. IC14-16-000. Reliability Standard 
NUC-001-3 represents the implementation of recommendations made by the 
NERC Five Year Review Team to revise Reliability Standard NUC-001-2. 
These recommendations include clarifying and conforming changes to 
update the standard for current use of terminology implemented in other 
area of the Reliability Standards, as well as updated Violation Risk 
Factors and Violation Severity Levels for the evaluation of violations 
of the Reliability Standard. The burden of complying with the 
requirements under Reliability Standard NUC-001-3 will not change as 
the changes from the previous Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 are 
substantially administrative in nature.
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    \7\ The Commission defines burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1320.3.
    \8\ Published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 61068.
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    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: November 13, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27549 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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