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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(ii) The Secretary of the Commission
will place the request for privileged or
CEII treatment and a copy of the original document without the privileged or
CEII information in a public file while
the request is pending.
(2) For documents submitted to Commission staff. The notification procedures
of paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this
section will be followed by staff before
making a document public.
(d) Notification of request and opportunity to comment. When a FOIA or CEII
requester seeks a document for which
privilege or CEII status has been
claimed, or when the Commission itself
is considering release of such information, the Commission official who will
decide whether to release the information will notify the person who submitted the document and give the person an opportunity (at least five calendar days) in which to comment in
writing on the request. A copy of this
notice will be sent to the requester.
(e) Notification before release. Notice
of a decision by the Commission, the
Chairman of the Commission, the Director, Office of External Affairs, the
General Counsel or General Counsel’s
designee, a presiding officer in a proceeding under part 385 of this chapter,
or any other appropriate official to
deny a claim of privilege, in whole or
in part, or to make a limited release of
CEII, will be given to any person claiming that the information is privileged
or CEII no less than 5 calendar days before disclosure. The notice will briefly
explain why the person’s objections to
disclosure are not sustained by the
Commission. A copy of this notice will
be sent to the FOIA or CEII requester.
(f) Notification of suit in Federal courts.
When a FOIA requester brings suit to
compel disclosure of information for
which a person has claimed privileged
treatment, the Commission will notify
the person who submitted the documents of the suit.
[Order 630, 68 FR 9869, Mar. 3, 2003, as amended by Order 630–A, 68 FR 46459, Aug. 6, 2003]

§ 388.113 Accessing critical energy infrastructure information.
(a) Scope. This section governs access
to critical energy infrastructure information (CEII). The rules governing
submission of CEII are contained in 18

§ 388.113
CFR 388.112(b). The Commission reserves the right to restrict access to
previously filed documents as well as
Commission-generated documents containing CEII.
(b) Purpose. The procedures in this
section are available at the requester’s
option as an alternative to the FOIA
procedures in § 388.108 where the information requested is exempted from disclosure under the FOIA and contains
CEII.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this
section:
(1) Critical energy infrastructure information means information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure that:
(i) Relates to the production, generation, transportation, transmission, or
distribution of energy;
(ii) Could be useful to a person in
planning an attack on critical infrastructure;
(iii) Is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552; and
(iv) Does not simply give the location
of the critical infrastructure.
(2) Critical infrastructure means existing and proposed systems and assets,
whether physical or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which would
negatively affect security, economic
security, public health or safety, or
any combination of those matters.
(d) Optional procedures for requesting
critical energy infrastructure information.
(1) An owner/operator of a facility,
including employees and officers of the
owner/operator, may obtain CEII relating to its own facility directly from
Commission
staff
without
going
through the procedures outlined in
paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
(2) An agent or representative of an
owner/operator must obtain information from the owner/operator.
(3) If any other requester has a particular need for information designated
as CEII, the requester may request the
information using the following procedures:
(i) File a signed, written request with
the Commission’s CEII Coordinator.
The request must contain the following: requester’s name (including
any other name(s) which the requester
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used such name(s)), date and place of
birth, title, address, and telephone
number; the name, address, and telephone number of the person or entity
on whose behalf the information is requested; a detailed statement explaining the particular need for and intended use of the information; and a
statement as to the requester’s willingness to adhere to limitations on the
use and disclosure of the information
requested. Requesters are also requested to include their social security
number for identification purposes.
Federal agency employees making requests on behalf of Federal agencies
may omit their social security number,
and date and place of birth.
(ii) Once the request is received, the
CEII Coordinator will determine if the
information is CEII, and, if it is,
whether to release the CEII to the requester. The CEII Coordinator will balance the requester’s need for the information against the sensitivity of the
information. If the requester is determined to be eligible to receive the information requested, the CEII Coordinator will determine what conditions,
if any, to place on release of the information. Where appropriate, the CEII
Coordinator will forward a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to the requester
for execution. Once the requester signs
any required NDA, the CEII Coordinator will provide the requested critical energy infrastructure information
to the requester. The CEII Coordinator’s decisions regarding release of
CEII are subject to rehearing as provided in § 385.713 of this chapter. Copies
of requests for rehearing of the CEII
Coordinator’s decision must be served
on the CEII Coordinator and the Associate General Counsel for General Law.
(iii) The CEII Coordinator will attempt to respond to the requester
under this section according to the
timing required for responses under the
Freedom of Information Act in
§ 388.108(c), and will provide notice to
the submitter in accordance with
§ 388.112(d) and (e).
[Order 630, 68 FR 9870, Mar. 3, 2003, as amended by Order 630–A, 68 FR 46460, Aug. 6, 2003]

PART 389—OMB CONTROL NUMBERS FOR COMMISSION INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
AUTHORITY: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

§ 389.101 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
(a) Purpose. This part collects and
displays control numbers assigned to
information collection requirements of
the Commission by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980. This part fulfills the requirements
of section 3507(f) of the Paperwork Reduction Act, which requires that agencies display a current control number
assigned by the Director of OMB for
each agency information collection requirement.
(b) Display.
18 CFR part or section where the
information collection requirement
is located

Current OMB control
number (all numbers
begin with 1902–)

2.19 ................................................
2.55 ................................................
2.56a ..............................................
2.69 ................................................
2.75 ................................................
2.76 ................................................
2.77 ................................................
2.78 ................................................
2.79 ................................................
2.80 ................................................
Part 4 Subpart D ...........................
Part 4 Subpart E ............................
Part 4 Subpart F ............................
Part 4 Subpart G ...........................
Part 4 Subpart H ...........................
Part 4 Subpart J ............................
Part 4 Subpart L ............................
Part 4 Subpart L ............................
Part 4 Subpart M ...........................
4.30 ................................................
4.31 ................................................
4.32 ................................................
4.33 ................................................
4.34 ................................................
4.80 ................................................
4.81 ................................................
4.82 ................................................
Part 6 .............................................
Part 9 .............................................
11.3(c) ............................................
11.3(d) ...........................................
11.4(b) ...........................................
11.16 ..............................................
16.1 ................................................
16.14 ..............................................
16.15 ..............................................
16.16 ..............................................
24.1 ................................................

0058, 0015
0161
0055
0060
0052
0051, 0052, 0055
0051, 0052, 0055
0066
0060
0128
0073
0058
0058
0115
0115
0115
0058
0115
0136
0073
0073
0058, 0073, 0115, 0136
0073
0073
0073
0073
0073
0068
0069
0136
0136
0136
0087
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
0079

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