Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Reliability Standards

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
F725DombjustRM-8-11-000 Final Rule.doc Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2009-03-31
F725DombjustRM-8-11-000.doc Supporting Statement A	2009-07-20
Glossary_02May07.pdf Supplementary Document	2007-08-21

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
181752	Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Relaibility Standards	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0247	ICR Reference No: 200903-1902-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200801-1902-002
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725D
Title: Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Reliability Standards
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/07/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/31/2009
Terms of Clearance: This Information Collection is approved. Prior to resubmission of this request for renewal, the Agency should revise estimates of burden to reflect the experience of respondent entities taking into account that this is no longer a voluntary program.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2011	05/31/2011	05/31/2011
Responses	250	0	250
Time Burden (Hours)	75,000	0	75,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This submission reflects minor revisions to a recent information collection requirement implementing the provisions of the Electricity Modernization Act of 2005. The Act created section 215 of the Federal Power Act which provides for a system of mandatory reliability rules developed by the ERO, established by the Commission, and enforced by the Commission, subject to Commission review. The proposed modifications of the three Reliability Standards, as adopted, would implement the Congressional mandate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards to better ensure the reliability of the nation’s Bulk-Power System. Specifically, the proposed modification of the Reliability Standards would ensure that system operating limits or SOLs used in the reliability planning and operation of the Bulk-Power System are determined based on an established methodology. The approved Reliability Standards will not be a burden on the industry since most if not all of the applicable entities currently perform system operating limit calculations and the approved Reliability Standards will simply provide a common methodology for those calculations. The three Reliability Standards developed by the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC or ERO) are FAC-010-1, FAC-011-1 and FAC-014-1, set requirements for the development of system operating limits of the Bulk-Power System for use in planning and operating conditions.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: Federal Power Act
   PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 1211 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 1211 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act 2005

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AD44	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 1770	01/09/2008

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Relaibility Standards

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	250	250	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	75,000	75,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection requirement that implements the provisions of the Electricity Modernization Act of 2005. The Act created section 215 of the Federal Power Act which provides for a system of mandatory reliability rules developed by the ERO, established by the Commission, and enforced by the Commission, subject to Commission review. The three Reliability Standards, as adopted, will implement the Congressional mandate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards to better ensure the reliability of the nation’s Bulk-Power System. Specifically, the three proposed Reliability Standards will ensure that system operating limits or SOLs used in the reliability planning and operation of the Bulk-Power System are determined based on an established methodology.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $189,576

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 03/31/2009

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