18 Cfr 388.113

§ 388.113

18 CFR Ch. I (4–1–13 Edition)

(c) Effect of privilege or CEII claim. (1)
For documents filed with the Commission:
(i) The documents for which privileged or CEII treatment is claimed will
be maintained in the Commission’s
document repositories as non-public
until such time as the Commission
may determine that the document is
not entitled to the treatment sought
and is subject to disclosure consistent
with §§ 388.108 or 388.113 of this chapter.
By treating the documents as nonpublic, the Commission is not making
a determination on any claim of privilege or CEII status. The Commission
retains the right to make determinations with regard to any claim of privilege or CEII status, and the discretion
to release information as necessary to
carry out its jurisdictional responsibilities.
(ii) The request for privileged or CEII
treatment and the public version of the
document will be made available 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 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 or any other appropriate Commission official 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 be-

fore 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 769, 77 FR 65476, Oct. 29, 2012]

§ 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
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 specific engineering,
vulnerability, or detailed design information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure that:
(i) Relates details about 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 general
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) Accessing critical energy infrastructure information. (1) An Owner/operator

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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)(4) of this section.
Non-employee agents of an owner/operator of such facility may obtain CEII
relating to the owner/operator’s facility in the same manner as owner/operators as long as they present written authorization from the owner/operator to
obtain such information.
(2) An employee of a federal agency
acting within the scope of his or her
federal employment may obtain CEII
directly from Commission staff without following the procedures outlined
in paragraph (d)(4) of this section. Any
Commission employee at or above the
level of division director or its equivalent may rule on federal agency representatives’ requests for access to
CEII.
(3) A landowner whose property is
crossed by or in the vicinity of a
project may receive detailed alignment
sheets containing CEII directly from
Commission staff without submitting a
non-disclosure agreement as outlined
in paragraph (d)(4) of this section. A
landowner must provide Commission
staff with proof of his or her property
interest in the vicinity of a project.
(4) 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
has used and the dates the requester
used such name(s)), 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. A requester shall provide his
or her date and place of birth upon request, if it is determined by the CEII
Coordinator that this information is

§ 388.113
necessary to process the request. Unless otherwise provided in Section
113(d)(3), a requester must also file an
executed non-disclosure agreement.
(ii) A requester who seeks the information on behalf of all employees of an
organization should clearly state that
the information is sought for the organization, that the requester is authorized to seek the information on behalf
of the organization, and that all the requesters agree to be bound by a nondisclosure agreement that must be executed by and will be applied to all individuals who have access to the CEII.
(iii) After 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.
(iv) If the CEII Coordinator determines that the CEII requester has not
demonstrated a valid or legitimate
need for the CEII or that access to the
CEII should be denied for other reasons, this determination may be appealed to the General Counsel pursuant
to § 388.110 of this Chapter. The General
Counsel will decide whether the information is properly classified as CEII,
which by definition is exempt from release under FOIA, and whether the
Commission should in its discretion
make such CEII available to the CEII
requester in view of the requester’s asserted legitimacy and need.
(v) Once a CEII requester has been
verified by Commission staff as a legitimate requester who does not pose a
security risk, his or her verification
will be valid for the remainder of that
calendar year. Such a requester is not
required to provide detailed information about him or herself with subsequent requests during the calendar
year. He or she is also not required to
file a non-disclosure agreement with
subsequent requests during the calendar year because the original nondisclosure agreement will apply to all
subsequent releases of CEII.

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18 CFR Ch. I (4–1–13 Edition)

(vi) If an organization is granted access to CEII as provided by paragraph
(d)(4)(iii) of this section, and later
seeks to add additional individuals to
the non-disclosure agreement, the
names of these individuals must be
sent to the CEII Coordinator with certification that notice has been given to
the submitter. Any newly added individuals must execute a supplement to
the original non-disclosure agreement
indicating their acceptance of its
terms. If there is no written opposition
within five (5) days of notifying the
CEII Coordinator and the submitter
concerning the addition of any newlynamed individuals, the CEII Coordinator will issue a standard notice accepting the addition of names to the
non-disclosure agreement. If the submitter files a timely opposition with
the CEII Coordinator, the CEII Coordinator will issue a formal determination
addressing the merits of such opposition.
(e) Fees for processing CEII requests
will be determined in accordance with
18 CFR 388.109.
[Order 630, 68 FR 9870, Mar. 3, 2003, as amended by Order 630–A, 68 FR 46460, Aug. 6, 2003;
Order 649, 69 FR 48391, Aug. 10, 2004; Order
662, 70 FR 37036, June 28, 2005; 71 FR 58276,
Oct. 3, 2006; 72 FR 63985, Nov. 14, 2007; Order
769, 77 FR 65477, Oct. 29, 2012]

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 ................................................
Part 33 ...........................................
Part 34 ...........................................
Part 35 Subpart A ..........................
35.12 ..............................................
35.13 ..............................................
35.26 ..............................................
35.27 ..............................................
35.30 ..............................................
Part 45 ...........................................
46.3 ................................................
46.6 ................................................
Part 101 .........................................
Part 116 .........................................
Part 125 .........................................
141.1 ..............................................
141.2 ..............................................
141.14 ............................................
141.51 ............................................
141.61 ............................................
Part 152 .........................................
Part 153 .........................................
Part 154 .........................................
154.38 ............................................
154.52 ............................................
154.61 ............................................
154.62 ............................................
154.63 ............................................
154.64 ............................................
154.65 ............................................
154.66 ............................................
154.67 ............................................
154.91 ............................................

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
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0073
0073
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0073
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0136
0136
0087
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
0058, 0115
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0082
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0096
0096
0096
0096
0096
0083
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0099
0021, 0029
0021
0098
0021
0029
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0140
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