In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at
this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to
the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting
statement of the next ICR—which is to be submitted to OMB at the
final rule stage—a description of how the agency has responded to
any public comments on the ICR, including comments pertaining to
the agency's estimation of burden hours.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2022
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
6,686
0
6,686
50,167
0
50,167
0
0
0
NOPR in RM19-16 & RM19-17.The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to
approve the retirement of 74 Reliability Standard requirements. The
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the
Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization, submitted
the proposed retirements for Commission approval. Pursuant to
section 215(d)(2) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Commission
proposes to approve to retire 74 of the 77 Reliability Standard
requirements requested for retirement by the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC). As explained in NERC’s
two petitions, the 74 requirements we propose to approve: (1)
provide little or no reliability benefit; (2) are administrative in
nature or relate expressly to commercial or business practices; or
(3) are redundant with other Reliability Standards. NERC’s
justifications for retiring the 74 requirements are largely
consistent with the Commission-approved bases for retiring
Reliability Standard requirements articulated in prior proceedings.
The NOPR affects FERC-725A, FERC-725-A(1C), FERC-725G1, and
FERC-725Z; the consolidated supporting statement addresses the 4
collections.
The Commission believes that
the proposed retirements (and related burden reductions) will
further the efficiency of the Reliability Standards program by
reducing duplicative or otherwise unnecessary regulatory burden.
Further, we agree with NERC that the retirement of the Reliability
Standard provisions will benefit overall reliability by allowing
registered entities to focus their resources on complying with
those Reliability Standard requirements that more effectively
promote the reliable operation and planning of the nation’s
bulk-power system. The proposed retirement in FERC-725Z is for
Requirement 1 (R1) of Rel. Std. IRO-002-6; other requirements of
that standard and other standards in FERC-725Z are not affected by
this NOPR. Therefore, we are being conservative and not removing
the 14 responses discussed in Question 12 in the supporting
statement; we are only removing the associated burden hours for the
R1 proposed for retirement.
$19,328
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Michael Gandolfo 202
502-6817
No
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:
(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;
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.
SupportingStatement_RM19-16_17_NOPR2-10-2020.docx
staff presentation01-23-20-E-20.pdf
IRO-002-6 (NOPR RM19-16,RM19-17)