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eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 19, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–03702 Filed 2–24–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. Ic20–6–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725a(1b); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.

AGENCY:

Notice of information collection
and request for comments.

ACTION:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
725A(1B), (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System)

SUMMARY:

Comments on the collection of
information are due April 27, 2020.

DATES:

You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC20–6–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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/submissionguide.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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725A(1B), (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power
System).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0292.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725A(1B) information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725A(1B) Under
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA),1the Commission proposes to
approve Reliability Standards TOP–
ADDRESSES:

010–1 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring
and Analysis Capabilities) submitted by
North American Electric Corporation
(NERC). In this order, the Reliability
Standards build on monitoring, realtime assessments and support effective
situational awareness. The Reliability
Standards accomplish this by requiring
applicable entities to: (1) Provide
notification to operators of real-time
monitoring alarm failures; (2) provide
operators with indications of the quality
of information being provided by their
monitoring and analysis capabilities;
and (3) address deficiencies in the
quality of information being provided
by their monitoring and analysis
capabilities. FERC–725A(1B) address
situational awareness objectives by
providing for operator awareness when
key alarming tools are not performing as
intended. These collections will
improve real-time situational awareness
capabilities and enhance reliable
operations by requiring reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
and balancing authorities to provide
operators with an improved awareness
of system conditions analysis
capabilities, including alarm
availability, so that operators may take
appropriate steps to ensure reliability.
These functions include planning,
operations, data sharing, monitoring,
and analysis.
Type of Respondent: Balancing
Authority (BA),Transmission
Operations (TOP) and Reliability
Coordinators (RC).
Estimate of Annual Burden:1 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 2 for this information
collection in the table below.

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Requirements &
period

Entity

BA 6 .............................

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TOP 7 ..........................

Number of
respondents 4

Annual number of responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden &
cost per
response 5

Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Year 1 Implementation (one-time reporting).
Starting in Year 2
(annual reporting).
Year 1 Implementation (one-time reporting).

1 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
2 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).

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98

1

98

70 hrs.; $4,494.00 .....

6,860 hrs.;
$440,412.00.

$4,494.00

98

1

98

42 hrs.; $2,696.40 .....

$2,696.40

169

1

169

70 hrs.; $4,494.00 .....

4,116 hrs.;
$264,247.20.
11,830 hrs.;
$759,486.00.

3 Our estimates are based on the NERC
Compliance Registry Summary of Entities and
Functions as of January 31, 2019, which indicates
there are registered as BA and TOP.
4 The number of respondents is the number of
entities in which a change in burden from the
current standards to the proposed exists, not the
total number of entities from the current or
proposed standards that are applicable.
5 The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits)
are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

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$4,494.00

information, as of May 2019 (at http://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/naics2_22.htm, with updated benefits
information for March 2019 at http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), for an electrical
engineer (code 17–2071, $68.17/hour), and for
information and record clerks record keeper (code
43–4199, $40.84/hour). The hourly figure for
engineers is used for reporting; the hourly figure for
information and record clerks is used for document
retention.

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FERC–725A(1B), CHANGES DUE TO TOP–010–1 IN DOCKET NO. IC20–6–000 3—Continued
Requirements &
period

Entity

BA/TOP .......................
Total Burden
Hours Per Year.

Number of
respondents 4

Annual number of responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden &
cost per
response 5

Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Starting in Year 2
(annual reporting).
Annual Record Retention.
...................................

169

1

169

40 hrs.; $2,568.00 .....

267

1

267

2 hrs.; $75.38 ............

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Averaging One-Time Burden and
Responses for FERC–725A(1B), Changes
Due to TOP–010–1 in Docket No. IC20–
6–000 Over Years 1–3
—Year 1 has 19,224 hrs. of burden and
record retention
—Years 2 and 3 have on-going annual
burden and record retention of 11,410
hrs.

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For purposes of this OMB clearance,
the 19,224 one-time burden hours will
be averaged over Years 1–3. After Year
3, the one-time burden hours will then
be removed from the inventory. The
estimated additional burden due to this
Order is 14,014 [consisting of (19,224
+11,410 + 11,410) ÷ 3].
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.
6 Balancing Authority (BA). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
balancing authorities: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R2: Quality monitoring logs and the
data errors and corrective action logs.
7 Transmission Operations (TOP). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
transmission operators: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R3: Alarm process monitor
performance logs to maintain performance logs and
corrective action plans.

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Dated: February 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–03698 Filed 2–24–20; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10005–70–OECA]

Applicability Determination Index Data
System Posting: EPA Formal
Responses to Inquiries Concerning
Compliance With Clean Air Act
Stationary Source Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

This document announces
applicability determinations, alternative
monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations that EPA has made with
regard to the New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS); the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP); the Emission
Guidelines and Federal Plan
Requirements for existing sources; and/
or the Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An
electronic copy of each complete
document posted on the Applicability
Determination Index (ADI) data system
is available on the internet through the
Resources and Guidance Documents for
Compliance Assistance page of the
Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring
website under ‘‘Air’’ at: https://
www2.epa.gov/compliance/resourcesand-guidance-documents-complianceassistance. The letters and memoranda
on the ADI may be located by author,
date, office of issuance, subpart,
citation, control number, or by string
word searches. For questions about the
ADI or this document, contact Maria
SUMMARY:

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6,760 hrs.;
$433,992.00.
534 hrs.; $20,126.46

$2,568.00
$75.38

19,224 hrs.
$1,220,024.46
(Year 1); 11,410
hrs. $718,365.66
per year, (starting
in Year 2).

Malave, Monitoring, Assistance and
Media Programs Division by phone at:
(202) 564–7027, or by email at:
malave.maria@epa.gov. For technical
questions about individual applicability
determinations or monitoring decisions,
refer to the contact person identified in
the individual documents, or in the
absence of a contact person, refer to the
author of the document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The General Provisions of the NSPS
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 60 and the General Provisions of
the NESHAP in 40 CFR part 61 provide
that a source owner or operator may
request a determination of whether
certain intended actions constitute the
commencement of construction,
reconstruction, or modification. 40 CFR
60.5 and 61.06. The General Provisions
in 40 CFR part 60 also apply to Federal
and EPA-approved state plans for
existing sources in 40 CFR part 62. See
40 CFR 62.02(b)(2). The EPA’s written
responses to source or facility-specific
inquiries on provisions in 40 CFR parts
60, 61 and 62 are commonly referred to
as applicability determinations.
Although the NESHAP 40 CFR part 63
regulations [which include Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
standards and/or Generally Available
Control Technology (GACT) standards]
contain no specific regulatory provision
providing that sources may request
applicability determinations, the EPA
also responds to written inquiries
regarding applicability for the 40 CFR
part 63 regulations. In addition, the
General Provisions in 40 CFR parts 60
and 63 allow sources to seek permission
to use monitoring or recordkeeping that
is different from the promulgated
requirements. See 40 CFR 60.13(i),
61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and 63.10(f).
The EPA’s written responses to these
inquiries are commonly referred to as

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