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existing information about the project’s
effects on upstream fish passage.
d. Proposed Agenda: (1) Introduction
of participants; (2) FERC staff explain
purpose of meeting and gather
information about upstream passage at
the project; (3) Participants discuss
upstream passage at the project; and (4)
Meeting conclusion.
e. A summary of the meeting will be
prepared and filed in the Commission’s
public file for the project.
f. All local, state, and federal agencies,
Indian tribes, and other interested
parties are invited to participate by
phone. If interested, please contact
Steve Kartalia at
stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov or (202)
502–6131, by December 16, 2020, to
receive the conference call number and
access code.
Dated: December 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–9–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725U); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

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 a renewal of
currently approved information
collection, FERC–725U (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: Reliability
Standard CIP–014–2).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due February 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC21–9–000)
by one of the following methods:

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• eFiling at Commission’s website:
http://www.ferc.gov
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426
• Effective 7/1/2020, delivery of
filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov or
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
FERC–725U (Mandatory Reliability
Standards: Reliability Standard CIP–
014)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0274.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725U information
collection requirements, with no
changes to the reporting or
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, The
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005,
which is Title XII of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted
into law. EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the Federal Power Act
(FPA), which requires a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO) to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability
Standards, subject to Commission
review and approval. Once approved,
the Reliability Standards may be
enforced by the ERO, subject to
Commission oversight, or by the
Commission independently. Section 215
of the FPA requires a Commissioncertified ERO to develop mandatory and

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enforceable Reliability Standards,
subject to Commission review and
approval. Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight or by
the Commission independently. In
2006, the Commission certified NERC
(now called the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation) as the ERO
pursuant to section 215 of the FPA.
Reliability Standard CIP–014–2 requires
applicable transmission owners and
transmission operators to identify and
protect transmission stations and
transmission substations, and their
associated primary control centers that
if rendered inoperable or damaged
resulting from a physical attack could
result in widespread instability,
uncontrolled separation, or cascading
within an Interconnection.
In terms of information collection
requirements, an applicable entity must
create or maintain documentation
showing compliance, when appropriate,
with each requirement of the Reliability
Standard. This Reliability Standard
CIP–014–2 has six requirements.
Transmission owners and transmission
operators must keep data or evidence to
show compliance with the standard for
three years unless directed by its
Compliance Enforcement Authority. If a
responsible entity is found noncompliant, it must keep information
related to the non-compliance until
mitigation is complete and approved, or
for three years, whichever is longer.
Type of Respondents: Intrastate
natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines
Estimate of Annual Burden 1and
Cost 2: The Commission estimates the
total Public Reporting Burden for the
FERC–725U information collection as:
1 Burden is defined as 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 5 CFR 1320.3.
2 Commission staff estimates that the industry’s
skill set and cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC–
725U are approximately the same as the
Commission’s average cost. The FERC 2020 average
salary plus benefits for one FERC full-time
equivalent (FTE) is $172,329/year (or $83.00/hour).

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Number of
respondents 3

Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden
hours &
cost per
response

Total
annual
burden
hours &
total
annual cost

Average
annual
cost per
respondent

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping.
Total FERC–725U

336

1

336

32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 ..

10,991 hrs.; $912,253

$2,714,93

336

1

336

32.71 hrs.; $2,714.93 ..

10,991 hrs.; $912,253

$2,714.93

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.
Dated: December 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP21–300–000.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate Capacity Release
Agreement—12/4/2020 to be effective
12/4/2020.
Filed Date: 12/4/20.
Accession Number: 20201204–5026.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–301–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
3 The total number of transmission owners and
operators equals 336, this represents the unique US
entities taken from October 2, 2020 NERC
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Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate—Yankee Gas 510802 eff
12–5–2020 to be effective 12/5/2020.
Filed Date: 12/4/20.
Accession Number: 20201204–5087.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/20.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
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: December 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 96–048]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Relicensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
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a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 96–048.
c. Date Filed: November 24, 2020.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E).
e. Name of Project: Kerckhoff
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the San Joaquin River, in
Fresno and Madera Counties, California.
The project occupies 328.1 acres of
federal land administered by the United
States Forest Service and Bureau of
Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Maureen
Zawalick, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, PO Box 770000, MC N11D–
1138, San Francisco, CA 94177–0001,
(805) 545–4242
i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, (202)
502–8462 or evan.williams@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. Project Description: The existing
Kerckhoff Hydroelectric Project consists
of: (1) a 175-acre, 3-mile-long
impoundment at normal full pond
elevation 985.0 feet; (2) a 114.5-foothigh, 507-foot-long concrete arch dam
with a spillway crest of 91 feet that
includes: (a) Fourteen 14.3-foot-high by
20-foot-wide radial gates, and (b) three
72-inch-diameter low-level outlet pipes
at an elevation of 897.0 feet, with a
maximum combined discharge capacity
of 3,900 cubic feet per second; (3) a 75foot-long, 18-inch-diameter instream
flow pipe; (4) two powerhouse facilities
(Kerckhoff 1 and Kerckhoff 2); and (5)
appurtenant facilities.
The Project’s Kerckhoff 1 (K1)
powerhouse and associated facilities
include: (1) A 73.3-foot-high, 29.5-foot
by 26-foot-wide reinforced concrete
intake structure located in Kerckhoff
Reservoir; (2) a 16,913-foot-long, 17foot-wide by 17-foot-high unlined
tunnel; (3) two approximately 120-footlong, 20-foot in cross section adits; (4)

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