			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on December 27, 2005

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET OST-2004-17065

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter).

Applicant:  VARIG LOGISTICA S.A., d/b/a VARIG LOG	Date Filed:  February
5, 2004, as supplemented

Relief requested: Exemption authority from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage
in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail from a
point or points in Brazil, via intermediate points, to New York,
Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Detroit, Washington/Baltimore, Houston,
Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and San Juan, Puerto Rico;
and to conduct all-cargo charters subject to 14 CFR Part 212 of the
Department’s rules.

If renewal, date and citation of last action:  New authority

Applicant representative:  George Mencio<PHONE_NUMBER>

DOT Analyst:  Gordon H. Bingham<PHONE_NUMBER>

Responsive pleadings:  None filed

	DISPOSITION

Action:  Approved								Action date:  December 27, 2004

Effective dates of authority granted:  December 27, 2004-December 27,
2005

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity):  Air Transport
Agreement between the United States and Brazil (the Agreement)

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the
terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:

X  Standard exemption conditions (Attached)

Special conditions/Partial grant/Denial basis/Remarks:  Based on the
record in this case, we found that VARIG LOG is financially and
operationally qualified to perform the services authorized above.  We
also found that VARIG LOG is substantially owned and effectively
controlled by Brazilian nationals.  The carrier is properly licensed and
designated by the Government of Brazil to perform the proposed services.
 By memorandum dated September 24, 2004, the FAA advised us that it knew
of no reason why we should act unfavorably on VARIG LOG’s application.

The authority granted above is subject to the provisions of the
Agreement, and the further condition that VARIG LOG shall not perform
any third- and fourth-freedom charters unless specific authority in the
form of a statement of authorization for such charter(s) has been
granted by the Department.  VARIG LOG shall file applications for such
statements of authorization pursuant to the procedures set forth in §
212.10 of the Department’s rules.

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Action taken by:  Paul L. Gretch, Director

		     Office of International Aviation

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Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR
Part 385, we found that (1) the applicant was

qualified to perform the proposed operations; (2) our action was
consistent with Department policy; (3) grant of the

authority was consistent with the public interest; and (4) grant of the
authority would not constitute a major regulatory

action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.  To the
extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied all requests in the
referenced Docket.  We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority
granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set
forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §
385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of
issuance of this Notice.  This action was effective when taken, and the
filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web at:

  HYPERLINK "http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp"
http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp

Foreign Air Carrier Standard Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the foreign carrier
applicant(s) shall:

(1)  Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effective
authorization from its homeland for such operations, and it has filed a
copy of such authorization with the Department;

(2)  Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation
Administration, including, but not limited to, 14 CFR Parts 129, 91, and
36, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning
security, including, but not limited to, 49 CFR Part 1546 or 1550, as
applicable.  To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government
requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing
any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign airport that
would be the holder’s last point of departure for the United States,
contact its International Principal Security Inspector (IPSI) to advise
the IPSI of its plans and to find out whether the Transportation
Security Administration has determined that security is adequate to
allow such airport(s) to be served;

(3)  Comply with the requirements for minimum insurance coverage
contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to the commencement of any
operations under this authority, file evidence of such coverage, in the
form of a completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Program Management Branch (AFS-260), Flight Standards
Service (any changes to, or termination of, insurance also shall be
filed with that office);

(4)  Not operate aircraft under this authority unless it complies with
operational safety requirements at least equivalent to Annex 6 of the
Chicago Convention;

(5)  Conform to the airworthiness and airman competency requirements of
its Government for international air services;

(6)  Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a
Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 203,
concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(7)  Agree that operations under this authority constitute a waiver of
sovereign immunity, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a), but only with
respect to those actions or proceedings instituted against it in any
court or other tribunal in the United States that are: (a)  based on its
operations in international air transportation that, according to the
contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of
origin, point of destination, or agreed stopping place, or for which the
contract of carriage was purchased in the United States; or (b)  based
on a claim under any international agreement or treaty cognizable in any
court or other tribunal of the United States.  In this condition, the
term "international air transportation" means "international
transportation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all
States shall be considered to be High Contracting Parties for the
purpose of this definition;

(8)  Except as specifically authorized by the Department, originate or
terminate all flights to/from the United States in its homeland;

(9)  Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, concerning the
reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwise provided
in the applicable aviation agreement, comply with the Department's rules
governing charters (including 14 CFR Parts 212 and 380); and

(11) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and
limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the
Department, with all applicable orders or regulations of other U.S.
agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period when the holder
is not in compliance with the conditions imposed above.  Moreover, this
authority cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without explicit
Department approval under Title 49 of the U.S. Code.

												05/2004

  On October 1 and December 22, VARIG LOG supplemented both its
exemption application at issue here and its foreign air carrier permit
application in Docket OST-2004-17064.  The October 1 supplement was
placed into both dockets.  The December 22 supplement was filed only in
VARIG LOG’s foreign air carrier permit application (Docket
OST-2004-17064).  However, in light of the applicant’s statement in
its exemption application that it incorporates by reference all
information and documentation submitted in the context of its permit
application as support for its instant request, we are considering both
supplemental filings as part of the record in this docket
(OST-2004-17065).

  VARIG LOG is owned (99%) by VARIG, S.A., the flag carrier of Brazil,
and (1%) by FRB-Par Investimentos Ltds.  Both are Brazilian
corporations.  In addition, all of VARIG LOG’s key management
personnel are citizens of Brazil.

  By Order 81-5-44, the Department required VARIG, a foreign air carrier
of Brazil, to obtain a statement of authorization under Part 212 of the
Department’s rules prior to operating any Brazil-U.S. charter flights.
 This requirement remains in effect and has been extended to all foreign
carriers of Brazil holding Department authority to conduct charter
services.


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[Release No. 34-65899A; File No. SR-FICC-2008-01]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Allow the Mortgage-Backed
Securities Division To Provide Guaranteed Settlement and Central
Counterparty Services; Correction

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission published a document in
the Federal Register of December 12, 2011, concerning a Self-Regulatory
Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of
Proposed Rule Change to Allow the Mortgage-Backed Securities Division
to Provide Guaranteed Settlement and Central Counterparty Services. The
document contained improper timing requirements. Because this filing
was received by the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to
amendments to Section 19(b) of the Securities Exchange Act (through the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), the
operative timing requirements for the Securities and Exchange
Commission's action with respect to the filing are different from the
amended timing requirements. However, the release was sent to the
Federal Register reflecting the amended and consequently improper
timing requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Horn, Division of Trading and
Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of December 12, 2010, in FR Doc. 2011-
31762, on page 77296, in the thirty-second line of the third column,
correct the paragraph to read ``Within 35 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register or within such
longer period (i) As the Commission may designate up to 90 days of such
date if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory
organization consents, the Commission shall: (a) By order approve such
proposed rule change or (b) institute proceedings to determine whether
the proposed rule change should be disapproved.''

    Dated: December 12, 2011.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-36-000]

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application

 December 16, 2005.
    Take notice that on December 12, 2005, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
(Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application under
section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to abandon by sale to Natural Gas
Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) certain supply lateral facilities
and appurtenances consisting of the NGPL-Lowery Receipt Meter Station
and the Lowery-NGPL 10-inch diameter tie-over pipeline, located near
Mile 11.16 on the Roanoke-Grand Cheniere 12-inch and 20-inch diameters
pipeline system, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection. This filing may be also viewed on the Web at
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket

number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, please contact FERCOnline Support
at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to
Kathy D. Fort, Manager of Certificates and Tariffs, Texas Gas
Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky, 42304, at (270)
688-6825.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Comment Date: January 6, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

October 13, 2006.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC07-1-000.
    Applicants: Peoples Elwood, LLC; J-Power USA Investment Company,
Ltd.
    Description: Peoples Elwood, LLC & J-POWER USA Investment Co, Ltd
submit a joint application for authorization to transfer membership
interest in a public utility.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0219.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: EC07-2-000.
    Applicants: KGen Southhaven, LLC; KGen New Albany LLC, BTEC New
Albany LLC.
    Description: KGen Southaven, LLC, KGen New Albany, LLC et al.
submit a joint application for disposition of jurisdictional
facilities.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0215.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:

    Docket Numbers: EG07-3-000.
    Applicants: Plains End II, LLC.
    Description: Plains End II, LLC submits its Notice of Self-
Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
    Filed Date: October 12, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-5017.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 2, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: EG07-4-000.
    Applicants: RC Cape May Holdings, LLC.
    Description: RC Cape May Holdings, LLC submits its Notice of Self-
Certification of Exemption Wholesale Generator Status.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0083.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER99-845-010.
    Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
    Description: Puget Sound Energy, Inc submits a Notice in Change in
Status pursuant to requirements of Order 652.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0009.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-2885-011; ER01-2765-010; ER02-1582-009; ER02-
1785-006; ER02-2102-010; ER06-864-003.
    Applicants: Bear Energy, LP; Cedar Brakes I, L.L.C.; Cedar Brakes
II, L.L.C., Mohawk River Funding IV, L.L.C.; Thermo Cogeneration
Partnership L.P., Utility Contract Funding, L.L.C.
    Description: Bear Energy, LP et al., submits a notice to FERC that
they have entered into two energy management agreements with Project
Orange Associates et al. pursuant to Order 652.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0074.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-615-014; ER96-1551-018.
    Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico.
    Description: Public Service Company of New Mexico submits an
electric compliance report.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-5052.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-467-001.
    Applicants: Gulf States Energy, Inc.
    Description: Gulf States Energy, Inc submits amended triennial
updated market power analysis in compliance with the FERC order.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0034.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-821-001.
    Applicants: One Nation Energy Solutions, LLC.
    Description: One Nation Energy Solutions, LLC submits a Triennial
Market Power Update.
    Filed Date: October 12, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0099.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 2, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-888-003; ER06-1503-001; ER06-1504-001.
    Applicants: Nordic Marketing of Ohio, LLC; Nordic Marketing of
Pennsylvania, LLC; Nordic Marketing of Illinois, LLC.
    Description: Nordic Marketing of Ohio LLC et al. submit rate
schedule cancellation sheet (Second Revised Sheet 1 et al.) to
supplement their September 15, 2006 submission.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0010.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-891-002.
    Applicants: Gulf States Energy Investments, L.P.
    Description: Gulf States Energy Investments, LP submits amended
triennial updated market power analysis in compliances with FERC's
Order 652 under ER03-891.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0030.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-1288-002.
    Applicants: Rocky Mountain Energy Center, LLC.

    Description: Rocky Mountain Energy Center, LLC submits an Updated
Market Analysis in accordance with the Commission's October 3, 2003
letter order.
    Filed Date: October 3, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061005-0044.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-636-005.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits a Compliance Filing of Large Generator Interconnection
Agreement among Columbia Community Windpower LLC.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0053.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-662-005.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement with Darlington
Wind Farm, LLC et al.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0018.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-864-004.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc
submits a Large Generator Interconnection Agreement among Forward
Energy LLC & American Transmission Co, LLC.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0266.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-1178-005.
    Applicants: Gila River Power, L.P.; Union Power Partners, L.P.
    Description: Gila River Power L.P. and Union Power Partners L.P.
submits a Notice of Non-Material Change in Status relating to their
upstream ownership structure.
    Filed Date: October 5, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0211.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 26, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-1508-003.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
submits an amendment to its September 8, 2006 filing of the Large
Generator Interconnection Agreement with Power Partners Midwest, LLC et
al.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0005.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-690-004.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
submits proposed revisions to Attachment HH (Dispute Resolution
Procedures) of the Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0200.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-731-003.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits an amended compliance filing re Broad Constrained Area
Mitigation.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0055.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1001-001.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits a correction to its October 2, 2006 filing re: Substitute Third
Revised Sheet 969 et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume
1.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061005-0188.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1234-002.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Southern Company Services Inc, acting as agent for
Alabama Power Co et al. submits an interconnection agreement in
accordance with FERC's September Order.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0198.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1295-001.
    Applicants: Boston Edison Company.
    Description: Boston Edison Company submits a response to September
26, 2006 FERC Deficiency Letter of NSTAR Electric & Gas Corp.
    Filed Date: October 5, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061005-5031.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 26, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1331-000.
    Applicants: CalPeak Power LLC.
    Description: CalPeak Power LLC supplements its August 2, 2006
application for acceptance of its initial market-based rate tariff
etc., to clarify a statement in the application.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0001.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1422-001.
    Applicants: Louisville Gas & Electric Company Kentucky Utilities
Company.
    Description: Louisville Gas and Electric Co and Kentucky Utilities
Co request that the Commission find that they continue to be authorized
to make sales of ARS energy to BREC not-withstanding recent changes to
market-based rate tariff.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0004.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1458-002.
    Applicants: E. ON U.S., LLC; Louisville Gas and Electric Company;
Kentucky Utilities Company.
    Description: E. ON U.S. LLC on behalf of Louisville Gas, et al.
submit supplements to its September 21, 2006 filing with supporting
testimony and data of LG & E Companies et al. substitute unexecuted
Service Agreement for Integration Transmission Service.
    Filed Date: September 28, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061005-0166.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 19, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1502-001.
    Applicants: Round Rock Energy LLC.
    Description: Round Rock Energy LLC submits amendments to its
market-based rate, Rate Schedule No. 1.
    Filed Date: October 5, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0218.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 26, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1503-001.
    Applicants: Nordic Marketing of Ohio, LLC.
    Description: Nordic Marketing of Ohio LLC et al. submits further
information and rate schedule cancellation sheet (Second Revised Sheet
1 et al.) to supplement their September 15, 2006 submission under ER06-
1503 et al.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0010.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-4-001.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc supplements its October 2,
2006 filing by submitting Exhibit I, a redlined version of the
Agreement against the

1981 Agreement to comply with Order 614.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0017.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-12-000.
    Applicants: Southern California Edison Company.
    Description: Southern California Edison Company submits revised
rate sheets to the Interconnection Facilities Agreement with NM Mid
Valley Genco, LLC.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0006.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-13-000.
    Applicants: Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc.
    Description: Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc submits revisions to
its market-based rate tariff that would remove the outdated restriction
on sales to Illinois Power Co.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0009.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-14-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits notices of
cancellation for Network Operating Agreements and on October 10, 2006
submit a supplement to this filing.
    Filed Date: October 4, 2006; October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-0008; 20061011-0203.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-15-000.
    Applicants: Florida Power Corporation.
    Description: Florida Power Corp d/b/a Progress Energy Florida Inc
submits a modification of the October 12, 1995 Agreement for Sale &
Purchase of Capacity & Energy with Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc,
First Rev Rate Schedule 176.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0213.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-17-000.
    Applicants: Alloy Power LLC.
    Description: Alloy Power, LLC submits a Notice of Cancellation and
cancellation tariff sheet for the purpose of canceling its Shared
Facilities Agreement for service to West Virginia Alloys, Inc etc.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0214.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-18-000.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: New York State Electric & Gas Corp submits an Original
Service Agreement 921 between NYSEG and Indeck Energy Services of
Silver Springs Inc under its OATT.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061010-0215.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-19-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits its proposed revisions
to its Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0012.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-20-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits proposed revisions to
its Open Access Transmission Tariff by amending the timing requirement
for Short Term Firm Transmission Service.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0013.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-21-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits an executed
Interconnection service agreement with Camp Grove Wind Farm, LLC and
Commonwealth Edison Company.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0014.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-22-000.
    Applicants: Jump Power, LLC.
    Description: Jump Power submits a Petition for Acceptance of
Initial Tariff, Waivers and Blanket Authority, FERC Electric Tariff,
Original Volume 1, etc.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061011-0199.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-23-000.
    Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company.
    Description: Arizona Public Service Co submits its proposed FERC
Electric Tariff, Volume 5 which provides for cost-based sales of
capacity and energy with a duration of less than one year.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0170.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-24-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits a Letter Agreement
between Southwestern Public Service Co d/b/a Xcel Energy and Lea Power
Partners, LLC.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0172.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-25-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits a Letter Agreement
between Southwestern Public Service Co dba Xcel Energy and Golden
Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0171.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-26-000.
    Applicants: AEP Energy Partners, LP.
    Description: AEP Energy Partners LP (AEP) submits its Notice of
Succession to reflect a name change on its market-based tariff from CSW
Power Marketing Inc to AEP.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0174.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-30-000.
    Applicants: RC Cape May Holdings, LLC.
    Description: RC Cape May Holdings, LLC submits an application for
market based rate authority (Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1),
certain waivers and blanket authorizations.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0077.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-31-000.
    Applicants: Endeavor Power Partners, LLC.
    Description: Endeavor Power Partners, LLC submits an application
for market-based rate authority under section 205 of the Federal Power
Act, Request for expedited consideration and for waivers and pre-
approvals.
    Filed Date: October 11, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0076.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-33-000.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: NYISO submits a request for temporary tariff waiver.

    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0082.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-34-000.
    Applicants: Plains End II, LLC.
    Description: Petition of Plains End III, LLC for order accepting
market-based rate tariff for filing and granting waivers and blanket
approvals and request for expedited action.
    Filed Date: October 12, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061013-0081.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 2, 2006.
    Docket Numbers: ER96-1551-018.
    Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico.
    Description: Public Service Company of New Mexico submits a
compliance Electric Refund Report of Public Service Company of New
Mexico.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-5052.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:

    Docket Numbers: ES07-1-000.
    Applicants: Edison Sault Electric Company.
    Description: Edison Sault Electric Co submits an application for
authorization to borrow under section 204 of the Federal Power Act.
    Filed Date: October 10, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061012-0099.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following foreign
utility company status filings:

    Docket Numbers: FC07-1-000.
    Applicants: Uskmouth Power Limited.
    Description: Uskmouth Power Limited submits a Notice of Self
Certification.
    Filed Date: October 3, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061003-5016.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: FC07-2-000.
    Applicants: Enel Latin America, LLC.
    Description: Enel Latin America, LLC submits a Self-Certification
Of Foreign Utility Company Status.
    Filed Date: October 6, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20061006-5064.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2006.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov.
 To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet

access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL17-48-000]

Consumers Energy Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory
Order

    Take notice that on February 16, 2017, pursuant to Rule 207 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2), Consumers Energy Company
(Consumers Energy) filed a petition seeking to terminate a long-
standing controversy, and to remove uncertainty, between Consumers
Energy and Michigan Electric Transmission Company regarding the
ownership of Consumer Energy current transmission assets, as more fully
explained in the petition.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding
must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate
action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice
of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on March 20, 2017.

    Dated: February 17, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT SUBMISSION Please read the instructions before completing this form. For additional forms or assistance in completing this form, contact your agency's Paperwork Clearance Officer. Send two copies of this form, the collection instrument to be reviewed, the Supporting Statement and any additional documentation to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503.

1. Agency/ Subagency originating request Environmental Protection Agency / Office of Research and Development 2. OMB control number b. X None a 2080  NEW 3. Type of information collection ( check one) a. X New collection b. G Revision of a currently approved collection c. G Extension of a currently approved collection d. G Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired e. G Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired f. G Existing collection in use without an OMB control number 4. Type of review requested ( check one) a. X Regular b. G Emergency  Approval requested by: / / c. G Delegated 5. Small entities Will this information collection have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities? G Yes X No For b f, note item A2 of Supporting Statement Instructions 6. Requested expiration date a. G Three years from approval date b. X Other Specify: 12 / 31 / 06 7. Title Market based Stormwater Management in the Shepherd Creek Watershed in Cincinnati, Ohio 8. Agency form number( s) ( If applicable) EPA Control # 2178.01 9. Keywords Market based Incentives, Best Management Practices, Raingardens, Stormwater Runoff 10. Abstract The Sustainable Technology Division ( STD) of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory ( NRMRL) in the Office of Research and Development ( ORD) of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) is proposing to conduct a survey of individual property owners in the Shepherd Creek watershed in Cincinnati, OH. The survey will elicit how residents value the voluntary adoption of on site best management practices as part of a comprehensive stormwater runoff control policy. The focus will be on estimating the minimum payment required to induce individual landowners to devote a portion of their property to runoff reducing best management practices.

This data collection is motivated by the current stormwater related problems within the United States in general, and in the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area in particular. Urban and suburban development changes the natural landscape making it more impervious to rain and snow. The resulting stormwater runoff is one of the most significant contributors to water quality degradation in the United States through larger and more frequent floods, increased erosion of stream beds and banks, disruption of natural habitat in receiving waters, and increased pollution loadings of metals, toxics, and nutrients. Precipitation falls over large geographic areas, and the resulting runoff will flow across a myriad of parcels with varying land uses, which are, in turn, under the control of numerous property owners. Perhaps in reaction to these conditions, stormwater control policies have concentrated on solutions that build centralized capacity to direct and hold excess runoff within the storm sewer system. An alternative approach to stormwater control would be to develop a decentralized approach that disperses runoff detention throughout the watershed, thus reducing runoff before it reaches the sewer system. This approach promises both hydrological benefits of reducing the in stream damages that will continue to occur in a centralized system, as well as potential cost savings in terms of meeting environmental quality standards.

Although the installation, operation, and maintenance costs for best management practices are relatively well known, these are only a portion of the total costs of adoption. The opportunity costs ( e. g.: the costs of partial loss of use of property) associated with BMP adoption are privately held by individual landowners, and can potentially comprise the largest share of total abatement adoption costs. To better understand the economic potential of a voluntary and decentralized runoff control program, it is necessary to assess the opportunity costs associated with best management practice adoption. The proposed survey provides a means of gathering this information.

The survey will be conducted using six ( 6) groups of ten ( 10) residential landowners from the Shepherd Creek watershed. Participation will be completely voluntary. Residents who wish to participate in the study will be identified and recruited through a liaison from the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District, who is familiar with the community. The survey will be conducted using a computer simulated non uniform price, sequential auction for the procurement of best management practices. Participants will be presented with a selection of best management practices that are feasible for use on their actual parcel. Information regarding how each BMP will perform on their specific parcel, as well as the installation, operation, and maintenance costs will be provided. The auction is designed to compensate residents for their costs of adopting best management practices on their property. Participants who wish to adopt BMPs will submit bids that consist of the size and type of the BMPs and the minimum compensation that they require. The goal is to pay those landowners who adopt the most effective best management practices at the lowest price. A uniform price auction is employed because of its theoretical " truth revelation" properties. The optimal bidding strategy in a uniform price auction is to bid the actual cost of BMP adoption. Survey results will then be used to estimate the minimum payments required to achieve control stormwater runoff through on site best management practices.

The total number of participants is 60. The cost to participants will be their time, at a total of 120 hours. Participants will be compensated for their participation at a minimum rate of $ 24.95 per hour. An additional bonus amount of compensation will vary with their performance in the auction. This is a commonly accepted practice used in experimental economics, in order to overcome hypothetical survey bias. Data will be stored on US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) computer files that protect respondent confidentiality. Summary results will be made available to the public. 11. Affected public ( Mark primary with " P" and all others that apply with " X")

a. P Individuals or households d. Farms b. Business or other for profit e. Federal Government c. Not for profit institutions f. State, Local or Tribal Government 12. Obligation to respond ( Mark primary with " P" and all others that apply with " X") a. P Voluntary b. G Required to obtain or retain benefits c. G Mandatory 13. Annual reporting and recordkeeping hour burden a. Number of respondents 60 b. Total annual responses 60 1. Percentage of these responses collected electronically 100 % c. Total hours requested 120 d. Current OMB inventory 0 e. Difference 120 f. Explanation of difference 1. Program Change 120 2. Adjustment 0 14. Annual reporting and recordkeeping cost burden ( in thousands of dollars)

a. Total annualized capital/ startup costs 0 b. Total annual costs ( O& M) 0 c. Total annualized cost requested 0 d. Current OMB inventory 0 e. Difference 0 f. Explanation of difference 1. Program change 0 2. Adjustment 0 15. Purpose of information collection ( Mark Primary With " P" and all others that apply with " X") a. __ Application for benefits e. __ Program planning or management b. __ Program evaluation f. P Research c. __ General purpose statistics g. __ Regulatory or compliance d. __ Audit 16. Frequency of recordkeeping or reporting ( check all that apply) a. Q Recordkeeping b. Q Third party disclosure c. X Reporting 1. X On occasion 2. Q Weekly 3. Q Monthly 4. Q Quarterly 5. Q Semi annually 6. Q Annually 7. Q Biannually 8. Q Other ( describe)

17. Statistical methods Does this information collection employ statistical methods? X Yes Q No 18. Agency contact ( person who can best answer questions regarding the content of this submission) Name: Hale W. Thurston Phone: 513.569.7627 OMB 83 I 10/ 95 19. Certification for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions On behalf of this Federal agency, 1 certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with' 5 CFR 1320.9.

NOTE: The text of 5 CFR 1320.9, and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8( b)( 3), appear at the end of the instructions. The certification is to be made with reference to those regulatory provisions as set forth in the instructions.

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 terminology 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): ( 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 ( see note in Item 19 of the instructions);

( I) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology; and ( j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item below and explain the reason in Item 18 of the Supporting Statement.

Signature of Program Official Date Signature of Senior Official or designee Oscar Morales, Director Collection Strategies Division Office of Environmental Information Date OMB 83 I 10/ 95 Certification Requirement for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions 5 CFR 1320.9 reads " As part of the agency submission to OMB of a proposed collection of information, the agency ( through the head of the agency, the Senior Official or their designee) shall certify ( and provide a record supporting such certification) that the proposed collection of information

"( a) is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including that the information to be collected will have practical utility;

"( b) is not unnecessarily duplicative of information otherwise reasonably accessible to the agency;

"( c) reduces to the extent practicable and appropriate the burden on persons who shall provide information to or for the agency, including with respect to small entities, as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act 5 U. S. C § 601( 6)), the use of such techniques as:

"( 1) establishing differing compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into account the resources available to those who are to respond; "( 2) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and reporting requirements; or collection of information , or any part thereof; "( 3) an exemption from coverage of the collection of information, or any part thereof;

"( d) is written using plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology and is understandable to those who are to respond;

"( e) is to be implemented in ways consistent and compatible, to the maximum extent practicable, with the existing reporting and recordkeeping practices of those who are to respond;

"( f) indicates for each recordkeeping requirement the length of time persons are required to maintain the records specified;

"( g) informs potential respondents of the information called for under § 1320.8( b)( 3); [ see below]

"( h) has been developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected, including the processing of the information in a manner which shall enhance, where appropriate, the utility of the information to agencies and the public;

"( I) uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology appropriate to the purpose for which the information is to be collected; and "( j) to the maximum extent practicable, uses appropriate information technology to reduce burden and improve data quality, agency efficiency and responsiveness to the public."

NOTE: 5 CFR 1320.8( b)( 3) requires that each collection of information:

"( 3) informs and provides reasonable notice to the potential persons to whom the collection of information is addressed of: "( I) the reasons the information is planned to be and/ or has been used to further the proper performance of the functions of the agency; "( ii) the way such information is planned to be and/ or has been used to further the proper performance of the functions of the agency; "( iii) an estimate, to the extent practicable, of the average burden of the collection ( together with a request that the public direct to the agency any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this burden); "( iv) whether responses to the collection of information are voluntary, required to obtain or retain a benefit ( citing authority), or mandatory ( citing authority); "( v) the nature and extent of confidentiality to be provided, if any ( citing authority); and "( vi) the fact that any agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number."

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD17-8-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725HH);
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information
collection FERC-725HH (RF Reliability Standards) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB
and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (82 FR 53489, 11/16/2017) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments on the FERC-725HH information
collection and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 9,
2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0256, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected].

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. RD17-8-000, 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/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at [email protected], or by phone at:<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll-free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> 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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-725HH, RF Reliability Standards.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0256.
    Type of Request: Three-year approval of the FERC-725HH information
collection requirements, as modified by Docket No. RD17-8-000.
    Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725HH is required
to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the
Commission's efforts to strengthen the reliability of the interstate
grid through the grant of new authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO). In July 2006, the Commission certified the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the ERO.\1\
Reliability Standards that the ERO proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are proposed to the ERO by a
Regional Entity.\2\ A Regional Entity is an entity that has been
approved by the Commission to enforce Reliability Standards under
delegated authority from the ERO.\3\ On March 17, 2011, the Commission
approved a regional Reliability Standard submitted by the ERO that was
developed by the ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF).\4\
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    \1\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ] 61,062
(ERO Certification Order), order on reh'g & compliance, 117 FERC ]
61,126 (2006), aff'd sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (DC
Cir. 2009).
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
    \3\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
    \4\ Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment Reliability Standard,
Order No. 747, 134 FERC ] 61,212 (2011).
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    RF promotes bulk electric system reliability in the Eastern
Interconnection. RF is the Regional Entity responsible for compliance
monitoring and enforcement in the RF region. In addition, RF provides
an environment for the development of Reliability Standards and the
coordination of the operating and planning activities of its members as
set forth in the RF bylaws.
    There is one regional Reliability Standard in the RF region. The
regional Reliability Standard requires planning coordinators within the
RF geographical footprint to analyze, assess and document resource
adequacy for load in the RF footprint annually, to utilize a ``one day
in ten years'' loss of load criterion, and to document and post load
and resource capability in each area or transmission-constrained sub-
area identified.
     BAL-502-RFC-02 (Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation) \5\ establishes common criteria, based on
``one day in ten year'' loss of load expectation principles, for the
analysis, assessment, and documentation of resource adequacy for load
in the RF region.
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    The Commission's request to OMB reflects the following:
     Implementing the regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-
03 and the retirement of regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RFC-02
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    \6\ Burden associated with BAL-502-RF-02 Reliability Standard
was once contained in FERC-725H information collection (OMB Control
No. 1902-0256). FERC-725H was discontinued on 3/6/2014. However, the
requirements of BAL-502-RF-02 were still imposed on NERC entities.
Those requirements are now being retired with no removal of burden
(any associated burden was removed concurrent with the
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    On September 7, 2017, NERC and RF filed a joint petition in Docket
No. RD17-8-000 \7\ requesting Commission approval of: (a) Regional
Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03 (Planning Resource Adequacy
Analysis, Assessment and Documentation), and (b) the retirement of
regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RFC-02.\6\ The petition states:
``Proposed regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03 establishes
common criteria, based on ``one day in ten year'' loss of Load
expectation principles, for the analysis, assessment, and documentation
of Resource Adequacy for Load in the ReliabilityFirst region.'' NERC's
and RF's joint filing was noticed on September 8, 2017, with
interventions, comments and protests due on or before October 10, 2017.
In this document, we provide estimates of the burden and cost related
to those revisions to FERC-725HH.
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    \7\ The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the
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    Type of Respondents: Planning coordinators.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \8\ Details follow on the changes
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    \8\ 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
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    Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to Docket No. RD17-8: The joint
petition requested Commission approval of regional Reliability Standard
BAL-502-RF-03 and retirement of regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-
RFC-02. The estimated effects on burden and cost \9\ are as follows:
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    \9\ For BAL-502-RF-03, the hourly cost (for salary plus
benefits) uses the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for
three positions involved in the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements. These figures include salary (http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
     Manager (Occupation Code 11-0000): $81.52/hour
     Engineer (Occupation Code 17-2071): $68.12/hour
     File Clerk (Occupation Code 43-4071): $32.74/hour
    The hourly cost for the reporting requirements ($60.79) is an
average of the cost of a manager, an engineer, and a file clerk.

                                         FERC-725HH, RF Reliability Standards, Changes in Docket No. RD17-8-000
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                                                    Annual  number
                                       Number of     of  responses  Annual  number    Average  burden hrs. &      Total annual  burden       Cost per
              Entity                  respondents         per        of  responses   cost per  response  ($)     hours &  total annual      respondent
                                         \10\         respondent                                                       cost  ($)                ($)
                                               (1)             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4)......................  (3) * (4) = (5)..........     (5) / (1) =
                                                                               (3)                                                                   (6)
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                                                  Proposed Regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03
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Planning Coordinators.............               2               1               2  16 hrs.; $973............  32 hrs.; $1,945..........            $973
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    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.
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    \10\ The number of respondents is derived from the NERC
Compliance Registry as of October 2, 2017 for the burden associated
with the proposed regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03.

    Dated: February 1, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02411 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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