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BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RD16-8-000] Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725I); Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Comment request. 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-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council)] 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** (81 FR 54571, 8/16/2016) requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments in response to the RD16-8-000 60-day notice and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by November 25, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 1902-0258, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: *oira_submission@omb.gov.* Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-4718. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in Docket No. RD16-8-000, by either of the following methods: • *eFiling at Commission's Web site: 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 *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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at *DataClearance@FERC.gov,* by telephone at
(202)502-8663, and by fax at
(202)273-0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* FERC-725I, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council. *OMB Control No.:* 1902-0258. *Type of Request:* Three-year approval of the FERC-725I information collection requirements, as modified. *Abstract:* On June 9, 2016, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC)and the Northeast Power Coordination Council, Inc. (“NPCC”) filed a petition for Commission approval, pursuant to section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) 1 and Section 39.5 2 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, of the retirement of NPCC Regional Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01 (Disturbance Monitoring) and the two related NPCC regional definitions, Current Zero Time and Generating Plant. 1 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012). 2 18 CFR 39.5 (2015). *Type of Respondents:* Public utilities. *Estimate of Annual Burden:* 3 The Commission estimates the reduction (due to the retirement of Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01) in the annual public reporting burden for the information collection as follows: 3 The Commission defines burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3. Information collection requirements Number of respondents Annual number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden hours Total annual burden hours
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(5)R13: GO 4 and TO to have evidence it acquired and installed dynamic disturbance recorders and a mutually agreed upon implementation schedule with the RC (record retention) 1 1 1 10 10 R14.5: GO and TO to have evidence of a maintenance and testing program for stand-alone disturbance monitoring equipment including monthly verification of active analog quantities 169 12 2,028 5 10,140 R14.7: GO and TO to record efforts to return failed units to service if it takes longer than 90 days 5 33 1 33 10 330 R14.7: GO and TO record retention 33 1 33 10 330 R17: RC provide certain disturbance monitoring equipment data to the Regional Entity upon request 5 1 5 5 25 R17: RC record retention 5 1 5 10 50 TOTAL REDUCTIONS 2,105 10,885 *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. 4 For purposes of these charts, generation owner is abbreviated to GO, transmission owner is abbreviated to TO, reliability coordinator is abbreviated to RC, and planning coordinator is abbreviated to PC. 5 We estimate that an entity will experience a unit failure greater than 90 days once every five years. Therefore, 20 percent of NPCC's 169 generator owners and transmission owners will experience a unit failure of this duration each year. Dated: October 20, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-25841 Filed 10-25-16; 8:45 am]
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