OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at
this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor
an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting
statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule
stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public
comments on the ICR. This action has no effect on any current
approvals.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2019
3,966
0
3,966
1,642,395
0
1,642,395
126,725
0
126,725
Background. The FERC-725A collection
originally contained the paperwork requirements and associated
burden hours for most of the nationwide Reliability Standards,
including the VAR group of standards. In the final rule in RM15-16,
the Commission approved revisions to the Transmission Operations
and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination
Reliability Standards, developed by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation, which the Commission has certified as the
Electric Reliability Organization responsible for developing and
enforcing mandatory Reliability Standards. The Commission also
directed NERC to make three modifications to the standards within
18 months of the effective date of that final rule. NOPR in Docket
RM16-20 related to this ICR. The Commission proposes to approve
Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 (Remedial Action Schemes, being
added to FERC-725G) submitted by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation. The purpose of proposed Reliability
Standard PRC-012-2 is to ensure that remedial action schemes do not
produce unintentional or unacceptable reliability risks to the bulk
electric system. Reliability Standards PRC-015-1 and PRC-016-1 are
also being removed from FERC-725A. However, FERC is being
conservative and not subtracting burden hours at this time from
FERC-725A. (The supporting statement is consolidated with
FERC-725G, which has a separate ICR.)
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.