Notice2021-16424
Extension of Non-Statutory Deadlines; Supplemental Notice Waiving Regulations
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August 2, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16424]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD20-11-000]
Extension of Non-Statutory Deadlines; Supplemental Notice Waiving
Regulations
On May 8, 2020, in response to emergency conditions caused by Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the Secretary waived through September
1, 2020, the Commission's regulations that require that filings with
the Commission be notarized or supported by sworn declarations.\1\ On
January 22, 2021, the Secretary extended this waiver through July 30,
2021.\2\
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\1\ See, e.g., 18 CFR 45.7 (2020) (requiring application for
authority to hold interlocking positions to be verified under oath).
\2\ Supplemental Notice Waiving Regulations, Extension of Non-
Statutory Deadlines, Docket No. AD20-11-000 (Jan. 22, 2021) (January
2021 Notice).
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The National Emergency continues.\3\ However, companies and
individuals are returning to their workplaces or are determining how to
permit a safe return to their workplaces in the coming months.
Therefore, there is good cause to extend through and including January
1, 2022, waiver of the Commission's regulations that require that
filings with the Commission be notarized or supported by sworn
declarations as provided in the January 2021 Notice.\4\
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\3\ A Letter on the Continuation of the National Emergency
Concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Feb.
24, 2021), <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/24/a-letter-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-concerning-the-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/24/a-letter-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-concerning-the-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/</a>.
\4\ The Commission concurrently is issuing an order in Docket
No. EL20-37-000 granting blanket waiver of requirements to hold
meetings in person and/or to provide or obtain notarized documents
in open access transmission tariffs and other Commission-
jurisdictional agreements through and including January 1, 2022.
Dated: July 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-16424 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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