Rule2021-21153
OMB Control Numbers for Commission Information Collection Requirements
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Published
October 4, 2021
Effective
December 3, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to provide that Office of Management and Budget control numbers for Commission information collection requirements will be available on the Commission's website.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 189 (Monday, October 4, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54610-54611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21153]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 389
[Docket No. RM21-20-000; Order No. 878]
OMB Control Numbers for Commission Information Collection
Requirements
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its
regulations to provide that Office of Management and Budget control
numbers for Commission information collection requirements will be
available on the Commission's website.
DATES: This rule will become effective December 3, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hershfield, Office of the General
Counsel, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#543935263f7a3c3126273c323d31383014323126377a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f49995869fda9c9186879c929d919890b492918697da939b82">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
1. Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 \1\ and Office
of Management and Budget's (OMB) implementing regulations at 5 CFR Part
1320, the Commission is required to display OMB control numbers and
expiration dates of those control numbers on Commission information
collections and forms. The Commission also provides OMB control numbers
in its regulations at 18 CFR 389.101. This rule amends that regulation
by providing that OMB control numbers for Commission information
collections will henceforth no longer be provided in the Commission's
regulations but instead will be provided on the Commission's website.
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\1\ 44 U.S.C. 3501.
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II. Discussion
2. The purpose of this rule is to ensure that the public has the
most current OMB control numbers for Commission information
collections. Providing the OMB control numbers on the Commission's
website is the most efficient and timely way to provide that
information to the public. Therefore, rather than continually revising
18 CFR 389.101, the Commission will henceforth provide the public with
the most up-to-date information on OMB control numbers at the
Information Collections page at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a> (<a href="https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/legal/information-collections">https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/legal/information-collections</a>). This
rule accordingly revises 18 CFR 389.101 to direct the public to the
Commission's website for OMB control numbers for Commission information
collections.
III. Information Collection Statement
3. OMB approves certain information collection requirements imposed
by agency rule.\2\ However, this rule does not contain any new or
additional information collection requirements. Therefore, compliance
with OMB's regulations is not required.
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\2\ 5 CFR 1320.12.
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IV. Environmental Analysis
4. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\3\
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\3\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 30,783 (Dec.
17, 1987).
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5. Part 380 of the Commission's regulations lists exemptions to the
requirement to draft an Environmental Analysis or Environmental Impact
Statement. Included is an exemption for procedural, ministerial, or
internal administrative actions.\4\ Accordingly, this rulemaking is
exempt from the requirement to draft such documents under that
provision.
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\4\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(1).
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V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
6. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \5\ generally
requires a description and analysis of final rules that will have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This rule concerns a modification of current Commission regulations and
practices, by directing the public to where OMB control numbers are
located. The Commission certifies that it will not have a significant
economic impact upon participants in Commission proceedings. An
analysis under the RFA is therefore not required.
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\5\ 5 U.S.C. 601-12. rule.
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VI. Document Availability
7. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
Internet through the Commission's Home Page (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>). At
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's
Public Reference Room due to the President's March 13, 2020
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
8. The full text of this document is available on the Commission's
Home Page, on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type
the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in
the docket number field.
9. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at (202)
502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcdced9c8c4c5c7c2c5ced8dedbdbc4d9dfebcdced9c885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284e4d5a4b47464441464d5b5d5858475a5c684e4d5a4b064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>, or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ee9e9b8c82878dc09c8b888b9c8b808d8b9c818183ae888b9c8dc0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aadadfc8c6c3c984d8cfcccfd8cfc4c9cfd8c5c5c7eacccfd8c984cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.
VII. Effective Date
10. The Commission is issuing this rule as a final rule without a
period for public comment. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A), notice-and-
comment rulemaking procedures are unnecessary for ``rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice.'' This rule is therefore exempt
from notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures, because it concerns the
Commission's procedures and practices. In particular, the rule alters
the means by which the Commission will provide the control numbers
assigned by OMB to the Commission's information collection
requirements. The rule will not significantly affect regulated entities
or the general public.
11. This rule is effective December 3, 2021.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 389
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
By the Commission.
Issued:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission amends part 385,
chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
PART 389--OMB CONTROL NUMBERS FOR COMMISSION INFORMATION COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS
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1. The authority citation for part 389 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
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2. Revise Sec. 389.101 to read as follows:
Sec. 389.101 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
This part concerns Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
numbers assigned to information collection requirements. Current OMB
control numbers are available at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a>. For the most
current information, interested persons should consult the Commission's
website under ``Enforcement Legal'' and then ``Legal'' and then
``Information Collections'' or directly at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/legal/information-collections">https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/legal/information-collections</a>.
[FR Doc. 2021-21153 Filed 10-1-21; 8:45 am]
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