Notice2024-03515
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
February 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
DOE submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of Form DOE-417 Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report, OMB Control Number 1901- 0288. The collection will enable DOE to monitor electric emergency incidents and disturbances in the United States (including all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Territories). The information collected allows DOE to conduct post-incident reviews examining significant interruptions of electric power or threats to the national electric system.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13061-13062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03515]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: DOE submitted an information collection request for extension
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a three-year extension of Form DOE-417 Electric
Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report, OMB Control Number 1901-
0288. The collection will enable DOE to monitor electric emergency
incidents and disturbances in the United States (including all 50
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
and the U.S. Territories). The information collected allows DOE to
conduct post-incident reviews examining significant interruptions of
electric power or threats to the national electric system.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than March 22, 2024. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information,
contact Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of Energy, telephone (202)
586-2892, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a371b0e0e121f0d542e1b081e0f151d14153a120b541e151f541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bc6eaffffe3eefca5dfeaf9effee4ece5e4cbe3faa5efe4eea5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>. The forms and
instructions are available
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online at: <a href="https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx">https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains
(1) OMB No.: 1901-0288;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Emergency
Incident and Disturbance Report;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: DOE uses Form DOE-417 Emergency Incident and
Disturbance Report to monitor electric emergency incidents and
disturbances in the United States (including all 50 States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the
U.S. Territories) and to investigate significant interruptions of
electric power or threats to the electric system reliability. Form DOE-
417 also enables DOE to meet the Department's national security
responsibilities as the coordinating agency for Emergency Support
Function (ESF) #12--Energy, under the National Response Framework, and
the Sector-Specific Agency for the energy sector, pursuant to
Presidential Policy Directive 21--Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience, Presidential Policy Directive 41--United States Cyber
Incident Coordination, and the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94. The information may also be shared with
other non-regulatory federal agencies assisting in emergency response
and recovery operations or investigating the causes of an incident or
disturbance to the national electric system. Public summaries of Form
DOE-417 submissions are published on the DOE-417 web page (<a href="https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx">https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx</a>) on a regular basis to keep the public
informed.
(4a) Changes to Information Collection: DOE proposes to make
changes to Form DOE-417 to continue to ensure future alignment with the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) CIP-008-6
Reliability Standard, as well as the NERC EOP-004-6 Reliability
Standard, and potential future changes. The continued alignment between
Form DOE-417 and NERC reporting requirements helps minimize confusion
among industry stakeholders about where and how to file reports and
enable industry stakeholders to train personnel to report using a
single form. Additional changes to Form DOE-417 clarify reporting
criteria and updated types of entities that are required to submit
certain criteria. A summary of these and other changes to Form DOE-417
is provided below:
<bullet> Minor edit to alert criteria 2 to add ``as defined in the
NERC Glossary of Terms''
<bullet> Under ``Criteria for Filing'' section added alert criteria
27, ``Uncontrolled loss of a total of 500 MW or more from inverter-
based resource(s) for greater than 30 minutes at a common point of
interconnection to the bulk electric system.''
<bullet> Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'' section added
the following subcategories to physical attack:
[cir] Ballistic
[cir] Arson
[cir] Explosive device
[cir] Other
<bullet> Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'' section added
the following subcategories to suspicious activity:
[cir] Aircraft or Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
[cir] Trespassing or non-destructive intrusion
[cir] Surveillance
[cir] Vandalism
[cir] Other
<bullet> Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'' combined
``(Cyber event information technology)'' and ``cyber event (operational
technology)'' and added the following subcategories:
[cir] Information Technology
[cir] Operational Technology
<bullet> Updated Instructions: Replaced ``Office of Electricity''
with ``Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
<bullet> Updated Instructions: Replaced ``<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1beb4e5e0e691b9a0ffb5beb4ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="076862333630476f762963686229606871">[email protected]</span></a>'' with
``<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#581c171d6c696f183029763c373d763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ecac1cbbabfb9cee6ffa0eae1eba0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>.''
<bullet> Updated Instructions: Replaced ``Assistant Secretary''
with ``Director''
<bullet> Updated Instructions: Appendix A. Replace ``What is
Excluded'' text for generating entities with ``Entities who have 300 MW
or more of generation detected to one or more end-use customers (e.g.
retail or industrial customers), except for commercial power reactors
regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and subject to the
physical and cybersecurity event notification requirements of 10 CFR
part 73. All items need to be addressed.''
<bullet> On Line F., Date/Time Incident Began.: Added Atlantic and
Chamorro time zones
<bullet> On Line G., Date/Time Incident Ended: Added Atlantic and
Chamorro time zones
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,174;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5,025;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$438,984. DOE estimates that respondents will have no additional costs
associated with the surveys other than the burden hours and the
maintenance of the information during the normal course of business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 764(b); 764(a); and 790a and
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601, Pub. L. 93-275.
Signed in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-03515 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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